What is it with the wrestling belt replicas?

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

Listening to George Floyd family attorney on wolf he had one behind him. I see football and baseball players with them btw real sports

I just looked on ebay some are damn expensive

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

1. As an old school wrestling fan,

my personal favorite was the NWA World Television Championship belt. Originally, it was the NWA National Television Championship which was a pretty cool belt, also.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

3. The first set of belts tag team championship

The anderson's wore in mid 70s my fave not flashy but nice.

[Demovictory9]

7. pic

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

10. Now THAT'S a championship belt!

They had some good champions, also. Heels like Jake Roberts and Arn Anderson and faces like Ronnie Garvin and Tommy Rich.

[rsdsharp]

8. As a kid, I remember Verne Gagne as Heavyweight World Champion

(Omaha Division).

[dweller]

2. Do they come

with the matching purse ?

✌🏻

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

4. Lol

Kudos

[2naSalit]

5. Doesn't boxing have them too?

Perhaps it was a boxing belt that the guy actually won?

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Pretty Sure That Boxing Belts

...predate wrestling belts. Not by a lot, but I've seem pictures of Marciano with that type of belt in the late 40s. Wrestling probably appropriated the idea when they became a TV staple a few years later.
They've become so ubiquitous for championships that there is a belt for Tournament of Champions on The Food Network, and for the All-Star championship on Guy's Grocery Games!
I'm not that big on the idea, but it's definitely a thing.

[XanaDUer2]

11. Is that what that was? Nt