Backstage Update on WWE Retiring the “Big Gold” Championship Belt, Changes Being Made to Existing Belt

July 20, 2014

big gold championship belt According to PWInsider.com, when John Cena handed Ric Flair the “Big Gold” belt on WWE Raw last week, it was indeed WWE’s way of quietly retiring the Championship belt.

As we reported earlier today, WWE has ordered new plates for the WWE Title belt, which will feature the new company logo, and this is the reason why WWE decided to retire the Big Gold belt. The company will be using the new WWE logo, which is the same as the Network logo, beginning the night after WWE SummerSlam.

When WWE unified the titles last year, the original idea was to use just one belt, for whatever reason the company decided to go with both belts, up until last week.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.