What are the points of the secondary belts on the shows

13th August 2021 by Scott Keith

What are the points of the secondary belts at this point? You already have a 1A and 1B belt for the WWE brand, why do we need what basically amounts to a 3A and 3B belt? Why does Sheamus, a vet with a world title history, have one and…I don’t even know who has the one on Smackdown nor could I name which belt is on which show?

Wouldn’t it make more sense to have the belt serve a specific purpose…i.e. “under 25” belt, international belt (can only be held by non US folks), US title (only held by US folks). I mean, at least make it something other than “we have nothing for this guy right now and he’s not going to be a world title contender.”
I like what AEW was doing with the TNT title where Cody defended it every week. Not sure that’s still going, but that at least gives the secondary belt meaning and gives folks something to be invested in. Just having the belt float around dudes in the undercard and show up periodically makes the belt worth as much as the 24×7 title…hell, at least that one has a stip to it and folks are actually slightly interested in that one. No one cares at all about the US and Intercontinental titles at this point.

They are both absolutely worthless right now, agreed, and I probably couldn't even tell you who was Intercontinental champion if you held a gun to my head. Crazy because we just covered a couple of Summerslams where top stars were fighting in brutal ladder matches for the right to be IC champion. But now they just need content for the TV show mill, and need to sell replica belts, so we get what we get at this point.