10 Changes WWE Hoped You Wouldn’t Notice
10. The Spinner Belt Stopped Spinning
Some fans hated the "spinner" belt.
WWE introduced the gimmicky title for John Cena in 2005, and the rotating centre plate became very much akin to pro wrestling Marmite. Cena's customised championship suited him, but it would've been awful had say...The Undertaker held the thing during that era.
The strap's design was distinctly toy-like too, which was surely the point - WWE never miss the chance to make more moolah, and they surely knew that JC's personal prize would shift countless replicas online and at shows. The "spinner" seemed destined to stick around. Then, suddenly, it stopped spinning.
That same core design stayed, but the central WWE logo no longer flapped around like it was about to break off. Nailing down exactly when this happened is tough, but it seems to have been around the time of No Mercy 2007 (shortly after Cena's pec tear).
A few probs wished the company had just debuted a brand new look instead of fixing the logo in place.