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View Poll Results: Has the WWE done a good job of making the Universal title seem important? | |||
Yes | 2 | 9.09% | |
No | 10 | 45.45% | |
The WWE Championship will forever be #1 | 6 | 27.27% | |
Recommission the World Heavyweight Championship | 2 | 9.09% | |
Other | 2 | 9.09% | |
Voters: 22. You must log in or register to vote on this poll. |
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09-30-2018, 03:36 AM | #1 |
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Has the WWE done a satisfactory job of making the Universal title seem as the richest prize in the business?
As the title suggest, do you believe that the WWE has done a good enough job to make RAW's Universal Championship seem like the most important title in the company?
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09-30-2018, 03:54 AM | #2 |
Cranky Kong
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Between Lesnar never defending it and Corbin getting a shot at it, I say there's work to be done.
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09-30-2018, 04:12 AM | #3 |
Cranky Kong
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AJ's title seems the most prestigious to me, but it never gets the card placement it deserves.
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09-30-2018, 04:15 AM | #4 |
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It is quite appalling to realize that AJ Styles has never defended his WWE Championship in the main event of any dual-branded PPVs, even with then Universal Champion Brock Lesnar being absent from them.
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09-30-2018, 07:12 AM | #5 |
TPWW's #3 Peep
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Nope. I hate how the WWE title has the lineage, was the #1 title held in recent years by John Cena, The Rock and CM Punk... and yet, the draft split takes place, Smackdown goes live and is "no longer being seen as the B show", and then Raw creates a new title and that's automatically the number one title because it's not on the B show.
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09-30-2018, 07:13 AM | #6 |
TPWW's #3 Peep
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Well, I don't "hate" it. Not like I sit around stewing in anger over it. Ya'mean.
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09-30-2018, 07:20 AM | #7 |
Feeling Oof-y
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Wait. That’s one a picture of the Universal Championship in the OP.
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09-30-2018, 07:41 AM | #8 |
TPWW Fire Pro Champ
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09-30-2018, 07:47 AM | #9 |
LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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1st champion was a guy painted like a retard, 2nd was Kevin Owens who is pretty much a laughing stock these days, then we had a dude who's way past his prime and then a dude who drops by when he feels like it.
No, they didn't. |
09-30-2018, 11:30 AM | #10 |
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No b/c ppl still hold the WWE Championship higher in prestige. Though Reigns seems to be a bigger draw than Styles and thus main events more.
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09-30-2018, 12:02 PM | #11 |
I am the cheese
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Title has been booked very strong for a few years now
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09-30-2018, 12:22 PM | #12 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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AJ is the champ. I care more about the NWA title right now than Big Red.
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09-30-2018, 02:44 PM | #13 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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Big Gold Belt is gone and won't be back.
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09-30-2018, 03:16 PM | #14 |
Resident drug enabler
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Lesnar holding it made it as legit as it could be. I’d rather the title and champion be treated as a major attraction than have him constantly on TV and losing constant non-title matches.
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09-30-2018, 03:18 PM | #15 |
Resident drug enabler
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Also Lesnar is a million times more credible than Styles. With the champion’s credibility goes the title.
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09-30-2018, 03:29 PM | #16 |
Large Marge sent me
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Still laugh a little whenever I hear "The Universal Championship"
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09-30-2018, 03:30 PM | #17 |
Resident drug enabler
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Oh yeah. The name is ridiculous.
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09-30-2018, 03:33 PM | #18 |
Cranky Kong
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I mean, it makes sense with the 'WWE Universe' motif, but I still haven't quite gotten used to it.
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10-01-2018, 06:33 AM | #19 |
I W C DEEZ NUTZ!
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To be fair to the question, WWE has done a lackluster job of making any of their titles seem like a rich prize. They have fallen into the notion that something is prestigious in and of itself by osmosis on top not building anyone up to be "at that level".
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10-01-2018, 09:35 AM | #20 |
RoBOT Reigns
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Seems like it has already taken a backseat to the Shield. Roman is just a guy in the Shield that has a title. There is no difference between it and the IC title in that it is simply there.
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10-01-2018, 03:41 PM | #21 |
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Feel like the NXT Championship has been defended on more continents than the Universal Championship. Doesn't a title need to earn the status of being a world title anymore?
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10-01-2018, 03:51 PM | #22 |
I am the cheese
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...no...?
Matches for the title are viewed by a global audience. What soil the match takes place doesnt have any effect on that. Luddites... |
10-01-2018, 03:53 PM | #23 |
Loque Ja
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Universal Championship clearly presented as the #1 belt, so yes to this question.
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10-01-2018, 03:56 PM | #24 |
boop/bop/beep
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10-01-2018, 04:07 PM | #25 |
Cranky Kong
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I will say that I like the title with the black strap in the OP of this thread more than the red strap. Seems gimmicky that way.
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10-01-2018, 04:07 PM | #26 |
Former TPWW Royalty
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Going to say no.
I'd argue IC belt might be the most prestigious belt WWE has in terms of booking and reigns in the past couple of years. Hard for the Universal belt to have any prestige when WWE spent the latter portion of Lesnar's reign trashing him as champ and doing a terrible job trying to coronate Reigns. |
10-01-2018, 04:14 PM | #27 |
Cranky Kong
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The NXT title might mean something, if that counts.
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10-01-2018, 04:14 PM | #28 |
Cranky Kong
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Or the WWEUK title sorta.
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10-01-2018, 05:24 PM | #29 |
boop/bop/beep
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10-01-2018, 05:34 PM | #30 |
President of Freedonia
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Nah it sucks
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10-01-2018, 09:04 PM | #31 |
I am the cheese
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10-01-2018, 09:54 PM | #32 |
Rigged from the start
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10-01-2018, 11:21 PM | #33 |
Resident drug enabler
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It’s not even close. Come on.
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10-02-2018, 12:02 AM | #34 |
Let me talk to ya
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I'm a big AJ Styles fan but Lesnar is way more credible than AJ. Universal Championship is still a farce though.
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10-02-2018, 01:37 AM | #35 |
Stickman
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Yes until Lesnar lost to Reigns.
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10-02-2018, 03:08 AM | #36 |
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I refused to acknowledge it as the Universal Title and hated the belt design until Goldberg won it and made it legit. Brock was a great champ (by modern standards). Saved it from a rocky start.
I love AJ Styles, but come on, guys. He's won the SmackDown Title. That's basically like being the IC Champion. It's barely trivia. Also, Jinder won it. And Bray won it. And Ambrose won it. And this is only going back, like, two years. |
10-02-2018, 03:42 AM | #37 |
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Dear Noid, you just lost all credibility with that daft post of yours. While I agree that having Lesnar hold the Universal Championship for so long gave it "credibility", AJ Styles' WWE Championship is still the most important championship in the history of the business. Dean Ambrose won it while it was still the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, went on defeat both Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, before taking the strap to Smackdown Live. Get your facts straight, jack.
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10-02-2018, 04:00 AM | #38 |
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Wrestling isn't real, Dave.
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10-02-2018, 04:01 AM | #39 |
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Jinder Mahal actually sucks.
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10-02-2018, 04:10 AM | #40 |
Cranky Kong
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He has a good theme song, though. There's gotta be something to be said for that.
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