Jim Cornette on His Favorite Wrestling Belts
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- From Episode 477 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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Hard to beat the big gold belt, winged eagle and IC belt from late 80s to 90s.
Even Attitude Era kids will usually admit that these three are the best.
I never really like any attempt to "modernize" a belt. It should look like something passed down from generation to generation.
If belt was so good they made it the belt again in the 2010s for like 9 years
Have to agree with those three mentioned
Nostalgia talking, nothing else.
@@shadowangel2235 is there a point to your comment?
The Winged Eagle and Big Gold Belt will always be my 2 favorites.
I say the one after the Winged Eagle, the WWF Championship belt from 1998-2001. The Winged Eagle belt was too small for me. But that belt I mentioned and WCW's Big Gold are the best belts I've seen.
@ENT Broadcast Corporation there’s only 1 big gold belt.
I loved the 2002 WWE Championship design before the spinners. Simple black and gold greatness.
I hated that Spinner shit for so many reasons. This gives me one more.
I thought it looked really good, people always talk about the spinning aspect of it when in reality the belt existed for close to nine years and only "spun" for about two years if that
It had some fun variations with Edge and Miz and more than served its purpose. My tastes have evolved since I was a child and I like the prior iteration better.
tied with the Big Gold for the greatest belt design in pro wrestling history
@@Lord_Bibulous It just looks like a toy way too much to me. I understood it for its time, but its definitely the weakest belt design ever imho.
The big gold belt from ‘86 will always be my favorite. But the NWA 10 pounds of gold is an awesome belt as well.
I agree with that
Me too. There is just something about the Ten Pounds of Gold.
Intercontinental title belt, the Mr perfect Bret Hart era title, beautiful title belt, the best one ever for me
I always loved the classic 3 WWF belts: the Winged Eagle, the IC title, and the World Tag that Demolition and the Hart Foundation held.
The OG dual-plated winged eagle & dual plate tag are fantastic looking belts
SAME!
I thing that was so cool about them is that each one had a very distinct and unique design unlike other promotions belts.
Reggie Parks was the man when it came to making belts. Other belt makers like Millican, JMar, BeltFanDan, they just don't compare. I'm sure they'd tell you the same thing. He really was the King of Belts. He is sorely missed.
Big gold and the white strap IC title for sure are heat
White strap IC is my fall time personal favorite. Love the design, and it was attached to a lot of my favorite wrestlers and matches from the 90s.
Exactly
The big gold belt is the GOAT of championship belt designs 🔥🔥
The ruby's, the design..the thing being completely gold..it was truly a beautiful piece of art.
I have to agree
Can't go wrong with DA BIG GOLD. The REAL world title
@@Teddy42O looks better than what wwe uses. Idk why wwe had to go down the route they did with their belts.
I always liked the NWA belts. The blue leather tag titles, us tag titles, big gold belt, red leather television title, US title I really liked all their designs because they were all different
The Big Gold belt was my favorite one , it just felt like if your going to be world champion that belt you want to wear
Always loved the NWA international heavyweight champion it always looked like the heavyweight title that Mike Tyson carried. It later became part of AJPW triple crown title
Call me a mark, my heart always rests with the Big Gold. The WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
The original version looks better than the WWE version. I still think of Booker T when I see that belt.
I was just gonna say that, the big gold belt was the best. Loved it when edge and batista were fighting over it on smackdown.
The wcw world heavyweight championship.
The "Big Gold belt" was replicated on the older SmackDown vs Raw video games. As for belt collectors... Hey Hey it's Conrad!!
NWA/WCW World heavyweight wrestling champion.
Get it right.
Stop disrespecting
Wwf winged Eagle title and the late 80's ic title.
Also the 80-90's tag team titles were great looking as well.
A very underrated belt is the Undisputed WWE title that Eddie and Brock had.
I started watching wrestling right around that time and I loved that belt.
That and the big gold belt are the best ones. 2002-2005 had the best belts.
Used to hate it as a kid but now it's in my top 5
Loved that belt, hated that it got replaced by that gaudy spinner crap. The Undisputed title belt was class.
Second to the 4th IWGP Heavyweight title, the Okada belt.
It's sad that particular belt was only around for 3 years.
I always liked seeing the NWA United States tag team titles. I remember seeing the Steiners with those on TV when I was a kid.
Same, I'm a big fan of all the Crockett and WCW US belts.
Too bad Billy Corgan turn the NWA US Tag Titles into a belt full of American Flags. Very Patriotic for a lower tier belt to the World Tag Titles of the NWA.
Winged Eagle, WCW Big Gold Belt, and the Undisputied Title held by Eddie and Brock were some of my all-time favorites.
I don't care for the way the belts look now, but there was always something about the NXT North American Belt that I found fascinating. Mainly cause it looked so different than any other belt on NXT, Raw, and Smackdown.
That Undisputed belt was a perfect blend of the Big Gold & WWE titles. Shame it wasn't used longer.
I actually like the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Belt and think others would like it more if half of their other belts didn’t look the same
@@TheDirtySouth404 that's the same design as the WCW BGB right? Pretty sure the WHC belt also inherited the WCW World title (and thus the NWA World title belt's) history, which means that's the same belt that Dusty wanted to win and the one Cody needs to win to 'finish the story'-- today it's the WWE Title
@@teecakes No I’m talking about the current WWE Championship not the Big Gold Belt
Big Gold & Winged Eagle are the 2 absolute best! The true symbols of excellence
Nah, IWGP 4th gen
Big Gold is a beauty! I lean more toward Big Eagle (biased because it was the top championship belt in my youth), but Winged Eagle represents prestige and greatness.
The Ultimate Warriors IC belt is always my favorite. Especially when it had the yellow strap.
Bingo!
The U.S. title that Barry Windham wore in 88-89 was a good one.
absolutely the winged eagle belt by far...its the only I'd ever consider buying
Big Gold and Winged Eagle are in their own league. The true 1A and 1B of great belts. Anybody who puts territory belts over those two needs to take off their nostalgia goggles
The IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt between '08 and '21. Amazing belt and NJPW brass retiring it was a crime.
Agreed. US belt is also amazing.
I loved how WCW would always talk about how Big Gold went all the way back to George Hackenschmidt (if you kind of ignore that Big Gold stopped being the NWA belt but somehow kept the lineage.)
They could make that claim. Since the actual lineage kept going even after WCW withdrew from the NWA. While the NWA would have to footnote their record to include vacancies.
EDIT: Of course the WCW lineage leads to David Arquette. So....
Even though I started watching mid 2000s I always liked the look of the NWA television championship.
The NWA tv title with the red is the greatest belt ever..winged eagle is amazing too!
I was always a fan of the big eagle belt from the attitude era
That belt preceded the AE
@@duckmercy11 No it didn't. It's the belt that was given to Austin after he beat Shawn Michaels in 98.
The Winged Eagle belt, big eagle belt, classic IC belt , NXT UK belt , NWA world tag belt those are some of my favorite.
Not gonna lie thought he was holding up the 24/7 belt 😂
The white IC and the IWGP Heavyweight title always come to mind for me personally.
Especially the latest IWGP Heavyweight Title before they changed it to the current belt was an absolute beauty. Hope they bring it back one day 🤞🏻
My favorites:
1 The Original Big Gold that Flair showed off to Tony on World Championship Wrestling.
2. The Hogan '86 belt (the one he had at WrestleMania 3).
3. The NWA TV title (loved all the networks on it )
4. The Randy Savage intercontinental championship (with the red WWF logo on it)
5. The NWA US belt.
6. Personal favorite: the Alabama Heavyweight title that Adrian Street used when he wrestled in Continental (it had a pink strap. It was such a heat magnet that I always wondered what they did with it. Would love to get it recreated.)
I like the big gold for Ric flair and the old wwf championship belt
Which old wwf belt?
I always liked that one silver AWA belt that looks like a sort of prototype to the WCW Big gold.
The Stan Hansen belt is what I like to call it.
But I prefer the awa belt that Lawler had.
@@colonelkenpachi5009 Oh yeah the Lawler one looked really cool too.
Just googled looks great and wwe should bring back the design have it as the new ic title
@@pleaseshutup7053 That thing looked really natural and prestigious around Bockwinkel's waist, sort of like the NWA or WCW belts around Flairs.
@@maxxdahl6062 I’ve been looking to watch some more AWA I’ve only seen Mr. Perfect matches so far. I will check out nick bockwinklel I’ve heard Jim talk about him but haven’t seen his matches
The "Crowned" Continental Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title is my favorite...truly amazing!
I loved the Undisputed Title from 2002. I might’ve been the only one.
You're not. I loved that belt too. It's the best looking belt the WWE had since the Winged Eagle one.
Another cool one is the Mid-South North American title. Gigantic main plates and the largest side plates I've ever seen on a strap. Pictures of Magnum TA and Butch Reed holding it made it look like a 'no nonsense' title and though some may think it's too blocky/square, I like that it came across as unique amongst other territorial belts of the early/mid-1980s.
Never been a big belt guy, but the only belt I've ever truly loved was the big gold belt. You can know nothing about wrestling or combat sports and still know that it's a major championship belt based solely on it's appearance
Brian was saying “I’m not a mark like Conrad” without saying it
Connie living rent free in his head smh
"A belt is the thing that holds your pants up, pal."
The Mid South North American Heavyweight Championship belt. Beautiful
Always liked the yellow intercontinental belt Warrior had.
"I'm not a belt mark". Wow Brian Last calling out Connie!
Liked the ECW World Title (3rd Version ) which i have bought off ebay . The Smokin Skull belt from WWF Attitude Era was cool . Also liked the ECW World TV Title (2nd Version ) and also liked the look of the CZW World Title (2nd Version ) and the FMW World Brass Knuckles Title which looks like the NWA World Title but in place of the NWA globe theres a fist with Brass Knuckles on it . There was another version of that title made up but it wasn't to Onita's liking but they used it for the Independent World Title which was later unified therefore the creation of the Double Titles in FMW .
My favorite is the WWWF belt held by Bruno, Graham, Backlund. NWA dome and big Gold also looked great.
So many to choose from. The NWA “Domed Globe” WHC, the NWA TV, the ‘90s-‘00s NWA WTT, the WWF ‘86-‘88, WWF “Winged Eagle”, the WWF/WWE ‘02-‘05 undisputed, the never used André belt, WWF WTT ‘85-‘02, WWF IC (both the ‘80s-‘90s and ‘90s-‘00s belts). There’s just so many that I like.
The big gold belt that Flair took with him when he went to WWF in the early 90's was the best looking belt to me.
I liked the Intercontinental Belt from the 1990s that Mr. Perfect and Bret Hart had. I also like the IWGP World Heavyweight belt that Okada had in 2017. The NWA TV title that Steve Austin had was cool with the TV stations logos on the side plates, and the Million Dollar Title was also quite nice.
The Artist really nailed what all these belts look like. 🏆🏆
Crockett US Title.
The one worn by Magnum, Nikita, and Luger.
My favourite belt of all time is the big gold belt. It doesn't matter which version. They all look like they would belong next to the British crown jewels at King Charles III’s coronation. I am pleasantly surprised that Brian said he likes the ''Big Green'' belt. It's probably my favourite WWE championship design but it's an unpopular choice. I don't often see that particular belt getting a lot of love online.
The Big Eagle of the Attitude Era was my favorite design
loved that belt and Big Gold from WCW
My favorite Championship belt is the Version 2 TNA World Heavyweight Championship. That belt is the best design belt in modern times.
I've always liked the classic NWA Domed Globe that was worn by Race, Funk, Flair, Rhodes, etc. And, I'll admit, I'm also a sucker for the WWE Spinner Belt from the John Cena era.
Best belt designs for me:
- Big Gold Belt
- Winged Eagle
- IWGP Intercontinental
- WWE Intercontinental 1990
- NWA World Heavyweight
- IWGP World Heavyweight (4th version)
- WWE UK championship
- WWE Undisputed Championship
- TNA World Title (Eagle)
- ROH Championship (the one which Adam Cole held)
My all time favorite is the Hulk Hogan one with the flags on it (1986 ish)
Looks like the goddamn 24/7 title in the thumbnail 😂. I was like no way
Winged Eagle is my fave, reminds me of Bret Hart, Michaels, Austin, Taker, Macho Man and Hogan. The Attitude era one was a more streamlined but similar design that gets second place. Undisputed and the mid 90's Intercontinental Title was also nice.
Undisputed Championship
Intercontinental ‘98-‘11
Big Gold
I have 2...The Big Gold NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and the Domed NWA Ten Pounds of Gold.
I gotta say I like how Tony handles his belts. I appreciate the women’s title being modeled after mid south title, as well as the roh world and tag titles featuring jay briscoe on the side plates.
Jim will never give AEW credit for anything. They had one bad looking belt, (TNT) and Jim capitalized and shit on it
They just have entirely too many belts, in both companies but especially AEW. They're far superior to the WWE titles though. Aside from the "hos" title lol. Really I don't care for the TNT title or Trios titles either. The only WWE belt that isn't an eyesore right now is the IC title
I love this topic. My favorites were the NWA United States belts (both single and tag team). The NWA big gold belt that Ric Flair wore was and still is the world championship standard in title belts.
I know we're mostly talking about major belts, but the WWF European championship has always been my favourite belt design.
Loved how colourful it was while also having a somewhat classy european look with the font and flags.
I personally like the flashier WWE US Championship.
Not the Spinner one but the one they used until the latest redesign.
The WWE US Title (‘03-‘20), The World Heavyweight Title (The Big Gold Belt), The WWE Championship (‘98-‘02) and The WCW World Tag Team Titles (‘97-‘01)
The WWF Intercontinental for Rude era, WWF tag titles from Bulldogs era, and Winged Eagle
My favorite belts have been (in no particular order): the Big Gold belt, the NWA United States '86, the NWA Television '86, the NWA Tag Team '87, the Hogan '86 belt, the Winged Eagle, WWF Tag Team '85, WWF Intercontinental '86, AEW World title.
The AWA World Belt that Rick Martell had was a nice one. The Belt that Carlos Colon had, the Universal Belt was a great one too
You mean the AWA belt Stan Hansen ran over😂
@@johnwade7963 same one.
@@darthknowl9222 The story behind the AWA world title was made by the inmates at the Denver Penitentary!
@@jjllacour5615 really?!?!? Now that’s a story. It is a beautiful Belt
@@johnwade7963 Oh, how clever you are...
My favorite belts: NWA tag team titles, early 80's version, Big Gold Belt, 1986-2015, WWE championship, Winged Eagle, Domed IC title, and US title WCW version.
My favorite belt was the Hogan 84-85 belt the same one he wore at Wrestlemania 1 and the A-Team.
The Big Gold Belt that Ric Flair had in the mid 80s. And Mid South’s North American Title was the belt that looked like a champion’s belt.
Love the artwork of Kenny Olivier
BIG GOLD. The guy holding that belt always felt like the top guy. And it transcended organizations
BIG GOLD, edge and batista feuding over it was my favorite wresting memories. Still got my replica i paid like 500$ for
When belts used to look like belts instead of toys. The worst I have seen are the Fiend belt and the Divas Championship.
Winged Eagle, GHC Heavyweight V1, IWGP Heavyweight V4, WWE Big Gold, WWE Undisputed V1, PWF Heavyweight, Current Triple Crown.
For pure aesthetics, I'll go with the Curt Hennig-era AWA World belt, the Tully and Arn-era NWA World Tag belt, and the Andre '87 WWF World belt that they made but never used beyond a Piper's Pit appearance.
Brian saying he isnt a belt mark then automatically brining up the winged eagle like a fucking mark 😂😂😂😂😂
My favorites: Big Gold, NWA Domed Globe, the World Class Heavyweight belt (the one Kerry, Al Perez, & Jerry Lawler held), NWA US title (the 1986-1990 version...Magnum/Nikita/Luger/Windham), NWA TV title (Crockett era), IWGP Title (the version before the current one). I kinda liked the AWA/USWA Lawler belt too.
Nick Bockwinkle's AWA Championship belt. Simply the Best !!
The first Winged Eagle, Attitude Era Winged Eagle, the first WWE title, the 2 intercontinentals before the current one, & European are my favorite WWE belts.
Winged Eagle from 89-1998 or so.
Or IC belt when it was white or yellow.
WWF Eagle belt from late 80's to mid-90's was the nicest design. I wish WWE would bring it back. That was worn by Yokozuna, Bret Hart, Hogan, Savage, and Warrior.
The NXT UK belt was amazing. The IWGP title (before they made the new 1 that was given to Ibushi) was great too. Those are recent ones that should be discussed.
The current GHC Heavyweight Title by NOAH is basically NOAHs version of the IWGP v4(before the current one) belt so by default it's so good looking, better than current IWGP one.
@@sigmablock yeah the new IWGP belt is not bad but compared to it’s predecessor it looks terrible.
I agree. The WWE men's and women's look like crap compared to the NXT U.K. belt.
@@ramjet637 shows what happens when they don’t use uniform championships. If they only had 1 like the WWE/Universal/women’s titles, it would be fine. Every title looking exactly the same is bad. The U.S. title is easily WWEs best belt now.
The original undisputed title(later just WWE title)is my favourite
In my opinion the NXT UK belt looks awesome. The NWA tag team titles remind me of the five dollar gold coin from the 1880s, absolutely beautiful.
My Personal Favorites are the Mid-South North American Heavyweight, the WWE Undisputed/SmackDown Heavyweight, the USWA Unified World Heavyweight (1988-90), the NWA United National Heavyweight (All-Japan) & the Stampede North American Heavyweight
The NWA "10 Pounds of Gold" will always be my favorite belt. Second is the IC belt that Randy Savage had.
My favorite belts are as follows: The NWA globe belt (Harley Race), The current WWE IC belt, The Carlos Colon WWC world title, The AWA World Title (Bockwinkle), and I really really liked Sam Houston’s Central States title!!
My favorites are the Winged Eagle, Old school Reggie Parks IC, WCW United States Belt, WCW/NWA big gold, WWF Undisputed Championship Belt.
My favorite old belt was the Mid-South North American belt.
That's a huge belt.
The old wwf green IC Belt. Unusual belt, really liked the design and color scheme
The green WWF title and the green IC along with the NWA TV title
WWF Intercontinental belt from 80's/90's is aesthetically pleasing.
The Mid-South NA Heavyweight belt and the NWA International Heavyweight championship are my favorites.
Previous IWGP Heavyweight champion with all the name plates was great. I have a soft spot for the previous WWE US belt. Dragon Gate in Japan has some interesting belt gimmicks and names, they're very Saturday morning cartoon, but they work for me.
I love the name, "winged eagle."
"So there'll be an eagle on it?"
"Yes."
"And the eagle will have wings?"
"Oh yes, yes. Big yes."
The old big gold belt will always be number 1 for me but I legitimately believe the NWA championships looked the best also was a big fan of the wwe championship from 02-05
Undisputed Title
@@walterpetersen776 yea but they just started calling it the wwe championship after Brock went to smackdown and the big gold belt returned on raw
@@peytonlong5573 When Bischoff Had his hands tied so he crowned Triple H the Belt and The Reign Of Terror Began.☠☠☠
@@walterpetersen776 not arguing that but it pretty much stopped the undisputed title by survivor series when Lesnar got screwed by Heyman giving big show a useless reign lol
The Flair belt. Big gold
10 Pounds of Gold, Big Gold Belt, 80s-90s IC belt, Mid-South North American, NWA TV, IWGP 4th gen title belt, Lucha Underground Gift of God
IC Title from the 80s/90s is my favorite. Big Gold Belt and Winged Eagle are a close second. Honestly, all 3 of those need to return and stay.
"Now they just got where they all look the same or they're just blah..."
PREACH IT, JIM!
My all time favorite was the 70’s NWA Mid-Atlantic version of the U.S. title. It was red leather with a the large gold U.S. in center. Blackjack Mulligan was the holder of that belt the first time I saw it.