7 Reasons Why Lucha Underground Is Way Better Than WWE

5. A Title With Some Meaning

Lucha Underground has been running since October last year, but we have only just now seen the first Champion crowned within the company? Why? Because unlike the WWE championship which is disparagingly referred to as €˜just a prop€™, Lucha Underground has invested storytelling time and phenomenal in ring action to have the viewers at home invested in the idea that their belt actually means something. When the young Prince Puma, one of the most mind blowing wrestlers to have ever stepped foot in an American ring, came away with the gold after winning the incredible Aztec Warfare match a few weeks ago, both the audience at home, and the wrestler himself, were rewarded by seeing a meaningful accomplishment undertaken, and a young man who deserves elevation to the top of the company receiving this validation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iofrAojiGSY WWE is flooded with belts, and the one thing common with all of them is that they don€™t mean a damn thing. The Intercontinental belt, once one of the most respected and prestigious in all of wrestling, has become a running joke amongst wrestling fans who know that the wrestler unlucky enough to win it, is going to be buried very shortly. Wade Barrett is the unlucky soul in this predicament at the moment €“ he won the title from Dolph Ziggler (whose own historic reign lasted a whopping five weeks) and within a fortnight he was jobbing to NXT talent and the guy with the worse PPV record of 2014. And then of course there has been the disaster of Brock Lesnar€™s current title run where we have seen the belt defended twice in six months, and the title all but forgotten about in the rush to try and put Triple H and Stephanie in the spotlight like its 1999 all over again. Lucha Underground has one belt that has already had more unbelievable action produced in pursuit of it, than WWE will produce all year. Belts aren€™t props €“ they are supposed to symbolise excellence and reward the person who has shown they can be the face of the company. And Prince Puma holding the Lucha Underground title is a perfect example of how belts can be used to elevate deserving talent and build franchise players that fans love and talent aspires to be.