WWF Raw January 21, 2002/WWF SmackDown! January 24, 2002 Watch Along

[Leon TrotSky]

You know what I think they should do in 2020?

 

[Hidden Blaze]

It's 2020, it's about time everyone had a title. so no one feels left out.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Have the traditional main events in the second hour. Have a slightly different setup in the third hour, like the dimmed lights they tried out before, and have that third hour feature up-and-comers

 

[Chris]

That would be more random wikipedia articles for me to read them so I'm all for it Blaze

 

[Smart Marx]

Why didn’t SmackDown get the European? They didn’t get the US until 2003. Getting the European in the split would have solved the belt issue. Problem was they gave most of the belts to Raw and then retire them.

Raw retired the IC and neither brand had a secondary belt was weird. I guess they felt two world titles was weird and wanted to make the WHC the new IC belt.

 

[Chris]

The WHC was arguably a bigger belt than the WWE title at the time being on Raw though

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

Don't forget SD also had the CW title

 

[Chris]

I completely forgot that Mitch that was equivalent of the womens though

 

[Hoss]

Let's go Book!

 

[Smart Marx]

The WHC was arguably a bigger belt than the WWE title at the time being on Raw though

To elevate it, but they knew they’d eventually swap the belts back.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

That would be more random wikipedia articles for me to read them so I'm all for it Blaze

But no one would need to defend it as everyone has one. unless they are called "participation titles." and if you beat someone for their title, they get your participation one in it's place, while you get whatever they had.

 

[Smart Marx]

Don't forget SD also had the CW title

CW was the equivalent to the women’s on Raw. Each brand got a unique divisional belt. Best thing the og brand did.

 

[Smart Marx]

I completely forgot that Mitch that was equivalent of the womens though

Once again, same page.

 

[Hoss]

I would say JBL was the best thing the original brand split did :lo

 

[Smart Marx]

Book learning from the Nature Boy with those chop blocks.