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Old 01-23-2005, 06:12 PM   #1
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OK, seriously - WTF is it with sports people and the WCW Belt?
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?
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Old 01-23-2005, 06:14 PM   #2
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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?
I dunno. Pastor Troy had both the old WWF belt and the WCW belt in his 2002 music video "Are We Cuttin?".
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Old 01-23-2005, 06:17 PM   #3
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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?
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.
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Old 01-23-2005, 06:32 PM   #4
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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?
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Old 01-23-2005, 08:37 PM   #5
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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...
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I guess they want people to look at them and wonder "Why in the hell do they have a WcW/WWE belt?"
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they actually showed footage of this on an episode of raw, and JR said he was doing it to pay respect to triple h
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