4 Old WWE title designs that should replace the Universal Championship

#3 The WWWF Championship design

This belt was worn by some of WWE's biggest legends

WWE like to color-coordinate things. Everything on RAW has to be red, down to its main championship. The Universal Championship’s red color was a focal point for fan criticism, because that color was the only real feature that distinguished this title from the WWE Championship. But there is a way for WWE to have their red color while using a different design: reintroduce the belt that represented the WWWF Championship.

That belt, worn during the days of WWE’s early greats (like Bruno Sammartino and Pedro Morales) had an image of the continental United States and two shield-shaped side plates. On these shields were two grapplers staring each other down, which gave a clear reminder that this was a belt made to be defended in a wrestling ring.

Not only does that belt have historic lineage, but it actually looks like a prize worth fighting for. That is certainly a lot more than what can be said about today’s Universal Championship, which is clearly meant to be mass-marketed towards children whose parents have deep purses. After all, why else would WWE smear their logo over the entire thing?