Greetings belt enthusiasts,
I'm Benedikt from Germany and fairly new to collecting belts. I already have a replica IC belt from WWE and just ordered the dual-plated Andre 87 from Fandubelts.
I've been watching Pro Wrestling since late 1991, thanks to the Game Boy videogame "WWF Superstars". The first match ever I watched was Hogan vs. Undertaker from the Survivor Series 1991. Being a kid at 11-12 years old at this time, I was really intimidated by the Undertaker, oh boy. Of course, back then, I was a complete mark.
Championship belts always fascinated me, especially the IC belt which in my opinion is still one of the most beautiful belts ever made/designed. I hated the redesign they had in the early to mid-2000's. The same applies to the current WWE belts except for the UK Championship, the only belt left that looks like a decent championship belt to me (maybe besides the US championship). As for all the other titles, I just don't like that they basically consist of an oversized WWE logo with a few stones attached to them and that's it.
Another belt that I really dig is the European Championship. Don't know why, but I always liked this one very much. Maybe a future addition to my collection. Other favourites are the the ECW TV as well as the ECW tag titles from around ´97 - of course, these were rip-offs of the Winged Eagle and the IC belt, but especially the tag titles all in silver looked just great to me. As for indie belts, I really like the Evolve and the Progress championship belts and hope that someday we'll see replicas of them (I don't think I'll ever have enough money and/or the courage to spend thousands of Dollars for a real one).
Glad to be part of this forum and seek knowledge and wisdom from you guys!
Best,
Benedikt
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