Booker T Defends WWE World Heavyweight Title Despite Criticism

WWE is always looking to try something new so that fans can stay engaged with the product. That is why the company introduced the WWE World Heavyweight Championship last month. The new champion will be crowned at Night Of Champions on May 27th. Despite criticism, it appears that Booker T believes the title is good for everybody.

The title was introduced because Triple H felt fans deserved a champion who would appear regularly on WWE television, as opposed to Roman Reigns’ sporadic schedule all the time.

Despite what WWE thought, many fans felt there was simply no need for a new title, as the company simply should have split up Roman Reign’s titles by having him drop the WWE Championship to Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39.

While speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T defended the new World Heavyweight Championship. Booker T stated that the title is good for everyone and doesn’t look at it as a secondary title.

I don’t look at it that way, I just don’t, I just can’t, you know, find myself looking at the title being a secondary title or anything like that.

I think pulling the trigger and separating the championship and making, you know, one (for one) brand, one for the other, I think that’s good for everybody. People saying that this is a secondary championship, they’ve never been in that position where they were bestowed upon them the title of champion.

World champion. That right there for a young kid in this business is something that he dreams of forever.”

A series of matches took place to determine who would go on to compete at Night Of Champions from the RAW side. Seth Rollins won all of his matches and is now in the finals of the tournament. We’ll have to wait and see who will end up squaring off against Rollins from the Smackdown side on May 27th.

What do you think of what Booker T said? Do you agree the title isn’t just a secondary title? Let us know in the comments!