If Adam Pearce won the WWE Championship...

[Jonathan Michaels]

1. Would it be more or less insane than Jinder winning?

2. Miz would immediately cash in on him, wouldn’t he?

3. If not, who would you want Pearce to defend the belt against at Mania?

[Celexa Bliss 54]

1. Less

2. Yes

3. Nakamura

[Legion]

1. Less

2. Yes - prompting Roman to turn the tribal chief gimmick face

3. Nakamura seems sensible in story if he won it and held it until then

[Mozenrath]

1. Like right now? It'd be around that level of insane, comparable levels.

2. Probably.

3. Echoing Nakamura.

[ilggant]

1. It'd be more insane because a) he's not been portrayed as an actual wrestler capable of even defending himself and b) he's going up against the chiefest of tribal chiefs.

2. If he somehow performs the miracle of beating Reigns without shenanigans I would hope they keep the title on him and attempt to explain the viewing audience who has never seen him wrestle, just who he is and how the hell he got to be good enough to beat Roman Reigns.

3. Can't give this much thought as I feel there isn't even a snowball's chance in hell of that happening, but I'll say Nakamura or Kevin Owens.

[Spider2024]

#2 is absolutely yes, I know that much for sure.

The real question is, will WWE actually acknowledge, out loud on TV, that Pearce was NWA Heavyweight Champion before?

["American Cream" Dusty Loads]

Oh shit, Adam Pearce is wresting again?

[James Fabiano]

4. You meant the UNIVERSAL title.

If he does win, he had better have a belt with a post box in the middle if he returns to the Firefly Funhouse.

[fw91]

1) More
2) No because Miz is on RAW
3) um... How about Carmella’s servant?

[Jonathan Michaels]

Jan 11, 2021 9:20:58 GMT -5 fw91 said:

1) More
2) No because Miz is on RAW
3) um... How about Carmella’s servant?

It has been established that Miz could cash in on either title.

[fw91]

Jan 11, 2021 11:27:06 GMT -5 Jonathan Michaels said:

Jan 11, 2021 9:20:58 GMT -5 fw91 said:

1) More
2) No because Miz is on RAW
3) um... How about Carmella’s servant?

It has been established that Miz could cash in on either title.

Yeah but it’s one of those times when he’s Mr.USA network, unless there’s a show switch with the titles, I can’t see him winning the sd belt

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

People saying it's more believable are accounting for non-WWE continuity, which WWE almost never does.

To a WWE-only fan, Pearce has only ever been a glass of milk in a suit. This would be like, if Coachman had an assistant that won the title, because Coachman at least had a few matches on WWE TV.

[Perpetual Nirvana]

What they need to do is establish Pearce's history and position him as a veteran getting his first and maybe only shot. Will they do that? Well it is WWE so who knows.

[nisidhe]

1. More insane since it would show that the WWE championship belt is merely a prop, devoid of any meaning at this point in its 58-year history _or_ the purportedly 116-year history of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship it absorbed with the former NWA/WCW title.

2. Miz will try, but has no business succeeding.

3. Whosoever wins the Rumble this year will go for the Universal title this time around: given the relative mire the two main rosters have been in the last few months, I think the winner will be someone fresh from NXT.

[Deleted]

1. More insane, but probably also much more entertaining.

2. Yes, and it'd be an interesting story since Pearce is the reason Miz got the briefcase back.

3. Reginald!

[eJm]

Jan 11, 2021 15:24:56 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

People saying it's more believable are accounting for non-WWE continuity, which WWE almost never does.

To a WWE-only fan, Pearce has only ever been a glass of milk in a suit. This would be like, if Coachman had an assistant that won the title, because Coachman at least had a few matches on WWE TV.

Hey, that’s not fair!

Pearce had two matches on Shotgun Saturday Night and a jobber match on Raw.

Don’t blemish his WWE career!

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Jan 11, 2021 17:05:14 GMT -5 eJm said:

Jan 11, 2021 15:24:56 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

People saying it's more believable are accounting for non-WWE continuity, which WWE almost never does.

To a WWE-only fan, Pearce has only ever been a glass of milk in a suit. This would be like, if Coachman had an assistant that won the title, because Coachman at least had a few matches on WWE TV.

Hey, that’s not fair!

Pearce had two matches on Shotgun Saturday Night and a jobber match on Raw.

Don’t blemish his WWE career!

You know, I almost wrote in a disclaimer line of 'and don't come shouting at me about some jobber squash they did on Jakked or something' and then it was you of all people

[eJm]

Jan 11, 2021 17:09:27 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Jan 11, 2021 17:05:14 GMT -5 eJm said:

Hey, that’s not fair!

Pearce had two matches on Shotgun Saturday Night and a jobber match on Raw.

Don’t blemish his WWE career!

You know, I almost wrote in a disclaimer line of 'and don't come shouting at me about some jobber squash they did on Jakked or something' and then it was you of all people

Part of it was for my own curiosity and part of it was to do literally exactly that.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Jan 11, 2021 17:09:27 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Jan 11, 2021 17:05:14 GMT -5 eJm said:

Hey, that’s not fair!

Pearce had two matches on Shotgun Saturday Night and a jobber match on Raw.

Don’t blemish his WWE career!

You know, I almost wrote in a disclaimer line of 'and don't come shouting at me about some jobber squash they did on Jakked or something' and then it was you of all people

Expecting someone else?

Seriously, the only way I ever score 1997 Shotgun for this rankings thing is with a key to the physical WWE video archive in that cave somewhere.

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Given the recent news, there's a chance Pearce DOES win it with how Roman basically went into isolation the last time WWE had this kind of recent news...