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Do you prefer world champions wearing the belt around the waist or over the shoulder?

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- Vic
 
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Re: Do you prefer world champions wearing the belt around the waist or over the shoul

Undertaker looks bad-ass wearing that belt.

Yeah it depends.
 
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I think it's cool whenever wrestlers adapt their own style to it. Like Dolph wearing the belt backwards, or Jericho's way he held the Undisputed Titles. I really did like the way The Undertaker held the WWF Title during his first one-week reign, where just let it dangle like a dead animal. I wish he kept it, but it did look good around his waist during his later runs.

But I do prefer around the waist overall. I can see where it didn't make sense for Austin to wear it, but overall, but sometimes it just takes away from the luster of the belt when the cameraman can barely even pick up that there's even a belt there. That was one of my pet peeves with the way Austin held it, but it did suit him.
 
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Depends on the guy. Bigger the guy they look better holding it.

Smaller the guy around the waist is better.

I miss the winged eagle. :(
 
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Re: Do you prefer world champions wearing the belt around the waist or over the shoul

I'm inclined to say shoulder because it seems like the "cool" way to carry it, but the world championship belts look dope no matter how they're carried.


Depends on the guy. Bigger the guy they look better holding it.

Smaller the guy around the waist is better.

I miss the winged eagle. :(
Good point. The belts make smaller guys look bigger/better when they wear it around the waist. Whereas with bigger guys it looks dope over their shoulder.
 
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walking down the ramp in street clothes to do a promo = around the shoulder

walking down the entrance ramp for a match in ring attire = around the waist
 
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Re: Do you prefer world champions wearing the belt around the waist or over the shoul

walking down the ramp in street clothes to do a promo = around the shoulder

walking down the entrance ramp for a match in ring attire = around the waist
^This.

Also I always hated how Rock and Austin handled the titles sometimes. They would drag it like a damn crack whore and Austin would just throw it in the ring. I think he was more gentle with his beer than the title.
 
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It really depends on the guy who is holding the title to be honest. Rock, Austin, Cena, Orton and Punk look much better with the title over their shoulder, while HHH, Undertaker, Hogan, Bret and HBK look much better with the title on their waist.

Now if I had a title. I would put it on my waist.
 
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I would personally wear it fastened up and over my shoulder, so I guess over the shoulder. But around the waist looks best on guys like HHH, Y2J, Edge etc. where they can stand and flaunt it in their entrance.
 
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Both. But over the shoulder is seriously overdone right now.

And I think they bring out the belt too much. Like when Austin Aries was getting beat up by aces and eights every week ? He was super ticked and yet he never forgot to bring out the belt.
 
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Personally, it's all about the character - Stone Cold walking down the ramp & throwing it over the ropes etc. was fucking awesome, cause it was Austin's bad ass nature. Rock holding it over his shoulder like the Corporate champ (which ironically, he would become in real life. :lol) was awesome, cause it was the Rock. Punk wearing it traditionally works for him & Dolph rocking it backwards works for him - so yeah, to me I like the different ways guys choose to wear it.

Me personally if I was a WWE wrestler? I'd have some hot bitches holding my title to the ring. :lmao
 
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If they're just walking to the ring for a match, then waist, but if it's a promo or something, then shoulder(so camera can actually get it in the shot).

But the most important thing is that superstars actually have the title with them. Guys often just leave ringside area without even caring if they're leaving with their belt or not(and the ref basically has to remind them to get the belt(or the ref runs up the ramp and gives it to them). I remember when Jericho/Show were tag champs, they rarely ever brought the titles with them during matches/promos.
 
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Re: Do you prefer world champions wearing the belt around the waist or over the shoul

It kinda looks better over the shoulder, but it doesn't make any sense to carry a belt, so I guess I don't really care.