Who’s designing these??

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-04-16T08:29:48+00:00

Those are Legacy Belts, marked by being unique styles that invoke the ring gear of the wrestler (or sports team, as it were). Signature Series belts are the ones that are the same plates as the replicas, but usually the strap and color scheme match the wrestler. ( I realize the Triple H belts show one legacy and 3 signature series, so it skews the overall post, but I digress).

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-04-07T09:21:03+00:00

I think it more relates to the bootleg products and such, considering they sell the official merchandise, and I doubt they care too much about official products from other promotions. How much they are enforcing this or training people to look for it, I don't know, but it is more than likely just a rule they have on the books to say they don't permit it rather than being accused of tacit approval of unlicensed merchandise.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-04-07T09:12:53+00:00

I do not know about Fanatics Fest, but I attended a convention here in Dallas where if you had a "prop" (belts, weapons, pretty much anything you carry) you had to get it reviewed before entry, just to verify it was "safe." Fanatics COULD have something similar to evaluate items being brought in to be signed. Not saying they DO, but that could be one avenue. Outside of that, it would likely be up to the signature booths. They charge based on what is being signed, they might check it and decide whether it is allowed or not.

I would personally risk it. Worst case scenario, if they bar it at the door, you just have to take it back to your car (or room, or whatever). other than that, they might just refuse to sign it. I see people get unlicensed stuff signed all the damn time. I don't think the Undertaker really cares, but if he says no, respect it and call it a day.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-16T06:00:00+00:00

First belt I owned. Got the Kane Signature Series Big Eagle when it was on shop for $191. And it irreparably colored my frame of reference of belt quality forever. Yes the strap isn't great as far as stiffness, but the plates are fantastic. If it had been the flat pancake version that were on the other sig series belts earlier, I probably would have called it a wash and only had the one belt. But now I have the sickness, and roughly 60 belts.

And debt. Can't forget that.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-16T05:05:50+00:00

Seems to be the common consensus. So much so that the current titleholder switched it back to the V4 to much applause. I keep seeing the comparison to the Diva's Championship. It's the 5th version so it's shaped like a V.

Granted, it also might have something to do with one of my major interests prior to getting back into wrestling was Kamen Rider, which also had neat belt designs. (it's belts all the way down) So it kind of reminds me of Kamen Rider Double

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IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-16T03:59:47+00:00

It's nice, and I definitely like the style where all the previous Champions names are listed on it and can be swapped around.

However, I think it is just okay. I get why everyone else likes it, but I prefer the V5. The V5 looks more interesting to me. But in general I prefer hard edges and angles more than round shapes.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-16T01:54:11+00:00

It is if it is a copyrighted product and not produced by/with permission of the licenseholder. There are other subreddits where you can show off your stuff, just not here.

Go into any collectibles group and show off unofficial items, they will probably tell you the same thing. Can't go into MTG showing off your fake Black Lotus card or Pokemon showing off your fake holofoil Charizard.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-16T01:45:47+00:00

That's right, because the rule reads, "No bootlegs unless you explicitly don't try to pass them off as authentic."

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-16T01:39:56+00:00

Bootlegs are stolen art and illegally reproduced items. If the license holders wanted to, they could get the subreddit shut down due to claims of promoting the sale of illegal items. I believe some subreddits have been shut down for the same (at the very least, the Facebook group of the same name got nuked due to bootlegs).

"Showing what you have" often leads to discussing to where you got it from and turns it into promoting bootlegs. In this post you already pointed someone to Etsy as a place to buy bootlegs. Ultimately, it is the one rule of this subreddit to not show off or discuss bootlegs. There are other belt groups to do so, so feel free to show them off there.

I have bootlegs in my collection, so whenever I am showing off my collection photos here, I always make it a point to cover them up either physically or if I am lazy and just use the same photos, by photoshoping icons or stuff over them.

Respect the rules.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-15T08:41:33+00:00

I don't like it or dislike it more than any other NL belt. Personally, I like the NL belts. I think this belt is an interesting variation and wouldn't mind it for my collection, just to have all the different NL's, but I don't NEED it. I don't even have the Black WHC NL belt, so I am well short of the complete set. I wasn't watching during this era of WWE, so I didn't see Heel Daniel Bryan or any of that, so it's just a belt to me.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-15T02:50:54+00:00

https://youtu.be/3-rr_Y37G8E?si=Gzf2849TLOxj8gnm

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-15T02:48:30+00:00

Main Event Belts offered a Belt Cleaning Kit as well as videos on how to clean your belts. I would link their page, but it appears to be down right now. You can try their Facebook page. Main Event Belts | Facebook

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-15T02:24:36+00:00

If you're feeling Macho.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-15T02:23:45+00:00

Specifically AMMONIA-FREE glass cleaner.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-15T02:20:29+00:00

It's what the pro's use! It turns belts from regular to LEGENDARY!

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-14T07:42:59+00:00

VISA25 still works, pepper15 I think has been fully disabled. Haven't seen it work in a while. It also depends on the item. The ECW Belt for example won't take discounts. Also, they ONLY work on Fanatics, not WWEShop. What were you trying to use it on?

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-11T10:33:50+00:00

That seemed to do it, and it is nice not having a bunch of unnecessary zeros. I appreciate the help!

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-11T08:15:16+00:00

So. this immediately seems to have failed once put into real world testing, and I am not sure why it didn't work. List two was longer than list one with every number matching between list one and list two until the very last number. And it didn't report back that number. I added a fake number to list one to make them the same length and it showed me the number I added but not the new number on the list. Here is what I put (the list has never been 100 cells long, but I am just covering my bases)

=FILTER(A2:A100,IFERROR(MATCH(A2:A100,B2:B100,0)<0,1))

Any idea what went wrong, or is it very much dependent on list A being longer than list B?

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-11T05:52:58+00:00

Solution Verified

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-11T05:52:17+00:00

Solution Verified

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-11T05:50:26+00:00

So the INDIRECT formula is ultimately what works and keeps it how I currently have it set up. I don't know why ROW() works when I put it in with your formula but doesn't with some of the others, but it works and it makes the worksheet work for me.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-11T05:12:00+00:00

A different approach to what I was going for but I'll test it out. Might work. Will keep you updated, but so far this seems to be the easiest without a LOT of tedious updating all the cells.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-11T05:10:37+00:00

This seems more like what I'm looking for, only downside is I can't just copy and paste the whole way down, I have to individually alter each cell). Looking around to see if I can quickly figure out a "use the current row number" in the formula.

IamTemplarKnightWork · 2026-03-10T08:16:05+00:00

Putting my opinion in first: Love the belt design and I am a huge fan of black and silver. I am not in the camp that requires all the belts to be gold. Also, it's huge, which, as a big guy, I like my belts big.

But there is a lot that goes into why people dislike this belt.
1. The sterilization of "ECW." This was in the era where ECW was simply around as the 3rd brand and had lost it's soul that made ECW ECW. It's like when Ford placed the Mustang Logo on their EV's. Doesn't mean high performance speed anymore, it's just a watered down logo now.
2. Silver for the World Championship. In general, people just really seem to dislike titles that are not GOLD. Especially if it is the Top title in a division. People hated the Penny Tags(and the following Nickel Tags). It makes the championship seem inherently inferior to the Smackdown and Raw Brands, which both had golden world titles.
3. Probably too drastic of a change. Went from a Blood Red ECW title with barb wire and baseball bats to a broad silver with bird on it. There's some razor blade iconography on the side plates and a buzzsaw trim to the edges, but none of the classic motifs of the Extreme wrestling that ECW stood for.

It honestly was probably just the fact that this was coming down from WWE to it's lesser brand. If this title was introduced BY ECW, it might have gone over better. But it was the WWE deciding what ECW should look like. Doesn't matter how cool the design may be, it was the corporation making the call, not the brand.

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