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Post by ChitownKnight on Feb 26, 2022 18:29:49 GMT -5
I think they should keep the lineage of both titles until they wanna separate the titles again
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Post by The Foreigner™: OffSZN on Feb 26, 2022 18:51:53 GMT -5
They will merge the lineages into a Transformers belt (Still a better look than the Universal Championship)
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Feb 26, 2022 18:54:38 GMT -5
It’d be absolutely idiotic to get rid of the WWE title lineage. Bruno Sammartino, Pedro Morales, Bob Backlund, Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H, Mick Foley, Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Seth Rollins, etc. If they’re so desperate to push Roman as a “GOAT” that is the history you want to reference. WWE retired the World Tag Team Championship in favor of a lineage that was only eight years old at that point, and a lineage that starts with a team that they can only acknowledge half of. I can see them retiring the WWE Championship because like WrestleMania being numbered and the gray hair of the coaches, the long lineage would be another reminder to Vince of the passage of time. I can see this too. I remember a story years ago Vince NO LONGER wanted a number associated with the Wrestlemania name because that made the show feel OLD. So hence, we just go by Wrestlemania every year, instead of like how the Super Bowl has a number attached to it each year. That's Vince for you.
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Post by greyfmdan on Feb 26, 2022 23:19:20 GMT -5
They will merge the lineages into a Transformers belt (Still a better look than the Universal Championship) It’s been a while since I’ve seen a title belt that looked so ugly & so beautiful simultaneously.
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Post by WinOwensWin on Feb 27, 2022 7:34:22 GMT -5
Even in the world of "because WWE," I just couldnt imagine the company getting rid of the main championship in the WWE. It really feels like it erases the past 60 plus years of history. No longer does your top guy hold the same belt as legends Bruno, Hogan, Austin, and the Rock. Can you imagine Michael Cole screaming how "Cody Rhodes has done it! He has won the Universal Championship! He now joins the annals of legends such as Kevin Owen's and Bill Goldberg!" Its just ludicrous to me.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Feb 27, 2022 10:45:02 GMT -5
They did take the intercontinental title away for a while and as mentioned when choosing between keeping the tag title that had the 50 odd years of history or the one with Chris Benoit as one half of the first champions, then don't be too surprised. Disappointed but not surprised.
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Post by cornettesracket on Feb 27, 2022 11:38:06 GMT -5
It has to be the WWE title that’s kept. As daft as Vince has gotten over the years, there does seem to be this reverence he holds for his dad and the people who were around his dad and it was the title his dad created. It’s the one think WWE has of AEW(or any of the companies post WCW going out of business), and it’s the history that it has, so I can’t see them stopping that. And yes I know they got rid of the IC belt and the original tag belts and the lineage that had, but they weren’t the worlds heavyweight title that Rodgers, samartino, morales, backland, graham, and hogan and Austin and many others.
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Post by Moppy on Feb 27, 2022 12:05:29 GMT -5
Of course logic dictates that if the belts are unified, then it's the Universal lineage that's retired. But I honestly think people could be in for a shock if they think that WWE's present leadership braintrust wouldn't do away with the WWE Title lineage if they thought it best. Nothing's off the table with these guys.
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Post by asuka007 on Feb 27, 2022 13:36:54 GMT -5
It has to be the WWE title that’s kept. As daft as Vince has gotten over the years, there does seem to be this reverence he holds for his dad and the people who were around his dad and it was the title his dad created. It’s the one think WWE has of AEW(or any of the companies post WCW going out of business), and it’s the history that it has, so I can’t see them stopping that. And yes I know they got rid of the IC belt and the original tag belts and the lineage that had, but they weren’t the worlds heavyweight title that Rodgers, samartino, morales, backland, graham, and hogan and Austin and many others. Also if he wants to do Roman vs. Rock, well Rock held the WWE Title mostly.
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Post by Instant Classic on Feb 27, 2022 14:11:29 GMT -5
The only thing making me think they keep the universal title is not wanting to start Roman’s number of days over.
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Post by MrElijah on Feb 27, 2022 16:09:16 GMT -5
Neither: the simple act of merging the belts will trigger a time-space anomaly that replaces both belts’ lineages with the World Class title’s. In a Double Swerve instead of the Awesome USWA Unified World Title belt, it's the CWA World Title
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Post by glorious83 on Feb 27, 2022 17:43:09 GMT -5
The WWE title continues. Get rid of that paper Universal title. Was never truly needed. Now hopefully they will elevate the IC or US title on the show where the champ is not currently defending on. Also bring back the wing eagled version of the title.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 27, 2022 18:02:59 GMT -5
WWE's usual practice is to replace the older belt lineage with the new one. They did it with the Intercontinental belt into the World Title, the Women's belt into the Diva's belt, and the older RAW Tag Belts into the SmackDown ones. The only deviation from that was keeping the WWE Title history over the World Title one, but I also think that's mainly because that belt always had strong WCW vibes on it, and there's no way Vince would ever let that become the dominant title history of his company. There's no reason for them not to go with the Universal Title since 'universe' is such a favourite word in their lexicon now, so I'd be genuinely surprised if they didn't.
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Post by Tiffany Stratton's Daddy on Feb 28, 2022 13:27:26 GMT -5
Easy question.
WWE Universal Title has seen better days. Well, not really. But it's over.
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Post by greyfmdan on Feb 28, 2022 13:30:50 GMT -5
Even in the world of "because WWE," I just couldnt imagine the company getting rid of the main championship in the WWE. It really feels like it erases the past 60 plus years of history. No longer does your top guy hold the same belt as legends Bruno, Hogan, Austin, and the Rock. Can you imagine Michael Cole screaming how "Cody Rhodes has done it! He has won the Universal Championship! He now joins the annals of legends such as Kevin Owen's and Bill Goldberg!" Its just ludicrous to me. I’m of the school of thought that they’re not really going to get rid of either title. But if they do get rid of the WWE title, I could still see them saying the Universal was the belt title championship held by Rock, Austin, et. al., even when the website says something completely different. No, it wouldn’t be technically correct, but consistency isn’t exactly WWE’s strong suit.
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Post by nisidhe on Feb 28, 2022 14:06:24 GMT -5
I would like to see the company continue the WWE title lineage as that is the one that links WWE with the entire sweep of North American wrestling history. However, WWE the company may want to draw a line under all of that if it wants to seal that casket of its identity as a pro wrestling company instead of a "sports entertainment" company.
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Post by robferatu on Feb 28, 2022 15:41:15 GMT -5
I hope that it's the WWE Championship, but it feels like whichever wrestler walks out victorious of the title unification match that the lineage of their championship should continue.
However, Reigns (whom I suspect will be the victor) could easily retire the Universal Championship the following night on Raw and reign as WWE Champion for an entire year, allowing WWE to boast the he's been a world champion for two and half years come next year's "Wrestlemania"
However, considering how the WWE operates... I can just as easily see them retiring the most prestigious championship in North American wrestling favor of a title that has the most ridiculous name of a world championship that I can think of.
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Feb 28, 2022 15:50:17 GMT -5
it'll depend on which show the holder turns up on until they split the belts again where they'll mix up the belt history
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Post by genwrestling on Mar 3, 2022 0:04:53 GMT -5
It will be insane if they decide to end the legacy of a prestigious championship that lasted for decades in favour of a championship in which lineage only lasted more than 5 years so far
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 3, 2022 0:07:03 GMT -5
Both.
I don't see the actual unification sticking.
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