10 things fans would love to see in the WWE Museum if there was one

4. Buddy Roger's WWWF World Heavyweight Championship

Where it all began.

The WWE Championship is perhaps wrestling's greatest ever prize. Other companies have had their own world titles in the past and while some of them have reached pretty high levels of notoriety, including the NWA Championship and WCW Championship, the belt made famous by the likes of Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan and Stone Cold Steve Austin will always remain the most prestigious.

Therefore, if there were to be a WWE Museum, the belt would need to be honoured in a way it deserves. One way of doing this would be to find a special place for the first ever World Heavyweight Championship credited to the WWE.

Back in 1963, Buddy Rogers lost his NWA Championship in a one fall match to Lou Thez. Arguing that belts should only change hands after a two out of three falls match, Vince McMahon Sr. refused to recognise the title change claiming that his guy Rogers was still the world champion.

In a move that shocked the wrestling business at the time, the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) broke away from the NWA and created their own distinct title. Rogers was awarded the belt and defended it for just under a month before dropping it to Sammartino. The rest, as they say, is history.