10 UGLIEST Wrestling Championships Ever

3. FTW Championship (Original)

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Championships which are introduced for one person and one person alone never last.

Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar title? An elegant design, sure, but it existed purely for 'The Million Dollar Man' and whomever he felt like offering it to.

Booker T's TNA Legends title? Its name was justly altered to the Global and, subsequently, the Television title because, needless to say, Rob Terry was not a legend.

Taz's FTW title? It literally had Taz's name at the top of it.

So legitimately and justifiably irked by this, Sabu, upon capturing the title in December 1998, chose to cover Taz's name with athletic tape and write over it his own name.

No true thought was put into the design of the title, given that it was originally an ECW World Television title duplicate with tape and stickers used to cover aspects of the belt that weren't obligated, such as the word 'television', with an orange strap. If ECW had to go down this avenue for the belt's design, wouldn't a personalised ECW World Heavyweight title have made more sense?

If you thought green-coloured straps were an issue in wrestling, take one glimpse at the shamelessly orange belt and ask yourself what's wrong with a black or white strap? Nothing. They're perfectly fine. The orange was attentive to Taz's mantra, of course, but Sabu's? Brian Cage's? Ricky Starks'? No. It was odious on their shoulders.

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