Here's where I disagree about the world title. You could say the EXACT same thing about the Heist of the Century, but we didn't. We were also complaining that the MITB Briefcase hasn't meant much in recent years that every cash in was lost. If you ask me, it does feel right to have Priest win it. He was, after all, the MITB holder.
I agree. The way they executed the cash-in elevated Priest instantly: hijacking the opening of night 2, sharing the stage with Punk/McIntyre, and also the credibility Seth gave to that title. And it was an amazing moment for the belt. And as for the current feud, I think it fits. Jey's a rising megastar and the title is about proving oneself.
Excellent video. I would love a visual ranking (maybe a tier list?) of the current importance of the belts (in your opinion) as of 2024. It seems to shift, and it's really hard to know how important they are. Love your channel, SantiZap.
Facts man. I'm genuinely curious to see how well damians reign will be treated. As of right now, regardless of length, he'll be treated in a way that makes him look like a serious threat going foward
@@karenflowers8679not at all 3 4 months he is losing immediately at clash at the castle. No way hhh can do McIntyre dirty I still believe it's part of storyline
I think both men's world championships are in better positions then most may think. For the WWE Championship, no matter what, the next feud with it will be a step down due to how big WM40 was, but I think aj and cody will have a fantastic quick feud, especially if they bring up their past outside of wwe. Also, while I'm not the biggest fan of The Rock being the one to defeat Cody, I would love to see a Randy heel turn on Cody around Survivor Series or something. For the Heavyweight Championship, I like all the competitors involved. You have people who are bound to break into that scene like Bronson Reed and Gunther (if they stay on raw), and you still have Drew/Punk and possibly Sami whenever he loses the IC title. While Drew lost the 4-way, it was due to Punk who is still vying for the title. Plus Jey and Priest's match will almost certainly have some type of interference by the bloodline (because its happened in literally every jey championship match). So I think the title's involvement in big stories with Drew/Punk and being an extension of the bloodline story helps the overall prestige.
NXT producing future megastars like Bron, Trick, Ilja, and Oba in sequence like this shows they’ve hit gold. That’s not even mentioning Tiffany and the other women. Or Carmelo who will be very good too, but may never become that true megastar.
@@dom19945 everyone who is becoming NXT main champ needs to become future top star in main roster that goes same for anyone winning mid card NXT title should become future midcard for main roster if WWE don't does that than I don't think there is any point of doing NXT show anymore if NXT champ isn't future of WWE. I would've understood that before pandemic many NXT champ never looked like top guy for me like Johnny, tamaso, Bo Dallas etc etc while kevin Owens and sami Zayn were exception but NXT 2.0 is producing champs who look like future star bron, carmello, ilja, trick and now oba femi
Main roster people didn't know much about them and only those can be star who will form connection with audience. Just look at DIY, they are struggling as single star and now with team they are now reaching some audience connection
I disagree with the whc, McIntyre was in a qualifying match like last week for it, Seth’s taking time off and punk is still injured. I do think that McIntyre will win at clash of the castle but to say that the title is starting from zero is harsh to Damien priest and jey uso
Cody first fued being with La Knight or Aj Styles is not exactly a downgrade. Both are like top of the card and both are fairly over and popular. Its honestly the best first fued Cody could have had without having a random heel turn for no reason tbh
Lyra Valkyria doesn't get the credit she deserves for elevating the NXT Women's Championship. She carried the torch that was passed to her by Becky Lynch and was a proper fighting champion that had some very good matches. I'd argue she was the best champion to hold the title since Mandy Rose. Roxanne's first reign was a bust, Indi's reign was barely a footnote, Tiffany is a great wrestler, but she barely defended the title, and while Becky's reign was great, it was very short. Lyra's reign was decently long, had great matches, and had a great storyline with Tatum Paxley. I'd even argue that the title got less prestigious after Roxanne beat her for it. The title that has elevated up and coming stars is now being held by a woman who has heavily hinted at moving up to the main roster soon. In this upcoming triple threat, Roxanne feels like the unwanted third wheel next to Lyra and Tatum. I really hope Roxanne loses that triple threat because Lyra and Tatum deserve a one on one feud for the title. That, in my opinion, will put the title's prestige and reputation back on track. Roxanne needs to move on to the main roster and make room for all the great up and coming women that could benefit from and deserve the title more.
Shout out to Wes Lee, who was the quintessential workhorse and elevated the NXT North American championship before Dominik beat him. He should have been given a shout, Santi.
Unrelated but if LA Knight faces Logan for the Us title at Summerslam he should beat up the person in the prime suit assuming it’s a RUclipsr but it turns out to just be a regular dude😂😂😂 that would be hilarious 😭
I feel like with the Women’s Tag Titles, if they keep going with the slow burn that is The Way and Indi slowly turning Candice, they could use that as a basis to really build up the division, such that they actually tell meaningful stories with it. I agree that right now it’s kinda floundering but I have faith in Papa Paul that he can bring out the best of the division, as long as he actually pays attention to it
Damian cashing in heavily elevated the prestige of the money in the bank contract much more than the WHC. not to say that the WHC is completely diminished, but its gonna have to take damian or whoever eventually dethrones him to elevate it back up like seth did
Roman's reign from 2020-2022 was legendary. But post Wrestlemania 39, it lost a lot of prestige. He defended it for, like, 2 times in the last 8 months. Having Cody as chmaoion brings the prestige back.
The ridiculous viking character is holding Ivar back. He could get a great match out of an upturned bucket on a mop handle. Reset him and let him climb up the card organically by putting on bangers every week.
Love them mid card womens title would love one on the main roster. Heres an idea a Woman PLE tile that can only be defended on PLE's and you have a tournament on the brand that doesn't have it to determine the no.1 contender to fight for it. The prestige it holding the tile for your brand. Would be interesting or have it as a Brand title and if you win it you are the face of your brand
Or make it a Tv title like in the ECW days would only be defended on the Brand and the brand with the champion has home advantage when defending it so never defends it on the opposite brand
Sami and KO were over last year as well. Then when both of them won the titles, the crowd reactions got quiter and quiter. I wonder if the same wikl happen with Sami again.
Logan still not showing up to non PLEs so who even cares. Seth Rollins, Bobby Lashley, Finn Balor all apart of the last few US Champions but 'Logan Paul' is bringing prestige to it by never winning a clean match and not going to live shows or weekly shows? That's completely ridiculous.
What are u taking about? He has been appearing at non ppv’s. He just recently became a full timer (he literally appeared in the last 2 episodes of Smackdown). I think u mean defend his title on non ppv’s which is a completely different thing.
Its a crime that i only recently discovered this channel. A daily video topical video. This is insane. Keep doing great Work. Even though you’re not in the Tokyo Dome you get a 5* rating. 😂🤣😭
Johny gargano and tomaso ciampa make me sad as well as happy at the same time. it really makes me sad cuz both of them have so much singles potential and could be great add ons to any title picture but theyre still in tag team matches only. what makes me happy is how good they are as a tag team as well.
Nah i will defend my girl Iyo, She defend against Asuka, Charlotte, Bianca Belair, Michin, Naomi, Shotzi (houseshow). Overall include house show, SHE DEFENDS 29 TIMES.
it’s crazy to think that roman really saved that belt, we went from goldberg and braun strowman to roman reigns and cody rhodes and i will forever be grateful for that. thank you roman, my tribal chief☝️let’s make history cody🫡
What I love of all of these titles is the pedigree of the NXT Men's World Title. While I appreciate what Becky Lynch did by going down to NXT and elevating the women's title, it's nice to see the men's world title has always been on one of the top dogs in NXT SPECIFICALLY. The only time I can recollect the title being on someone from the main roster was Dolph Ziggler after Roadblock 2.0, and even that is arguable and was only a less than one month reign.
Predictions for who will dethrone every champ: WWE: Randy Orton (Berlin) WHC: CM Punk (Saudi Fall event, Fatal 4 Way match up) US: Bron Breakker (Berlin) IC: Sheamus (Clash At The Castle) SDTT: The Wolf Dogs (Eventually) RAWTT: #DIY (Next Week) WWHC: Liv Morgan WWWE: Bianca Belair (SummerSlam) WTT: Zoey Stark (Wins the belts by herself and it becomes the mid card belt)
I think it's inherently unfair to compare anything that can happen now at Backlash with the new champions to the culmination of at least a year (or two) in storytelling at WM40. In my opinion, they need to tell new/different stories now and in a way calm everyone down a bit for the next big thing. Maybe they can focus more on the in-ring aspect for Backlash. Let's see what they have planned.
i think holding too much weight on the first match is bad. you need your champ to go over and look strong. whoever cody faces i hope he beats. as with damian i think the mystique is huge. i see him dropping it to someone to face drew at clash
I think what needs to happen is that now priest needs to hold the title for quite some time and have absolutely banger matches to elevate the title before losing it and priest having the judgment day means they could be just like the bloodline where he is a surviving champion but make it their own instead of just doing everything the bloodline did
I love that all the championships feel special…i feel like they all should be coveted as it makes for great story telling then…..NIA for women’s heavyweight champ
I think that AJ is fine as a first contender, nobody thinks that Cody will drop the title at backlash so just give me a Great match, and that is a great match.
Bianca and Jade wouldn't have to lose if one turned heel. Any heel team would just have to cheat and win. Bianca lost her belt to cheating. She did get it back but got cashed on. Jade and Bianca can take the titles and elevate them. Also, i think the two getting the titles helps work out whatever issues Jade might have as they seem to be tiptoeing about it. Also, they only started giving Iyo singles matches at the tale end of ger reign because she never defended it. It was terrible, hence why I kept saying her title run sucked. Just there for Baley
On the Women's world titles. I don't think who replaces Rhea will be seen as less than. When Chyna dropped the title and Trish picked it up at Survivor Series the Women's title didn't lose prestige. In fact we were excited Trish had won. They could either bring Trish back as a fill in or let Tiffany straton have it as we are all behind her right now.
Also have to remember that Roman did not defend the title at backlash . So it won’t be as easy to bring top shelf talent in for every title defense if the title is being defended at every PLE. The fact that roman could disappear and re appear every few months ensured most of his title Defenses were quality opponents.
I think we'll be fine. WWE should hopefully be shifting back to shorter reigns, reigns in the 6-8 month range tops, so it'll give a chance to build shorter but more bombastic feuds. Like we all know Cody vs. Rock is coming around Summerslam. Rock more than likely wins. Then Cody could get his second run with the title by winning it back Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and for Wrestlemania 41, we get that Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton feud everybody (myself included) desperately wants. Until then though we have Backlash: France likely with A.J. which should be a fucking banger, Clash at the Castle: Scotland and Money in the Bank. That could be three entire defenses, three brief storylines that could be incredible. Or hey, maybe I'm wrong and Rock's ego can handle taking an L and we get an entire year of great feuds before Wrestlemania 41 (I mean I still think Cody should lose; if he retains against the Rock, he should lose to Gunther at Bash in Berlin and possibly thanks to a certain Viper to set up their Wrestlemania feud). Anyways, my point's that there's no way HHH isn't going to ensure that Cody has a great first run as champ. We'll have to wait and see until after the draft, but WWE's full of people who could have amazing matches with the man. A.J.'s just the first of them.
We must not have watched the same shows because any prestige that Seth brought that title was immediately destroyed when Roman called it a Losers title and Cody said he needs Roman’s title. And how do you go from talking about the prestige of a title to a title not being as important because the reign of the previous champion is over.
i'm just so disappointed for Rhea, her run should have been legendary. another thing you didn't mention when talking about the WWC is that whoever holds it is just its babysitter until she comes back, and we all know this
Roman truly ruined that title when people are looking at LA Knight and AJ Styles and actually trying to say it's below the dude with 5 moves, wrestled 6 times a year and has NEVER carried a single match he's been in.
i don’t think you should be nearly as worried as you are abt the world heavyweight championship’s prestige. we all know that priest’s run most likely won’t last and are predicting it to end in clash at the castle in scotland, losing to mcintyre who will then almost certainly fight cm punk so those mix of guys are gonna be right back in it not too far from now
It's insane how so many titles changed hands at Mania, Rhea was one of the few who did NOT lose the title and IMMEDIATELY an accident happens during one of the promos, she gets hurt for real and has to vacate. I think the only one whose title didn't change hands and is still fine was Logan Paul.
I think that the intercontinental championship in US championship have been so good that they need to bring back a European championship or something like that to help elevate these super young talents
I think Damien vs Jey is a perfect match for Backlash (a dominant heel vs insanely over babyface) and Damien is not going to lose in his first defense this is perfect for him. Also Drew is probably gonna be next world champ at Clash of Castle in June and then Punk/Seth/Gunther all could go after it( draft could shake it up)
I do not like the narrative of people saying Sami is too big for the IC title, he should be in the main event scene. I think why not make the IC title a part of the main event scene. You need to constantly have stars like Sami for the title to have prestige and then turn wrestlers like Chad Gable into stars through this system. Also given how locked the current main event scene is, a lot of top brass superstars would be fighting for the mid card titles. The whole bloodline and cody saga for the undisputed championship and CM Punk, Drew and Seth and later Gunther revolving around the WHW championship.
i feel like with all the teases of uncle howdy plus the anniversary of the firefly fun house and add to that raw is happening in Ohio next week which is the home of the goddess she’s gonna return next week and might refresh the women’s title picture
It needs to be called the World Heavyweight Freaking Championship, that will forever be Seth’s title in my eyes. Also imagine Ilja vs Sami or Gable for the IC
I want the WWE to avoid making the WHC be less than the WWE C'ship, like, it is by default but what I mean us that I hope it doesn't get that treatment of only main eventing when the other isn't available (Seth's reign), like, I believe it could have as good and as strong matches as the WWE C'ship (especially when/if Damian drops it to Drew)
I'm bored so I'll list all the storylines I like for Backlash #1. Whatever is happening with Rhea's championship, I have no idea what's happening with her title, I have no idea if her injury is kayfabe, and I'm excited. As soon as I find out what's gonna happen it'll probably drop to #3, but until then I like how unknown everything is. My guess is either A. Liv Morgan vs. Somebody at Backlash, or it'll be the top prize for Queen of the Ring. #2. Cody vs. AJ or LA Knight, if it's AJ I'm pumped, he's my favorite wrestler ever and it'd be awesome watching them tear the house down. If it's LA Knight I'll be a little disappointed because we all know Cody's gonna win his first title defense, but it's a dream match of mine. I'm hoping they do that some other time so it's not a guranteed loss for LA Knight. #3. Intercontinental Championship Sami vs. Chad, I'm excited. Since it's the IC title, there's no guarantee that Sami will win or lose. I'm pumped. #4. Awesome truth vs DIY. It'll be interesting. Again, what I like about it is that there's no guarantee. I don't know what else they're having but I'm still pumped. It's the first time I'm actually okay with being wrong in my predictions. I thought for sure Punk was gonna win the rumble, nope! Cody won. And it made sense. I would've been okay with Gunther winning too, which is nice because I've almost never been okay with three guys winning. This is better than the attitude era, yeah I wasn't even alive back then but the roster is more stacked than ever before, every show is a banger, every storyline is good, and not to mention, they listen to us so they won't screw anything up entirely like they did with Punk, Mark Henry, Wade barrett, Damian Sandow, Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler, etc. in the 2010's..
You fix the women's tag divison by adding a women's NXT tag title, and Women's world tag team title on the main roster. Kaden and Katana would make great champions for the women's world titles as they lost due to plot armor of the Kabuki warriors.
I think Cody HAS to do a few matches where we all know he is going to win, but they might also be dream matches for him to finally have or to keep his new story going. C'mon Santi, even Roman had some questionable fueds, but over time they meant something. Let em cook 🍳
Hot take: how to build up the World Heavy weight championship again is simple have priest lose it to Solo while that's happening Solo turns on Roman starts his own type of bloodline and then at WrestleMania it's Solo vs Roman for the world heavy weight championship and then you get the over for the title and Solo
What are people’s thoughts on having Interim champions when a champ gets injured and can’t go for a while, the way UFC does? It seems like that would solve any issues like the women’s title is about to go through. Let Rhea keep the title but put it on hiatus, and crown an interim champ. Then when she’s ready to go you have a unification match.
I think the person who generally holds it when the person comes back is technically an interim champ, like how seth beat Roman after he came back, same with Roman when he turned heel
As far as I am aware they did crown an interim champion but that was for the nxt cruiserweight title since the title holder JD could not return to the USA due to the pandemic.
I get that but u have to keep in mind it wasn’t until like a month ago that he decided to go full time . Hopefully he’ll be having more from know on. So while I do agree it’s also understandable.
It does feel special Logan Paul is going everywhere with it his last 2 defenses were great would I want him to defend it more ofc but we haven’t had a great us title run since Cena 2015
Hot take. Rhea ripley is one of the best wrestlers on the wwe roster but her title run was lackluster. A dominate champion needs strong storylines which Rhea didn’t have. She spent most of her time supporting the men in her faction instead of having interesting feuds with the other women. While I hate how rheas reign ended with injury, I am excited for the womens world championships new direction and where liv Morgan seems to be headed.
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Ivar sucks, that such a bad take lol
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LMAO. Just realized we used the NXT Women's title for the NXT Men's Title section.
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@@JakovMartinovic-ic5js he put it private and then put it public
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Here's where I disagree about the world title. You could say the EXACT same thing about the Heist of the Century, but we didn't. We were also complaining that the MITB Briefcase hasn't meant much in recent years that every cash in was lost. If you ask me, it does feel right to have Priest win it. He was, after all, the MITB holder.
I agree. The way they executed the cash-in elevated Priest instantly: hijacking the opening of night 2, sharing the stage with Punk/McIntyre, and also the credibility Seth gave to that title. And it was an amazing moment for the belt.
And as for the current feud, I think it fits. Jey's a rising megastar and the title is about proving oneself.
Excellent video. I would love a visual ranking (maybe a tier list?) of the current importance of the belts (in your opinion) as of 2024. It seems to shift, and it's really hard to know how important they are. Love your channel, SantiZap.
Letting it sink in that the only person who walked into WrestleMania as a champion who still has their title is Logan Paul.
Kabuki warriors?
well the kabuki warriors as well but their title wasn't on the line
Im low key here for it tbh lmao
& rhea up until the other day😭
Kabuki warriors still have theirs too but they are prolly gonna lose it to jade and Bianca soon
TOO MANY LIMES
LOBSTER HEAD!!!!
TOO MANY LINES, TOO MANY LINES (OF COOOOOOOKE)
OOOOOOOOOH
IT'S A SHAMEFUL THING
Too many lemons as well
The World Heavyweight Championship is the one I'm looking at the most, can't wait for the defenses
Facts man. I'm genuinely curious to see how well damians reign will be treated. As of right now, regardless of length, he'll be treated in a way that makes him look like a serious threat going foward
Same I really hope they let Finn go after it.
I think it will short reign. 3-4 months 100 or so days
@@karenflowers8679not at all 3 4 months he is losing immediately at clash at the castle. No way hhh can do McIntyre dirty I still believe it's part of storyline
Damian priest definitely deserves this title, he is the next face of company
I think both men's world championships are in better positions then most may think. For the WWE Championship, no matter what, the next feud with it will be a step down due to how big WM40 was, but I think aj and cody will have a fantastic quick feud, especially if they bring up their past outside of wwe. Also, while I'm not the biggest fan of The Rock being the one to defeat Cody, I would love to see a Randy heel turn on Cody around Survivor Series or something. For the Heavyweight Championship, I like all the competitors involved. You have people who are bound to break into that scene like Bronson Reed and Gunther (if they stay on raw), and you still have Drew/Punk and possibly Sami whenever he loses the IC title. While Drew lost the 4-way, it was due to Punk who is still vying for the title. Plus Jey and Priest's match will almost certainly have some type of interference by the bloodline (because its happened in literally every jey championship match). So I think the title's involvement in big stories with Drew/Punk and being an extension of the bloodline story helps the overall prestige.
NXT producing future megastars like Bron, Trick, Ilja, and Oba in sequence like this shows they’ve hit gold. That’s not even mentioning Tiffany and the other women. Or Carmelo who will be very good too, but may never become that true megastar.
Hbk cooking
@@yehdhbjjjgf8539 Dude, they really never HAVE to sign another free agent again. It’s crazy.
@@dom19945 everyone who is becoming NXT main champ needs to become future top star in main roster that goes same for anyone winning mid card NXT title should become future midcard for main roster if WWE don't does that than I don't think there is any point of doing NXT show anymore if NXT champ isn't future of WWE.
I would've understood that before pandemic many NXT champ never looked like top guy for me like Johnny, tamaso, Bo Dallas etc etc while kevin Owens and sami Zayn were exception but NXT 2.0 is producing champs who look like future star bron, carmello, ilja, trick and now oba femi
Main roster people didn't know much about them and only those can be star who will form connection with audience. Just look at DIY, they are struggling as single star and now with team they are now reaching some audience connection
@@souravmallick7699 DIY is kinda aura-less. I think they have their own unique issues. Tons of the true main roster stars went through NXT.
SmackDown women's title was so Under used almost felt like meaningless under Sky even tho it's not her fault hopefully Bayley will elevate that title
Io was a great champion in NXT. Problem was Io wasn't getting more prominent storylines and more ple matches.
Honestly, it felt the same with rhea
I disagree with the whc, McIntyre was in a qualifying match like last week for it, Seth’s taking time off and punk is still injured. I do think that McIntyre will win at clash of the castle but to say that the title is starting from zero is harsh to Damien priest and jey uso
It's kind of crazy we went from Sami to Ricochet to Walter to back to Sami for the IC
yet everything changed
*Gunther
Cody first fued being with La Knight or Aj Styles is not exactly a downgrade. Both are like top of the card and both are fairly over and popular. Its honestly the best first fued Cody could have had without having a random heel turn for no reason tbh
La knight is definitely a downgrade. Styles isn't
@@Dibabhonestly it depends on how they would've done it, I'm really glad AJ got over though
Lyra Valkyria doesn't get the credit she deserves for elevating the NXT Women's Championship. She carried the torch that was passed to her by Becky Lynch and was a proper fighting champion that had some very good matches. I'd argue she was the best champion to hold the title since Mandy Rose. Roxanne's first reign was a bust, Indi's reign was barely a footnote, Tiffany is a great wrestler, but she barely defended the title, and while Becky's reign was great, it was very short. Lyra's reign was decently long, had great matches, and had a great storyline with Tatum Paxley. I'd even argue that the title got less prestigious after Roxanne beat her for it. The title that has elevated up and coming stars is now being held by a woman who has heavily hinted at moving up to the main roster soon. In this upcoming triple threat, Roxanne feels like the unwanted third wheel next to Lyra and Tatum. I really hope Roxanne loses that triple threat because Lyra and Tatum deserve a one on one feud for the title. That, in my opinion, will put the title's prestige and reputation back on track. Roxanne needs to move on to the main roster and make room for all the great up and coming women that could benefit from and deserve the title more.
Shout out to Wes Lee, who was the quintessential workhorse and elevated the NXT North American championship before Dominik beat him. He should have been given a shout, Santi.
Completely agree. Not sure why Santi decided to leave him out. Wes Lee definitely gave it a lot of prestige
Ivar vs Oba Femi is going to be a banger. Also I like the new World tag team championships 🤷♂️
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I think you’re missing the boat on both world titles with the feuds. Especially Cody vs AJ. There’s PLENTY of story to tell there
Unrelated but if LA Knight faces Logan for the Us title at Summerslam he should beat up the person in the prime suit assuming it’s a RUclipsr but it turns out to just be a regular dude😂😂😂 that would be hilarious 😭
I feel like with the Women’s Tag Titles, if they keep going with the slow burn that is The Way and Indi slowly turning Candice, they could use that as a basis to really build up the division, such that they actually tell meaningful stories with it. I agree that right now it’s kinda floundering but I have faith in Papa Paul that he can bring out the best of the division, as long as he actually pays attention to it
Bruv, Wes Lee made that North American title important. Put some respect on that name!
New WWE tag champ just came out
Damian cashing in heavily elevated the prestige of the money in the bank contract much more than the WHC. not to say that the WHC is completely diminished, but its gonna have to take damian or whoever eventually dethrones him to elevate it back up like seth did
Roman's reign from 2020-2022 was legendary. But post Wrestlemania 39, it lost a lot of prestige. He defended it for, like, 2 times in the last 8 months. Having Cody as chmaoion brings the prestige back.
The ridiculous viking character is holding Ivar back. He could get a great match out of an upturned bucket on a mop handle. Reset him and let him climb up the card organically by putting on bangers every week.
Love them mid card womens title would love one on the main roster. Heres an idea a Woman PLE tile that can only be defended on PLE's and you have a tournament on the brand that doesn't have it to determine the no.1 contender to fight for it. The prestige it holding the tile for your brand. Would be interesting or have it as a Brand title and if you win it you are the face of your brand
Or make it a Tv title like in the ECW days would only be defended on the Brand and the brand with the champion has home advantage when defending it so never defends it on the opposite brand
@@zeroexistenz1991cool idea
Sami and KO were over last year as well. Then when both of them won the titles, the crowd reactions got quiter and quiter. I wonder if the same wikl happen with Sami again.
Logan still not showing up to non PLEs so who even cares. Seth Rollins, Bobby Lashley, Finn Balor all apart of the last few US Champions but 'Logan Paul' is bringing prestige to it by never winning a clean match and not going to live shows or weekly shows? That's completely ridiculous.
What are u taking about? He has been appearing at non ppv’s. He just recently became a full timer (he literally appeared in the last 2 episodes of Smackdown). I think u mean defend his title on non ppv’s which is a completely different thing.
Neither did Roman
@@yoshisauce9630 at least roman was a world title, the mid card is not supposed to be PLEs only, not a big whatsoever.
Its a crime that i only recently discovered this channel. A daily video topical video. This is insane. Keep doing great Work. Even though you’re not in the Tokyo Dome you get a 5* rating. 😂🤣😭
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@@L.m.CeeTee No 🤣🤣
Hope this new era of wwe have more changes and new stores to come
CORRECTION! Wes lee is the one who built the NA title not dom he may have taken it to the main roster but Wes is the best man champ of all time
Agreed. Wes definitely brought NA tag titles prestige. He deserves a mention😊
And before that Melo was the one who built the prestige for the title winning it from Swerve and then regained it from Grimes
Wes Lee got defeated by biggest jobber of WWE Akira tozawa in wwe main event show from than onwards Wes Lee can't be taken seriously he is joke
@@thegameking3931 Put some respect on the GOAT Akira Tozawa.
21:01 Funny enough, IYO Sky defended her titles the same amount of times Rhea did hers, but no one calls out the latter.
Johny gargano and tomaso ciampa make me sad as well as happy at the same time. it really makes me sad cuz both of them have so much singles potential and could be great add ons to any title picture but theyre still in tag team matches only. what makes me happy is how good they are as a tag team as well.
So I guess wes lee and Carmelo Hayes didn’t hold the north American championship in santi’s eyes Dominik did not put prestige on that championship
i know wrestlemania 40 is already over, but i still hope you can make a “ranking every wrestlemania opening match” video if you already haven’t!
Do you think you can beat @stacheclubwrestling in a wwe quiz game? Lol
am i the only one who doesn’t like how fast he does his outros? he doesn’t even give me time to click off 😂
Nah i will defend my girl Iyo, She defend against Asuka, Charlotte, Bianca Belair, Michin, Naomi, Shotzi (houseshow). Overall include house show, SHE DEFENDS 29 TIMES.
it’s crazy to think that roman really saved that belt, we went from goldberg and braun strowman to roman reigns and cody rhodes and i will forever be grateful for that. thank you roman, my tribal chief☝️let’s make history cody🫡
What I love of all of these titles is the pedigree of the NXT Men's World Title. While I appreciate what Becky Lynch did by going down to NXT and elevating the women's title, it's nice to see the men's world title has always been on one of the top dogs in NXT SPECIFICALLY. The only time I can recollect the title being on someone from the main roster was Dolph Ziggler after Roadblock 2.0, and even that is arguable and was only a less than one month reign.
Predictions for who will dethrone every champ:
WWE: Randy Orton (Berlin)
WHC: CM Punk (Saudi Fall event, Fatal 4 Way match up)
US: Bron Breakker (Berlin)
IC: Sheamus (Clash At The Castle)
SDTT: The Wolf Dogs (Eventually)
RAWTT: #DIY (Next Week)
WWHC: Liv Morgan
WWWE: Bianca Belair (SummerSlam)
WTT: Zoey Stark (Wins the belts by herself and it becomes the mid card belt)
I think it's inherently unfair to compare anything that can happen now at Backlash with the new champions to the culmination of at least a year (or two) in storytelling at WM40. In my opinion, they need to tell new/different stories now and in a way calm everyone down a bit for the next big thing. Maybe they can focus more on the in-ring aspect for Backlash. Let's see what they have planned.
Not sure if you have it planned but you should do wwe draft predictions for one of your daily vids
Sanchomania BROTHER‼️‼️‼️
The Sanchomaniacs are gonna run wild on the Machine Santizap 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
i think holding too much weight on the first match is bad. you need your champ to go over and look strong. whoever cody faces i hope he beats. as with damian i think the mystique is huge. i see him dropping it to someone to face drew at clash
The thing I feel we all appreciate the most is that all the Championships LOOK freaking AMAZING
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I think what needs to happen is that now priest needs to hold the title for quite some time and have absolutely banger matches to elevate the title before losing it and priest having the judgment day means they could be just like the bloodline where he is a surviving champion but make it their own instead of just doing everything the bloodline did
I love that all the championships feel special…i feel like they all should be coveted as it makes for great story telling then…..NIA for women’s heavyweight champ
Liv caused Rhea to vacate the title, so if she wins the title, you can say that Liv beat Rhea for the title 😃
I think that AJ is fine as a first contender, nobody thinks that Cody will drop the title at backlash so just give me a Great match, and that is a great match.
Bianca and Jade wouldn't have to lose if one turned heel. Any heel team would just have to cheat and win. Bianca lost her belt to cheating. She did get it back but got cashed on. Jade and Bianca can take the titles and elevate them. Also, i think the two getting the titles helps work out whatever issues Jade might have as they seem to be tiptoeing about it.
Also, they only started giving Iyo singles matches at the tale end of ger reign because she never defended it. It was terrible, hence why I kept saying her title run sucked. Just there for Baley
On the Women's world titles. I don't think who replaces Rhea will be seen as less than. When Chyna dropped the title and Trish picked it up at Survivor Series the Women's title didn't lose prestige. In fact we were excited Trish had won. They could either bring Trish back as a fill in or let Tiffany straton have it as we are all behind her right now.
I need The Witches to make their way back to the top fast
29:07 ''what was 'ineverberbebrebrly' going to happen'' caught me off guard for a sec ngl
Also have to remember that Roman did not defend the title at backlash . So it won’t be as easy to bring top shelf talent in for every title defense if the title is being defended at every PLE. The fact that roman could disappear and re appear every few months ensured most of his title Defenses were quality opponents.
I think we'll be fine. WWE should hopefully be shifting back to shorter reigns, reigns in the 6-8 month range tops, so it'll give a chance to build shorter but more bombastic feuds. Like we all know Cody vs. Rock is coming around Summerslam. Rock more than likely wins. Then Cody could get his second run with the title by winning it back Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and for Wrestlemania 41, we get that Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton feud everybody (myself included) desperately wants.
Until then though we have Backlash: France likely with A.J. which should be a fucking banger, Clash at the Castle: Scotland and Money in the Bank. That could be three entire defenses, three brief storylines that could be incredible.
Or hey, maybe I'm wrong and Rock's ego can handle taking an L and we get an entire year of great feuds before Wrestlemania 41 (I mean I still think Cody should lose; if he retains against the Rock, he should lose to Gunther at Bash in Berlin and possibly thanks to a certain Viper to set up their Wrestlemania feud).
Anyways, my point's that there's no way HHH isn't going to ensure that Cody has a great first run as champ. We'll have to wait and see until after the draft, but WWE's full of people who could have amazing matches with the man. A.J.'s just the first of them.
Just waiting for DIY and New Catch Republic to carry the tag division
We must not have watched the same shows because any prestige that Seth brought that title was immediately destroyed when Roman called it a Losers title and Cody said he needs Roman’s title. And how do you go from talking about the prestige of a title to a title not being as important because the reign of the previous champion is over.
nah nah nah, Wes Lee put the work for the north american, he is the one who put it in the map again
i'm just so disappointed for Rhea, her run should have been legendary. another thing you didn't mention when talking about the WWC is that whoever holds it is just its babysitter until she comes back, and we all know this
Roman truly ruined that title when people are looking at LA Knight and AJ Styles and actually trying to say it's below the dude with 5 moves, wrestled 6 times a year and has NEVER carried a single match he's been in.
11:13 love how Santi say together 🤣🤣🤣 neva peeped his accent
PLEASE WWE, milk this feud until Money in the Bank in Toronto and have Gable beat him dirty there. Imagine how they will boo him 😭
Does a cashin increase or decrease a championships prestige? Would love to know all thoughts…
Increase imo
l believe the North American title was reallyyyy good in the Hands of Wes Lee
i don’t think you should be nearly as worried as you are abt the world heavyweight championship’s prestige. we all know that priest’s run most likely won’t last and are predicting it to end in clash at the castle in scotland, losing to mcintyre who will then almost certainly fight cm punk so those mix of guys are gonna be right back in it not too far from now
Keith Lee Returning to Dethrone Oba Femi? What you guys think?
It's insane how so many titles changed hands at Mania, Rhea was one of the few who did NOT lose the title and IMMEDIATELY an accident happens during one of the promos, she gets hurt for real and has to vacate.
I think the only one whose title didn't change hands and is still fine was Logan Paul.
From Damien, it’s going to be drew, cm punk, Rollins in that order
Seth would probably still be champ if he wasn't hurt and needed knee surgery.
I think that the intercontinental championship in US championship have been so good that they need to bring back a European championship or something like that to help elevate these super young talents
Day who cares of suggesting video idea: Four horsemen of every era in the wwe
Every single time he talked about chad it broke my heart😢
I wish they introduced new tag titles in the ladder match at wm40
It would’ve completely reset both divisions
Video idea: Potential 2024 wwe returns and debuts.
The state of wwe after wrestlemania is looking good
I miss the old looking ic belt
I think Damien vs Jey is a perfect match for Backlash (a dominant heel vs insanely over babyface) and Damien is not going to lose in his first defense this is perfect for him. Also Drew is probably gonna be next world champ at Clash of Castle in June and then Punk/Seth/Gunther all could go after it( draft could shake it up)
I do not like the narrative of people saying Sami is too big for the IC title, he should be in the main event scene.
I think why not make the IC title a part of the main event scene. You need to constantly have stars like Sami for the title to have prestige and then turn wrestlers like Chad Gable into stars through this system.
Also given how locked the current main event scene is, a lot of top brass superstars would be fighting for the mid card titles. The whole bloodline and cody saga for the undisputed championship and CM Punk, Drew and Seth and later Gunther revolving around the WHW championship.
We need a women's IC or US Title
i feel like with all the teases of uncle howdy plus the anniversary of the firefly fun house and add to that raw is happening in Ohio next week which is the home of the goddess she’s gonna return next week and might refresh the women’s title picture
Need our girl back!
Day 22 of asking for santi's top 10 tag teams OAT
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It needs to be called the World Heavyweight Freaking Championship, that will forever be Seth’s title in my eyes. Also imagine Ilja vs Sami or Gable for the IC
I want the WWE to avoid making the WHC be less than the WWE C'ship, like, it is by default but what I mean us that I hope it doesn't get that treatment of only main eventing when the other isn't available (Seth's reign), like, I believe it could have as good and as strong matches as the WWE C'ship (especially when/if Damian drops it to Drew)
I'm bored so I'll list all the storylines I like for Backlash
#1. Whatever is happening with Rhea's championship, I have no idea what's happening with her title, I have no idea if her injury is kayfabe, and I'm excited. As soon as I find out what's gonna happen it'll probably drop to #3, but until then I like how unknown everything is. My guess is either A. Liv Morgan vs. Somebody at Backlash, or it'll be the top prize for Queen of the Ring.
#2. Cody vs. AJ or LA Knight, if it's AJ I'm pumped, he's my favorite wrestler ever and it'd be awesome watching them tear the house down. If it's LA Knight I'll be a little disappointed because we all know Cody's gonna win his first title defense, but it's a dream match of mine. I'm hoping they do that some other time so it's not a guranteed loss for LA Knight.
#3. Intercontinental Championship Sami vs. Chad, I'm excited. Since it's the IC title, there's no guarantee that Sami will win or lose. I'm pumped.
#4. Awesome truth vs DIY. It'll be interesting. Again, what I like about it is that there's no guarantee.
I don't know what else they're having but I'm still pumped.
It's the first time I'm actually okay with being wrong in my predictions. I thought for sure Punk was gonna win the rumble, nope! Cody won. And it made sense. I would've been okay with Gunther winning too, which is nice because I've almost never been okay with three guys winning. This is better than the attitude era, yeah I wasn't even alive back then but the roster is more stacked than ever before, every show is a banger, every storyline is good, and not to mention, they listen to us so they won't screw anything up entirely like they did with Punk, Mark Henry, Wade barrett, Damian Sandow, Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler, etc. in the 2010's..
You fix the women's tag divison by adding a women's NXT tag title, and Women's world tag team title on the main roster. Kaden and Katana would make great champions for the women's world titles as they lost due to plot armor of the Kabuki warriors.
I think Cody HAS to do a few matches where we all know he is going to win, but they might also be dream matches for him to finally have or to keep his new story going. C'mon Santi, even Roman had some questionable fueds, but over time they meant something. Let em cook 🍳
Hot take: how to build up the World Heavy weight championship again is simple have priest lose it to Solo while that's happening Solo turns on Roman starts his own type of bloodline and then at WrestleMania it's Solo vs Roman for the world heavy weight championship and then you get the over for the title and Solo
This is going to such a sick draft because of this New Era aka the Paul Levesque era .
Bring back cruiser weight belt
Seriously, I really want Sonya Deville to win the Women’s North American Championship
What are people’s thoughts on having Interim champions when a champ gets injured and can’t go for a while, the way UFC does? It seems like that would solve any issues like the women’s title is about to go through. Let Rhea keep the title but put it on hiatus, and crown an interim champ. Then when she’s ready to go you have a unification match.
I think the person who generally holds it when the person comes back is technically an interim champ, like how seth beat Roman after he came back, same with Roman when he turned heel
No. Interim champions make no sense in WWE
@ultraomenmurat9937 the roman one is different since he did not go after the universal title immediately.
As far as I am aware they did crown an interim champion but that was for the nxt cruiserweight title since the title holder JD could not return to the USA due to the pandemic.
Logan needs to defend more, I couldn't care less about media attention
I get that but u have to keep in mind it wasn’t until like a month ago that he decided to go full time . Hopefully he’ll be having more from know on. So while I do agree it’s also understandable.
Same
Day 124 of asking for top ten wwe x aew dream matches
Keep going!
Don't give up
Stupid
Your almost there keep going
@MooBurger2 one day he will. NEVER GIVE UP
AOP should’ve dethroned The Dawgs in my opinion would’ve been a banger of a match
Maybe should have waited until smackdown to see if austin theory and Grayson waller got new tag team titles.
All these mid card belts were getting so much attention because Roman was no where to be found 💀
The United States championship does not feel special . It feels like a prop
It does feel special Logan Paul is going everywhere with it his last 2 defenses were great would I want him to defend it more ofc but we haven’t had a great us title run since Cena 2015
Separating titles by card and not just brand was a great idea.
Hot take. Rhea ripley is one of the best wrestlers on the wwe roster but her title run was lackluster. A dominate champion needs strong storylines which Rhea didn’t have. She spent most of her time supporting the men in her faction instead of having interesting feuds with the other women. While I hate how rheas reign ended with injury, I am excited for the womens world championships new direction and where liv Morgan seems to be headed.