10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About The World Heavyweight Championship

[@mrdude88]

Triple H being handed the World Heavyweight Championship is very fitting. It carried on the last 2-3 year tradition WCW had for that belt, and it was fitting Eric Bischoff was the one handing out the title. At the same time, Triple H was also the number 1 contender for the WWE Undisputed Championship, meaning he has created the rest to obtain a chance to challenge the champion; but his wife hated Bischoff so much her husband wasn't allowed to compete for it.

[@khesipresents1885]

Y'all always bring this up but never bring up McMahon simply handing wwe title to orton

[@alvinwhite94]

To me they never should’ve got rid of the OG World Heavyweight Championship

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Same

[@night6724]

Fun Fact, in 2009 Orton actually replaced the TV version of the belt with the house show version of the belt. The House show belt was smaller and more bronze look.

[@themann0001]

2011

[@Est93]

Fun fact Orton looked like a skin head with that bald head and his and Cena multiple matches got people to tune out

[@michaelburke7978]

Any reason why? Was that the one with the red leather?

[@AlexGledhill237]

Yeah it was 2011

[@obsessivefanboy7]

*2011

[@jadmantoura4483]

I’m waiting for the episode of “Most Wanted Treasures” featuring this belt and WWE lowballing Conrad with their traditional $2,500.00 offer.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

He will never part with that belt. It's ric flairs belt and that's his father in law. He's gonna keep it in the family.

[@ferox965]

Best looking belt in the entire company right now.

[@karnage2948]

Id agree if the W logo wasn’t so slapped on he belt. If it was smaller if 100%. But as someone that actually likes the WWE championship, I think it’s currently the best one. I don’t like all the other redesigns because I don’t think the colours work well.

[@BigSirJenkins]

@@karnage2948100% agreed. That world title is just a crap modern of big gold

[@joelitofrito]

The NXT North American title is the best looking belt. This is the best Main Roster looking title though. Sadly lol.

[@G-TV_TheOneManArmy]

Us title for me

[@karnage2948]

@@BigSirJenkins it’s like they made the title and then put the logo right in the middle. I genuinely think the WWE title looks very prestige and it’s one of my favourite title design.

[@Haywire_HotRod]

The scratch logo is so small on it... how is that so inflammatory?😅.

[@Jermaine2099]

If HBK had the Roman Reigns schedule, I bet he'd have way more championships 😂😂

[@JpDaKing]

You clearly don't know hbk he didn't care about titles

[@Jermaine2099]

@@JpDaKing because he didn't want the heavy schedule lol did you watch the video?

[@frankhoward6645]

They should have had an tournament to determine the new world heavyweight champion in 02

[@Superman5000The]

Re: #7 - Triple H was handed the belt because a week earlier, he beat the Undertaker in a #1 Contender's match for the Undisputed Title, which was held by Brock, who had then moved to Smackdown exclusively. Undertaker won the #1 contender's match on Smackdown later that week and seeing as HHH had won the contendership to the title on Raw and was Raw exclusive, he was given the belt. That fact gets lost in time due to narratives and backstory being forgotten.

[@afatalvendetta]

In the best-case scenario, the new WHC is a revival of the original. Then, whenever Vince is finally out, HHH retroactively acknowledges the WCW/NWA title as part of its lineage. Yes, there is still the problem of two world champions and one being more prestigious/important, but at least they would be more even. Then you can make an updated list including Russo's shenanigans.

[@edwinperez4509]

1) The title is carrying the old lineage 2) Vince isn't in charge but believe what you wanna 3) the WHC is its own lineage separate from the WCW Championship

[@JoseJimenez-vc7we]

​@@edwinperez4509 only thing is though I saw people mention styles buried the belt about it being a 2nd prize But did he really bury it though??? What do you think

[@brandanellis2953]

Most likely not. HHH as Chief Content Officer is responsible for what we see on the screen. Them introducing the title was probably in the works months before Vince came back

[@RomaroBrandon]

WWE did the same thing to Dean Ambrose that they did to Rey Mysterio when Ambrose was WWE World Heavyweight Champion, they called him WWE World Champion then WWE Champion.

[@ajk]

If memory serves......regarding the blurring out of the belt in late 1991 and early 92, I don't believe the Big Gold itself ever was blurred. What WAS though was an old WWF Tag Team belt that was used as a makeshift belt for Flair to use after he was not allowed contractually to use the Big Gold any longer. The reason for that of course would be obvious.

[@woodyburns]

Actually, it was the Big Gold because Jim Herd wouldn’t give Flair his 25k deposit back on it. So, in terms of legality, it was technically his property because he essentially paid for it

[@MikeHawk4U]

8:37 Just looked back on when AJ won the WWE Championship in 2018 they also called it the WWE World Championship not World Heavyweight championship

[@Hydro_9293]

Fun fast the way to tell if the winged eagle is the wrestlemania 9 winged eagle is if it has a chip at the tip of one of the eagles wings

[@themann0001]

The Winged Eagle and other WWE championship belts before that said "World Heavyweight Championship" on them and had no connection to the Big Gold belt

[@CharismaticEnigma121]

I remember when Rey won and the weeks followed they changed his intro to World Champion. A little discriminatory on WWE’s part

[@zanethind]

Sad that Aj didn't win the Title but the booking was right to put the belt on Seth since the fans were behind him

[@user-kq7rf6uq4m]

What’s even funnier about them changing the name of the title under Rey Mysterio is that, during that same era of WWE, they gave Matt Hardy the cruiserweight title despite him being NOWHERE near a cruiserweight. They did that without changing the name of the title and that’s the only title that actually DID have a defined weight class. It’s almost like they’re inconsistent and lack internal logic? 🧐

[@tonygates4902]

There was weeks of Matt hardy working to make weight for the cruiser weight title

[@jacobboaden2213]

I always loved the design of the old big gold. I didn’t like the new design at first. But it’s growing on me. So sparkly and Gold. It’s a belt worth winning

[@jeffreymarksworld534]

Because it's sparkly and gold so it's worth winning. Alright then

[@edgehaedjr]

Edge & Kelly Kelly V Dolph, Layla and Michelle for the WHC is still one of my favourite moments in the WHC history under WWE.

[@mib3165]

The spinner belt was incredible. I loved it. Loved Cena.

[@onjohns1]

I don’t think they want us to forget that they added their logo to it.

[@Silverfunkv]

Where is Chris Benoit in the list?

[@night6724]

and yet they list Benoit in their list of world champions

[@Silverfunkv]

@@night6724 bro, you missed the joke

[@TheJStale]

I think and hope they create a new Universal Title for Roman so he can still be called the Undisputed Universal Champion if they want, but so doesn't have to carry around 2 titles anymore.

[@patrickmcgavin2245]

The world title aka the big gold belt. Didn't need to be changed. It was perfect the way it was.

[@michaelburke7978]

Yep, can't stand the giant obnoxious logo in the middle

[@shanegamer1315]

Randy is my favorite of all time & that Christian feud was soooooo freakin good

[@RahimbroRB7129]

Same and I never watched wwe during that time

[@mstrjc]

Not sure if this was mentioned but how about the real #1: it isn't part of the grand slam, meaning Dolph technically isn't a grand slam champ and this is all because the other man that would have to be considered a grand slammer is Benoit

[@ThePrinceTheWorld-ux2cj]

Booker T is a grandslam despite being world champion

[@mstrjc]

​@@ThePrinceTheWorld-ux2cj only because he held the hardcore title....the original format for the GS didn't include the US championship, it needed IC and EITHER hardcore or euro....wasn't until 2015 that they changed it, where you didn't need one of those but you did need US and either wwe title or universal....so dolph doesn't qualify because he didnt hold one of the 2 other titles....same as Benoit and only Benoit

[@alexanderivascu5261]

Benoit never won European or hardcore. Whc counts since it was the other world title

[@mstrjc]

I'm aware of that....but the fact remains that both him and ziggler were one of 2 top title holders, with tag, ic and us belts....both should be gs

[@RolfWrenWalsh]

Correction: WWE merged the ORIGINAL (emphasis on the word "Original") Big Gold Belt back in 2001. God I hate it when people get such simple facts wrong. As a lifelong and forever NWA/WCW fan, show some damn respect. The one given to HHH back in 2002 was eventually modified to add a small WWE logo up top (I will never forgive them for that desecration). Andy agrees with me. I am impressed. I only say that because it seems like the majority of wrestling KZbinrs weren't even alive when WCW was around (and now I feel old at age 36.....). Also, when WWE unveiled the Universal Title (still a terrible name) back in 2016, all I could think of was just bring back the Big Gold Belt. They gave it a nice red strap when Mark Henry held it in 2010 until it was unified in 2013. I mean... It was already there!! It was already red!!!! And, despite the name change, it could/would have carried the lineage of the NWA and WCW.

[@night6724]

Why include sheamus and Del Rio on that list of mid tier guys? Both Sheamus and Del Rio were WWE champions before then. You couldn’t have listed Swagger?

[@claymathewselevator8121]

The All American American

[@judasfire2]

I think they didn’t mention the words “heavyweight” during Rey’s reign is because the Cruiserweight Championship was still not retired in 2006 , so it would be weird that a cruiserweight wrestler is holding a heavyweight championship , it would mean that there was no division and that the other cruiserweights can win the WHC too. WWE and it’s creative team didn’t think it all out good it seems.

[@richm.3853]

Someone other than Conrad Thompson should have the original Big Gold Belt

[@BL4CKPANTH3R77]

Yes I agree the World Heavyweight Championship is great looking but me personally my favourites is and always will be the attitude era design of the WWE Championship and Stone Cold's Smoking Skull Championship 😎👍🏻

[@ciscoduncan1490]

The new WHC needs to be bigger. Thanks for the video.

[@travismiller4320]

HBK’s only main championship during his second run, told my friend who hates HBK recently and he was amazed didn’t realize that.

[@SheriffOutlaw]

Dolph Ziggler's 1st reign....if we could even call it that

[@dragoredrox7493]

I saw the thumbnail and I do remember that Shawn Michaels at the time when he was wrestling in this era was trying to redeem himself for being the jerky was in the '90s and he just wanted to put on good matches and put over other people and didn't want to hold titles since he was such a goober for it when he was in his prime

[@vazelokiller9848]

#3 Still pisses me off til this day

[@jeffreymarksworld534]

Maybe don't take it so seriously then. It's only wrestling for god's sake

[@vazelokiller9848]

@@jeffreymarksworld534 I get it, but I still find it ridiculous that they had to rename the title belt because of a Cruiserweight. The main reason it pisses me off is because they used Eddie's passing

[@Mikgwerd]

You forgot to mention that the new WHC belt has no mention of the word "Heavyweight" on it either 😁 (perhaps they're anticipating the possibility of Rey winning the title again so they could have an excuse to call it the "World Championship" again 🤭)

[@Mega_Collosas]

They want us to forget that it became the new Intercontinental belt after 2010

[@night6724]

how did it become a mid card belt after 2010?

[@K-dawg26]

​@@night6724 It didn't.

[@night6724]

@@K-dawg26 that’s what this guy and Jules kind of implied. I don’t get why Sheamus and Del Rio winning the belt was bad. Both guys were former WWE champions.

[@PingGuerrero69]

Actually refreshing to not include Benoit winning it in the main event of WrestleMania because we will really not forget about it no matter what.

[@archangel2015]

Yeah I love Andy Murray

[@the_godfather314]

i really dont get the spinner belt hate. ofc i grew up watching cena carry it but i always thought it was awesome for the time

[@huffy6192]

Well, considering Conrad’s father-in-law is Flair.

[@zanethind]

Apparently it said the new title will have a new lineage

[@hyp3rstrike]

Andy, why do you show such disrespect to the Young Bucks? Poor Nick is flopped over on the shelf behind you lol.

[@johnbennett7863]

I had one back in 1998 i don't like the big WWE logo on the new one

[@MIKELIN8]

Any criticism of WWE, whether valid or not, brings intense joy to every presenter on this channel. Hey lads, go watch an exploding ring ropes match, why don't ya?

[@melbell700]

Yo only a minutes in lmfao. Now I want to see a skit where they present Roman with one title as the WWE Universal champion and he Denys it because it’s not Two belts.

[@dndj3508]

Another optimistic Andy Murray video

[@brandocalrissian3294]

The big gold belt is Ric Flairs belt. It's only fitting his son in law (Conrad Thompson) owns it. This way it will stay in the family it belongs in.

[@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716]

The big gold belt is now on par with the intercontinental title.

[@knickydymondz33]

Number 3 is just another example of Heightism in WWE.😅

[@jpunch19]

Gotta have Faith !

[@lecxxcel8637]

Wasn't the WWF/WWE championship always their world heavyweight championship regardless of if that was on it or not? Also sorry but since I saw Rick Flair come in to WWF with that belt I've always thought it looks horrible . To me it always looked like a relic or antique and not in a good way. The new belt pays homage to it but it looks so much better. The old belt looked like a b prize the new one is one I'd be happy to carry. Sure lots of you will disagree but that's how I see it.

[@Cameron_611]

The World Heavyweight Championship fitted Triple H than it did Shawn Michaels anyway.

[@davidkelling159]

Your championship belts aren't worth anything when everyone has one

[@PyroMiniYak]

How is putting the tiniest wwe logo on the belt like “putting graffiti on the Mona Lisa” that’s a massive reach

[@spade1ace7]

Conrad IS Ric Flair's son-in-law afterall..

[@c.skyrie3434]

I didnt even know Romans belts even had writting on them, the design is so terrible i thought it was just the WWE logo

[@TheCrontrol]

Nice to see a belt that doesn’t look like a teenager trying to cosplay for a change.

[@darrencole97]

According to the WWE this title will follow the Big Gold Belts history.

[@dustinsensenig9798]

Using a thumbnail from a previous video?!

[@Cruz0881]

The Benoit reign. That is all.

[@tanaka7341]

My fave title

[@2dvscarter727]

That's I have the original one

[@elpeluca7780]

Goat

[@Syd_Fischy]

i always thought that belt looked horrible, too big too gaudy, the newer one is a little better.

[@mulkmanto4797]

The spinner belt hate only cones from people listening to the rock it’s not that bad

[@woodyburns]

Yes, the new WHC because the company doesn’t have the balls to make Roman defend his belts as often as they should. And once again, lessening the importance of a world championship by having more than one

[@andrewkelly7857]

Why are we acting like the World Heavyweight Championship was retired? It wasn't, it was combined with the wwe Championship in 2013. Roman is technically is the world heavyweight champion .

[@GameOverAus]

WHC was the WCW title so ofcourse they would downplay it

[@deathchallange100]

Wait-Limp Biscuit covered Faith?

[@ferox965]

Yep.

[@GarglingDischarge]

I started watching wwe when the spinner belt was around and it will always be my favorite world championship.

[@nzuzovilakazi901]

Me too! I don't care what anyone says the spinner is legendary!

[@elpeluca7780]

Same, but for me personally, I prefer the 2000s IC belt, the oval one. I liked both the spinner and the whc, but whether I liked one more than the other depended on the day.

[@BBMthemuffinman]

So is there gonna be 3 world champions now? The universal, wwe and world heavyweight?

[@tremblind]

Eventually the Universal and WWE championships will be one belt.

[@BonbazaBob2002]

Damn... I hope that aj wins the title

[@iangooda4634]

It actually reads "World Heavyweight Champion"

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

That is a pro wrestling heavyweight championship

[@jeffreymarksworld534]

Well if you look at past world titles you'll see this one is truly awful

[@Redshirt434]

So, WWE has 3 world championships now...🤨

[@sarge5741]

The double Ws on WWEs titles are just awful. Thankfully the W's on the new title arent as big, but still hideous

[@OhDeeDeeEssOhYouEl]

What if they STRIP Roman of one of the belts!!!!!!!????

[@tony_benny]

I have an idea for name for titles, WWE Heavyweight title and Worlds"s Heavyweight Title (wwe).

[@night6724]

They’ll probably change the design after NoC

[@jeffreymarksworld534]

Shawn Michaels didn't want the title because he knew someday he would have to drop it

[@mario14168]

And Edge never lost it

[@MyPisceanNature]

I do not, and never did, like the design of the Big Gold Belt.

[@simodollaz748]

That IC title was horrid looking

[@elpeluca7780]

I honestly love it. It might be my favourite design of all tbh

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Alberto Del Dipshit- Solomonster

[@andrewstahl2274]

Why does everyone hate spinner belts!?!?!!

[@BigKat96]

1) Because it looked like a toy 2) it looked ridiculous on anyone other than Cena 3) it was made for Cena during his rapper gimmic that he didn't even have much longer after winning the championship 4) it replaced one of the most popular designs in the titles history. Like people would probably look back on it more fondly if they would have replaced it soon after Cenas first run with it especially when like i said before he dropped the gimmic it was made for and became Hogan 2.0 like they did with the U.S. title, but that gaudy belt was the flag of the brand for so many years past its shelf life simply wore out its welcome and didn't make sense to the point that they locked the spinning logo unless a heel needed to spin it as a show of disrespect to the holder (mostly cena) to use in hype packages.

[@chriszaun8984]

Do you really have to ask why people hate spinner belt?

[@sliderx1897]

6 decades 😂

[@paulweston8408]

I still think the way to go would be have a WWE Champion that is the top guy both brands. He can defend on either show. Then RAW & SMACKDOWN would each have a brand champion. This champion would be the top contender for that brand against the WWE title holder. Since imho the woman's and tag team division isn't strong enough to have 3 Champions each. I would just have a single Champion that works both brands. This would basically eliminate the Intercontinental, United States, RAW & Smackdown Womans & men's tag team plus the Women's Champion of both brands. Due to having no brand only titles all women and tag teams can go to any show.

[@ferox965]

I think the new world belt should be what Reigns has. Ditch the two hideous W belts. Make the Intercontinental and US belts the top belts of their respective shows. Bring a little prestige back to those titles.

[@K-dawg26]

Conrad doesn't own it. Ric flair does. He wore it in the jcp show in his last match.

[@paulweston8408]

FYI- Conrad is married to Ric's oldest daughter.

[@tommydeamon7657]

If the fact that Roman was a stumbling bumbling fool on promos isn't in hear than you missed one

[@elpeluca7780]

This video is about the big gold title. Roman never had it.

[@Tommy23269]

#1 they want you to forget that it’s a secondary championship in 2023

[@night6724]

why wasn’t it considered a secondary title back in 2002?

[@Tommy23269]

@@night6724 at least triple H put people over than won it the next PPV all though that was ridiculous

[@lostartofwhining]

Dude roman is a 1000 day champion not 22000 days, get out of here with that 6 decade nonsense

[@chrishollister80]

WWE truly did not think this whole world title thing out because just like you said, the WWE title has the damn word "World" on it.

[@shaneg75]

To be fair, most versions of the belt do.

[@Dr_1212]

We wish we could say goodbye permanently to vince & forget about all his 🦬💩

[@danhennessey298]

kANe 😂

[@anyeverything7880]

Too many belts.

[@jeffreymarksworld534]

Not really I mean look at AEW. Counting roh titles which are always on tv there's actually 14 titles in that company

[@anyeverything7880]

@@jeffreymarksworld534 Dang I didn’t know that. Way too many. Lol.

[@ojmcclanahan689]

The new World Heavyweight Championship should NOT carry over the same lineage with the original title. Why would it? That wouldn't make any sense at all.

[@biglou3830]

I'm still confused how the universal title works. Is it 2 belts? Or 2 different championships when held by one person becomes universal?

[@z216ghost]

That it was created to stroke HHHs fragile little ego

[@markphillips8668]

I'm the one everyone else is the 2s 420 for life