Mr. Nerfect
04-17-2007, 08:39 AM
I know a lot of people are against the concept of too many Championships, but I, for one, would not be opposed to seeing the WWE bring in several more Championships, if they made every single Championship interpromotional (yes, even Titles like the United States and Intercontinental Championships) and didn't constantly job out Champions to other Champions.
I think if each Championship has its own history, and its own rules, and own character to hold it as proudly as if it were a World Championship, a Title can become a character all of its own.
Gregory Helms is no longer Cruiserweight Champion, so I can see him bringing back the Light Heavyweight Championship, and feuding with former Champion, Scotty 2 Hotty, over the belt. William Regal declares himself the new European Champion, and he goes around defending the belt against only those he deems "worthy" of the Championship. Stone Cold Steve Austin gives one of his biggest fans, Eugene, the "Smoking Skull belt", and Eugene renames it the "WWE World Special World Championship", and he makes up his own set of rules about the belt.
If a Title has no one to contend for it, and it doesn't fit the current WWE landscape, the WWE can temporary "shelve" the belt, until someone comes along and wants to represent the division. Have the WWE assign a new Commissioner to World Wrestling Entertainment (I'm thinking Mick Foley), who decides which Championships are being defended properly, and which ones aren't. For each successful Title defence, a wrestler earns "commission". When a wrestler raises the Championship's commission so much, they can challenge for "higher ranked" Championships, or retire the belt and take a massive payday. So a wrestler could benefit from defending the Championship as much a possible, although they then run the risk of wearing themselves out.
But yeah, I think this would be a really cool way to do things, especially with the WWE looking to expand. I'm not saying give every person a Title, but with the WWE having 120 people between the three brands, I think there is room for more Titles. I guess I'm just not old-school enough to appreciate a simple Title scheme, but I think with three brands, there should be more a network of Championships.
Note: I'm not suggesting bland titles for every match, but rather titles to make lower card feuds mean more. Each one would hopefully get its own meaning and its lineage would mean something. Some titles can be brought in just to make others look good. I'm thinking of something like a "Divas Championship", where the belt is defended between the sluts in Bra & Panties Matches, while the Women's Title is defended as it should be, in competitive matches between talented women.
I don't know, maybe it's just because I've been getting more and more into independant wrestling, and seeing how Dragon Gate has the Open the Triangle Gate Championship, Pro Wrestling NOAH has the GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship and Ring of Honor had the Pure Championship. Then there was WCW with its Television Championship, back in the day.
I think these concepts for Championships are really interesting, and whilst I would not like to see the WWE just dump aside its current scheme, ideas like these could really make the lower-card a much more exciting place.
Anyway, I'm not really expecting anyone to like this idea, but this is just place to discuss Championships, interesting characteristics assigned to Championships, and ideas you've seen in other promotions that you have felt could really be translated to a big stage.
I think if each Championship has its own history, and its own rules, and own character to hold it as proudly as if it were a World Championship, a Title can become a character all of its own.
Gregory Helms is no longer Cruiserweight Champion, so I can see him bringing back the Light Heavyweight Championship, and feuding with former Champion, Scotty 2 Hotty, over the belt. William Regal declares himself the new European Champion, and he goes around defending the belt against only those he deems "worthy" of the Championship. Stone Cold Steve Austin gives one of his biggest fans, Eugene, the "Smoking Skull belt", and Eugene renames it the "WWE World Special World Championship", and he makes up his own set of rules about the belt.
If a Title has no one to contend for it, and it doesn't fit the current WWE landscape, the WWE can temporary "shelve" the belt, until someone comes along and wants to represent the division. Have the WWE assign a new Commissioner to World Wrestling Entertainment (I'm thinking Mick Foley), who decides which Championships are being defended properly, and which ones aren't. For each successful Title defence, a wrestler earns "commission". When a wrestler raises the Championship's commission so much, they can challenge for "higher ranked" Championships, or retire the belt and take a massive payday. So a wrestler could benefit from defending the Championship as much a possible, although they then run the risk of wearing themselves out.
But yeah, I think this would be a really cool way to do things, especially with the WWE looking to expand. I'm not saying give every person a Title, but with the WWE having 120 people between the three brands, I think there is room for more Titles. I guess I'm just not old-school enough to appreciate a simple Title scheme, but I think with three brands, there should be more a network of Championships.
Note: I'm not suggesting bland titles for every match, but rather titles to make lower card feuds mean more. Each one would hopefully get its own meaning and its lineage would mean something. Some titles can be brought in just to make others look good. I'm thinking of something like a "Divas Championship", where the belt is defended between the sluts in Bra & Panties Matches, while the Women's Title is defended as it should be, in competitive matches between talented women.
I don't know, maybe it's just because I've been getting more and more into independant wrestling, and seeing how Dragon Gate has the Open the Triangle Gate Championship, Pro Wrestling NOAH has the GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship and Ring of Honor had the Pure Championship. Then there was WCW with its Television Championship, back in the day.
I think these concepts for Championships are really interesting, and whilst I would not like to see the WWE just dump aside its current scheme, ideas like these could really make the lower-card a much more exciting place.
Anyway, I'm not really expecting anyone to like this idea, but this is just place to discuss Championships, interesting characteristics assigned to Championships, and ideas you've seen in other promotions that you have felt could really be translated to a big stage.