Kemo
06-17-2023, 07:17 AM
WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H recently introduced new championship belts. He presented Roman Reigns and multiple other champions with all-new titles over the last month in WWE. Reports suggest that he has a reason behind it.
Over the last few weeks, Seth Rollins won the brand-new World Heavyweight Championship. More recently, a new belt, the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship belt was introduced. The title carries on the lineage of the original WWE belt. Following that, Asuka and Rhea Ripley were given new belts as well. Rhea Ripley was crowned the Women's World Champion, while Asuka became the WWE Women's Champion.
A report by Justin Barrasso on Sports Illustrated stated that multiple sources had confirmed that Triple H had a reason for changing the championships. They said he wanted to freshen up the designs and present a new look instead.
The new titles certainly look quite different from the old ones. The women's division also saw changes as new titles were introduced discarding the Raw and SmackDown titles.
Meanwhile, the report noted that Reigns’ title supersedes the title Rollins has, especially when it comes to the lineage.
Reigns received his new belt on SmackDown two weeks ago and Paul Heyman kept the WWE and Universal Title belts on his shoulders. It will be interesting to see if Heyman continues to carry both of those titles while Reigns carries the new title as this is an idea that has been discussed, as per the sources of the outlet.
Barrasso further noted that there are reasons to keep the extra titles. It is mainly because it would further differentiate 'The Tribal Chief' from the other champions.
One of the belts represents WWE’s past, carried by WWE Hall of Famers like Steve Austin, Pedro Morales, Bret Hart, and many others, while the other has its own meaning as it became more valuable on SmackDown than the world title was on Raw. Barrasso highlighted how there is a significance behind all that history, which is supposed to be transferred onto Reigns’ new title.
Over the last few weeks, Seth Rollins won the brand-new World Heavyweight Championship. More recently, a new belt, the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship belt was introduced. The title carries on the lineage of the original WWE belt. Following that, Asuka and Rhea Ripley were given new belts as well. Rhea Ripley was crowned the Women's World Champion, while Asuka became the WWE Women's Champion.
A report by Justin Barrasso on Sports Illustrated stated that multiple sources had confirmed that Triple H had a reason for changing the championships. They said he wanted to freshen up the designs and present a new look instead.
The new titles certainly look quite different from the old ones. The women's division also saw changes as new titles were introduced discarding the Raw and SmackDown titles.
Meanwhile, the report noted that Reigns’ title supersedes the title Rollins has, especially when it comes to the lineage.
Reigns received his new belt on SmackDown two weeks ago and Paul Heyman kept the WWE and Universal Title belts on his shoulders. It will be interesting to see if Heyman continues to carry both of those titles while Reigns carries the new title as this is an idea that has been discussed, as per the sources of the outlet.
Barrasso further noted that there are reasons to keep the extra titles. It is mainly because it would further differentiate 'The Tribal Chief' from the other champions.
One of the belts represents WWE’s past, carried by WWE Hall of Famers like Steve Austin, Pedro Morales, Bret Hart, and many others, while the other has its own meaning as it became more valuable on SmackDown than the world title was on Raw. Barrasso highlighted how there is a significance behind all that history, which is supposed to be transferred onto Reigns’ new title.