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I think the JBL push of 2004 started this trend. WWE wanted to instantly make him a main eventer so he won the WWE title after being a jobber like two months before. But the last few years I think that method of creating stars has been abused up and comers like Swagger, Punk, and Sheamus, Del Rio(soon) winning mutiple World Titles it seems the top belt have now become an elevating tool like the way IC and US championships were seen, instead of a symbol of the top guy.
How many times have we seen the world (WWE) champion in the PG era overshadowed by the already established stars who seem to get more prominent story-lines and tv time.
It would also explain why the true mid level titles are so useless now since they are even more devalued.
You could also argue random upper-carders winning makes matches more suprising I guess. Sheamus and Punk have also benefited from fast pushes because I think they are really great at the moment.
So what say you? Are World Titles the New Mid Level Titles? what are your views???
How many times have we seen the world (WWE) champion in the PG era overshadowed by the already established stars who seem to get more prominent story-lines and tv time.
It would also explain why the true mid level titles are so useless now since they are even more devalued.
You could also argue random upper-carders winning makes matches more suprising I guess. Sheamus and Punk have also benefited from fast pushes because I think they are really great at the moment.
So what say you? Are World Titles the New Mid Level Titles? what are your views???