Could MITB cash-in ever be a forbidden door title match?

[The Rick Jericho]

If WWE ever wanted to shake things up, an interesting concept could simply be the winner gets a title match, with any champion all over the world.

Obviously it would be only with companies Hunter has agreed to work with or have a talent exchange program.

If they truly want to be world, this would definitely be a nice step up for it.

[Andew9001]

Triple H: Good news Damian, you're going to be NWA Champion.

Damian Priest: - cries -

Triple H: I knew you'd be happy.

[champviadq]

Can't tell if this thread is a joke or not.

[Hulk With A Mustache]

The only way this could work is if Damien Priest showed up on an episode of Dynamite or at World's End and beat MJF for the AEW World Title. That would be an insane moment, but it ain't ever gonna happen.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

This would never happen in WWE. If someone like AEW, Impact, New Japan came up with the idea though? As long as agreed upon by another promotion? I could definitely see a "World Title Shot anywhere, any time" loophole being made.

[Mozenrath]

It's one of those things that could work in concept, but in practice, it'd take a LOT for that to ever make sense on WWE's end. Like, it's difficult enough for them to rationalize when MITB holders cash in on something like the US title, or Charlotte going after the NXT women's title. It's not impossible for it to make sense, but it'd take a lot of doing for not a lot of benefit to WWE in all probability.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

Nov 23, 2023 1:19:06 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

It's one of those things that could work in concept, but in practice, it'd take a LOT for that to ever make sense on WWE's end. Like, it's difficult enough for them to rationalize when MITB holders cash in on something like the US title, or Charlotte going after the NXT women's title. It's not impossible for it to make sense, but it'd take a lot of doing for not a lot of benefit to WWE in all probability.

I mean... also narratively why would AEW honor a contract from another company?

[Mike Strike]

That would be one hell of a way for Cody to challenge MJF for the AEW title.

[Mozenrath]

Nov 23, 2023 1:32:50 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave is Correct said:

Nov 23, 2023 1:19:06 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

It's one of those things that could work in concept, but in practice, it'd take a LOT for that to ever make sense on WWE's end. Like, it's difficult enough for them to rationalize when MITB holders cash in on something like the US title, or Charlotte going after the NXT women's title. It's not impossible for it to make sense, but it'd take a lot of doing for not a lot of benefit to WWE in all probability.

I mean... also narratively why would AEW honor a contract from another company?

Right. It's not impossible to make sense out of, but it'd take a lot of doing, and I don't think WWE would be compelled to put in that kind of effort when there are just easier paths to take, both for the usual MITB stuff or for even if a collaboration did take place.

Like, in some hypothetical AEW/WWE joint venture, it isn't like either of them would likely be down to have their world champion losing to an outside talent. I think the only precedence I can think of where someone really did this would be NJPW vs UWFI, where Takada defeated Keiji Mutoh and took NJPW's top title before losing it to Hashimoto. That was a very successful storyline and Eric Bischoff was inspired to create the nWo storyline due to it, but the only reason any of that likely worked was due to Takada having a personal relationship with Inoki due to being something of a protoge of his. I seriously doubt he'd have placed that kind of trust in someone to give the win back, otherwise, if they were not really under his authority. Similarly, WWE and AEW would have to place extreme trust in each other to not screw each other over here, and that feels like a big gamble, even if there is legal precedence that neither could straight-up steal a title from the other and promote that, what with Ric Flair's "even if he owns the physical belt, likeness rights are still a thing, you can't show that on TV" legal battle.

[Mid-Carder]

I would love to see it but no, it would never happen

[Nosnorb]

Imagine how much more spectacular Austin Theorys ascent into Bitchhalla last year would have been with him blowing the cash in on the NWA National Championship.

[The Thread Barbi]

Cash in on the UFC Heavyweight Championship inside the Octagon?

[Zombie Mod]

the only way they could really get it to work is if a big name was leaving wwe for aew and both companies do a deal to feature both the wwe title on screen and a wwe star challenging for the title on aew shows and to show footage of the respective company tv shows that are relevant to the deal, they promote it like they did with Daniel Bryan/Dean Ambrose with no ill will towards them and have them win the championship on their last night and show up on the next aew show with the title and go from there with the chosen wwe star coming in to win back the title.


while I can see both companies coming to a deal for this sort of short term deal, but I dont see the tv companies being too happy with their exclusive footage being shown on another network. HHH is more open to playing nice with other companies if there is money to be made than vince ever was.

still feels like a break glass in case of emergency booking plan.

[OGBoardPoster2005]

This would be like a contending team opting out of a major league championship for a minor league one. Thus lowering themselves from their own competition.

[Legion]

Now HHHunter and Endeavour can essentially side line Vince, who was always the one against such moves in the modern era (Vince used to work with Japanese and Mexican companies in the past), it's a bigger possibility than in a long time.

Say Nakamura wins mitb next year, but then shows up at a Japanese promotion to cash in, and that kicks off a few months of story feud between WWE and the other company - that could be cool.

But with AEW already doing a lot of cross promotion with the biggest companies, it's unlikely.

It would make no sense for a WWE star to show up at a random Indie. It would have to be the #1 promotion of likely their own home country.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Nov 23, 2023 7:06:59 GMT -5 OGBoardPoster2005 said:

This would be like a contending team opting out of a major league championship for a minor league one. Thus lowering themselves from their own competition.

Hey everyone!!! This is a contest for children!!!!

Yeah and Homer beat their brains out!!!!!

[Hulk With A Mustache]

Nov 23, 2023 5:18:12 GMT -5 The Thread Barbi said:

Cash in on the UFC Heavyweight Championship inside the Octagon?

I want that to happen just to see how UFC fans would react.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Nov 23, 2023 7:06:59 GMT -5 OGBoardPoster2005 said:

This would be like a contending team opting out of a major league championship for a minor league one. Thus lowering themselves from their own competition.

Well, Austin Theory did cash in on the United States championship, so the idea of someone cashing in on a lower tier title has already happened.

[Nosnorb]

Nov 25, 2023 19:30:14 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

Nov 23, 2023 7:06:59 GMT -5 OGBoardPoster2005 said:

This would be like a contending team opting out of a major league championship for a minor league one. Thus lowering themselves from their own competition.

Well, Austin Theory did cash in on the United States championship, so the idea of someone cashing in on a lower tier title has already happened.

And in failing to win, he ascended into Bitchhalla, a fate nobody will want to repeat.