World Wrestling Entertainment or better known by fans as WWE, is a space promoting professional wrestlers and we have got championship belts as well; our topic today is “are the WWE belts made of real gold?”, well, we are about to find out.
The promotion started off as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation back in 1953 and has since then gone through quite a transformation before finally stopping at its final stop, WWE in 2002.
The promotion has since gained quite a dedicated fandom, even branching out and expanding the name into other fields like video games, films, action figures, and other similar ventures. With its headquarters located in Connecticut, the brand name WWE is divided into two touring groups, Raw and Smackdown.
The promotion has a rich and expanded history that spans over seventy years of iconic fights and controversies and has given fans a plethora of fighters, all in it for the final reward, the legendary WWE belts. If you have been a fan and followed the fights on television, you would know that with each round between the players, all they have to do is make sure their opponent remains pinned to the ground for at least three seconds, or they voluntarily submit to the other.
The WWE is known to be one of the most historic fight championships, and the belts which the promotion offers as a prize to the winning champion have also become a popular symbol that fans associate with the brand. The belts, as fans would know, are called the WWE Championship belts, and the professional fighter who is holding the WWE championship belt currently, is Roman Reigns.
We are sure while watching the fights and the winner taking the belt as a prize, you must have wondered about the studded belt, that looks too heavy and too golden; so if you are curious to find out whether or not the WWE belts are made of gold or not then continue scrolling till the end.
Are WWE Belts Real Gold?
While we have all fantasized about holding the belt and wearing it proudly on our shoulders just like the wrestlers do, the answer to the question of whether it is made of actual gold or not is all that simple. The belt itself has gone through a lot of different variations, and there is also not just one type of belt.
The different lineages of the championship promotion had different belts, and it started with WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1963. A very Americanised belt that Buddy Rogers defended, and it was kept the same with only a few minor differences till 1971. From here on, the belt remained had a change of logo and color, but it still read WWWF on it.
Ever since its introduction, the belts have gone through several major and minor changes, and at times even being designed in a custom manner to match the reigning champions. To answer the question: are these championship belts made of gold? We will have to say, yes, but not all of it.
The belt has quite a few elements in it that have been carefully designed, including its thick leather strap, which is said to have been made out of pure leather, the side plates which surround the huge decorative center plate, and whatever the present logo maybe in use at the center of the belt along with tiny gems placed as details around it.
The side plates on the belt are apparently made of tin, a silvery-white metal that gets plated gold to match the centerpiece of the belt. The center of the belt has parts that are made out of aluminum which is plated with real gold. The center part of the belt is the only one that is plated with real gold, as we assume making the entire belt out of pure gold would probably be too costly.
The plate is also full of diamond-looking gems that cover its entirety, making it shine super bright, but we can assure you that they are not actual diamonds; they would require hundreds of them just to cover one belt, which is, again, unreal. Instead of placing actual small diamonds on the belt, they use cubic zirconia, which happens to be an artificial crystal that just looks like a diamond in its hardness, color, and refraction.
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