Title Change Takes Place On Monday Night Raw

History has been made! There are a lot of titles in WWE and it is easy to see why. With so many wrestlers and two unique rosters, titles are one of the best ways to keep a story going. Just take a title and have some people fight over it for a few months. That works as well as anything else and WWE has done just that on multiple occasions. Now, they are doing it again.

A first title can mean a lot to a wrestler who hasn’t made it to the next level quite yet. It serves as a status symbol and lets the wrestling world know that they are moving up the ladder. Not everyone can win something and it is nice to see someone getting a chance to showcase themselves on a bigger stage. That was the case this week on Monday Night Raw with a new champion crowned.

During this week’s Monday Night Raw, Apollo Crews defeated Andrade to become the new United States Champion with a standing shooting star press. This marks Crews’ first title in the company after debuting on the main roster the night after WrestleMania 32 in 2016. Crews lost a previous title shot earlier this month due to a referee stoppage over a knee injury suffered earlier in the match.

It was a big deal. Check out the title match:

Opinion: This is the kind of thing that they needed to do a good while ago. Andrade had held the title for about five months and hadn’t exactly done much in the first place. It makes sense to give Crews a chance, though it isn’t going to matter who the champion is if they aren’t allowed to treat it like something that mattered. Hopefully WWE changes things up a bit because Crews could be entertaining.

What do you think of Crews as champion? How long will he hold it? 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 30 wrestling books. Get the latest and greatest in professional wrestling news by signing up for our daily email newsletter. Just look below for “GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES” to sign up. Thank you for reading!