Everyone else seems to have no problem carrying their belts. I just assumed he had lost it and when I looked in Cagematch and saw he was still listed as champ I was surprised.

  • GeekFTW@lemmy.zipMEnglish
    7·
    7 months ago

    Inter-company belt situations can be tricky.

    A) Not everyone has the belt at all times. Sometimes the belt stays with the promotion (like WWE, outside of media appearances and special situations, will have the belts plus duplicates carried around the same as the ring and backstage stuff in a big crate).

    B) Some companies may not want their belt shown around on other companies shows due to internal/backstage politics.

    B) If you have the belt, especially the belt (if it’s not WWE/AEW/TNA where they’d have a couple spares in the back) and you’re going around on nation wide/international flights, driving around from city to city, there’s a chance you can lose that belt. The belt that can cost thousands to replace. We’ve all seen cars broken into and wrestlers having shit stolen, luggage going missing, people forgetting the belts at random places, etc. If Black Christian brings the GCW Championship with him when he shows up on ROH/AEW, it looks fantastic. If he’s an idiot and checks it in his luggage and that goes missing, he now owes GCW the cost of a new title or his arse isn’t getting booked by them anytime soon. Some wrestlers are careful and aren’t idiots, some aren’t and can be.

    Edit: I’m leaving it.

    • n7gifmdn@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      but I don’t think its an NJPW issue, as others bring those all around (Matt Riddle on MLW for recent example). Maybe they don’t trust Nemit yet. There was that whole “third belt” fiasco with Lesnar and the IWGP Heavyweight title was one of the good expensive ones. I don’t think the global reaches that same, but then again I’m just an asshole on the internet.