What Were The Original Plans For The Women’s Tag Team Titles?

So that’s what they were going to do? Last week on Monday Night Raw, Vince McMahon (as Santa Claus) officially announced the Women’s Tag Team Titles. While long rumored, this was the first time the titles had been officially mentioned on WWE TV. We didn’t get an exact launch date for the titles but it should be in the near future. However, it turns out they almost had a different history.

According to title belt maker Belts By Dan, the titles were originally going to be introduced back around Summerslam but WWE didn’t like the design and dropped the idea for the time. While it isn’t clear how they would have gotten the titles, the plans called for Sasha Banks and Bayley to become the first champions. The two have since talked about wanting to be the first Women’s Tag Team Champions.

Thanks to @TheTopBananaDW and @HazardF5 for sending me these caps before original post was deleted. I asked around a little and this is what I was told: pic.twitter.com/mzVZHTyOht

— Dan Beltzer (@BeltFanDan) January 4, 2019

That’s not what history says. Rather than seeing the announcement again, check out a match for the original WWF Women’s Tag Team Titles:

The Jumping Bomb Angels vs. The Glamour Girls: Prime Time Wrestling, Aug. 8, 1987

Opinion: This wouldn’t surprise me at all as the titles have been rumored for a long time now. I’m not sure why they haven’t been delayed but WWE not liking the designs of the titles wouldn’t be shocking. They can be very picky about things like that and if it affects the amount of replica title belts they sell, changing things up wouldn’t be shocking. Hopefully the new belts work better and we get to see them quickly.

Do you like the idea of new titles? Who do you want as the first champions? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 1997 Monday Night Raw Reviews.

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