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Post by ThugSuperstar on Jul 27, 2016 14:23:08 GMT -5
Was just thinking about this the other day. Now that RAW is going to have a WWE Universal Championship, what was the purpose of renaming the WWE World Heavyweight Championship back to the WWE Championship? Were they going to bring back the World Title and then made a last second decision to change it? Did they think the "WWE World Heavyweight Championship" name sounded too prestige with there now being two main championships in the company? Seems odd they would've randomly chosen to rename the championship just for the sake of doing so.
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Post by |»Champ«| on Jul 27, 2016 14:53:18 GMT -5
As of Smackdown, it's now the "WWE World Championship". I don't get the name changes seeing RAW didn't go the world title route.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jul 27, 2016 15:06:44 GMT -5
The WWE has no clue in what they are doing.
I won't be shocked if the belts end up being WWE Raw Title and WWE Smackdown Title eventually.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 15:13:41 GMT -5
The WWE has no clue in what they are doing. I won't be shocked if the belts end up being WWE Raw Title and WWE Smackdown Title eventually. I would rather them call them the Raw World Championship and the Smackdown Word Championship. |
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Post by TheLastDude on Jul 27, 2016 15:16:31 GMT -5
Was just thinking about this the other day. Now that RAW is going to have a WWE Universal Championship, what was the purpose of renaming the WWE World Heavyweight Championship back to the WWE Championship? Were they going to bring back the World Title and then made a last second decision to change it? Did they think the "WWE World Heavyweight Championship" name sounded too prestige with there now being two main championships in the company? Seems odd they would've randomly chosen to rename the championship just for the sake of doing so. Well, if Smackdown is the B-show...it makes sense that they have a less prestigious sounding title. Raw has the UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP!Smackdown has the WWE championship...nyup! |
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Post by savage on Jul 27, 2016 15:17:43 GMT -5
The WWE has no clue in what they are doing. I won't be shocked if the belts end up being WWE Raw Title and WWE Smackdown Title eventually. This is what needs to happen. Anything else is just stupid |
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Post by sitruC on Jul 27, 2016 15:47:05 GMT -5
Maybe cause SmackDown is more so smaller guys so they felt Heavyweight was a bit redundant
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Post by ZDB on Jul 27, 2016 16:42:02 GMT -5
Naming them Smackdown and Raw titles is a bad idea
What happens if the titles are swapped during the draft
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Post by Cassa Nova Kid on Jul 27, 2016 16:55:16 GMT -5
And it sounds less prestiges, World title I think it's better then any other companies championships, however calling them a Raw or SD title is like having another US or IC title.
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Post by Angel Beast on Jul 27, 2016 17:17:45 GMT -5
Naming them Smackdown and Raw titles is a bad idea What happens if the titles are swapped during the draft Simple: The Raw Smackdown Championship The Smackdown Raw Championship |
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Post by J-MANN: Tag Team Champion on Jul 27, 2016 18:27:25 GMT -5
At first I thought it sounded stupid. But after letting it sink in a couple days, I love it. I hope this is permanent.
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Jul 27, 2016 18:50:39 GMT -5
Just think in a few years when both these titles are unified the WWE title will be 3 united belts merged into 1.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Jul 27, 2016 20:45:38 GMT -5
Just think in a few years when both these titles are unified the WWE title will be 3 united belts merged into 1. WWE Triple Crown. Like like All Japan. |
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Post by REAL REVY on Jul 27, 2016 20:57:44 GMT -5
Maybe they lost the copyright to the name? Just a sugges.
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Post by TheLastDude on Jul 27, 2016 21:07:19 GMT -5
Maybe they lost the copyright to the name? Just a sugges. Maybe the design of the belt, but not the phrase World Heavyweight Championship. That's a generic phrase. |
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Post by REAL REVY on Jul 27, 2016 21:08:36 GMT -5
Maybe they lost the copyright to the name? Just a sugges. Maybe the design of the belt, but not the phrase World Heavyweight Championship. That's a generic phrase. The copyright might have expired though. I'm not sure we will have to wait til WWE levels with us. |
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Post by TheLastDude on Jul 27, 2016 21:15:18 GMT -5
Maybe the design of the belt, but not the phrase World Heavyweight Championship. That's a generic phrase. The copyright might have expired though. I'm not sure we will have to wait til WWE levels with us. That's what I'm telling you though. You can't copyright a generic phrase. |
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Post by REAL REVY on Jul 27, 2016 21:17:13 GMT -5
The copyright might have expired though. I'm not sure we will have to wait til WWE levels with us. That's what I'm telling you though. You can't copyright a generic phrase. The WWE (AKA WWF) title is far from generic though, with leiniage dating back to the WWWF. I find it hard to believe they could just lose the copyright. It has to be around somewhere and a dirt sheet will hopefully have the scoop soon. |
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Post by Gone. on Jul 27, 2016 21:17:56 GMT -5
No but seriously the only belt that matters is he WWE Championship. None of this matters till Balor gets the real WWE Title. One day..
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Post by Mr Wrestling Jr. on Jul 27, 2016 22:30:48 GMT -5
RAW has the WWE Universal Championship. SmackDown has the WWE World Championship. Steph wants to be better than the world, so she has universal.
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