OK, seriously - WTF is it with sports people and the WCW Belt?

[KayfabeMan]

OK, nearly everytime I see an NBA clip some schmo is wearing or carrying a WCW Big Gold with them. Then, at the close of the NFL's Eagles / Falcons deal, some guy from the Eagles is carrying around a WCW Big Gold.

I've also seen this on NHL games before, and once I saw someone in on ESPN (not sure if it was a fan or a player - but they were in a jersey) at an MLB game with one.

How can carrying around a $100 replica belt be so cool to someone? :wtf:

[Funky Fly]

OK, nearly everytime I see an NBA clip some schmo is wearing or carrying a WCW Big Gold with them. Then, at the close of the NFL's Eagles / Falcons deal, some guy from the Eagles is carrying around a WCW Big Gold.

I've also seen this on NHL games before, and once I saw someone in on ESPN (not sure if it was a fan or a player - but they were in a jersey) at an MLB game with one.

How can carrying around a $100 replica belt be so cool to someone? :wtf:
I dunno. Pastor Troy had both the old WWF belt and the WCW belt in his 2002 music video "Are We Cuttin?". :-\

[McLegend]

OK, nearly everytime I see an NBA clip some schmo is wearing or carrying a WCW Big Gold with them. Then, at the close of the NFL's Eagles / Falcons deal, some guy from the Eagles is carrying around a WCW Big Gold.

I've also seen this on NHL games before, and once I saw someone in on ESPN (not sure if it was a fan or a player - but they were in a jersey) at an MLB game with one.

How can carrying around a $100 replica belt be so cool to someone? :wtf:
Well Freddy Mitchell is the self proclaimed people's champ so it does fit. It was a great moment that brought a tear to my eyes.

[Xero]

I figure it's the same reason I want the replica, it's big, it looks cool, and it kicks ass. (Of course I also know most of the history, and that helps.) It wouldn't have as much of a 'wow' factor if they were carrying around the old WWF Eagle belt to a non-wrestling fan, would it?

[loopydate]

When Rasheed Wallace (I think?) bought WCW belts for all of the Pistons, it was a cool gesture, because it signified that they were the champions until someone beat them.

Of course, now, the Pistons have gotten the Benoit treatment... :(

[James Steele]

^^^LOL^^^

[Shaggy]

I guess they want people to look at them and wonder "Why in the hell do they have a WcW/WWE belt?"

[V]

they actually showed footage of this on an episode of raw, and JR said he was doing it to pay respect to triple h :nono:

[John la Rock]

Did anyone notice that Eagles Defender who did the "Nature Boy" trot after tackling one of the Falcons?

Funny shit :lol: