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Wwe world heavyweight championship, wwe smackdown tag team championship, wwe universal championship, wwe winged eagle championship and wwe nxt championship. The big gold belt, after many years of representing the nwa, wcw, and wwe in some way, was finally put to rest as wwe introduced the new and current wwe world heavyweight championship belt. New book examines history of nwa world title belt july 22nd, 2009 admin leave a comment go to comments on saturday, august 15, 1982, teenaged wrestling fan dave millican was watching the 90minute live memphis wrestling show when nwa world champion ric flair appeared, unannounced in advance, alongside lance russell in. Wwe championshipchampion gallery pro wrestling fandom.
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I have been a huge fan a belt mark, if you will of championship belts since i first started watching the world wrestling federation way back in late 1983. The history of wwe dates back to the early 1950s when it was founded in 1953 as capitol wrestling corporation cwc. The original wwe womens championship, established in 1956, and the wwe divas championship, introduced in 2008, were unified on september 19, 2010, maintaining the title history of the divas championship. The new belt has a similar design to the previous wwe championship design, but uses the new logo instead of the old one.
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