Rumors of New Titles and Weight Classes

[Chuck Conry]

Been seeing online a rumor that WWE is considering a re-order of their titles. Meaning perhaps new titles like a trios title and possible weight classes. Do you think this is at all a good idea? Also, when they say weight classes do they mean just adding a lightweight title or do they possibly mean heavyweight, lightweight, middleweight and all that stuff that the UFC and MMA does?

[A Little Doo Doo]

It won't matter if the booking is shit, of course, but I've always wanted them to turn one of the Tag Titles into 6-Man Tag Titles.

Never cared for weight classes in wrestling, personally.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Weight classes in wrestling are universally awful.

[A Little Doo Doo]

Sept 19, 2023 16:59:45 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Weight classes in wrestling are universally awful.

Wrestling shouldn't be about weight limits. It should be about no limits!

[Hypnosis]

Sept 19, 2023 16:59:45 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Weight classes in wrestling are universally awful.

I would hate if the cruiserweights are restricted to one division once again.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Christian in a chicken suit trying to sweat off a few pounds to make weight for a light heavyweight match was gold.

[DichEvans]

Sept 19, 2023 16:59:45 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Weight classes in wrestling are universally awful.

Seth Rollins would be a middleweight if WWE was a shoot. 

The guys who are "heavyweights" consists of Lesnar, Roman, and a bunch of tall guys who can't really work

[Citizen Snips]

Mixed tag titles, dammit!!

[ChitownKnight]

Sept 19, 2023 16:57:29 GMT -5 A Little Doo Doo said:

It won't matter if the booking is shit, of course, but I've always wanted them to turn one of the Tag Titles into 6-Man Tag Titles.

Never cared for weight classes in wrestling, personally.

The tag titles are already unified, might as well make a trios title
For Smackdown. They have Lashley and the street profits as well as LWO.

[A Little Doo Doo]

Sept 19, 2023 17:15:17 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

Sept 19, 2023 16:57:29 GMT -5 A Little Doo Doo said:

It won't matter if the booking is shit, of course, but I've always wanted them to turn one of the Tag Titles into 6-Man Tag Titles.

Never cared for weight classes in wrestling, personally.

The tag titles are already unified, might as well make a trios title
For Smackdown. They have Lashley and the street profits as well as LWO.

Rick Boogs, Elias and Madcap Moss for the first champs!!!

[HMARK Center]

I've got no problems with weight classes in wrestling, so long as it's not a case of "light/cruiserweights can only face other light/cruiserweights and can only challenge for that weight class belt."

Pro wrestling, especially a company with so many hours of content a week like WWE, just usually isn't cut out for having really strict rules and parameters like that; look at the history of almost any major or mid-major promotion and you'll see stuff like that being broken or undone in a pretty quick amount of time.

But if you make it so that, say, you're allowed to challenge for the belt in your weight class and any others that might be above it? I think that's enough flexibility that you don't risk pigeonholing people, don't risk limiting your potential marquee title matches, but still keep the heavyweight title looking like the most prestigious one, since technically anybody can challenge for it.

[tirtefaa]

I hate the trios titles.

The tag titles should fit any situation where it's more than one person. There's no reason why three guys can win the tag titles and actually carry around 3 belts.

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It's not supposed to be about weight limits

IT'S ABOUT NO LIMITS!!

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Sept 19, 2023 18:46:13 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

I've got no problems with weight classes in wrestling, so long as it's not a case of "light/cruiserweights can only face other light/cruiserweights and can only challenge for that weight class belt."

Pro wrestling, especially a company with so many hours of content a week like WWE, just usually isn't cut out for having really strict rules and parameters like that; look at the history of almost any major or mid-major promotion and you'll see stuff like that being broken or undone in a pretty quick amount of time.

But if you make it so that, say, you're allowed to challenge for the belt in your weight class and any others that might be above it? I think that's enough flexibility that you don't risk pigeonholing people, don't risk limiting your potential marquee title matches, but still keep the heavyweight title looking like the most prestigious one, since technically anybody can challenge for it.

This is close to how I feel like things would be done in my ideal promotion. The main world title and most of the matches as a whole would be still "openweight" as it always has been with WWE, but I'd have a "National Heavyweight" belt and "National Light-Heavyweight" belt serving as midcard singles belts, largely to dictate the kind of matches you'd get for them. National Heavyweight would be your Gunther/Hobbs/Miro-style meat-bumping fests, while National Light-Heavyweight would be your highflying and technical stuff. Only the people above or below the designated weight limit would challenge for those respective midcard belts, but can still go for the world title without any restrictions.

But it could only really work in a company starting from scratch. WWE has too much established lineage and whatnot to try and recondition the fanbase this deep into the piece.

[Deleted]

There is absoloutley no way in hell they are gonna stick established weight classes so that is pretty damn funny they would even think about doing it.

And with WWE's obsession with long ass title reigns they will burn through every challenger in a division in 2 weeks time.

[Hulk With A Mustache]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: There should be 1 World Title, 1 Women's Title, and 1 Tag Team Title defended on both shows. RAW should have a men and women's Intercontinental Title, and SmackDown! should have a men and women's United States Title. NXT can stick with its current title situation.

["Magic" Mark Hurr]

Give me a title that could change hands on a DQ or a countout.

[Mozenrath]

Sept 19, 2023 17:02:08 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

Sept 19, 2023 16:59:45 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Weight classes in wrestling are universally awful.

I would hate if the cruiserweights are restricted to one division once again.

Finding out they were weighing Buddy blew my mind, like, did anyone let them know this shit's a work? Was a fan going to run down to the ring and call the whole thing a shame if he was 212 one week?

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Sept 19, 2023 22:59:39 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Sept 19, 2023 17:02:08 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

I would hate if the cruiserweights are restricted to one division once again.

Finding out they were weighing Buddy blew my mind, like, did anyone let them know this shit's a work? Was a fan going to run down to the ring and call the whole thing a shame if he was 212 one week?

I’m not sure it’s a shame, but a guy being overweight is certainly a sham!!!

[Mozenrath]

Sept 20, 2023 0:15:40 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Sept 19, 2023 22:59:39 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Finding out they were weighing Buddy blew my mind, like, did anyone let them know this shit's a work? Was a fan going to run down to the ring and call the whole thing a shame if he was 212 one week?

I’m not sure it’s a shame, but a guy being overweight is certainly a sham!!!

Typo, yeah, my work hours have been hell this week, and I'm pretty drained.