Hours prior to their Redemption pay-per-view (PPV) tonight (Apr. 22), Impact decided to get a little buzz going by unveiling all new championship title belts.
Take a look, starting with the Impact world championship:
Introducing the brand new IMPACT World Championship. #Redemption18 pic.twitter.com/28ECTXffYX
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) April 22, 2018
Then there’s the Knockouts title, that has a thinner design than the prior one:
Introducing the brand new IMPACT Knockouts Championship. #Redemption pic.twitter.com/I3ARbI3LC5
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) April 22, 2018
The X Division championship is a similar shape to the world title but has a big X on it:
Introducing the brand new IMPACT X-Division Championship. #Redemption pic.twitter.com/jpmB0dukQP
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) April 22, 2018
Then there’s the tag team championships, which have a tall, thinner shape.
Introducing the brand new IMPACT World Tag Team Championships. #Redemption pic.twitter.com/kdiKCMsH2q
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) April 22, 2018
The Grand Championship did not get a new design, lending credence to the likelihood it’s getting phased out.
Impact actually introduced new titles just last summer, but all of those had the GFW logo on them when GFW and Impact were all one thing. However, not too long after that, Impact parted ways with Jeff Jarrett in GFW. They altered the titles by slapping an “Impact” logo over the GFW one, but it looked cheap.
Now they have a new championship design for the new era.
My favorite part of these is the “Find the owl” game you can play since there’s an owl on each one. The owl is the Anthem Sports mascot which is why they’re on each belt. That or Batman villain the Court of Owls are somehow controlling Impact. Either one.
What do you think of the new titles? Let us know below and you can find the results of the Redemption PPV here.