Belt Styles
Professional wrestling's championship belts are modeled similarly to the championship belts in boxing, and other combat sports such as mixed martial arts. They are made of elaborately designed plates of gold or other precious metals, usually bearing the name of the title and the wrestling promotion, on a leather strap. The color and designs vary with each title and promotion.
Since 2002, all major WWE titles, with the exception of the current design of the WWE Tag Team Championship and the WWE Intercontinental Championship, have included a nameplate with the current titleholder on the bottom of the main faceplate. This is in the style of the NWA Championship of the 1980s (nicknamed the "Big Gold Belt"), which later became the primary title belt of World Championship Wrestling, which included a nameplate. When the WWE and WCW titles were unified to become the WWE Undisputed Championship, the new belt included a nameplate which has since been added to the design of new WWE championship belts.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling has also changed its TNA World Heavyweight Championship on many occasions. The TNA X Division Belt does not have the name of the holder of the belt imprinted on it.
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