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What is up w/ WWE and completely making the US Title mean basically nothing?

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#1 · (Edited)
I just don't get it. The US Title was considered the second top title. Cena was defending it.... and other top guys got title runs w/ that thing.

Then they gave it to Kalisto and the title is defended on a PPV PRE SHOW and not even a part of the main WM show.

I could understand giving Kalisto the title - but how they booked him and his title run has been absolutely terrible. They've killed that title. I'd say the Intercontinental Title has FOR SURE passed the US Title in terms of prestige now.

Seems odd. This is by far the worst current champion booking I've seen. We've seen bad champions but at least those champions are usually on TV and a main match on a PPV, lol. I can't even blame Kalisto for this either.... he's had no chance with how this thing has been booked.
 
#8 ·
Bully Ryback should have went over Kalisto and took the belt. Kalisto does nothing for the belt and the belt has done nothing for Kalisto. Should be back in the tag scene chasing the tag belts. I understand why Vince wants Kalisto/Del Rio/Sin Cara to hold the belt but chasing the Mexican viewer is screwing everything up as it pertains to the U.S. title.
 
#13 · (Edited)
It really makes no sense. Rusevs run with the belt made it mean something again, then Cena made it more prestigious than the World Title, Rollins held it while World Champ. Then ADR returns and while he was given a shit gimmick for it he was still a big name holding it, his feud with Kalisto was fun but ever since Kalisto won it, it has just been ignored and lost its lustre. They did great work to build the belt back up and now its all undone.

:rusev can make it great again though, maybe, if WWE will get out of their own way and stop booking guys like Rusev like absolute shit.
 
#14 ·
Not every title has to be hold in reverence or importance. Its something for the lower mid card guys to fight over and that's fine by me.
On the contrary mate, i believe every title has to feel important and be relevant, granted no as important as the WWE title but at least somewhat importan, today is better to have no title at all than being the US champ, ask ADR and Kalisto and Ryback.
 
#5 ·
Inexcusable to give kalisto the title. He wasnt over or believeable enough to get the us title.

Wwe does everything ass backwards. Uses belts to try and get guys over, 50 50 booking and dont need to mention the main title cluster.

I think they should create 3 new titles: a proper 6 man, a womans tag, and a tv title. A tv title could be for guys like kalisto and other up and comers.

And before the obligatory 'tgey cant book the titles they got now' i know, i know.

But with more options they can book more programs, if they had some brains
 
#10 ·
What they're doing with the US title right now makes me very much think they're just stalling until Cena is back to pick it up again. John Cena mixed it up with important guys, as the important guys wanted his title, while Kalisto was feuding with Ryback and Del Rio.
 
#11 ·
I mean look who is the current champ.
 
#12 ·
Giving it to Rusev is the right way to go but no one cares, it's really just there for the sake of it.

When Del Rio beat Cena, no one cared that he had won the US title, it was just about Cena losing, the US Open Challenges were good because the matches were good, not because the US title was on the line.
 
#15 ·
The belt isn't doing anything for Kalisto and vice versa not because of Kalisto. Its because of the situations they put him in. I see what they're "trying" to do with him. They wanted him to instantly be Rey being the underdog and fighting big ass dudes. But they just took him from the tag division and threw him in the US title scene and have yet to allow him to display his true move set with suitable guys his size to awe fans then put him up against the big guys. long story short they didn't truly invest time in him therefore the belt falters with it on him. and its a shame because he's an potentially interesting figure but they don't invest in shit right these.days.
 
#16 ·
The US title mean nothing?

Blasphemy!!!

Did you not see Curtis Axel, Adam Rose, Titus O'Neill etc in the Battle Royal? It does not get much more legit than that. All that was missing was hornswoggle and the matadors bull to really ramp it up a notch.
 
#17 ·
The belt isn't doing anything for Kalisto and vice versa not because of Kalisto. Its because of the situations they put him in. I see what they're "trying" to do with him. They wanted him to instantly be Rey being the underdog and fighting big ass dudes. But they just took him from the tag division and threw him in the US title scene and have yet to allow him to display his true move set with suitable guys his size to awe fans then put him up against the big guys. long story short they didn't truly invest time in him therefore the belt falters with it on him. and its a shame because he's an potentially interesting figure but they don't invest in shit right these.days.
 
#18 ·
Classic WWE giving a midcard title to someone with a little momentum and then doing nothing with them. Kalisto has been booked terribly, much like Ryback with the IC title, Barrett with the IC title, Sheamus with the United States title. The only truly memorable United States champions in recent memory were Cena and Rusev because of the undefeated streak.
 
#19 ·
I've said this in other threads. The IC belt is the secondary WWE title. It always will be. The US will always be a NWA/WCW title to me and shouldn't be at the same status as the IC belt. The US title has a great legacy. Not taking away from that but there are ways they can make it matter again without having Cena hold it. Back in the day, the TV title was the third belt and truly mattered. There was no confusion that the US title mattered more but it was still important. Put the US title on an up amd comer that can talk. Someone that can see the belt as being important. Pretty much what Cena was able to do, but at an entry level position. Either that or shift it to the cruiser weights.
 
#20 ·
Del Rio fighting for the title still made it meaningful but I also don't understand the booking of it now. Was Kalisto even on Raw?(I don't know as fell asleep half way through).

With only one world title these titles should be made to feel big too, the IC title right now feels big because you have guys like Owens, Zayn and Cesaro all wanting to fight Miz for it. They all want that title. Has anybody even come out saying they want the US title?
 
#22 ·
You put a title on a shit champion and of course it's going to turn to shit. Kalisto can't talk, can't act, doesn't have any character and was never that over. This is what happens when you put a title on someone solely because of workrate.
 
#27 ·
Hardly anybody has been invested in Kalisto as US Champion but I don't think he's to blame. He has had two feuds so far with Del Rio & Ryback both of which are incredibly boring and fans don't give a shit about. Kalisto went into this with little about him, hardly any development, to all us fans he was just some guy who was part of a Tag Team who happened to be fun to watch, this push came out of nowhere.

I'm not surprised the US Title has lost its meaning; however I believe if Kalisto had good exciting feuds to start with then fans would of been invested. Having Kalisto facing Rusev is the best thing they could of done, this has the potential to shed some life back into the US Championship scene. Fans know Rusev is talented, fans know he should be involved in bigger and better things and finally he is getting another push he deserves.

I believe this feud will bring the best out of Kalisto, it's definitely a feud that takes my interest.
 
#28 ·
The title doesn't make the man. The man makes the title. Cena, being the face of the company for as long as he was, was obviously going to elevate the U.S. title. Kalisto, a midcarder just starting to get solo focus, is a different story.

I would rather have it on Rusev, too.
 
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