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Post by mikey1974 on Mar 21, 2011 17:39:21 GMT -5
see,that's the thing - i think it's safe to say that 95% of the collector's on here want accuracy above all else.... i mean,that'd be like packaging the Eddie Guerrerro with a green strapped WWE Championship because,you know,it was a personal design choice that he'd look better with green than the actual,accurate black strap...
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Post by mikey1974 on Mar 21, 2011 17:47:36 GMT -5
those who know me well can tell you one thing for certain about me : i have a borderline psychotic / unhealthy fixation with the Winged Eagle World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship Belt! when i first laid eyes on it, during The Main Event match of Hogan vs Andre,i literally fell in love with it! i loved the design,just loved the way it looked,and always did...it was,and still remains,my favorite belt design of all time, so yeah,i'm a self-appointed historian on the belt... The best part of that Main Event was the promo Hogan cut with the old belt, then walked out with the Winged Eagle. Thank you for the ref. pics of the belt along with the time line. I get the white and blue belts mixed up. heh,no problem...like i said,i'm obsessed...i asked my wife if i could take $1,500 of our income tax return and buy one of those real belts that spam.com sells ....not surprisingly,she said no... i remember that,though my guess is that the promo interview was actually taped either a day before the event,or possibly even DAYS before... what's kind of little known is that Vince had the Winged Eagle in his possession since March 1997 ! indeed,Gorilla Monsoon specifically mentions at WM III that "Win,lose,or draw,this is the last time for the Hulkster with that particular belt!" , meaning the old 1986 one he wore into the ring for that match....if they decided to go with Andre,they already had a super-sized,custom made belt ready for him to strap on...if they put Hogan over,then the plan was to switch to the Winged Eagle.... as to why Vince felt the need to wait another 11 months to debut the Winged Eagle,who knows....he's doen it before..... hell,in 1998,he briefly considered dropping the "Attitude/Big Eagle" Belt and go BACK to the Winged Eagle (it can be seen in the RAW segment where Vince was going to declare who was the new Champion, Undertaker or Kane, before Austin came out in a zamboni and ruined the whole thing)...
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