Discussion: Have Titles Become Devalued In The WWE?

The WWE has made a habit out of playing hot potato with their titles. Last night at the Elimination Chamber, the WWE Championship and the Smackdown Women’s Championship changed hands. Bray Wyatt became the new WWE Champion and Naomi became the new Smackdown Women’s Champion. Both Naomi and Bray Wyatt captured their first single’s titles last night. Wyatt was the Smackdown Tag Team Champion recently but has never held a major title in the WWE until last night.

Alexa Bliss captured the Smackdown Women’s Championship on December 4th, 2016, at WWE TLC. She defeated Becky Lynch in a Tables Match. John Cena won the WWE Championship two weeks ago at the Royal Rumble. Cena defeated AJ Styles in a terrific match and tied Ric Flair’s record for most WWE / World Heavyweigh Championships. Many people were pissed off that Styles lost the title in the first place.

The WWE has seemingly made the decision that the amount of titles won means more than the title reign itself. Cena is now regarded as the 16x WWE Champion but his latest title reign amounted to nothing. Alexa Bliss only held the Smackdown Women’s Championship for two months and just dropped it to Naomi. She had a feud with Becky Lynch, emerged victorious thanks to Mickie James and then immediately dropped the belt. Charlotte and Sasha Banks spent several months trading the Raw Women’s Championship back and forth. Neither of them were given a legitimate title reign. Charlotte has held the title for a bit now but she still routinely loses non-title matches on Raw.

It feels like titles in the WWE have never meant less than they do now. Kevin Owens is currently the Universal Champion but nobody takes him seriously. He has relied on Chris Jericho to keep the title. He never wins a match on his own. Owens will now defend his Universal Championship at WWE Fastlane and everyone knows how that will play out. The only question is whether Brock Lesnar will interfere in the match or not. There is no way Kevin Owens will even put up a fight against Goldberg if nobody interferes. If Goldberg does win the Universal Championship at WWE Fastlane, he will then most likely lose it a month later to Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania.

Discussion: Do you think that titles have become devalued in the WWE? Share your thoughts in the comments below.