WWE Unveils New “Smackdown Live” Championships

 It had been previously reported that “Smackdown Live” would be unveiling new championships following “SummerSlam.” That became a reality on the show tonight.

In the opening of tonight’s “Smackdown Live,” Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan unveiled new titles for the brand’s women’s and tag team divisions. Below is more information from the show recap on WWE.com:

SmackDown Live’s New Era finally has the hardware to match.

Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan kicked off the show with members from the women’s and tag team rosters behind them to both announce and unveil two highly anticipated new championships for each respective division.

Shane-O-Mac and Bryan declared that the SmackDown Women’s Champion would be decided via a Six-Pack Challenge at Backlash on Sept. 11. Team Blue’s new Tag Team Champions would also be decided at Backlash, however the two teams that would fend for the pay-per-view finals would be decided via a tournament that would kick off tonight!

The titles will simply be called the “Smackdown” Women’s Championship, and the “Smackdown” Tag Team championships.

Editor’s Note:

I like the simplicity in the naming of the new titles. Lots of people are going to complain that there is no creativity for the look of the new titles, but for branding purposes, it makes total sense. They’ll be easy to identify as to what show they belong to, while not making one title seem more important than the equivalent title on the opposite brand.

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