Thursday 14 January 2016

The United States title must not become like the Diva's Championship

The title is probably a bit confusing for you so i'll explain what I mean by it. From February 2010 to to January 2013 the Diva's championship was passed around like a hot potato at an Irish weight watchers convention. Seriously though, there were 14 different champions over a period of 3 years which is way too much.

Thankfully recently the Diva's championship (why is it still even a thing and why haven't they brought back the women's championship) has become more of an important title to hold rather than just a toy but if the WWE aren't careful then the United States Championship may go the same way as the Diva's title once did. Recently US title reigns didn't really mean anything. Dean Ambrose's time with the strap was completely pointless and didn't feel like anything important, similarly with Sheamus' run with the belt. However when Rusev took the strap off of Sheamus it started to become more relevant, mostly because he was booked like a colossal heel and did great work with it. Even when Cena beat Rusev clean at Wrestlemania 31 it didn't lose any momentum as Cena would defend it regularly on RAW in 5* matches against the likes of Cesaro, Sami Zayn, Neville and there's probably a load more. The belt became more important than the Intercontinental title and at some points was right up there with the WWE World Heavyweight championship.

Cue, Alberto Del Rio. Alberto Del Rio beat John Cena clean at Hell In A Cell in October 2015 to win his first United States title. Cena then went away to film him reality show despite their being no explanation on RAW as to why he was gone, seriously why would you just expect casual fans to know where Cena's buggered off to? Since Del Rio beat Cena clean he barely defended the title and it started to become just another fashion accessory. Now in the past 3 months the title has changed hands 3 times. Kalisto beat Del Rio on RAW to win the title but Del Rio then immediately beat Kalisto on Smackdown to win it back. To me, that makes no sense. Why would you immediately take the belt off of Kalisto before he has a chance to gain any momentum. The WWE surely would want to capitalise on the momentum of Kalisto after that insane Salida Del Sol spot at TLC.

This is probably just me picking whatever holes I can find but it kind of irks me that after barely defending the title since winning it and not really making a big deal over it, Alberto Del Rio suddenly has a huge beef over losing it. I say give Kalisto a proper run with the belt. He can do well in a mid-card role with the title and it means that Del Rio can move on to something else. With the large amount of injuries that WWE are suffering right now and the lacklustre product that they are producing they need to make the most out of everything they can and having the title change hands every week is not a good way to go about things.

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