It also doesn’t help that they’ve used other companies’ belts on their TV too, diluting things even more. You had the Impact World Title floating around there for a while. I’m not sure if he’s using it on TV, but Omega is also the IWGP US Champion. It’s going to be a barrier of entry for some people, because it’s just too much. Championships should make your product easier to navigate, not harder. “Oh, that guy’s a champion, he must be a really good wrestler.” You’ve got 8 men’s slots for ROH (too much), 8 for AEW and the IWGP US takes that up to 17 fucking men’s belts. And then you’ve got to factor in that opens up the rest of New Japan’s belts too. Yuck.
Get rid of TNT, ROH TV, ROH Pure (use Pure Rules as a gimmick sometimes), all six-man belts. Unify the AEW and ROH Women’s and just call it the “Women’s World Championship.” TBS goes bye-bye. As funny as it sounds, I’d hear out keeping the All-Atlantic as something to defend at the house shows. Just get it off Orange Cassidy. MAYBE recognize the IWGP US as part of your New Japan partnership, because it’s a regional US Title and that can sometimes give you a bonus PPV title match or something.
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