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WWE's New Title Rumored To Continue World Heavyweight Championship's Lineage

WWE will crown a new World Champion on Saturday as Seth Rollins and AJ Styles will compete in the tournament final. As soon as Triple H unveiled the new championship, fans started to question what that means for its lineage, not to mention the lineage of the two World Titles Roman Reigns still has in his possession.

Reviving The World Heavyweight Championship's Lineage

The main point of confusion regarding lineage revolves around whether the new title, which is clearly modeled after the retired World Heavyweight Championship, will build on the lineage of the Big Gold Belt. With only a few days to go until the new champion is crowned, BoozerRasslin has claimed the first winner of the new title will indeed be the next World Heavyweight Champion.

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The World Title was unified with the WWE Championship in 2013 when Randy Orton beat John Cena for both belts at TLC. That match brought the curtain down on an 11-year run for the championship which was introduced as an alternative to the WWE Title following the 2002 brand split. The belt's history goes back much further than that though, of course, as it was the top prize in WCW for a number of years before the promotion folded.

Will The Lineage Make It Mean More?

Restarting its lineage will be a cool way to get more fans on board with the idea of adding a third World Title to the mix in WWE. Quite a few people don't seem to be sold on the idea, claiming leaving two titles on Reigns and introducing a new one for Superstars to win immediately makes it feel watered down. Even Styles, who may well win the title at Night of Champions, believes that to be true.

WWE also hasn't explained what happens if Styles wins this weekend. The whole point of adding a new World Title into the mix is so Raw has a championship while Reigns keeps his two on SmackDown. Since Styles is a SmackDown Superstar, it's assumed he will have to move to Raw if he wins, although that is yet to be confirmed by WWE.

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Arica Deslauriers

Update: 2024-05-18