My Top 10 Favorite Championship Belts of All Time.
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- When I was a kid, one of the main things that drew me to professional wrestling were the championship belts. The gold and nickel plates, the black and brown leather, goodness me. I wanted my own championship belts, I dreamed of raising the gold above my head in a sold out area. Don't we all? Let's get to this Subscriber Milestone Poll winner, DanDans, let's count down my favorite championship belts of all time. Enjoy it!
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The Shawn Michaels classic white IC belt. My first favorite belt of all time. Takes me back to my first memories of wrestling.
Fun choice, very popular choice in the comments.
Yep. But when it was held by Macho Man (even when he, litteraly, took the shine off of it) is when it meant the most....with a black strap.
“TNA Triple H” 🤣
It is what it is, lol
@@616Entertainment you mean Double J, or Bootleg Triple H.
Jeff Jarrett???
Winged Eagle will always be my favourite... and not for nostalgic reasons, it was largely before my time, I just think it looks incredible. The bigger Attitude Era version is great too.
Winged Eagle is beautiful, no doubt.
Undisputed Championship is my favourite! So classy, so majestic
We definitely have very similar tastes. I love all these belts (with the exception of 1) and my all time favorite belt is actually the WCW United States Championship .
The WCW US is so, so nice. I had to use it in the thumb. =)
I was expecting this to be an April Fool's Day joke and the list would be made of ugly belts
Lol
No sir. Only the best!
Platyken yea I’m sure everyone would’ve loved that, right? Lol
There was only one thing he got wrong Mr.perfect had the ic tittle when it was the wwf
The second belt you showed I don't like but everything about you showed so far I like
I thought you were going to make a bit where you'd be like "WHAT?! NO WINGED EAGLE!??"
The Undisputed and the TNA World are two titles that should have lasted longer though
There's enough of that stupidity in the comments already. Like "No Winged Eagle? SMH." Some people don't understand what the word "MY" means.
Winged eagle best belt hands down
@@616Entertainment we have the same exact taste in belts. Thats why im surprised you didn't put the winged eagle in there lol. We damn near have the same list except that awa atrocity.
The belts I love most when I was growing up that are not on your list are:
The NWA National Heavyweight Championship belt with the red/white/blue strap-late 70's and early 80's from Georgia Championship Wrestling
The GCW TV Title belt with multicolored face plate and flags of other countries on side plates. Early 80's from GCW
The NWA United States Heavyweight Championship belt-Mid Atlantic and JCP silver version in early to mid 80's
The NWA World Television Heavyweight Championship belt-red and silver JCP in the mid 80's
Mid South North American Heavyweight Championship belt-early to mid 80's version
Thanks for the video!
those are just about all the ones I mentioned just a second ago great choices
The National Title was one of my favorite belts.
The Nat’l TV title is the tv belt you described (the center plate had World Championship Wrestling logo on it) I also liked the Southeastern tittle from Knoxville. It was red white and blue strap but the center plate was more square shaped as I recall
The late 90s/early 2000s IC belt is my favorite.
That splash of blue is just beautiful.
one of the worst looking belts ever how about the before and after (wait i take it back the modern ic is the worst )
@@jamesthompson3023 It's okay buddy, one day you'll develop taste.
@@blopblop333 lol
As a middle schooler, the 2011 united states championship was my favorite, for the reason that the title is often associated with The Miz
The intercontinental title from the year 2000 is a personal favourite. Loved the design and shape.
Love that one too, man.
I used to think it was that IC belt was ugly,But then I found one on sale,so I bought it,and it was much nicer in real life,So then I loved it (Still not as much as the Shawn Razor IC title but still decent)
Okay I’ve never heard anyone talk about it, this is actually one of my favorites if not my all time favorite, I was wondering why no one talks about TNAs first official title belt so thanks man!
Dude it's so good.
My Favorites:
Main Event: Big Gold, AEW and Undisputed
Midcard: WCW US, early ‘00s IC, Wonder of Stardom
Lowcard: European, Hardcore, TNA TV
Tag: ‘90s WWF Tag, NWATNA Tag
Fun choices, nice.
I've always felt it cheapens the value of a title when companies change the design. Like when Michael Cole is on commentary saying "This is the title that hall of famers like Bret Hart, Ric Flair, etc have held!" No it's not ya dope, they held the old designs!
Interesting point. That's one of the reasons I love the WCW and NWA world titles so much. They (almost) never changed!
I'm doing a Greatest Championship Title Of All Time tournament thing, and I was searching through CZcams to see what everyone else was saying before I compiled my list. Thank you for this video! And it's great to see someone who really knows their stuff! 🙌🏻
I fully agree with the AEW title, it looks prestigious and important, just how a promotions flagship title should look.
with regards to the new UFC look however 😐, I think that's one that will have to grow on me, at least it's shed that slightly goofy look of the previous one.
I've always had a soft spot for the million dollar title, I know, I know, it hasn't aged as well but it's still a stand out belt.
congratulations on the milestone bud, it's all the way up from here 🤘🤘
The new UFC belt is definitely divisive, no doubt. I think I'm in the minority as someone who loves it. Thanks for watching!
The European title will always hav a special place in my heart
I definitely have love for the European, big time.
Hey, it's my TNA belt at 4:57 XD
Great list! Love the inclusion of the TNA 2007, WCW BG and Undisputed
Thanks dude! I watch your channel all the time, cool to have you in my comments section. How’s that IC treating you?
@@616Entertainment sitting pretty man, sitting petty
your commentary is epic!!! I love these videos.. I personally love the cruiserweight belt from wcw
Hahaha, thanks man. That CW belt was big time.
Keep in mind I started watching wrestling right after WCW was bought. My favorite belts:
1. Undisputed title
2. WHC (WWE version)
3. TNA X-Division title
4. Current NXT world title
5. NXT UK world title
I haven't watched UFC recently, but the new belt looks awesome. I also agree with you about how cool it is to have the fighters working towards more goals once becoming champ. Thanks for the awesome vids, Ian.
I love belt designs and I spend a lot of time designing my own in the WWE games. I really love the IWGP belt, it looks chunky and like it could KO someone, though it is too pretty to use for that IMO. I think my favourite belt is the attitude era WWF belt, I missed it and kind of wish we could have had it stick around while also still getting the undisputed design.
Yea, the Big Eagle was an awesome design. Shame it only had a 4 year run.
Another great list, Six. Very nice. Some of these are on my list as well.
10. WWF Hardcore Championship; the zaniest, most batshit belt. I also really loved the custom variations brought in by Tommy Dreamer and Bradshaw.
9. NWA-TNA X-Division Championship; that original X-Division belt was so classy and so cool looking.
8. 1980-1985 NWA National Television Championship; this was a very colorful but very short-lived design used by Georgia Championship Wrestling, and used the same plate and belt shape as the NWA World title of the time.
7. WWF European Championship
6. WCW United States Championship
5. AWA World's Heavyweight Championship; the same design you praised in this video.
4. 1972-1981 WWWF World Heavyweight Championship; for mainly two reasons: 1). This was Bruno's belt, and 2). It remains one of the only belts in history to have a side plate representing the Mother-country - Italy. The good hands people at FanduBelts have produced a replica of this bad boy, and one day, I will have this glorious bastard in my house.
3. 1986 WWF Heavyweight Championship; the strap Hogan walked into the Pontiac Silverdome with for his legendary WM3 encounter with Andre The Giant. That belt is absolutely gorgeous and it pains me that it didn't have a longer run than it did.
2. 1973-1986/1995-Current NWA/NWA-TNA World's Heavyweight Championship; the belt of all belts. Like yourself, I have one in my home in a place of honor, and its strap is adorned with signatures from 8 former champions that I've met at various conventions, with more hopefully on the way.
1. 1985-1992/2019-Current NWA World Television Championship (this design was also used by the WWF for Hogan's '84-'85 World Heavyweight belts). I don't know what it is, but damn I love this design.
Great background music choice btw 👌🏼
Agreed with your no.1 “big gold” is my absolute favorite! As a kid anytime I made a belt out of cardboard for my backyard federations the main title was always modeled after big gold! I won’t go into my top 10, but a very close 2nd of mine would be the white strap wwe intercontinental title!
The Big Gold is immortal, man.
@@616Entertainment Big Gold Started as a Replacement for the NWA Title, until WCW split from the NWA.
"look at it for an unhealthy amount of time" Ha ! I love you man !
I will, 100%.
I have the US Title
I never thought much of belt designs before tbh, but it’s awesome seeing your passion about them. Thank you for making me love AEW even more.
When I clicked this vid I thought it was gonna be about favorite bets in terms of big ones you care about (I’ve always been a midcard gal so watching WWE in 2008-2012 the Intercontinental title was always my favorite)
Glad I could help! Haha. Thanks for watching.
Really enjoy the videos
Hope you keep getting more subscribers 👍👍👍
Me too! Thanks Jake.
The IWGP belt is top notch! I’ve always loved the combo of both gold and silver (or white gold) on a design 🤘🏻🤘🏻
It's sooooooo nice.
the winged eagle and IC belt that was used up until early '98 are my favorite and ironically my all-time favorite wrestler (stone cold steve austin) got to keep both the original belts once they switched designs
Both are gorgeous, I agree.
As much as I love the OG WCW big gold, my personal #1 is still the WWF big eagle belt. Seeing that design retired broke my heart.
The Big Eagle is definitely legendary.
That UCF belt is something I would climb a mountain 10 times over for, that thing is gorgeous
Agreed big time.
you got me on your #1 when you mentioned the difference. well played sir lol I loved the old wwf IC title. the one razor had lol
Great belt, great belt.
I like the WCW Cruiserweight Championship is my favorite. The ridges on the plate made it stand out and the overall design was very creative.
I absolutely love this list! Especially that one of the AWA belt got some love.. I'm a huge belt fan, and the AWA inmate belt is a favorite of mine! Overall this list meets my approval...
LETS GO!!!! NEEDED THIS
Hope you liked it!
Good Stuff my Guy I liked the old school WWF Winged Eagle Belt
Great design.
Cant argue about ur #1 choice, i had the replica with the button in the middle and it would say something but i also love the WWF IC and the WWF winged eagle but its ur list, not mine lol. Great upload!👌
Thanks for watching!
Awesome picks man
Thanks for watching!
I’m so glad that you included the WWE Undisputed Championship belt at 6, and I couldn’t find a better word to describe it, classy, what a championship belt is supposed to look like
I love that belt, man.
Love the list ❤️❤️❤️
I do enjoy hearing differing opinions, and a good chunk of these were differing opinions, that's for sure. Good vid, liked.
Thanks dude!
Congrats on the 60K subscribers.
Thanks Derek!
@@616Entertainment you're welcome Ian.
What a list! No even mad at it either my dude👍 That beautiful Big Gold belt was a dream for sure! Had a couple of them with my toys growing up and it was awesome. Congrats on the 60k man, well deserve and I know there's only more milestones on the way! Maybe next poll can be to pick between a couple of classsic games and do a playthrough with either yourself or a badass guest of your choosing? Can be either wrestling or any other genre? It would be pretty cool, either way you know I'll be watching brother.
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#WeAreTheDanDans
Not a bad idea for the poll. And yea man, the Big Gold is just immortal. Thanks for watching!
I know just how you feel! When I was a kid, I would spend hours upon hours just looking at the different kinds championship belts, wishing I could own them. When I would play Smackdown and Smackdown 2 KYR, I would just stare the belts while listening to the ambient music. Good times. My favorite of all time is the WWE Undisputed Championship. Other favorites of mine which I miss dearly is WWE Light Heavyweight Championship, the WWE European Championship and probably the one I miss most of all, the WWE Hardcore Championship! Watching people pummel each other with weapons for a broken looking belt was always entertaining to watch!
Dude, belts are just such a cool piece of the puzzle. You get it!
Great video, man. As for next milestone... Top 10 games of your childhood?
I'm not mad at that at all.
The 24/7 title has grown on me.
Woohoo! Thanks for the new video DanDan
Thanks for watching!
@@616Entertainment Everytime my friend
I love the winged eagle belt personally. It takes me back to the old days as a kid when l was a fanatical Ultimate Warrior fan... I worked an indy promotion about 15 years ago where they made me their U.S. Champion. Which was the wcw version with our company's mail box letters covering the wcw logo lol so the wcw U.S. Title would be probably my 3rd favorite second only to big gold. Man l too could talk championships all day lol. New subscriber here and look forward to more videos like this. Cheers!
Winged Eagle is a great design for sure.
Nice video bro.
Thanks for watching, Shawn.
Dude, I’m right there with you on the new UFC belt. I really like it!
And word on the Undisputed WWE belt. I want a replica of that one someday. But favorite will probably always be the “Big Gold” WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Great minds think alike!
We line up big time on belt choices! Thanks for watching, dude.
I like most of your list definitely agree with the WCW World Heavyweight and NWA world Heavyweight title being on top. I also really like The Intercontinental Championship White Strap. Lastly I have to say I like the current WWE UNited States championship over the WCW version. Congratulations on 60k!
Thanks dude! And wow, I've never heard anyone prefer the WWE US over the WCW US. Interesting.
Great choices
Glad you liked it!
I love your videos
Thanks dude!
Growing up, my family owned a restaurant. I would be stuck there all day in the summer while my family worked. I would go into the storage room in the basement and take everything out of a cardboard box and cut out my own title belts. I had matching tag team titles and a sweet heavyweight title. Great video, brought up some positive memories.
Dude that is awesome, I love this.
Going solely on visual appeal, my favorites are (in no particular order) the Reggie IC, WCW US, Hogan 86, Big Eagle, IWGP 3rd, IWGP 4th, IWGP IC, NWA National 2012 (with the shield), WCW Cruiserweight Tag, and Jay Lethal's custom yellow RoH TV belt that just said "Champion" while he chased the world title.
Lots of old school picks, nice.
Modern era forgets that at one time professional wrestling wasn't "sports entertainment." The AWA belt and big gold were made to look as prestigious as a boxing title.
My favorite is Ring of Honor’s first TV Title with the blue trim, gorgeous.
I’m a huge fan of the TNA world championship (the big gold knock off) but it’s refreshing to see someone bury it.
I barely watched TNA back then, but I've always loved that TNA belt and i have it in my top 5. Having Christian retire it was pretty cool
The Big Gold, WCW U.S. and Undisputed titles are my favorites but The Attitude Era Winged Eagle belt was to die for...I miss that belt so much 😢
Good calls, good calls.
Thank you for helping keep my sanity!
Always, brudda. Tons of other shit on the Patreon too if you're interested!
When Tito Santana showed off the Intercontinental Championship after Greg Valentine destroyed the green strap,,, that was the first belt I fell in love with.
What a memory.
My brother had the AWA championship rep belt and when we met Kane he signed it and said how beautiful the title was, my brother thought Kane was not gonna give it back haha. Good list. You should ado top ten underrated titles designs.
Oh man, that one is really rare these days! If he ever wants to part with it, let me know, lol
I always liked Bockwinkel's AWA World Title strap. That will always be my favorite AWA strap. The current AML Heavyweight & the classic Mid South Heavyweight Championship straps are cool as well. My favorite belt of all time is the Lucha Underground Heavyweight Championship. Simply gorgeous. The original big gold rules. Flairs big gold, with the reddish/brown strap
Flair's BG with the reddish brown strap is the same one that always ran, man. It just stained and lost luster over the years.
Best video to date!
Glad you liked it, brudda.
Shrunk to the size of a tortilla, lol
Good #1. A fave of mine as well. A close second is the white strap Intercontinental belt from the 90s.
Lots of White IC love in the comments.
NWA/WCW Big Gold (brown strap).
Also, I always liked the WWF European Championship. It was appropriately sized and had various colors and patterns on it but wasnt too 'busy'. It appeared to be modeled after the NWA ten pounds of gold belt.
N.W.A. World T.V. belt with the red strap and silver and red title plate was such a amazing design
Great design.
Honorable mention for the Lucha Underground title. Big gold Aztek calendar. There was nothing else like it.
I feel like they did a ton of unique shit, yea.
Best top 10 I've seen
Pretty good list. Glad to see someone else loves the WCW United States Championship. I feel like everyone hates that belt but I've always loved it. Another midcard belt I love but no one ever talks about is the Attitude Era Intercontinental belt. I always thought that belt kicked ass. Guess I just love late 90's midcard belts. And yes the big gold belt is the best ever.
Some of my other favorites are NWA Television Championship (bro the TV network logos on the sideplates, perfection), WCW Television Championship, basically all the IWGP belts but specifically the United States Championship, AEW Heavyweight Championship, WWE Undisputed, WWF European Championship, NWA World Heavyweight, Ron Simmons WCW Heavyweight Championship, and low key the King Mabel King of the Ring Champion Belt. That thing was badass.
That King Of The Ring belt was fuckin crazy, lol. You've got some really cool picks here. And yea, the WCW '93 (Vader, Simmons, Sting) is really beautiful.
@@616Entertainment Thanks man. One more I have to add is the Attitude Era tag belts.
Sweet list.
Here's my personal top 10:
1. IWGP 4th Belt
2. WWF/E Undisputed
3. Winged Eagle WWF World Heavyweight
4. Big Gold
5. (WWF) World Tag Team Championship (Classic & Attitude era design
6. Modern NXT Championship
7. Smoking Skull WWF Championship
8. Big Eagle WWF Championship
9. AEW World Championship
10. Classic style WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (black strap)
The big gold, WCW US title and WWF gold wing heavyweight title are my favorites
Some great picks, man
YES! i just saw the new ufc title in your video lol! my favourites are the both world heavyweight championshis (the big gold one of course and the 2014 one) oh and the spinner one too dont judge me lol
No judgements here.
I agree. The awa belt is beautiful.
The nwa tagteam belts rock & roll express, steamboat & youngblood. And others held I think are beautiful as well.
Dude I love your belt list, and I have 6 belts myself
Oh hell yea.
Always loved that Undisputed Title design and it didn’t get a long enough run at all.
Agreed. =/
For my birthday one year as a young teenager, a friend bought me the foam Smoking Skull belt replica as a gift and I frigging loved it. Wish I knew what happened to it lol
I bet the pop opening that was insane.
Man as a belt mark also this hit deep I can seriously look at belt pictures all day alot of similarities to my list for sure
Hell yea, man!
Great video! And Great Choices of Belts....👍👍👍
However I have to disagree with you just on the ROH Belt, even though it's still a pretty cool belt, however I prefer the newer ROH belt in MY OPINION....but other than that I agree with you on all the other belts.....
9/10 ain't bad!
AJPW Triple Crown Championship. The 3 belts was nice, but I love the way they combined them to make one great looking belt.
Excellent belt, I agree.
Hey there. New sub here. I agree 👍💯 about the belts! I like the white intercontinental belt.
Your close to 100K subs my friend. Great videos!!!!!!!✔
I'm working as hard as I can to get to 100K, thanks for being here!
All great choices. On the fence about UFC title. I'm really old school so some of my favorites are the Mid Atlantic version of the US title and World Tag titles from the 70's. I also loved the Mid Atlantic heavyweight championship and the NWA World TV title. I also loved the Georgia heavyweight championship and the National championship with the red white and blue strap. I almost forgot the big Mid south North American title also!!!
Some brilliant picks! I love that new UFC belt. But my favourites will always be the Attitude Era WWF Title, the Big Gold, the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title and the Intercontinental Belt from the late 90s held by Jericho, Eddie, Edge etc. All beautiful.
Good picks!
For me top 3 are the WWF Winged Eagle, the NWA United States Championship, and the WCW Big gold. This is a great top 10 list though.
I got the Fandu WCW World Heavyweight Championship. It's badass!
More gag reels bro!!
Excellent replica, big time. Fandu make great ones.
My all-time fave has to be the smoking skull belt. Always wanted the replica as a kid
It's such a crazy design, hahaha.
Great list. I went back and google some of my favorite championship designs and the feels hit me hard on how much I really miss seeing them.
1) The WWF Winged-Eagle Championship 1998-2002
2) The Original TNA X-Division Championship
3) WWF Intercontinental Championship 88-98
4) ECW Television Championship
5) Undisputed WWE Championship
6) WCW Big Gold Heavyweight Belt
7) WCW Television Championship
8) The original TNA Knockouts Championship
9) TNA Legends Championship
10) TNA World Heavyweight Championship 2011-17
Your #1 isn’t the Winged Eagle it’s the Big Eagle lol.
Winged Eagle was the one before that one 88-98.
Pro Wrestling & Video Game Fan 486 the winged eagles championship was the title Austin won at Mania before it was switched to The Attitude Era Championship. That’s the belt I meant.
Some awesome choices here. First ECW TV title love I've seen in the comments, too.
I like your list... Personally my favorite is the White strap IC title.
Top 10 favorite matches should be a poll option
It was in the past, it lost. =\ Thats not to say it won’t resurface down the line, I’m just saying, I listed it before!
WCW United States singles and tag team were my favorites growing up. NWA TV title has always had a special place in my heart also.
Aweosme choices.
I have the oriental first TNA Heavyweight Championship that was use during TNA Slamanniversary. They had it just for that match incase damage happen during the match. I got it from a TNA upper management person that night for work when they rented building space from my job (Sport Anera at The Fairgrounds Nashville)
You have to prove something like that, dog.
I might be the odd ball and say that the intercontinental championship that was used in the attitude era was one of my favorite.
my top 3 belts : WCW Big Gold (knew that would be your #1)
WWF Winged Eagle - first belt that looked amazing to me
Million Dollar Championship - weird design and materials for it but the segment leading up to the reveal on brother love segment made it feel like it was a belt worth that much
another awesome video!
honourable mentions : cena spinner belts (both us and wwe) well cuz im a Cena mark lol
TNA X Division Belt with the plain red X on it...it looked too simple but i loved it
WWE Intercontinental Title - Reggie Parks Design both black and white straps - i thought it was such a beautiful belt and held by some amazing wrestlers like bret hart and mr perfect and honky tonk
Seen a couple Million Dollar belts in here now, surprising!
I'm not sure what I was expecting when I watched this video, but we have extremely similar taste in championship belts. The WCW U.S. title is the first belt I ever wished I could hold as a kid, and the WCW world title was my favorite belt until Hollywood Hogan both single handedly hogged the strap into obscurity, and ruined my love for WCW when he didn't put Sting over proper at Starrcade 1997.
The only variation in my list would be the intercontinental championship held by the likes of Bret Hart and heel Shawn Michaels replacing the AWA title, but that is purely subjective.
Fantastic effort on this video.
1 - Intercontinental Champion (White Strap)
2 - Undisputed Champion (00s)
3 - United States Champion (00s/10s)
4 - Winged Eagle Champion
5 - ECW World Champion
6 - UK Champion
7 - Big Eagle Champion
8 - European Champion
9 - Oval Intercontinental Champion
10 - Big Gold Belt
Saw the ufc one just now thanks to u and my mind 🤯
Suuuch a nice belt.
Honestly I will agree with the big gold it will always be my favorite championship belt
It's just the best, man.
I'm with ya on the AWA World Title. It's my number one though. I grew up in The Boothill Of Missouri so USWA wrestling was my local territory. Because of the pay dispute between Lawler and Gagne, with Lawler just keeping the belt, this was the belt I saw every Saturday morning. The one I saw live at The National Guard Armory when USWA came close. Ok, sorry...I'm done marking out now. Nice to see it get some love lol.
Dude that is awesome.
Please someone tell me how much the size has changed on the ten pounds of gold over the years . From the one Race had , to the TNA version , TO the current one . Information is so hard to find