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The sideplates were adorned with various flags with the WWF logo above. The belt is perhaps best remembered as being the one defended by Hogan in his famous match with Andre the Giant in 1987. Two belts were made, one with floral tooling around the edges sans a gold tip on one end of the strap, the other with seashell tooling and a gold tip on the end of the strap engraved with ‘HULK HOGAN’ (his was the one used at WrestleMania III). Bieler, Des (November 14, 2015). "WWE's Sheamus presents Notre Dame with its own championship belt, hangs out on sideline". The Washington Post . Retrieved February 10, 2017.
The team also defended the championship under the ring names "Wildman Stevens" and "Wildman Fargo". John Cena had shown the WWE Universe that he preferred his championships extra flashy when he introduced a blinged-out United States Championship in 2004, complete with spinning center plate. When the Cenation leader was on the precipice of becoming WWE Champion, he guaranteed that he would give sports-entertainment’s most coveted prize a similar makeover. a b c d "WWF Light Heavyweight Championship reign history". Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan. Solie.org . Retrieved 2009-03-08.The title was retired without a formal announcement. [4] (Sammartino was also WWWF World Heavyweight champion at the time). a b "WWF Women's Tag Team Championship reign history". Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan. Solie.org . Retrieved 2009-03-08.
Duncan, Royal (2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Gary Will (4 ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.Raymond-Santo, Katie A. (2010-09-24). "Flawless mark on history". World Wrestling Entertainment . Retrieved 2010-09-26. a b c "Solie's Title Histories: NWA - NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE". www.solie.org . Retrieved 2017-03-02. The "Spinner Belt", which had a gold and diamond bling-bling style reflecting John Cena's hip hop character at the time, became the WWE Championship's primary design from April 11, 2005 until February 18, 2013. The scratch WWE logo, placed between an eagle on top and the word "Champ" and a name plate below, could be spun like spinner wheels or a turntable in keeping with the hip-hop theme. The inner side plates read "WWE Champion", though before 2008, one side plate indicated the brand the title was designated to. The spinning function was phased out in later years and the logo set in a fixed place, most notably during The Miz's reign (2010–2011) when the logo was turned upside down to look like an "M". During Morales's reign, the championship belt was updated several times. First, the 1971 design, on an indigo colored strap, contained three shield-shaped plates. Below the center plate, which had a cross at its center, a separate plate read "WWWF". Shortly after Morales became WWWF champion, Vincent J. McMahon rejoined the NWA, with the WWWF championship becoming secondary to the NWA World Heavyweight championship [7] 1972-1982: Silver Eagle belt (V1 and V2) [ edit ] Morales holding the V2 Silver Eagle belt