Are you okay with three world titles sometime in the future?

[The Rick Jericho]

There will probably be a day the Universal and WWE titles separate from each other and have their own title lineage again.

So that would mean there would be three world titles on the scene.

Would you be okay seeing three world titles defended, two on Smackdown and one on Raw?

If not, how do we eventually solve the issue of two world titles on Smackdown?

I have seen some people say they are in favor of them being merged for good.

[schizo]

Naw, once the belt is off Roman I could see it going back to just being called the WWE Championship with the “Universal” name being completely retired. World Title on Raw, WWE Title on Smackdown

Having 3 World Titles on the main roster makes no sense at all

[cosmo]

If it weren't for the thread here, I'd have honestly forgotten that the WWE Championship was even a separate thing. It could've quietly been retired and I'd have never known any different.

[Abadebe]

I don't even like that there are two. Three is out of the question.

[Cyno]

I think when/if Roman loses both titles, the Universal gets quietly absorbed into the WWE Championship. I don't see the point of keeping it besides adding to Roman's SNK Final Boss energy.

[The Rick Jericho]

The issue I see with retiring the Universal is they will lose that 3 year plus title reign and counting. If the roles were reversed and the WWE title had a 1,225+ day reign then definitely I can see it quietly going away.

[dbrussel]

It's clear that if they made that new golden title is because they're not planning to revert to having 2 belts again.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

No. No. No. They can retire the universal championship and Seth’s 3rd place trophy and have a single championship.

[schizo]

Jan 7, 2024 18:29:49 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

The issue I see with retiring the Universal is they will lose that 3 year plus title reign and counting. If the roles were reversed and the WWE title had a 1,225+ day reign then definitely I can see it quietly going away.

The reason the “Universal” linage is still around is because thats the linage that has Roman’s 1,000+ reign. Once he looses the belt, theirs no reason to keep the Universal name anymore.

[The Rick Jericho]

Jan 7, 2024 18:51:47 GMT -5 schizo said:

Jan 7, 2024 18:29:49 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

The issue I see with retiring the Universal is they will lose that 3 year plus title reign and counting. If the roles were reversed and the WWE title had a 1,225+ day reign then definitely I can see it quietly going away.

The reason the “Universal” linage is still around is because thats the linage that has Roman’s 1,000+ reign. Once he looses the belt, theirs no reason to keep the Universal name anymore.

Really good point there.

Hope it's only kept for optics right now.

[Legion]

WWE are the keepers of the records, they'll probably try for both and retire the Universal, but keep referring to the reign as being this long, thumping it in to people until they just accept Roman had his long run with the WWE title. The record books will contain a * explaining, but WWE on TV wont care once they've moved on.

Cody will win, debut a new WWE Championship belt, likely with a winged eagle, Roman will go away and by the time he comes back, he'll just be referred to as the former Champion with the longest reign in modern history.

[Powerline]

I GET why they have two world titles, but I'd much rather have one than two, and certainly one (or two) more than 3.

[fg]

Tomko, give me a beat.

Where’s the Jon Morley gif where he says “Nope”?

How about a gif where the Ultimate Warrior yells to Sherri: “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

Where’s the gif where Brian Danielson says: “No! No!”

[EvenBaldobombHasAJob]

f*** no. If there's 3 world champions, then there's no world champion. Even two is f***ing stupid. Seth Rollins is doing great work with a literal consolation prize. Might as well have called it the "Roman is too lazy to work Mondays" title.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Jan 7, 2024 19:38:27 GMT -5 EvenBaldobombHasAJob said:

f*** no. If there's 3 world champions, then there's no world champion. Even two is f***ing stupid. Seth Rollins is doing great work with a literal consolation prize. Might as well have called it the "Roman is too lazy to work Mondays" title.

They basically did. Triple H came out and basically said “Roman isn’t losing any time soon, so we need a “world champion””

[ChitownKnight]

Jan 7, 2024 18:29:49 GMT -5 The Rick Jericho said:

The issue I see with retiring the Universal is they will lose that 3 year plus title reign and counting. If the roles were reversed and the WWE title had a 1,225+ day reign then definitely I can see it quietly going away.

By Wrestlemania Roman’s reign with the wwe championship will hit 2 years on the dot, which would still be the longest wwe title reign since the 80s

[tirtefaa]

Jan 7, 2024 17:58:46 GMT -5 schizo said:

Naw, once the belt is off Roman I could see it going back to just being called the WWE Championship with the “Universal” name being completely retired. World Title on Raw, WWE Title on Smackdown

Having 3 World Titles on the main roster makes no sense at all

The silly thing is they spent several years building up the Universal title with several big names.

If any "World" titles should be retired, it's Seth's... although retain the design.

[Mozenrath]

I suspect that, realistically, the Universal title and the one Seth has will be unified sometime. I don't think WWE is going to commit longterm to a single world champion again anytime soon, Roman has been an anomaly, and both a case for and against a single world title, so I kind of imagine Cody or maybe Rock wins it and says something about it being against the interest of competition to hold both or some other face jazz, and someone gets the Universal, and then faces Seth and their belts become combined for keeps.

[ChitownKnight]

Jan 7, 2024 23:23:35 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I suspect that, realistically, the Universal title and the one Seth has will be unified sometime. I don't think WWE is going to commit longterm to a single world champion again anytime soon, Roman has been an anomaly, and both a case for and against a single world title, so I kind of imagine Cody or maybe Rock wins it and says something about it being against the interest of competition to hold both or some other face jazz, and someone gets the Universal, and then faces Seth and their belts become combined for keeps.

Yeah we ve had variations of the brand split for almost 22 years and the wwe championship has always stayed put (as it should be), while we had several secondary world title belts. They should just stop pretending the titles are equal honestly

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Jan 7, 2024 18:05:27 GMT -5 Abadebe said:

I don't even like that there are two. Three is out of the question.