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POLLS! POLLS! POLLS!
My one and only reason is that another midcard title would be much better. Why have two world titles, neither of which is undisputed, when you can have two midcard titles, elevated by the strength of competition and making a big deal of the debut of the new one, and a world title that is stronger because it's the top title of four?
I also personally don't like Universal, but I suck badly at names so that's someone elses thing.
As for the gameplay rules thing, I think this league needs to be a middle ground between a mega competitive league like what 2KCW is/was going to be (does that still exist cos tbh idk), where the game is the law and you win by knowing its quirks and glitches, and an efed that uses the game, but with no competition at all. To me, it should be halfway between purely who the best player is, and trying to play good matches and/or have fun. The reasons rules on spamming, winning off normal moves etc exist is so that matches can still be fun and good to watch while still being competitive, because people can be competitive but have to stay within the laws (rather than limiting how hard they can try to win just in order to play a good match). There will always be people scattered along the spectrum between "the game is what it is, don't sugar coat it ever" and "it should be about having fun not trying to win", but imo the best place is the middle.