I have the previous iteration of the WWE championship before the current gold version, birthday present from an ex. It has Ultimate Warrior side plates which are cool.
I’ve always kind of wanted the Big Eagle from the attitude era.
As a teenager with a wage for the first time I bought the Big Gold Belt, but I sold it years ago.
Heh, I’ve got a replica of the Big Gold Belt too. That’s the only one I’ve got. I do like the Big Eagle quite a bit too and I can’t lie, the Spinner also grew on me.
If I were to buy more belts those two would be the other ones.
Just watched the WrestleMania 17 main event again. Not only is it quite comfortably the biggest main event in the history of the business but listening to JR scream with shock and surprise when The Rock kicked out of the stunner… it was a HUGE deal. Nowadays a finisher is simply not a finisher.
One of the greatest promo packages to go with it
Which is remarkable considering that such a renowned main event had such a crap build.
What the fuck was Debra doing in it??
I actually preferred the video package for their WM19 match.
This promo from 1:22 onwards… sensational shoot. One of the best ever lol
Scott Steiner pretty much saying WWE were out to bury WCW guys to prove a point.
Spot on about the tainted win if the Monday Night Wars.
Having WWE live at normal times is so weird.
Like the accessibility with Netflix now.
Btw, may be unpopular but I was a bjt underwhelmed with Cena’s first promo after the turn.
Felt a bit outdated, like that’s the promo he should’ve cut a decade ago if he were to turn. He was talking about people booing him, who booed him in recent years? I hope they take a different approach in the voming weeks.
I liked it. I would have liked it more had it not been in front of one of these shit European crowds that hijacks everything.
Really? I thought they played along with whatever Cena was going with.
I agree with @Leper. I get fans being rowdy but sometimes it gets too much, like when Seth was trying to cut his promo it just went far too long because they kept interrupting
What an odd segment that was by the way. Seth essentially came out so fans can do the stupid chanting and then tell us he’s going to be on Smackdown.
Yep. Didn’t need to be a promo, Cole could have told us that. Had to get the entrance theme pop
The effect for me is that I kept getting pulled out of a segment where the focus should have been on Cena. It was quite jarring.
But I liked the bit where he was laying into the fans with the “what do I get?” line. And using the speculation about him changing his theme and look and such. I thought that was good heel work.
The crowd reaction was incredible as you’d expect and WWE is in a golden age right now. But I didn’t really feel like that promo was natural and the angle of storytelling is all wrong imo. At least in this phase.
Cena’s amazing at working the crowd yes but I didn’t find the promo at all believable. Like if you’re doing one of the riskiest and significant heel turns in history, the angle shouldn’t be so scripted and forced. I’m sure there will be more layers added but I don’t really get why they’d start with doing the old “each and every one of you” stuff like any old heel turn.
It needs a much a more believable character story… like him feeling the pain of being washed on a kayfabe level. A focus more on the desperation and weight of pressure to reach the mountaintop again for his final run. A pivotal moment for the in ring legacy. They built that part up well in ring at the Chamber event and previous.
It would have made more sense to explore that further, alluding to the insidious temptations that came with that struggle. Feeds perfectly into what led to the final boss swallowing his soul up etc.
This stuff about the fans doing this and that to him was the wrong angle (at least to start with) imo.
You summarised my thoughts very well. The point I highlighted is the approach I was expecting and it felt like a logical one given recent events.
I was expecting his turn to be more nuanced. Instead, this felt like your generic heel turn with the classic “you people hate me” speech. Ultimately, I wouldn’t have a problem with that, IF it happened a decade ago when Cena was indeed getting shat on by a section of audience.
https://x.com/WWE/status/1902044743380693261
Seeing how Tony’s show with Flair went, I can’t wait for some wrestler to take some joke personally and lash out. 
I mean, I think if anyone has earned the right to cut the “you people” promo it’s John Cena.
I do wish he hadn’t gone out of his way to attack the “let’s go Cena” people. I get why he did it - you don’t want a mixed reaction you want a heel reaction. But they’ve pretty much got it without going there. That was the only bit that felt forced to me.
A lot of the other stuff he said was at least grounded enough in reality to be believable. And I’m sure we will get the aspect of securing his legacy in the subsequent promos and indeed title reign (he really should beat Cody).
Maybe I should have a look at this promo. Aggressively being promoted on Youtube.