WWE still holds three men’s world titles following WrestleMania

Despite recent changes in the professional wrestling world, wrestlemaniaWWE still holds three world championships in the men’s division.

Cody Rhodes defeated Roman Reigns to become the undisputed WWE Universal Champion. wrestlemania Last Sunday, Damian Priest won the World Heavyweight Championship at the same event. However, Rose holds two of WWE’s three men’s world titles.

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Despite being unified under a single belt, the WWE and Universal Championship maintain different lineages, as shown by WWE’s title history on the website.in wrestlemania 38 In 2022, Reigns defeated then-WWE Champion Brock Lesnar to unify the titles and solidify his place as the main men’s champion. Living and smack down. Reigns held both belts for over a year and a half until last summer, when he received one strap and established himself as the undisputed Universal Champion.

However, with Reigns’ part-time status in question, WWE could potentially split one of his titles, as seen in this year’s tournament. wrestlemania Won the Raw and SmackDown tag team titles. Instead, WWE introduced a third World Championship last spring, with the tournament being won by Seth Rollins.

Given that Reigns was on a historic run to win the Universal Championship, and his total run to gold lasted 1,316 days, most would assume that WWE would quietly retire the title if he lost it. I expected it. But that’s not the case, at least not yet. It’s unclear if or when WWE will wrestle the trio for the top titles.

Meanwhile, Rose carries a belt that symbolizes two championships rolled into one. He appeared in Living This week marks the Undisputed Universal Championship and comes with a custom side plate featuring the American Nightmare logo. But if Rhodes has his way, the design of the belt may change.

Rose is a longtime fan of the WWE championship belt, known as the Winged Eagle belt, which the company used from 1988 to 1998 and which was worn by pro wrestling stars like Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. He was associated with a legend. Rose has previously expressed interest in bringing back the design if he becomes champion. However, during his recent appearance, pat mcafee showHe seems to have retracted his earlier statement, indicating that he now has a different perspective, considering the values ​​associated with the current design.

When fans started yelling for him to bring back his classic look, Rose said: Triple H is in charge of things, but you guys are absolutely right, Winged Eagle. ”

Currently, all three world titles are Living. Things will likely change when the next WWE Draft begins on April 26th. smack down.

Cagesiders, what do you think about this championship dilemma? How should WWE deal with that? Especially if WWE chooses to unify all three titles before establishing a single lineage, we could see a return of classic designs that symbolized a bygone era. Do you want to?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.