WWE Needs To Stop Naming Championships After Their Shows

In the early 2000’s, when the brand split was in full force WWE had main championship, mid-card championships, and tag team championships. The main championships were the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship. The midcard championships were and still are the Intercontinental and United States Championships. In the early 2000’s, there was only the Women’s Championship until the Diva’s Championship was created in 2008. Many things have changed in WWE since the early 2000’S and in the last five years Raw and Smackdown have branded their Tag Team and Women’s Championships. This has created a major problem with the history and legacy of these titles as well as potential storylines that could happen.

In October of 2020, the WWE had their yearly draft. The Street Profits were Raw Tag Team Champions, and The New Day were the Smackdown Tag Team Champions. The Street Profits was drafted to Smackdown, and The New Day was drafted to Monday Night Raw. Instead of creating a new rivalry or dropping the titles to a team on the show they were leaving, they did something entirely different. The two tag teams swapped their respective championships, which ultimately end their reigns on the shows they were leaving and started new reigns on they were going to. I believe this be a very bad move by WWE, because they are all about history, legacy, and records. By doing this it skews the number of championship reigns because the championship was not earned in a match. Do you think Charlotte Flair wants to have a championship reign start because she swapped titles with someone? My guess based on a recent Smackdown episode, the answer is no.  However, WWE does not think about the major long-term implications of their booking decisions. They just assume that the fans will forget months or years down the road. Many pro wrestling fans have long term memories and how things were handled. Don’t believe me? Just ask fans about Bray Wyatt and how his character and championship reigns were handled. WWE needs to stop complicating things and make them simpler again.

I firmly believe that WWE needs to drop the Raw and Smackdown names from the Tag Team and Women’s Championships. The WWE Women’s Championship has a rich history that started in 1984 and lasted until 2010. I would also add a WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship, along with keeping the Women’s Tag Team Championship. All three championships would be defended on both shows with the champions having rivalries on both shows with the possibility of Interbrand matches on pay-per-views. As for the men’s tag team championships, the Raw and Smackdown names need to be dropped from the championships. This will eliminate any issues with how titles will be dropped if the champions are dropped. I would love to see the return of the Ruthless Aggression Tag Team Championships return. They were known as the WWE Tag Team Champions and the World Tag Team Champions. The World Tag Team Championships have a history dating back to 1971, while the WWE Tag Team Championships have a history dating back to 2002 when they were created as part of the original brand split.

Finally, WWE needs to bring back the older designs that we all loved. Those designs had character, class, and elegance. They were not generic and bland. Bring back Attitude Era WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship to replace the Universal Championship. Both the WWE and World Heavyweight Championships have an amazing history and should be spotlighted in today’s WWE. It would also eliminate the need to change the color of the leather on the belts every time the championship was drafted to a different show. I think newer WWE fans be receptive to WWE getting back to their roots and it would probably bring older fans back who may have not watched in years. WWE will always be around, and it will always make money, but the presentation and the perception of the company is hitting one of its all-time lows. A small and simple thing like bring back the older championships and honoring the history and legacy of the company could go a long in boosting morale among the locker room and the fans.