WWE Just Quietly Added Two GAME-CHANGING Championships
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- Опубліковано 15 кві 2024
- In amongst the hullabaloo of WrestleMania 40, WWE quietly announced the addition of two brand new game-changing championships.
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A title for only lasting a few minutes, where do I sign up?
Yea and I'll take the DM special anyday
Another nice thing about the Women’s North American title is it creates a sort of fast-track to the main roster. Take someone like Lola Vice who’s gotten over fast and is already showing talent well beyond her experience level, but doesn’t really fit into the current top title plans. Give her a solid run with the North American title to cement her as a big deal, and she’ll be ready for a call-up by the next Royal Rumble.
I’m actually legitimately super excited about the Women’s North American championship
You are no match for my premature uhhh rasslin. I can finish in less than a few minutes
127 likes and no comment.... let me change that!!!
WWE Speed… weren’t 3 minute matches already happening on “Main Event”? 🙃🙃
We legit need the hard-core to return no holds barred and all not a flimsy 24/7 job they tried shuvveling
This might be something possible once RAW goes to Netflix next year. All the censorship is gone once this happens, so Netflix would be more than open to WWE having a serious Hardcore Division again.
Bro...Ava is going to be the new Stephanie McMahon character
i'm all for it
Nice. A belt for Guila to become the inaugural champion.
Nah send her straight for that world title imo
@@shortesnameofalltime A lot of people have absolutely zero idea who she is, so to just immediately push her to the very tippy top right off the bat could be a bad idea unless she's a heel. A lot of fans were either only recently introduced to her, or have no idea who she is so that could lead to some hatred from the crowd(good for a heel though) because she got pushed to the top over some of the fan favorites.
I wrote the same thing. It's definitely hers
@@soulessshadow5356 fair point actually yeah sure give her the na title then
@@shortesnameofalltime Don't get me wrong, she's definitely a main title kinda player, but I'm just concerned about the backlash of pushing her that hard right out of the gate.
The speed title will disappear faster than the Greatest Royal Rumble belt 😂
Yep.
Queen of the Ring will crown the first Womens Intercontinental champion, you read it here first.
OBVIOUSLY they need a South American Championship first. And a tournament in Rio de Janeiro.
Why can't they make a unique title instead of a women's hand me down
If they bring back the classic format then that would mean the Men's winner receives a SummerSlam main event and the Women's winner receives a midcard title? That doesn't seem like equal stakes to me.
@@Mayydayy86nice. Thanks for the laugh!
@@treqrsI’ve been thinking this for ages. If they want to make SummerSlam bigger, have the king and queen of the ring call their shot at SummerSlam.
Imagine a world where someone gets a shot at the title by actually wrestling in singles matches rather than by winning a gimmick match like the Rumble, MIB, Elimination Chamber or a 3 way match. Crazy! 😂
How'd he make that graphic disappear? You're not fooling me Tommaso Ciampa.
So as far as I know, there are currently the following championships in each promotion:
In WWE:
- For each show (Raw, Smackdown, NXT): Men's top, Women's top, Men's midcard, Men's tag
- also: Women's tag (floating), Women's midcard (NXT), Men's Speed (online/house show)
15 championships total. Right?
And then AEW/ROH has:
- AEW: Men's top, men's midcard x4, men's tag, men's trios, women's top, women's midcard
- ROH: Men's top, men's midcard x2, men's tag, men's trios, women's top, women's midcard
16 total championships, not counting other promotions like AAA or NJPW that get defended there on occasion
And TNA: Men's top, men's midcard x2, men's tag, women's top, women's tag
6 championships
And then there's NJPW... I haven't kept up with what shows count and what don't in that promotion (does STRONG? Does STARDOM?)
Dang, showing no respect to the NXT Heritage Cup champion here, I guess it isn't the same without Noam Dar holding it, but still. :(
@@krectus that was a tournament, right? I'm not counting tournaments.
@@wanderlustwarrioryep, but it is being defended like a championship
@@wanderlustwarrior The Heritage Cup title probably gets defended more than the other titles on NXT.
@@krectus frequency of defenses isn't necessarily a good thing. How long has the cup been a thing?
Now I want weekly Tom Campbell reviews of WWE Speed.
But in speed run format. Less than a minute review
@@Hundo_Mo In 60-90 Second Short videos?? 🤔 🤔
@@EvaFullyeah like what Fraser used to do with raw Smackdown dynamite and rampage
YES PLEASE!
I agree with Becky Lynch here. We need more meaningful Stories and angle more than more titles. But as long as it gets more good women's wrestler's more time, it's a good thing.
There's a book about attention span decay? Can somebody give me the TLDR version RQ?
Womens midcard is a GAME CHANGER. Incredible idea
Something I am surprised AEW beat them to.
@@dragonslayer7327 AEW were always going to do it first. Give Tony Khan a tournament to hold for a new title belt and he doesn't know whether he's in Fulham or Florida.
if ther was something on the main roster be nice someone like zoey stark be good ..shes good in mathces ok shes not ready promo wise..but gets her over with fans more than a tag team run
There's a good and bad pair of reasons for why a women's midcard belt is only viable in NXT right now and not in any other promotion. NXT gets 4-5 women's segments per show. WWE main roster, TNA, and AEW get 4-5 per week across all their 2-3 shows. NXT is the only brand in major American TV wrestling that is capable of sustaining a women's midcard championship. The other shows need to catch up to that level for sure.
You can just call it Twitter
The Trish Becky and Ronda Shayna feud are the only women’s feuds I can remember reaching a PPV payoff in the last few years that didn’t have a belt involved that I can think off. I’ve probably missed others but it really is lacking support
Women’s fueds lack that long term element
Bayley vs D.C Was good because of the build
Liv and Rhea was going to be great and honestly even with injury still is
But there is no other long term or honestly even short term fued on the women’s roster rn
Don't forget Candice vs Indi. Looks like they're milking that inevitable Indi turn.
The North American championship is a throw back to the territory days
Wouldn't mind seeing the hardcore title come back wasn't that keen on the 24/7 title run the belt looked cheap aswell no offence to the people who made it and wrestlers who won it but yeah keep the united states championship that's a upgrade to the attitude era European title even though I thought that was a good belt too 😊😊😊
Will Cody bring back the winged eagles belt?
My main thought about speed is "whose push is this gonna be for?" Thinking about it through a kayfabe lens: the concept of this program is basically people training to be Goldberg & being able to squash any opponent very quickly, so naturally someone who ends up excelling on here would (barring any differences in rules outside of the time limit) have no reason not to translate that ability into main show matches, and no reason to not immediately challenge for & win a world title.
I would like to see a women intercontinental title and women US title on the main roster
They can re-instate the NXT Woman Tag titles if they want to.. Old Man V is out, do what pleases You WWE 🙌🏾
Don’t know. AEW shows that two women’s titles are more then enough. WWE has two titles already and not enough women to fill up a midcard scene for two more belts.
They could just pay more attention to there tag titles
@@Toast2222 yeah, I also didn’t get why they had 2 tag titles for like 4 tag teams until last year.
The speed championship could be a TV title prototype. Imagine having a guaranteed 5min banger every program.
As a wrestling fan, I love championship belts and different kinds of concepts. I'm personally excited that the NXT Women's are getting a second championship in the North American Title, after the NXT Women's Tag Team Titles were eliminated there wasn't much opportunities for the ladies on NXT. The Speed Championship title is a bit of a unique one, since this one will be defended on social media it will make it even more unique. I wonder what other championship surprises will come our way soon, maybe Triple H might bring back some old titles lost from 20 years ago perhaps, or retired thanks to the old man erasing Trips previous good work.
I actually tried to find some of the WWE speed matches on Twitter. Could only find 1. if Twitter wants to make it as a video hosting platform they need to make shit findable lmao
I think the future of the wwe main roster women’s division is to have two women’s titles on each show. Each brand gets their world title and one of the two secondary titles. You can have the women’s tag team division be a feature of one specific show and move all your tag teams to that show and have a secondary singles title be brand exclusive to the other main roster brand.
I feel they are returning the original naming, RAW being World titles and Smackdown being WWE titles. This started with the return of the World Heavyweight Championship and recently the Raw tag titles being changed to the World Tag Championships. I haven't noticed Cody saying Universal in his promos lately and just calling it the Undistuped WWE Championship which was the name of the longest reiging title pre-merge with the Universal.
Will have to wait and see on that if the Smackdown tag titles get changed to be WWE Tag Championship or not. With the speed it seems to be something to replace the gap of missing crusierweight title.
I love the idea of a women's secondary belt but I would've loved it being different from the men's in some way instead of just being a women's version of the men's belt. Even a different color than a white strap would've been nicer, something like a light blue strap to mirror the dark red/maroon of the men's north American.
WWE Speed is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist, at least in terms of wrestling. You don't *need* a specific show/title/excuse for matches built around extreme speed to exist. Just put them on your show if you want them to exist. It's fine. Maybe it could even become someone's actual gimmick. But shuffling it off into their own separate world instantly delegitimizes the concept, and it isn't going to do anything to save the sinking ship that is Twitter. It's some Quibi shit.
The Women's North American Championship is dope af though. It is genuinely wonderful that there's enough space being held in mainstream wrestling these days to build up enough roster depth for women's secondary titles to exist in multiple promotions now. And as someone else noted, it opens up a new avenue to main roster money for ladies with high upside but no path through contention for the top title. Hopefully that will also hasten the creation of a women's IC and/or US title on the main shows.
Really enjoyed that. The speed stuff sounds fun but the NXT addition could have huge ramifications
IMO, there needs to be at least one storyline running parallel to every title, ideally two. And there needs to be something on TV every week to support every one of these. That way, when one title feud is over, the next contender is right there. Keeps things rolling smoothly without needing to do a tournament or gauntlet for a new #1 contender every other week.
So, to support 5 belts there should be matches/promos/backstages/whatever involving a total of 10 different story lines each show. At a minimum. NXT runs things a little tighter than main, but thats a stretch even for them.
What I'd like instead of the NXT NA titles is a cap on how long your title run can be in NXT. Say 90 days. After that, you vacate the title & become a free-agent for main. This gets top stars to move on, freeing up space for others to win the belts. It also gives those former champions a little bit of cachet when they do get called up.
Quietly?
7:47 wrong! The FCW 15 title was basically title defended in 15 minute Ironman matches.
I wonder if the Stardom High Speed title could have been an influence on this idea
11:08 Jokes on you. I was on my phone and wasn't even watching the video
We need a 3 minute Kevin Owens chinlock to a draw
Always love these type of vids Tom!
ToO mAnY bElTS wahh
Hardly quiet when they announced this 😂
SPEED = WWE Touch-butt title. I kind of wish that they stuck with the proposed 5-min limit. Still, it shows that you can have a barnburner in a short amount of time.
NXT Women’s league has enough wrestlers to warrant a 2nd title.
New World Tag Team titles for Raw
Looking forward to the NXT Womens North America Championship but that Speed title is a waste of space.
Oh yeah!!! Can't wait 🎉🎉🎉
WWE Speed = WWE Quickie Championship :D
I’m very excited for the women’s North American championship, NXT’s women’s division is very deep so it will be a lovely addition to the best brand in WWE!
i wish the can bring back a cruiserweight championship or a jr heavyweight belt
Women’s division needs mid card titles!!!!!
They're running it on NXT first to see how well it goes. It'll happen on the main roster.
i reckon the main roster only needs 1 tag title the other should be a trios. also where the mixed belt
wwe speed is the long lost son of wwe velocity
GIGI DOLIN AND JD MCDONAGH SHOULD BE THE INAUGURAL CHAMPS!!!
Pausing this upload at 3.50 just cries
Tom Campbell does Weebl-stuff: The Album.
If they book new titles logically, using them to establish a hierarchy on the roster and as individual rights of passage for wrestlers, no reason you can’t have women’s intercontinental and US belts.
12 months doesn’t cut 20 ways, especially if the average title reign is going to be at minimum 4 months.
As far as the men go, I’ve wanted the European title back for years. A lot of people say no to that because “it wasn’t as prestigious as the IC or World Titles”, well that exactly why it should be brought back.
The European Champion was the bronze medal of men’s wrestling in the Attitude Era. It great that the IC and US titles are closer in status to the world title, but the downside is, as a lower main event belt, guys who aren’t already popular or being fast tracked to the main event are unlikely to win it, this robs WWE of an important story telling device, a pure mid-card belt.
12 months is divisible by 20. 18 days.
@miguelnewmexico8641 Note the part where I mentioned that title reigns are expect to last several months minimum.
I trust you know that one month alone is longer than 18 days. If the average title reign was 18 days, I imagine people would find that worse than having an extra title or two.
Point is, wrestling fans can’t have their cake and eat it too. If you want the titles to feel important, then don’t whine when 90% of the roster are being under-utilised. Not saying there should be a belt for every wrestler, but adding a third men’s singles title is a healthy middle ground.
Love the vids!
My problem with speed is that I can’t really buy that they would be able to finish matches in 3 min that often. I need to be able to pretend its real.
Love this channel
A little dose of truth from Tom Campbell :) what a great video!
The Speed "Championship" should be a Stopwatch and not a belt.
Yay another new title... What's next the Bob's Haircare and Tire Emporium Euro Asian Heavyweight Championship.
njpw world tv title has a 15 minute time limit too
7:05 WOLVERHAMPTON. NOT BIRMINGHAM.
Personally, I think Jacy Jayne is more than ready for the top strap. she's one of the most polished women in NXT.
More stories to finish
They should bring back the hardcore championship
The WWE Meth belt, huh? Is it a requirement you have to hit a goofball (not to be confused with a speedball that is yay+heroin lol) before going out for your match?
For me, the secondary title for the women's division in the main roster is impossible at the moment as their tag team division is all over the place, no disrespect, plus the main roster is bringing back the Queen's crown, so maybe that's for the underutilized women like the crowned Queen will defend her crown, and with the Women's North American Championship, I think the main roster stars will compete maybe at the tournament and so on, not to snatch the spotlight from the NXT stars but to give their star power to boost NXT ratings and introduce the title to the main roster audience until the NXT becomes a third official main brand.
Tom is incredible at doing this style of video
So excited for the women's titles
Dont wanna hear shit about "toO mAnY tiTLes!!!" about a certain company after this
At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Triple H brings back Evolution just so the woman division in his vision can shine much brighter than ever before
Its a good change and i just hope they return some old title like europian championship and light heavy weight championship title to spicy up things
WWE Velocity would have been a better namen for Speed
scalar > vector
Bring back the NXT women's tag belts!
Why not have a women's IC title? Do we really need 2, basically, WWE main titles?
I think we need hardcore championship
Or have they?
I'm already looking forward to the WWE Speed lists you guys will be making in the future lol. Great video, thank you Tom 🖤
❤
Finally a mid card title so the women can fight over it and make it prestigious and the working girls title , speed title will be for Akira Tozawa
Speed just has a ceiling. This tournament could be exciting, and regardless of what it is, people like seeing new champions being born. But once the dust settles this show is either going to garner no viewership or it just becomes boring watching 3 minutes matches all the time.
good video
Angel vs Tyler Bate is the last match
I don't understand why NXT is getting a women's midcard title but not the main roster which has more people. And I wish there was more thought & uniqueness put into it instead of just putting women's & a white strap in front of an already existing title.
NXT isn't just developmental. They use NXT as a testing ground to see if it could work on the main brand
how unique can it possibly be? a 30 frontflips in one match title? i mean, that would be tight and all, but what kind of championship is that?
Women should have gotten a European title to sort of replicate the main roster. MR: Intercontinental and US, NXT: North American and European. Ik its 2 men's titles on the main roster but i hope you get what i mean
TV title for Smackdown.
Digital Media Title For Raw.
Both womens titles, without saying WOMENS in the name
I clicked off the second Corey Graves was mentioned.
Speed actually sounds really cool. Speaking about championships... what if WWE started a "PLE" tournament where the winner receives a custom mask/helmet? There would be three different and unique prototypes displayed on the entrance, and once a winner is declared, they choose one of the three masks. The design then becomes a wearable, intricate, custom mask or helmet they wear to the ring. To defend it, they must prevent their opponent from beating them so badly, they can't stop them from taking it from the display and putting it on. The new winner then creates a personalized version, borrowing elements from the previous one. This could be a way to showcase underappreciated talent while building their character.
If NXT is given more emphasis it could be used to develop and utilize the women better than any of the other shows can.
Lmaooo hardcore belt only one we need back
I dont get the quietly part. they literally announced the Women’s North American championship
I like the idea of a midcard women’s title, I just wish they’d stop copying names/designs of their other titles and be a bit more creative
what did you want it to be called? the Training Bra Title?
@@miguelnewmexico8641 don’t be ridiculous, but they could come up with something that isn’t already taken I’m sure rather than just make a women’s version of an existing title
Women’s North American should be a title defended on all brands
Storylines shouldnt be built alround belts......But thats the whole point....right. To hold a belt. To be a champ of some kind. Also, all the belts being the same is dumb.
Bron Breakker should win the Speed title.. would make a lot of sense.
Am I the only one who still doesn't really care about the women's side of things? There's been a couple interesting bits over the years, but like, it's never as entertaining to me as the men's. And I say that as someone who enjoys his Gossip Girl.
Im the opposite I guess. Especially the Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns domination of the titles at the top the last 7+ years have made me care much more about the womens side of wrestling the last few years.
Caring about the women's division is what gives us treats like Rhea Ripley.
nah bad idea
I think another women's secondary title is long over due. I just wish WWE wouldnt put "Women's" in front of female talent championships outside the main titles. AEW has TBS title strictly for the women. Why not make the WWE Television championship and make it strictly for female talent.
Wren Sinclair??? Huh???
How dare you Tom. I was not looking at that pop up in the corner! I may have been prepping a pot of tea though...
Love the idea of repping the Women in wrestling as deserving of the same attention as the Men, and Speed looks like it could be a novel concept, something that can give more performers a chance to play to their own strengths in front of an audience, never a bad move really.
Lastly, appreciate your work! Thank you good sir!
And why does Becky need a belt then