Who was the first guy to carry the belt down to the ring?

[JimmyMess]

One of the cool things I remember about Stone Cold Steve Austin was that he always carried the WWF Championship with his hand whenever he went down to the ring. He did that with every title he held, he never wore it around his waste.

So I ask you, who was the first guy to do this? Was it in fact Colda Stonea Steve Austin? Or maybe nWo Hogan, with his crazy air guitar antics? Or was it someone way back when who I am forgetting?

Anyways, lets find out!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I didn't like how Austin handled the championship belt. Not only just by carrying it but he basically threw it like it was a piece of trash. The Rock did it and so does John Cena. If you don't have enough respect to wear the title around your waist then maybe you shouldn't be the champion.

[Rammsteinmad]

Bubba Ray Dudley used to wear the tag title around his neck. :shifty:

[Juan]

I didn't like how Austin handled the championship belt. Not only just by carrying it but he basically threw it like it was a piece of trash. The Rock did it and so does John Cena. If you don't have enough respect to wear the title around your waist then maybe you shouldn't be the champion.

lol

[JimmyMess]

Bubba Ray Dudley used to wear the tag title around his neck. :shifty:

Thats true, it is not around his waist lol

[MoFo]

Big Show wore the Hardcore title around his arm.

[Gertner]

I didn't like how Austin handled the championship belt. Not only just by carrying it but he basically threw it like it was a piece of trash. The Rock did it and so does John Cena. If you don't have enough respect to wear the title around your waist then maybe you shouldn't be the champion.

It's still real to you damnit.

[Graveler]

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[JimmyMess]

http://perlbal.hi-pi.com/blog-images/11170/gd/1143559092/WWE-Tag-Team-Champion-MNM.jpg

Well they were not the first by any means. And thats technically still on their waste.

LOSE ON BOTH FRONTS!!

[NormanSmiley]

i would say first would have to be yokozuna as it did not fit. i would say that austin tho started this unattractive trend of not wearing the title around your waist. although in some guys defenses if i was given that spinner belt id throw it around like a toy too

[The Naitch]

Morrison looked real cool back then. What the hell happened

[Juan]

They realized he KIND OF looked like Jim Morrison so they feathered his hair and changed his name.

[CSL]

The Undertaker

[Aguakate]

Morrison looked real cool back then. What the hell happened

...he opened his mouth and actually spoke, and everyone noticed how lame he is.

[Tom Guycott]

That picture does nothing but solidify the swinger theory, and my addendum that THAT'S why Mercury was around as long as he was. Plus, on topic, the way they carried the belts was part of the gimmick in how "disrespectful" they were of the titles. They looked better on Melina anyway. Stacy did them justice too.

Slicky has a point about Austin slinging it around like it's more worthless than Jeff Hardy's purple mess from TNA. I mean, to be what he "wanted more than anything in the world", he sure publicly treated the belt like shit... with that said, however, a lot has to do with it being part of the gimmick.

Austin didn't care. He "owned" the belt, and could do whatever the hell he wanted with it. It's not like every champion since treated it the same way. Edge didn't always wear the belt. At one point in one of his reigns, he always clutched it like someone was going to steal it. Miz only wears it when he does his entrance in ring attire for a match, and that's because he kind of incorporated taking it off and slinging it on his shoulder as part of it. HHH almost always wore it around his waste*, even in street clothes. At one point, I think Shawn wore his like a bandolier.

Part of how you wear, or don't wear, the title can just be a factor of a guy's in-ring persona.

*I know it's wrong. I just wanted to be like everyone else.

[Aguakate]

I'm going to come right out and say that the aura Titles had ENDED with Stone Cold Steve Austin...

...the way he just threw the Title around, made it into a "Skull Belt", etc...all the aura and mystique titles had, Austin killed.

[Nicky Fives]

http://codamon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/umaga_dies.jpg

[RiX1024]

Undertaker carried the belt to the ring in Tuesday in Texas......i don't know if anyone did it before him.

[The Naitch]

The Dudley Boys used to wear their belts around their necks

[GD]

One of the cool things I remember about Stone Cold Steve Austin was that he always carried the WWF Championship with his hand whenever he went down to the ring. He did that with every title he held, he never wore it around his waste.

So I ask you, who was the first guy to do this? Was it in fact Colda Stonea Steve Austin? Or maybe nWo Hogan, with his crazy air guitar antics? Or was it someone way back when who I am forgetting?

Anyways, lets find out!

I am pretty sure that nobody has ever wore their respective belt around their "waste" :)

[Gertner]

lol

[XL]

I am pretty sure that nobody has ever wore their respective belt around their "waste" :)
Duke Droese would have done if he'd ever won a championship.

[mhirn3]

This guy doesn't have enough waist for all of his belts to be worn:

http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae152/rogerearp3/ultimodragon10titles.jpg

[Xero]

I am pretty sure that nobody has ever wore their respective belt around their "waste" :)

Depends on if the shit Sid took smeared up his back or not.

[Stickman]

I remember back in the day HBK would carry the IC title. Instead of flopping it over his shoulder he'd fold it up and carry it.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Don't know if he ever did it on RAW, but I seem to recall in Undertaker's entrance in HCTP season mode, when he's WWE Champion he would always come out on his motorcycle with the belt around his neck like a huge gold necklace or something.

[Xero]

Read that last bit as "like a huge douchebag".

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Don't know if he ever did it on RAW, but I seem to recall in Undertaker's entrance in HCTP season mode, when he's WWE Champion he would always come out on his motorcycle with the belt around his neck like a huge gold necklace or something.

Yeah, he started that when he won the Hardcore title from Rob Van Dam after his post-invasion heel turn. Yeah that's right the Undertaker was the WWF Hardcore Champion. It was weird he would throw the title in the ring like he didn't care about it, but it was just for an excuse to go back in the ring and kick his opponent's ass more.

Texas/Booger Red Undertaker was a complex guy.

[DLVH84]

If the wrestler is too heavy that the belt can't fit around his waist, then it's understandable that they carry the belt to the ring.

[Juan]

Thank you Captain Obvious.

[JimmyMess]

Damnit I said "waste"


Curse you, Steve Blackman.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

If the wrestler is too heavy that the belt can't fit around his waist, then it's understandable that they carry the belt to the ring.

Hmm, now could you explain to me why certain wrestlers step over the top rope?

[CSL]

I'm pretty sure it's because a lot of wrestlers grew up on farms and are more used to the 'step over the fence' technique as opposed to the non-farmboys 'crouch through the hole' technique

[Smeg Head]

Yokozuna must of been one of the first...

[Mister Sinister]

I know DDP, had the belt turned backwards, atleast while WCW Champion.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

That's so he could see the belt buckles as he was putting the belt on.

[Xero]

If the wrestler is too heavy that the belt can't fit around his waist, then it's understandable that they carry the belt to the ring.

To be fair, they've remedied this by giving the belts extensions. They did it for Big Show when he was tag champion a year or so ago.

[Lock Jaw]

And the ridiculously large straps on the ECW belt they made for Mark Henry that looked giant for everyone else.

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[Graspbymyself]

Diesel damn near draged the belt on the floor. Come to think of it.. I think it was Nash that started that trend.

[parkmania]

I bet Bobby Heenan carried the belt to the ring for some of his Family members - especially Andre or Flair.

[CSL]

The Undertaker

The Undertaker

The Undertaker

The Undertaker

The Undertaker

Undertaker carried the belt to the ring in Tuesday in Texas......i don't know if anyone did it before him.

you bastards

[Sonofanarchy]

I remember Bret Hart cutting a promo on Kevin Nash about dragging the title to the ring and not giving it the respect it deserves.

Diesel used to sorta drag it but he was to tall for it to actually be touching the ground...

[The Naitch]

I think it's because the WWF Championship was so big and round (plus it had those sharp jagged edges that Austin claimed to have cut his chin when he delivered a stunner on someone) that having it around your waist would've felt awkward for some people, maybe. Prior to this, the WWF Title (circa 1997) was smaller and it looked natural to be around a man's waist. JUST MY GUESS

Pretty sure why Austin dragged the belt along was because he was THE TEXAS RATTLESNAKE aka A TOUGH S.O.B and it's part of his gimmick to not give a fuck about how one wears the WWF Championship

Bret Hart complaining about such a small thing like that makes him look like a whiney penis

Maybe some guys just find it uncomfortable to wear it around their waist, cuz they have to take it off before they enter the ropes anyways, so....

[The Naitch]

Me, I'd prefer to wear it over my shoulder instead of around my waist

[Shisen Kopf]

Id have a championship hat made so I could wear it on my head. That would be art!

[The Naitch]

I hear that there are actually championship Turbans out there!

[JimmyMess]

Well it seems the older championship belts looked more like boxing championships, so around the waist seemed natural.... but with bigger belts, carrying it has become the "thing"

[Sonofanarchy]

I hear that there are actually championship Turbans out there!

Cop in ottawa with a turban, its not uncommon to bump into him with his badge on the turban.

[Captain of Fun]

What?

[Captain of Fun]

Ultimo Dragon should have made a jacket out of all those belts he had.