this guy has one helluva cool belt collection.
apparently he had in his collection the original WWWF World Title that was held by Buddy Rogers and Bruno Sammartino. WWE now has it back in their collection.
http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/12/1...belt-he-wanted
And it’s great for Lambert, too. Not only because of the novelty of having a belt in Coconut Creek, but because he’s long been a belt enthusiast. Lambert’s hobby is to collect old pro wrestling belts. He’s been doing it for nearly 20 years, long before he flirted with the idea of purchasing the UFC. He calls himself a "wrestling mark," because he’s long been into the lore of the competitors and organizations.
"I just started collecting the old ring-used belts when I started up," he says. "I saw one on eBay that one of the old wrestlers was selling, and then I met a bunch of guys that are actually like belt hunters…it’s like their passion to find these old belts. And they've got the networks and all the old guys and promoters, and every now and then one becomes available. I just started. Got one here, got one there, and last time I counted I've got about 90."
Of those he says his favorite was the original WWWF belt, when they first started and brought in Buddy Rogers to fight Bruno Sanmartino to create the championship.
"That was probably my best belt, but when WWE decided to do their brick-and-mortar Hall of Fame they wanted the belt so bad for their HOF," he says. "And the guy that got it for me, he makes their belts. So they were like, hey, we really need this belt. So I gave it to them and they gave me a couple of other belts in return.
"That was probably my best belt, but dude, I've got the Georgia heavyweight title, which was the same belt they used for 15 years. I've got the World Class Wrestling, the Von Erich’s belt, I've got the old cowhide Southwest Wrestling Championship title, I've got the first belt Ric Flair ever had, the Mid-Atlantic belt. I've got belts from Florida, from the southwest, the Portland territory…from every territory, Memphis, every one you can imagine. I just love the old belts. I keep them sitting in my closet in my office, and every now and again I bring them out and play with them."