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If ECW got another title, I'd like to see the ECW TV Title brought back. Some say there are too many titles as it is, but with ECW only having one official belt (OK, currently they are in position of the World Tag Team Championship, but they are only schematics), I think they could use a belt for guys like DJ Gabriel, Tyson Kidd and Ricky Ortiz to fight over. When a guy debuts on ECW, it's straight to their "World Championship," with no proper stepping stone.
A TV Title could put the ECW Title into perspective a bit more. Having a TV Champion that is ranked with the US and IC Champions could make the ECW Title look much higher than those two belts, which is where I think the WWE wants it.
I've been saying for a while that I also wouldn't mind seeing a "WWE Television Championship" that goes between all three brands, ranked as a different sort of belt to the IC and US Titles (probably below it, sort of like the European or WCW TV Titles were), with the concept of the belt being that it was defended at all televised WWE events, including PPVs.
For example, John Morrison could be the first champion. He defends the belt on RAW, then he does so that week on ECW, and then he does so again on SmackDown!. This continues until he drops the belt to whoever (let's say Finlay), who does the same thing again.
This would be good, because it helps a talent pay their dues. Having a guy work every television show is something that could really help flesh out the dedication of talent. The WWE were worried that MVP was going to take his ball elsewhere, so they gave him that losing streak gimmick. Fine, I guess, but you could also put the TV Title on the guy, and really test how much he is able to put into the business.
The whole novelty of the belt would be "how long will this guy last?" That's always there with the other championships, to a certain degree, but defending the belt at every show would raise a count, but holding the belt forever would be more noticeable than say what Shelton Benjamin has done with the US Title.
It may burn some talent out, but you could remove them from house shows, and a lot of guys work all three shows, anyway. John Morrison, The Miz and Kane do this frequently, and I get the feeling they want to showcase Evan Bourne that way.
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