Topic: wwf
WWE has run two tag titles at once, unified them, retired the older one, split them again and swapped the names. This untangles the lineage from 1971 onward and explains how to identify which era a belt belongs to using strap colour and plate colour.
The Intercontinental Championship history begins with a fictional 1979 tournament and grew into one of wrestling's most respected lineages. This covers the origin, its stepping-stone reputation, every design era, the name change, and the records that still stand.
The WWE Intercontinental Championship belt has six distinct design eras across four and a half decades. This guide covers what the belt is, how each version looks, how to tell a good replica from a bad one, sizing and fit, and how to commission a custom belt inspired by the design.
Stone Cold Steve Austin debuted the Smoking Skull belt on Raw in July 1998, a WWE Championship he commissioned himself with skulls, rattlesnakes and barbed wire. Here is the full story, the storyline it anchored, and what separates a good reproduction from a bad one.