You said Ric Flair's contract expired but I'm pretty sure he was fired over creative differences when he famously rejected Jim Herd's proposal of cutting his hair and changing his name to Spartacus.
Maybe or have it where it can only be won in European Countries or won only by European Wrestlers at least that would make it sand out and be different
i forgot all about that one! that's a Beautiful championship imagine it on any other wrestler, like bret hart or savage, it be like big gold to them XD , i still would be curious to see the unused ECW title though
Usage of the Hogan ‘86 Belt was discontinued because Hogan complained the top half it would constantly dig into his abdomen when he wore it. So they reverted back to the previous design and no one was the wiser.
There was a huge heavyweight title belt designed specifically for Andre the Giant, if he decided not to lose at Wrestlemania III (he was so big and strong that if he decided he didn't want to lose, there was nothing anyone could do anything about it). Of course, it wasn't needed.
Did you forget the original NWA-TNA X Title was just a big ass X? I doubt they would’ve been sued over its similarity to the NXT title if they debuted the GFW X division title, cuz all Impact would’ve had to do was point out that they did the X title design first.
I had a chance to see the Rock's unused Brahma Bull championship belt on display during a Summerslam fan event before one of the LA shows, sometime in the early-2010s. It's honestly a beautiful title, I just think they could've done without the lightning accents on the face plate. The red in the eyes and the blowing smoke worked perfectly.
There was a moment years back when the draft ended and Raw at the time had both Champions on their show, the Smackdown decided to make their own Heavyweight Champion. I remember that they were about to reveal it then all of a sudden the current Heavyweight Champion switched to be on Smackdown. I believe they were naming it something like The Smackdown Heavyweight Champion.
I'm mad as hell TNA actually had that beautiful world television championship belt and they never used it in TNA didn't have an international championship but they did have a a global championship which was essentially the same belt that was used for the Legends championship and the TV titles people would have taken that TV title more seriously if they had used a different title instead of repurposing the Legends championship
7:35 you’re absolutely right, it does lack the filler that would make it whole but I love this design. I could go either way with the giant WWE logo that they love. I hate calling certain years in wrestling an “era” but this has to be from the infancy of the Ruthless Aggression era due to the logo. It’s the old scratch WWF logo which they kept for a bit after they changed to the WWE. Which to be honest I wish they would’ve never changed their name and kept it WWF. A lot of people don’t know that lawsuit was just for the UK. They only had to go by something else there but instead they decided to rebrand the whole company. They should’ve kept the WWF name, it was a much cooler abbreviation in my book.
I miss the old WWF European championship belt, and the early 1990's Intercontinental belt. That unused IC belt probably would have worked well in the 2000s.
@@viktorriquelme3735 I really think that would have worked. It had that late 1990's quality that ECW was able to use well and looked absolutely ridiculous in WCW.
7:31 I'd still choose this I.C Championship over the current one. Although I'd prefer the 90s I.C Championship with the modern WWE logo but not massively intruding like most of them are now.
I like to belts with some unique shapes to them. I don't understand the perfect circle. The late 80's to early 90's was the best time for belt designs in WWF, for all 3 titles.
Before you said anything about the NXT title that belt made me think of a gold version of the TNA NWA X division belt which had a big X like that in the middle with a red X they probably would have been sued but they probably would’ve brought that old belt up and might have had a leg to stand on
Not quite right about the big gold. Jim Crockett was the backer of getting that belt made and he is the one who vetoed having it say NWA, as many assumed he saw JCP leaving the NWA at some point. The NWA board was not involved with getting the belt made.
Honorable mention should go to Andre the Giant The WWE was planning on debuting a new title at the main event Show featuring The Night Andre beat Hulk Hogan. The winged Eagle Title made its debut that night. In fact earlier on in the night Hogan can be seen in the promo packages and interviews with the old title. But came out with the new winged Eagle Title It was slated that they were going to have a custom title for Andre that would better fit him then the new winged eagle title. If you look back at that match and you see Andre with the new title on his shoulder it looks like a toy belt. So this new title was made and was supposed to be awarded to Andre. There are photos of the title around the internet and there is a TV spot where the title is in the foreground sitting on a table in front of a panel who are talking. I believe it may have been the lead up to the main event show but the title never made it to TV or to Andre
The Hogan belt would have been great, if it didn't have his ugly mug in the dead center! I'm biased towards the European title as my favorite undercard title ever, so any reimagining that looks like this one is great in my book.
Well each brand has their own titles, Raw:world tag titles; intercontinental title, world heavyweight titles & womans world heavyweight title, smackdown: wwe tag titles, u.s title, wwe universal title & womans wwe title
@@TzzzKavoo I hear you, but back when I was still watching, when wrestling actually made money, and was a lot more popular there were territories. They all had different belts, but there was only 1 World Champion. That's why everyone knows Ric Flair but ask 5 random people who holds all those WWE "World Titles/Heaveyweight Titles/WWE Title" and nobody knows or cares. It's basic economics, the rarer something is the more valuable it is. If the WWE has more than 1 champion at a time then nobody is ever really the man. Just pretenders. Honestly, I pity today's fans. Triple H is trying his best but wrestling was never meant to be a monopoly. And let's face it, AEW and all, The WWE is wrestling in 2024. But compared to back in the day, like Roddy playing La Cucaracha on the bag pipes back in the day, today's wrestling ain't shit. I know, I'm a grumpy old man and all, I heard it all before. But the proof is in the pudding. Wrestling was better when it was regional and spread out. WWE going national only ever helped Vince get rich, and nobody else, especially the fans.
No shot i said nwo instead of nwa
More than once lol
A few times but it doesn’t ruin anything
Nah, of course you didn't. 🤫😉
Look on the bright side, It did become the NWO title belt.
Shit*
You said Ric Flair's contract expired but I'm pretty sure he was fired over creative differences when he famously rejected Jim Herd's proposal of cutting his hair and changing his name to Spartacus.
Your right
That TNA Television title was beautiful
Winged Eagle 2.0.
Flair had the right to keep the belt, Refuse to pay back the deposit, the champ owns the title
Not gonna disagree with you, you either give me my money or it's my belt and I'll take it to Ring Of Honor... Hi Colt Cabana 👋🏾😅
I think WWE should bring back the European title. I also think they should make the matches European round rules ala NXT Heritage Cup
I always thought that they should’ve brought that back when they had NXT uk
Maybe or have it where it can only be won in European Countries or won only by European Wrestlers at least that would make it sand out and be different
I'm surprised they haven't where they've been having so many overseas matches. Then again, there are quite a few belts already.
@@BenDelaney619 Yep, considering they do go to European countries for ppv's and raw/smackdown
Decent idea. But there are so many belts that I actually prefer the cup over a belt.
The Intercontinental Championship pictured looks a hell of a lot better than the current title.
Funny how all these belts are better than every single one on tv now
You wish
Rumor has it the Hogan 86 belt was scrapped because it was pressing too hard on Hulk’s little Hulkster
Hogan claims it dug into his stomach but I’m not gonna take his word for it 😂
That Unused IC Title lools like it inspired the design of the current IC Title with the 2 globes beside the center logo.
The Hogan belt has the same shape as the WCW 6 Man Tag titles and the mid 2010s ROH World TV title
Shout out to the deleted WWF King of the Ring title!
That was a belt that Mabel had made, not a real title.
A custom belt not used was the Andre the Giant WWF title belt made to fit Andre. It was made prior to Wrestlemania III but obviously never used.
I remember Vince McMahon loaning that belt to Planet Hollywood for a lil' while.
i forgot all about that one! that's a Beautiful championship imagine it on any other wrestler, like bret hart or savage, it be like big gold to them XD , i still would be curious to see the unused ECW title though
They also had a King Of The Ring title.
That was a belt that Mabel had made for himself the year he won KOTR, it was never bought by wwf just a one off for Mabel’s own collection.
The European championship would been great if it came back
I believe both stories about the rocks title are true. It got lost in the mail and that delay gave Vince time and he decided to not use it.
Usage of the Hogan ‘86 Belt was discontinued because Hogan complained the top half it would constantly dig into his abdomen when he wore it. So they reverted back to the previous design and no one was the wiser.
The Hogan belt was 1986 not 1996
I did as well 😂 Hogan was in WCW in 96. Bro’s script must’ve gotten dirty.
Did you not see the 1986 text onscreen when he said it correcting himself or maybe it was added in later and re-uploaded?
That unused intercontinental championship needs a run back I think it looks cool just needs some edits and it’ll be perfect.
The shape of it reminded me of the Hogan mystery belt. I like it but something was missing in the middle
There was a huge heavyweight title belt designed specifically for Andre the Giant, if he decided not to lose at Wrestlemania III (he was so big and strong that if he decided he didn't want to lose, there was nothing anyone could do anything about it). Of course, it wasn't needed.
Shame, it was a beauty. I think they repurposed it for that movie No Holds Barred though, not sure.
The WWF also made a custom belt for the Undertaker at the same time as the Austin/Rock designs.
''GET RID OF ALL THESE CURRECT WWE CHAMPIONSHIP AND BRING BACK THE OLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES!'' 😎😎😎
The NWA World Heavyweight Title was used it several house shows in 1985-86 before they went with the one used till WCW ended
3:15 he made it look similar to the old 1980’s version of the WWF Intercontinental Title. The one Randy Savage, Kerry Von Erich, Mr Perfect, etc held.
Ric used that tag inspired belt between the Crumrine and WWF titles for awhile.
Have you seen the King of the Ring title? When Mable won, they were apparently going to use the belt, either instead of or with the crown
They should take the European title, color the straps white, and make it a women's mid card belt
That ic belt looks like a sad old man with a unibrow and mustache lol
I loved this video and I would love to see a second part because I always fell in love with the mystery of unused belts
I hope some bootleg maker makes the cruiserweight tag team belts.
Did you forget the original NWA-TNA X Title was just a big ass X? I doubt they would’ve been sued over its similarity to the NXT title if they debuted the GFW X division title, cuz all Impact would’ve had to do was point out that they did the X title design first.
8:44 lives this video definitely gonna keep my eye out for more like this
I had a chance to see the Rock's unused Brahma Bull championship belt on display during a Summerslam fan event before one of the LA shows, sometime in the early-2010s. It's honestly a beautiful title, I just think they could've done without the lightning accents on the face plate. The red in the eyes and the blowing smoke worked perfectly.
That ECW Title was actually going to be a 24/7 Hardcore Title for the ECW brand.
Fun fact: WWF at the time made 2 Brahma bull belts, one has either the rock or wwe and the other, I know him, sick belt collector!
That TNA mid-card title was also known as the Global Title when Eric Young had it during World Elite stable. Than AJ won it and it became TV title.
That Hogan belt looks like the old TNA tag titles.
There was a moment years back when the draft ended and Raw at the time had both Champions on their show, the Smackdown decided to make their own Heavyweight Champion. I remember that they were about to reveal it then all of a sudden the current Heavyweight Champion switched to be on Smackdown. I believe they were naming it something like The Smackdown Heavyweight Champion.
I still remember playing WWE 2008 and beating Zack Ryders record for the internet championship
I'm mad as hell TNA actually had that beautiful world television championship belt and they never used it in TNA didn't have an international championship but they did have a a global championship which was essentially the same belt that was used for the Legends championship and the TV titles people would have taken that TV title more seriously if they had used a different title instead of repurposing the Legends championship
I’d say the picture belt of Hogan would’ve worked better on Piper had he won the belt.
7:35 you’re absolutely right, it does lack the filler that would make it whole but I love this design. I could go either way with the giant WWE logo that they love. I hate calling certain years in wrestling an “era” but this has to be from the infancy of the Ruthless Aggression era due to the logo. It’s the old scratch WWF logo which they kept for a bit after they changed to the WWE. Which to be honest I wish they would’ve never changed their name and kept it WWF. A lot of people don’t know that lawsuit was just for the UK. They only had to go by something else there but instead they decided to rebrand the whole company. They should’ve kept the WWF name, it was a much cooler abbreviation in my book.
Hey this is a great video. Really like the concept.
That European title is 🔥 🔥 🔥
The Hulk Hogan Mystery belt was worn on Saturday night main event.
Welcome back Wick
4:55 I liked the title Hogan had before the winged eagle but I would’ve preferred this title over that one.
4:34 Bro. I always thought the tag titles were ugly af but those name plates actually make me like them.
Yea without Mahal vs Orton wrestling woulda folded
landscape of all of wrestling would of been completely different
I miss the old WWF European championship belt, and the early 1990's Intercontinental belt. That unused IC belt probably would have worked well in the 2000s.
If that Ic title design was used when the retro was replaced in 2019, it would be fantastic
@@viktorriquelme3735 I really think that would have worked. It had that late 1990's quality that ECW was able to use well and looked absolutely ridiculous in WCW.
The Hogan pic belt was most definitely on tv. Ive seen it on the network and the pic of him wearing it is a tv match.
Even the plates were models for various championships
The Vegas Big Gold was absolutely class
7:31
I'd still choose this I.C Championship over the current one. Although I'd prefer the 90s I.C Championship with the modern WWE logo but not massively intruding like most of them are now.
I like to belts with some unique shapes to them. I don't understand the perfect circle. The late 80's to early 90's was the best time for belt designs in WWF, for all 3 titles.
That TNA Legends belt went through hell. The strap was a bright red to start by the end it was a dirty burgundy color
The Hulk 86 belt would hurt your DingDing when you walked with it on.
These videos would kill with some light backround music
Will add some in next time
Wow I never knew that about the tag title 🔥🔥
Putting the NWA lettering onto the big gold make sense than without it ( without the lettering that belt beyond to any wrestling company )
OHHHHHHHHHH Damn Jinder Mahal getting shrapnel
Before you said anything about the NXT title that belt made me think of a gold version of the TNA NWA X division belt which had a big X like that in the middle with a red X they probably would have been sued but they probably would’ve brought that old belt up and might have had a leg to stand on
Not quite right about the big gold. Jim Crockett was the backer of getting that belt made and he is the one who vetoed having it say NWA, as many assumed he saw JCP leaving the NWA at some point. The NWA board was not involved with getting the belt made.
How about the Andre the Giant belt? Probably the best looking belt of all time. IMO
Need a part 2
The European and IC title 💯💖
Why don't you just sell all the unused belts
Big missed opportunity not to used the Zack Ryder Internet championship.
The nxt title came AFTER the GFW title.
Not NXT BELT, that was the NWA TNA X division title just a little correction bro :) great video!
He didn’t say it WAS the NXT title, he said it LOOKED like it and they would prolly get sued 😂
Far left in front is awesome
someone should make a Replica of Edge's Intended Belt design by The Man Himself.
It looks hideous no wonder why management didn't liked his idea!
50% of the comments: man those Cruiserweight Tag Titles are so amazing
The other 50%: The Cruiserweight Tag Title design is trash
Honestly they should have brought back the European Belt when the Leauge of Nations was a thing.
The gfw title looks more like the og tna x division title
Take a shot every time this guy says "iconic"
A lot of these "content creators" sound ;like they're reading a book report.
I think they recently during the rock and roman vs cody feud had rock come out carrying a modern brama bull title dont quote me
Yes so they are calling that the peoples championship
Honorable mention should go to Andre the Giant
The WWE was planning on debuting a new title at the main event Show featuring The Night Andre beat Hulk Hogan. The winged Eagle Title made its debut that night. In fact earlier on in the night Hogan can be seen in the promo packages and interviews with the old title. But came out with the new winged Eagle Title
It was slated that they were going to have a custom title for Andre that would better fit him then the new winged eagle title.
If you look back at that match and you see Andre with the new title on his shoulder it looks like a toy belt. So this new title was made and was supposed to be awarded to Andre. There are photos of the title around the internet and there is a TV spot where the title is in the foreground sitting on a table in front of a panel who are talking. I believe it may have been the lead up to the main event show but the title never made it to TV or to Andre
The Hogan '86 title also has a wrong italian flag... it's red, white and green instead of green, white, red.
4:54 Notice the Soviet Union flag in the upper left hand corner.
Next video has to I clue the Silver Smoking Skull
Hogans mystery belt was from the late 80s
I've never understood what Spartan helmets have to do with tag team wrestling.
What happens to the belts when they stop using them
Good video, I enjoyed it. Any chance you will make a part 2?
Going to be coming soon
I seen the Brahma bill belt on tv. Where were y'all at??
Does anybody know what belt Teddy Long had in the bag, which was the "Smackdown Championship?""
I loved those un used world title belts from the beginning of the video and personally I hate that Rock Brahma Bull Belt I think it's ugly
The real worlds champion belt was before the tag belt
U got an impressive belt collection for sure. You live near the Connecticut area by any chance?
Surely the GFW belt is a Knock-off? The leather work and plate quality screams Pakistani maker.
The Global Force title couldn't be a NXT knock off because GFW came and went WAY WAY WAY before NXT. So the WWE / NXT stole the idea from GFW.
Yes, it could. He is referring to when Impact adopted the Global Force Name back around 2017.
@@FrankieBlueEyes ohhhh. Ok. See I was not a fan of the original TNA so I missed that. Thanks for teaching me something. I had no idea.
@@rozzville 👊
That European title looks hard but I hate wwe logo. WWF logo looks better on it
The Hogan belt would have been great, if it didn't have his ugly mug in the dead center! I'm biased towards the European title as my favorite undercard title ever, so any reimagining that looks like this one is great in my book.
Wasn't there a TNA U.S. Title belt?
Too many titles these days. When there was 1 world champ, 1 Intercontinental/US champ, and tag team champs.
Well each brand has their own titles, Raw:world tag titles; intercontinental title, world heavyweight titles & womans world heavyweight title, smackdown: wwe tag titles, u.s title, wwe universal title & womans wwe title
@@TzzzKavoo my point exactly. It's meaningless.
@@jamesteegardner2273 well theres a brand spilt and each brand has tag champs, a midcard champ, and a women champ
@@TzzzKavoo I hear you, but back when I was still watching, when wrestling actually made money, and was a lot more popular there were territories. They all had different belts, but there was only 1 World Champion. That's why everyone knows Ric Flair but ask 5 random people who holds all those WWE "World Titles/Heaveyweight Titles/WWE Title" and nobody knows or cares. It's basic economics, the rarer something is the more valuable it is. If the WWE has more than 1 champion at a time then nobody is ever really the man. Just pretenders.
Honestly, I pity today's fans. Triple H is trying his best but wrestling was never meant to be a monopoly. And let's face it, AEW and all, The WWE is wrestling in 2024. But compared to back in the day, like Roddy playing La Cucaracha on the bag pipes back in the day, today's wrestling ain't shit.
I know, I'm a grumpy old man and all, I heard it all before. But the proof is in the pudding. Wrestling was better when it was regional and spread out. WWE going national only ever helped Vince get rich, and nobody else, especially the fans.
NWO? You meant NWA. 😂
Disagree that the global force wrestling is a rip off they used X on titles for years because of the x division way before nxt
Anyone else feel like The Rock's title should have had blue instead of red?
100% I really think his signature should of been blue atleast
Eww the network logo on the euro belt is gross 🤢
ok but why you gotta hate on the Internet Championship in the thumbnail?
Edges title looks so stupid lol