How WWE Championship Belts Are Made And The History Of Title Belts, Explained

[@partsFUNknown]

What is your favourite title belt of all time?

[@petehutton3976]

Big gold!!!! What a beautiful title

[@stewartglencrose9023]

big gold belt, but the winged eagle a very close second

[@stuartpenzer773]

Iwgp intercontinental title, with the winged Eagle just a fraction behind

[@dyal4505]

the one with the spinny thing

[@wstine79]

The Undisputed Champion. It was compressed and beautiful.

[@yeerski7]

Do an entire series on belts, this is so fascinating. The histories, the reasons behind designs, behind design changes, belts being destroyed, lots to talk about.

[@MrQdiddy85]

YES PLEASE

[@justinroark88]

Or, make your own videos and quit relying on others

[@treztube]

@@justinroark88 oh Justin…

[@nosickl]

2:22 - Edge wins the big golden belt, he tries to look like a maniacal heel, yet, the inner child in him wants to cry tears of joy

[@TheGreenArcher21]

Fun fact, in his high school year book he was voted “most likely to be WWF champion”

[@idnanshafiq9122]

@@TheGreenArcher21 seriously?

[@Andy_Shepard]

@@idnanshafiq9122 true story

[@riser9940]

Ok now let's find the culprit to who thought it was a good idea to have most of wwe's championships look EXACTLY like the wwe champion

[@KingTruffles]

Not only that, but it’s literally their 4 most important titles. IMO, Edge should’ve brought back the world heavyweight title if he won, keep the title, and find some other designs for the women’s championships

[@PeteTemplar101]

I sort of get the women's title looking like the men's title, but coloured differently. NXT does that very well. But they did need to make them look different between brands

[@Cnut_the_grape]

Probably Kevin Dunn again lmao

[@maineventmafia1633]

I think it was Shane’s idea personal. It’s been well documented that he’s a mma mark. Even wanted to buy the ufc at one point. And in ufc for a while all their championships designs were the same exact design for each division. So maybe he or someone saw that pitched it to Vince

[@everxvi]

I think the idea behind all 4 belts looking the same is that they're all equal to each other. The (Raw) Women's Champion became the first to copy the WWE Championship so basically that it's the women's version of the WWE Champion. The Universal Champion copied that being that it was Raw's version(at the time) of the WWE Champion. Then Smackdown Women's champion was just the blue version of the Raw Women's champion.

[@SmashYamato]

Laurie killed me when he made the Fable reference. I love this historical deep dives.

[@isaiahmccord6776]

Hero, your will energy is low

[@martinputt6421]

@@isaiahmccord6776 Hero your health is low, have you any potions or food?

[@RoyHodgsonBurner]

Life is simple ... I see a PFK video, I click it, it makes me all warm, happy & fuzzy in my TummTumm .. or whatever Simon Miller says

[@TheImpaler27]

Reminds me that I always thought the original Undisputed Championship (circa early two-thousands) was one of the most beautiful things.

[@adamlennard1828]

Yeah gotta agree love that belt. It was an awesome design.

[@Inn0IWNL]

True

[@velocityadventures949]

Best belt ever

[@lazypaladin]

Oi! That belt is a treasure and I won't here no shite bout it! 😂. My childhood you're talking bout right there. Edit: Misread comment...continue 😐

[@jaycerrito3142]

From after WrestleMania 18 to after WrestleMania 21, it was around. If the spinner belt was only used for John Cena, the Undisputed title should've been around longer until 2013. Then it would've lasted around 11 years

[@OrbyEvil]

Man....the big gold belt was the best. I wish they still used it. 😭😭😭

[@sonybluraydisk]

@@rickyg1991ify Because it's huge and looks prestigious and looked good on just about everyone. What don't you like about it? And which belt do you like the most?

[@kdxtreme7479]

The big gold looks like something any combat athlete would fight for, where as the current design, while by itself looks good, next to the big gold world heavyweight title, its just the wwe logo

[@aztecwrrior1997]

I actually still have my toy version after buying it 10-12 YEARS AGO

[@Andy_Shepard]

The WHC belt looks like a legit championship. Almost all new title belts look like toys. Nothing glorious about them

[@robertbradshaw5281]

Happy now?!?!

[@e.y.d.6079]

Man, that moment of Bianca Belair trying with all her might not to cry before the match even starts. I get emotional every time I see it.

[@chrishowell6469]

Wrestling Belts are easily one of the best things about pro wrestling. Just something about the way they look and feel; its awesome. Its a trophy that you wear as if it were a fancy piece of clothing or even a crown. Adorned around the waist; shining bright and looking somewhat garish, making the champion feel like a superhero. And whether it is worn, carried on the shoulder, in the hands, or held under the arm at the side like the NWA Champions of the 80s; it makes whomever is carrying that much more important than anyone else. It truly symbolises the weight that a champion carries at all times. Sure it might only be 10 or 20 pounds of gold (or silver or bronze), but what a title symbolises could be the heaviest thing these men and women ever carry. Sometimes, too heavy. Awesome video, Laurie.

[@DaBearz-wt7xp]

There’s an alternate universe where they compete for championship hats

[@jrbudoybudoy]

Also Championship Bracelets

[@dharshankumar8809]

Man Laurie's explained videos are so underrated compared to Luke's actually good and Adam's top 10s. I just wanted to say I love these videos and expect even more entertaining stuff. 👍👍

[@ManofPeel]

“How WWE championships are made and their History” _Proceeds to put Impact and AEW championships in the thumbnail_

[@abcrazy9]

Then Daniel Bryan makes his out of hemp and Riddle’s heart explodes out of his chest! Lol

[@MrMario-tc8sl]

In Japan for their baseball league, their trophy as a giant sword, and I personally believe more places should take this lead

[@TheLarsUrlich]

This is all a ploy to have Drew eventually come out with 2 swords lmao

[@TomPlantagenet]

Probably not a good idea to give huge wrestlers swords. Then again, maybe it is…lol

[@MrMario-tc8sl]

@@TheLarsUrlich Drew already does come out with 2 swords, ahhh thank you.

[@TheLarsUrlich]

@@MrMario-tc8sl Ah yes, Drew and his Claymore

[@shyguy4no1]

This is the video that I never knew I wanted.

[@phillyblackett1443]

What a great, short documentary on the history of belts. Very well executed, very interesting. Top marks! More of these, please.

[@xodia2733]

Nowadays they‘re made with CTRL C+V

[@TMW_ShadowStarr]

Ah ha!

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

Only in WWE.

[@SeanMarsalis]

I think my favorite belt of all time was the original IC title. But as far as WWE goes this most recent iteration of the WWE championship of both Men's and Women's variants have seen so much new representation it's hard to not to love what they mean. I know a lot of folks don't care for its design, though.

[@martayharmay]

Awesome video Laurie. White IC belt was my favourite belt!

[@thegame7134]

This is weird because a couple days I actually wondered why wrestling uses belts not enough to research it but I asked the question.

[@jvstice56]

These videos are so insightful that I can't help but love them. Between Adam's Top 10s and this, I'm basically glued to my PC's screen when they appear.

[@pencilassassin572]

I was actually wondering where title belts come from and then you uploaded this lol This was a great vid. Much appreciated

[@Daesedful]

I have dabbled PFK content in the past but this video made me subscribe. I’ve researched this stuff myself out of shear interest. The writing was great, presentation, video accompaniment and editing. Wonderful!

[@partsFUNknown]

LAURIE: Welcome aboard Dale!

[@BenDelaney619]

Don't forget the Big Gold Title Belt was also for a short time known as the WCW International World Heavyweight Wrestling Title Belt shortly after WCW got it back from Ric Flair after he took it to WWE on till it was then unified with the WCW World Heavyweight Wrestling Title Belt and then the Big Gold Title Belt was then again used as the WCW World Heavyweight Wrestling Title Belt

[@jaysilva5854]

The big Gold belt needs to make a comeback. It's personally my favorite wrestling belt!

[@mahrkoudings3502]

This was a brilliant little video! I loved the short, fascinating dive both into history and the making of the belts. Didn't go into the topic too deep, but still covered everything you needed to know to understand why they're so important. I wasn't aware of this video series before, will definitely come back for more!

[@arvindshastry1178]

My favorite WWE belt of all time is the classic intercontinental championship with black strap and my current favorite WWE belt is the NXT North American Championship.

[@ant6662]

i would like a part 2 on this, was so engrossed i dednt realise that 15 min had passed

[@StubzTurner]

"KZbin really loves it when people who watch our videos are also subbed." To bad KZbin seem to have a hard time putting videos in sub boxes.

[@partsFUNknown]

LAURIE: Hey, I. don't make the rules, I just have anxiety dreams about them changing on us and suddenly no one is watching the videos

[@MrHawkelement]

@@partsFUNknown Yeah, that'd suck. Then you'd have to get a real job and everything.. lol

[@ProdigalGeek]

The Explained series is easily becoming the best part of this channel. Thank you Laurie for the amazing content!

[@dekaritheprofessor2631]

I've never thought about learning about the origins and creation of Wrestling Title belts. Thank you for this video!!

[@saketmundhra5893]

It's just this channel that can make me curious about wrestling arenas and the creating of belts😂 great job guys🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@Write-Stuff]

What a fantastic documentary. Well done, friend. Well done.

[@franciscocarlosferreirasou9814]

6:02 and then brought back as the world heavyweight championship in 2023

[@dsmsblk]

It is always so fun to take a look at the standards we all accept without much question and dive into their origins. You always manage to present it in an informative and interesting way.

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

I worked for a fiber optical company called NORLAND PRODUCTS based out of New Jersey, from 2004-2010, and we made special adhesives for different electronics and under ground fiber optical equipment. WWE used our adhesives for attaching little red rubbies & diamonds ♦️💎 onto their belts. Between all the travel, and hitting people in the face with them, they would regularly fall off and need replacement, so we designed a special adhesive for them. As a life long wrestling fan I always thought that was pretty cool.

[@petercastillo2752]

Excellent research and editing in this video. Thank you and congratulations.

[@Beastmode9000]

NJPW are crowing the first ever IWGP Women’s Champion next Saturday! I’m streaming the show on my channel so you can see it there for free next Saturday!

[@jasonsaddison]

Solid stuff as usual, commenting as I'm watching. Thanks for the hard work guys.

[@bLYSfullyhere]

I love these quick little info videos! They're so informative and Laurie does a great job at explaining it all! Thanks PFK we love you. ❤️

[@DUARTE99]

As a Belt collector, this video was excellent. Thank you!

[@ColinKillick]

Laurie’s videos are the thinking fan’s wrestling content, and I love every single one of them

[@gregorynelson4609]

This was an awesome episode, Laurie! I remember being five years old and a kid in my class brought in his toy WWF Winged Eagle belt and defended it against me, I lost by count out but I wanted more! It was the first step in me becoming a huge wrestling fan!

[@tequilapapii5936]

I didn’t expect to watch this whole thing but great job 👏🏽. I enjoyed this .

[@jasonhundley]

This was a very interesting video. Good work!

[@anuragkat66]

Always Loved how Lauri told about the History of Wrestling stuff, awesome series keep it up guys!!!!

[@troy78]

This video was well done. Very informative and entertaining.

[@PiotrTheDJ]

Good video on a very interesting subject. Great job Laurie!

[@trevorsievert9417]

Keep up the great work! Love the channel!!!

[@porky5591]

Love videos like this keep up the good work guys

[@ryanklotz309]

Laurie, thanks for this video. It's great to learn the history of these title belts.

[@RADPENCILS]

Excellent video! My favorite belt of all time is the "BIG GOLD" WCW/World Heavyweight Championship. Has a classic, trophy prestige look to it. Current favorite is the AEW World Championship. The split 3 center medallions to make one large medallion looks unique and has that feel like the WHC does.

[@TomPlantagenet]

That and the 2010s TNA championship. Although I believe it is based on the Big Gold.

[@sabianbash]

Wow this was just a nice simple reminder of humble beginnings. I hope the dub dub E see this video and reconsider the current top belts and remember that it's supposed to be an item that makes a performer beem with pride and not just carrying a giant logo. Good job guys, this was a fun one 👍

[@FirebrandF5]

Great video. Really enjoyed!

[@brooklynarchitect210]

Laurie is awesome. One of the best pfk videos EVER Either winged eagle or big gold belt

[@mailenstein4805]

my favorit is Big Gold! grew up with WCW and fell in love with it. I think the AEW HW Belt took quite a bit of inspiration from Big Gold

[@DanLayton]

Fully love this video. Loads. Bravo. When I hover in WWEShop I'm always torn between the Attitude era WWF title (the big, shiny, art deco beauty) OR, for a real left field choice, I have a really soft spot for Daniel Bryan's vegan belt which was absolutely genius and bizarrely beautiful in its way.

[@partsFUNknown]

LAURIE: Yes mate! The vegan belt would go so well with all modern Scandi decor

[@fateistooparanoid]

Great video, was quite fascinating to learn the history behind championships!!

[@The_Ragman]

I swear these deep dives are the best wrestling content on KZbin.

[@jordcarter2359]

As a long time pro wrestling fan, I didn't know alot of this history. Fascinating, thank you.

[@gusbrent3827]

This was genuinely fascinating. I had never really thought about why we have belts, and it's super cool to know that even in this modern era, that they are lovingly hand crafted. Makes me appreciate those belts so much more, even if I didnt/don't particularly like some of the designs. Great video as always, keep em coming you beautiful people!

[@dpalmerama]

Fantastic video! Really interesting history.

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

Genuinely as a belt fan and collector this is one of your best videos across all platforms Truly appreciate this deep dive into the origins of Championship Belts Learned quite a few things 😌

[@Gomezfamilia2007]

That was an amazing experience, thanks so much!!

[@cadesnyder]

This was really good and well done

[@robertwilliams8454]

Kiddos Laurie, this is your best doc video yet

[@HiImAiden]

This was so good! I never thought about learning the history of belts. But you guys presented it in such an interesting idea, that I loved it!

[@cassiusfelix2805]

I think having your top belt simple makes it even better because it's meant to be taking seriously and that you mean business.

[@Scarz1991]

Me personally, I’ve always been a fan of the big gold belt(WHC) look. They should of never stopped using it. But I also love the attitude era world tag team title look.

[@lewisblackwiththenicehair]

Really interesting video, thanks guys

[@bearded_beagle]

I love this explained series! Wish there was more!

[@pacerdawn5512]

"...huge long title runs like Bruno [San Martino's] would also make a stagnant, stale product in the modern era...". I don't think the NWA feels that way. **glances over at Nick Aldis**

[@mattthedm1455]

Great video ... enjoyed it tremendously. Would love a follow up or two, maybe more liked or least favorite belts

[@alharron2145]

This is a brilliant series, always well worth watching.

[@ronaldrobbins5282]

Finally an awesome video from you guy's

[@LastUnexpectedHero]

I love these Laurie deepdives.

[@SpaceViking2000]

Laurie has been doing the lords work with these documentaries

[@eddiecarter5366]

Brilliant video Laurie! My favourite is still the winged eagle or the last NJPW.

[@pigs18]

The waist straps origin makes sense. And eventually there would have been someone so dominant that they needed something on which to hold all those cloth trophies or to represent all the trophies collected.

[@venkateswarans1953]

I always feel sad whenever the Explained videos are near their end!

[@thomasmeehan4581]

This is incredibly interesting. Thank you very much.

[@kennyakaspud14]

Y’all give that spinner belt so much hate for no reason it wasn’t even a bad belt

[@lauberuin9159]

Very informative! Thank you!

[@steveh4290]

El Fakidor! I was watching NJPW yesterday & thought exactly what you just said in the opening, why does wrestling use belts in the first place?! I look forward to finding out as I watch another of your deep dives.

[@MrWCLewis12]

This was truly fun. Thanks!

[@2buxaslice]

I love belts. I'm happy you made this. Good job.

[@asemperofidelis9295]

Could you do an episode on what exactly the mythical WWE catering place is like? What do wrestlers do there and is there actually any food?

[@jeremyshaw577]

This was awesome!!!

[@DaEmeTRex]

It’s ironic that I found this video because Roman Reigns had the title for two years now and it’s getting very stale in the modern era

[@gezeo750]

Bro I'm like two minutes in and you're exposing the business!!

[@elsassypineapple]

Love the Hamilton reference, especially the royal shimmy 😆

[@m4snake869]

In my opinión, the winged eagle is the best belt ever.

[@MarslArts]

Hey Laurie, did you ignore Wiliam Muldoons World Title Belt on purpose? Great episode, love your episodes, all hail the Waldmeister.

[@508ctk]

This could've been 2 hrs long & I wouldn't have been bored for a second.

[@IM-xs3uv]

Gonna take a guess: a belt shows you are a champion whilst leaving your hands empty so you can show you are still ready to fight?

[@MJDroz75]

I did enjoy it! thank you.

[@CezrDaPleazr]

Undisputed WWE from early 2000s and NJPW HW championship they just changed were my favorite

[@willmatic84]

My favorite is the wwf attitude era champion belt and the wcw big gold belt

[@itamarstrauss5170]

WOW! That was WAY more interesting then I thought it would be