We will ever see the title unification?

[BiloxiParish]

I miss the days of the undisputed title. I know they didn't last long but it was awesome also the fact that Jericho held it made it superb

[CMWaters]

I hope so.

I have NEVER, repeat NEVER, liked the idea of dual World Titles.

Keep in mind I wasn't watching WCW when the had the same thing with the WCW International World Championship.

[Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill]

No. People complain about how certain guys hog the title picture, so why would you natrrow that down even further?
Besides the WHC is not a main title anymore. Just for house shows and that's it. You're better off unifying the U.S/IC belts.

[The Doctor]

I've often thought they should unify them in the way they do in Boxing. As in put them both on one guy without making it one championship.
We all sort of presume that when it happens it will be a permanent thing. But I think it would be better to just unify them once in a while to help really put someone over.

[EvenBaldobombHasAJob]

it's an inevitability IMO. the talent pool's nowhere near deep enough to justify having 2 world titles anymore. one of them is already booked as an afterthought, and there's no brand split anymore either. plus, a lot of the main eventers they do have have either plateaued or are going to retire in a couple years.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

I've always thought that even with the brand split, there should've only been one major title, to symbolize who the best in teh company is, rather than the best on one show.

The only reason they needed two World Titles this year is because of The Rock. Once The Rock made that announcement that he was challenging at the royal Rumble, it was a given that Punk was holding on to the belt forever and not even the almighty John Cena had a chance at taking it. The Rock casting a huge shadow over the WWE Championship necessitated the WHC to keep the other top guys somewhat relevant. But I think once Punk's title reign ends and The Rock is out of the picture, they can afford to have ONE World Title. If Rock wins, Cena may take the title off of him, but I don't see him having a long reign, and he will probably transition the belt onto someone else

I think someone else said it best. If the Royal Rumble Winner challenges for the WHC, they'll look stupid for not wanting to face The Rock or end CM Punk's reign of terror.

I think they will unify the belts. That's the reason that they took the Intercontinental Championship off of Kofi Kingston and put it on Wade Barrett, a guy who can carry himself like a top star despite doing things of complete irrelevance. And that's why they're pushing the United States Champion, Antonio Cesaro as hard as they are, so that the midcard titles will be seen as a big deal once they're back to having one World Title.

Jan 5, 2013 10:31:08 GMT -5 Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill said:

No. People complain about how certain guys hog the title picture, so why would you natrrow that down even further?
Besides the WHC is not a main title anymore. Just for house shows and that's it. You're better off unifying the U.S/IC belts.

You're right, certain guys hog the title picture. That problem will not be solved by having an extra belt for everyone else. All that does is show that there is one belt for the Golden Boys, one belt that shows that you're "good, but not good enough to carry the company".

The WHC is not a main title any more is the reason it should be scrapped. The problem with having two World Titles is the way that each of them are used. The WWE Championship is clearly the top prize, while the World HEavyweight Championship is a glorified midcard title. It's a World Title in name only, and it's only used to test newer stars and give "thank you reigns" for veterans, and that hurts the title's prestige. The people competing for the WWE Title are clearly bigger stars than the people competing for the WHC. I believe that the only reason Dolph Ziggler went over John Cena at TLC is because Cena is "too good" to be involved with the World Heavyweight Championship.

I know that WWE keeps both belts for their house show circuit, but I think that if John Cena can main event without being in the title picture, then WWE can easily put him or another very popular superstar like The Miz or Sheamus to headline the shows that the champion doesn't appear on.

With Big Show, Kane, and possibly even CM Punk moving towards retirement, and John Cena becoming more of a special attraction type who is booked in a bubble away from the title picture, they don't need two belts anymore.

[deadstock]

I like how things are, the WHC is a testing run to see if you can be a top guy.

I wouldn't be surprise to see a shield guy holding it one day. Definitely Ryback gets a run.

[Andrew is Good]

Duel World Titles were ok when the brands were legitimate back in 2003. Now, it's just another title in the fold for people to say, this guy was a World Champion like Jack Swagger.

[Nic Nemeth]

What I think will happen.

Rock vs Cena for the WWE Title
Ziggler cashes in and wins the WHC Title
Cena is still mad at Ziggler and unifies the titles

[Jimmy]

I honestly think the WWE/World Title situation was fine up until the Supershow era (though having the WHT match open at Mania 27 was also a sucky decision). Once you had both champions regularly competing on RAW, what was the point?

[onestepplan]

This needs to happen and it will help open up the title picture I think. They're slow pushing new blood as it is but at least having one belt means they won't have six guys feuding over the world title on each show and will more likely have twelve guys feuding over one belt. That seems like it could help keep feuds fresh and not end up with situations where Sheamus ends up defending against Del Rio at 5 straight PPVs or whatever.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Jan 5, 2013 22:45:26 GMT -5 Jimmy said:

I honestly think the WWE/World Title situation was fine up until the Supershow era (though having the WHT match open at Mania 27 was also a sucky decision). Once you had both champions regularly competing on RAW, what was the point?

Yeah, I'd rather reinforce the brand split than unify the titles. Imagine how bad the Reign of Terror would have been if Lesnar vs. Angle had been for a glorified IC title rather than an equally important championship.

[Legion]

No.

The house show business structure relies on two brands and two champions.

While that system remains, the two titles will remain.

[Jimichiro Likes Erick Rowan]

I don't see them being unified anytime soon. WWE's logic is that they want a World title to main event their A and B house shows because they will draw more than a show that does not feature a World title

Honestly I don't favor unifying the belts, just reinforce the brand split again.