10 Ways To Make WWE Smackdown A ‘Must-See’ Show Again
9. Reintroduce World Heavyweight Championship
This idea was raised in a recent article exploring the benefits of bringing back the Big Gold Belt, with the notion that its return could boost Smackdown. Barring an elevation of the Intercontinental Championship, the World Heavyweight Championship would present a strong secondary title to fight over. During its previous incarnation, the World Heavyweight Championship seemed to be relegated to Smackdown despite the end of the Brand Extension, which seems fitting since the WHC was the other world title and Smackdown is WWEs B-show. Now might be a good time for the Big Gold Belt to make a return. The WWE World Heavyweight Championship is being defended once a month (at best) by Brock Lesnar on PPV only, and the Beast Incarnate is only appearing on Raw anyway (more on that later). Reintroducing the WHC would create a recognizable world title for wrestlers to fight over, especially on a show like Smackdown, where fans are less likely to see a world title match.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
