Are The Wwe Belts Real Gold?
Have you ever wondered if the championship belts in WWE are really made of gold? Well, wonder no more! In this blog post, we’ll take a look at the history of WWE belts and whether or not they’re really made of gold.
WWE belts
Many people often wonder if the WWE belts are real gold. The answer to that question is yes, the WWE belts are real gold. The WWE has a long history of using gold belts. The first ever WWE Champion was crowned with a gold belt in 1963.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship
The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two world titles in WWE, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was created for the Raw brand as a result of the 2016 WWE draft. The current champion is AJ Styles, who is in his first reign.
The title was established under then-WWE CEO Linda McMahon in 2002 as the original world championship of her promotion, which before 2002 operated as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). McMahon awarded it to Brock Lesnar, and he became the inaugural champion. The title remained deactivated until December 2013 when WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon announced that there would be two world titles complementing each other—the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on SmackDown and the newly established WWE World Heavyweight Championship on Raw—as a result of then-WWE Champion Randy Orton being drafted to SmackDown as part of the 2013 WWE draft. At Extreme Rules in June 2014, then-WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan defeated then-WWE Champion John Cena in a title unification match thus creating one unified championship again. The title was then renamed back to its original name of “World Heavyweight Championship”, though it would still be referred to as “WWE World Heavyweight Championship” until June 9, 2015, when it was renamed back to simply “WWE Championship”, unifying it with the former undisputed version of the title which had been deactivated in August 2001 following WCW’s acquisition by Vince McMahon and eventual absorption into his company. In July 2016, a brand extension Draftseparated its roster once again into two separate brands with each having their own separate world championship—the Universal Championship for Raw with Brock Lesnar as its inaugural champion; and for SmackDown Live—the WWE Championship with AJ Styles as its inaugural champion following his victory over reigning champion Dean Ambrose at Backlash earlier that month. concurrently also reintroducing its original name of “World Heavyweight Championship” asRaw’s top prize while still referring to itself as “WWE World Heavyweight Champion” until August 2016 when it was officially shortened back to only “World Heavyweight Champion”.
WWE Universal Championship
The WWE Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE’s main roster, alongside the WWE Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current champion is Brock Lesnar, who is in his second reign.
WWE United States Championship
The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of three secondary championships in WWE, complementing the WWE Universal Championship on Raw and the WWE Championship on SmackDown. The current champion is Andrade, who is in his first reign.
The United States Championship was originally established by the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on January 1, 1975 as a national title that would be defended across the country under their sponsorship; its predecessor was the short-lived World Television Championship. The title has changed hands a record 20 times since its inception; it has been inactive since April 2019 when Samoa Joe was injured and had to vacate it.
The title was originally created as the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) United States Heavyweight Championship on June 7, 1971, with Harley Race becoming the inaugural champion. When the NWA withdrew from sponsoring the title in January 1975, it was renamed the World Wrestling Federation United States Heavyweight Championship and Jerry Lawler became its first champion. The title then became exclusive to WWF’s Mid-Atlantic territory while continuing to be promoted in other NWA member promotions. When WWF broke away from the NWA in 1983, it dropped all NWA dependencies and stopped recognizing every other promotion as legitimate; this resulted in various NWA titles being withdrawn or deactivated. As a result, only two wrestlers have held both championships: Jerry Lawler and Dolph Ziggler; Dolph Ziggler held both titles simultaneously for 22 days before losing his first championship (the United States).
On July 15, 2016 at Battleground, then-WWE Champion Dean Ambrose defeated Seth Rollins to win the title for a second time, making him only the fourth wrestler to have won both belts. At Extreme Rules 2017 Kurt Angle defeated Rollins for his first singles gold in WWE since 2006–2007 as he became a 5 time champion. Ambrose regained it at Great Balls of Fire but lost it again to Owens at SummerSlam 2017 Owens also became only 2nd person behind Ziggler (and 4th wrestler overall) to hold both US & IC titles at same time as he won US Title from AJ Styles later that night after retaining IC Title against Nakamura earlier in PPV
WWE Intercontinental Championship
The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It was established on September 1, 1979 and is one of the “big four” championships in WWE, along with the WWE Championship, World Heavyweight Championship and WWE Universal Championship. The current champion iS Dolph Ziggler, who is in his first reign.
The championship was created as a secondary title for then-WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund. icemann, who had been the NWA World Heavyweight Champion prior to joining the WWF, defeated Backlund for the title at a house show on September 1, but quickly lost it back to Backlund two weeks later. The title remained inactive until 1983 when Don Muraco won a tournament at Madison Square Garden to become its first champion; however, he never defended it and eventually abandoned it amid the WWF’s championship hierarchy that year.
In October 2001, then-Intercontinental Champion Kane unification with thereintroduced Hardcore Championship by defeating Rhyno at No Mercy and as a result, the Hardcore Championship was deactivated. In April 2002 at WrestleMania X8, then-WWE Undisputed Champion Triple H defeated Chris Jericho for both titles unifying them into one championship again. In July 2016 at Battleground, then-WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor vacatesir due to injury making it once again its own independent championship.
On November 27 2017 at Survivor Series as part of the brand extension rematch from WrestleMania 32 between RAW Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) against SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) also including then-United States Champion Baron Corbin and then- Intercontinental Champion The Miz where if RAW won all 3 champions would get a chance to compete for Corbin’s United States Championship while if SmackDown won The Miz would get a chance to compete for either Big E or Woods’ WWE Tag Team Championships resulting in The Usos winning when Jimmy pinned Big E giving Miz an opportunity to choose which title he wanted which he chose Woods’ WWE Tag Team Championship setting up a match later that night which Miz won becoming co-champion with Curtis Axel but their reign only lasted 3 minutes as they were quickly defeated by Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable ending Miz & Axel’s reign at just 3 minutes & 13 seconds making theirs the shortest tag team title reign in history.
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
The WWE Raw Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two tag team championships for WWE’s main roster, along with the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current champions are The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), who are in their first reign.
The inaugural champions were crowned on November 2, 2002, when then-World Tag Team Champions Kane and The Undertaker defeated Edge and Rey Mysterio in a tournament final at Survivor Series. The title has been won a total of 23 times by 18 different teams. As a result of the 2019 Superstar Shake-up, the championship will be exclusive to Raw (being one of two tag team titles on that brand, along with the vacant WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship).
In October 2011, as part of WWE’s “Unlimited” initiative to end brand-exclusive pay-per-views, then-WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) defended their title against then-Raw Tag Team Champions David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty at Vengeance.
WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two tag team championships for WWE’s main roster, along with the Raw Tag Team Championship on the Raw brand. The current champions are The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan), who are in their second reign.
The title was introduced on August 26, 2002, as a part of WWE’sSplit Brand Extension where SmackDown! became a distinct brand from WWE’s other television programs. The inaugural champions were Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. It remained exclusive to the Smackdown! brand until August 29, 2016, when then-champion The New Day were drafted to Raw as part of the 2016 WWE draft, making it a Raw exclusive title until October 11, when Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) became the first Smackdown-exclusive team to win it following its reintroduction to the blue brand.
Other WWE Belts
The WWE has plenty of other belts. The WWE Universal Championship, the WWE Intercontinental Championship, the WWE United States Championship, the WWE European Championship, the WWE Hardcore Championship, the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, the WWE Women’s Championship, the WWE Tag Team Championship, and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
WWE United Kingdom Championship
The WWE United Kingdom Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is one of three secondary championships in WWE, alongside the WWE Intercontinental Championship on Raw and the WWE United States Championship on SmackDown. The current champion is Pete Dunne, who is in his first reign.
The title was established on January 15, 2017, at a live Network special titled WWE United Kingdom Championship Special, which aired on the WWE Network. The inaugural championship tournament took place during this special, with Tyler Bate becoming the first champion.
The title is contested for exclusively in the United Kingdom; it cannot be defended outside of the country per McMahon’s orders.
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
The WWE Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two separate titles, along with the WWE Championship, for cruiserweights, wrestlers 205 lb (93 kg) and under; both title belts share the same design. The championship was established as the WCW Cruiserweight Championship on October 27, 1991 after then-President of WCW, Jim Herd, purchased Mid-South Wrestling and brought its UWF Cruiserweight Championship with him to his new company.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship is a women’s professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, defended on their Raw and SmackDown brands. It is one of the three tag team championships Lacey Evans held along with the Raw Tag Team and SmackDown Tag Team Championships.
The inaugural champions were The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce), who won a Battle Royal to become the inaugural WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions on April 7, 2019 at WrestleMania 35. As of May 2021, there have been four reigns between three teams and three individual champions.
WWE Belt Materials
Ever wondered what the WWE belts are made of? Some of them look like they could be made of solid gold, but are they? Let’s take a closer look at the materials used to make WWE belts.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship
The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. It is one of two world titles in the WWE, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was created for the Raw brand as a result of the 2016 WWE draft. The current holder is Shinsuke Nakamura, who is in his first reign.
WWE Universal Championship
The WWE Universal Championship is a world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE’s main roster, alongside the WWE Championship on Raw. The current champion is Drew McIntyre, who is in his first reign.
WWE United States Championship
The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two secondary titles in WWE, complementing the WWE Universal Championship that was promoted for Raw’s male wrestlers.
The current champion is Apollo Crews, who is in his first reign. The title was established as the WWE Championship on March 25, 2002 and became exclusive to Raw in July that year. On October 20, 2003, then-SmackDown General Manager Paul Heyman introduced a second world championship known as the World Heavyweight Championship and awarded it to Brock Lesnar. Nevertheless, both titles continued to co-exist until August 2006 when Lesnar became exclusive to the SmackDown brand as a result of the storyline Brand Extension. As a result of this change, then-WWE Champion Edge became exclusive to SmackDown. As a result of this change, then-WWE Champion John Cena became exclusive to Raw with that title now called the WWE Championship while then-World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio became exclusive to SmackDown with that title now being called the World Heavyweight Championship. In July 2016, WWE reintroduced the brand extension and split its roster between Raw and SmackDown once again; as part of this draft, then-WWE World Champion Dean Ambrose was drafted to SmackDown while then-WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins was drafted to Raw with both men taking their respective titles with them resulting in Cena becoming once again a dual champion by beingholder of both the WWE Championship and United States Championship. In mid-2017 however, due to AJ Styles winning the United States Championship at that year’s Independence Day show from Cena (who had also simultaneously regained possession ofthe WWE Title from Ambrose) thanks in part to Shane McMahon purposely getting himself disqualifed which resulted in him losing his Wrestlemania match for control over Smackdown Live against Owens and Sami Zayn as well as Owens attacking McMahon backstage on an episode of Smackdown which led to McMahon banning allattacks on him no matter whocommits them or whatthe consequences may be which ledto Owens eventually being accusedof such an attack (when it was really Zayn) and getting suspended indefinitely by McMahon which ledto Owens requestingandbeing grantedhis release from his contractwith WWE laterthat day;thusmaking hima free agentandabletocompete ingoer promotions if he so chooses much like former multi time Cruiserweight Champion Neville did months earlier when he too requestedandwas grantedhis release due too creative differences between himselfandWWE Creativeas well astheir unwillingnessto usehimin storylinesor givehimmatches despite his repeatedrequests much likeOwens himselfhad done months before his ownreleaserequest although unlikeOwensthe former Cruiserweight Champ optedto not only sit outthe remainderofhiscontractbut also walkouton live TV duringan episodeof 205 Live afterwards although it didn’t take long for Nevilleto pricehisway back intothe good gracesof Vince McMahonand signa new contractwiththe companyalthoughOwenshimselfhas yettoresolvehisdifferenceswith WWE Creative despitethe factthat manyfans havebeen clamoringfor months nowforhis returneven goingso far asto create various petitions online beggingforhis return much likethey didfor Neville’sreturnwhich ultimatelyresultedinthe companyrehiringthe former Cruiserweightshowcaseon their digital network
The title has had seventeen different champions, with John Cena holding it the most at eleven times. Bill Goldberg is next with two reigns (one each on raw and smackdown). Brock Lesnar has also held this title once each over two separate reigns (one on raw one on smackdown).
This title has been inactive since September 2019 when Braun Strowman defeated Cedric Alexander at Clash of Champions 2019 making it 3 years 10 months and 2 days inactive making it tied for 8th longest inactive championship along with NXT UK Tag Team Championship & NXT UK Women’s Championship
WWE Intercontinental Championship
The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two secondary titles in WWE, complementing the WWE Championship. The current champion is Big E, who is in his first reign.
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
The WWE Raw Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two tag team championships for WWE’s main roster, along with the SmackDown Tag Team Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current champions are Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, who are in their first reign as a team.
The title was introduced as the WWE Tag Team Championship on October 20, 2002, a week after SmackDown! debuted, and became exclusive to the Raw brand as a result of the 2011 WWE draft on July 19. Four teams have been champion in NXT, which was until mid-2015 exclusively a developmental territory of WWE. When NXT was first established in 2010, it was envisioned as an alternative to ECW; therefore, its tag team division and championship were patterned after those of ECW. The NXT Tag Team Championship was created and debuted at an NXT live event on September 7, 2012; then-NXT General Manager Dusty Rhodes made it official by making it exclusive to NXT and appointing Bo Dallas and Adrian Neville as its inaugural champions later that month. The title was subsequently won by various teams including The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper), The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara), Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe (“The Balor Club”), #DIY (Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano), The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly), Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven), Aleister Black & Ricochet (“The Undisputed Era”), War Raiders/Viking Raiders (Hanson & Rowe/Erik & Ivar respectively) , Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) before being unified with their Smackdown counterparts when AJ Styles & Omos won both Championships at Wrestlemania 37
As a result of the 2020 draft, which saw the tag team titles move from Monday Night Raw to Friday Night Smackdown, The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) are now considered to be Smackdown’s reigning Tag Team Champions as they held both titles at the time Friday Night Smackdown debuted on FOX.
WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two tag team championships for WWE’s main roster, along with the Raw Tag Team Championship on the Raw brand. The current champions are New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods), who are in their record-setting sixth reign.
Other WWE Belt Materials
The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of WWE’s top three titles, along with the WWE Universal Championship and the NXT Championship. The current holder is Drew McIntyre, who is in his second reign.
WWE United Kingdom Championship
The WWE United Kingdom Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. It is one of the three secondary championships in WWE, complementing the WWE Universal Championship on Raw and the WWE Championship on SmackDown Live. It is contested exclusively among wrestlers from Great Britain.
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
The WWE Cruiserweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two tag team championships for WWE’s cruiserweight division, which consists of wrestlers 205 lbs (93 kg) and under; the other is the WWE Tag Team Championship which is contested by teams of two cruisers.
The inaugural champion was crowned on September 14, 2016, at Clash of Champions, when then-WWE Universal Champion T.J. Perkins defeated The Brian Kendrick in the finals of a tournament. The current champion is Buddy Murphy, who is in his first reign.
The title was introduced as the WCW Cruiserweight Championship on October 27, 1991 at Halloween Havoc. Rey Misterio Jr. became the inaugural champion when he defeated Psicosis in a tournament final at Halloween Havoc on October 27 to win the vacant title. Misterio Jr.’s eleven-month reign is the longest in the title’s history and his three reigns overall are more than any other superstar has had. The physical belt itself has been held by ten different superstars and was vacated eight times due to enforced changes in WWE programming or storyline developments; Enzo Amore was stripped of the title twice, once on Raw and again on 205 Live after being accused and then convicted of sexual assault, which ultimately led to his release from WWE.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, defended on their Raw and SmackDown brands. It is one of two tag team championships for WWE’s main roster women, the other being the WWE Tag Team Championship, which is shared between the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands.
The inaugural champions were The IIconics (Peyton Royce and Billie Kay), who won a Battle Royal to become the inaugural champions on the April 8, 2019 episode of Raw. As of May 17, 2021, there have been 11 reigns between 10 teams consisting of 22 distinct wrestlers. The current champions are Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler, who are in their second reign as a team.
