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#1 John Cena WWE Championship Spinner Belt
I am fully aware of the controversy this is going to cause for being at the top of the list, but just hear me out. The WWE Championship spinner belt that John Cena brought to the WWE may not be the nicest looking title on the list (I think I made my feelings pretty clear on the Brahma Bull slide) but it’s without a doubt the most influential.
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The belt we’re talking about here is the spinner version that Cena had on both Raw and SmackDown. It was similar to the US Spinner belt mentioned earlier in the article.
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It had the classic eagle at the top of the circle holding the WWE logo which was peppered with Diamonds. The eagle had red eyes akin to the Brahma Bull belt and there was an intricate design engraved in the gold circle. The middle of the belt, which included this logo, spun just like the US Spinner belt Cena had championed before.
This belt, though a custom design for John Cena, lasted 8 years in the WWE. Granted, the spinning middle was phased out eventually and the side plates changed as the belt not only switched brands but as the whole brand split faded away into a distant memory.
It’s the top of the list not only because it fit John Cena perfectly and his character but also because of the impact it had on the whole business. To keep a customer belt for 8 years as your top Championship is pretty much unheard of.
The thing is, wrestlers looked really good with it. Triple H, CM Punk and Randy Orton looked just as good with the belt as Cena did. The only thing that wound me up about it was the fact that it said ‘Champ’ and not ‘Champion’.
It eventually outstayed its welcome, primarily the more unpopular Cena became. It became hated by the WWE Universe and people welcomed the change. I think it had to do with the fact it was a Cena belt and the fact that 8 years is a long time without any change to the belt.
If we take personal feelings out of this, it remains the best custom belt that WWE has ever produced.
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