NXT North American Championship belt for the WWE.

[JRLeather2]

A belt I tooled for Wildcat belts...

[Ferg]

Beautiful work. Take physical photos and put them in a safe deposit box.Your grandkids won't believe it 10 years down the road. LOL

 

Ferg

[Rolandranch]

Okay, I have a question about those belts... Do they really have buckles? Because I've never seen them actually worn... just hung over shoulders. 

-Ryan

[Bodean]

Awesome

[JRLeather2]

38 minutes ago, Rolandranch said:

Okay, I have a question about those belts... Do they really have buckles? Because I've never seen them actually worn... just hung over shoulders. 

-Ryan

Almost always a double row of snaps on each end...

[Bodean]

According to an article I read, the champ is going to be decided Saturday. Is it gonna be ready, lol?

[JMixx]

I hope they have the decency to treat it with the respect that fine craftsmanship deserves.  I've lost count of how many times I watched them whack each other with the belt.  Of course, that was "the old days," with Rowdy Roddy Piper (RIP), the Nature Boy Ric Flair, the Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Ole and Gene), Ricky Steamboat, Chief Wahoo McDaniel (honestly, is there really a Native American with the name "McDaniel"?), the Russian Bear Ivan Koloff, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka... surprising how many I remember lo these 37 years later...  It was a fun way to get all worked up over nothing.

Nice work, and thanks for the memories!  

[Mattsbagger]

I remember the AWA in Green Bay. We stayed up late on Saturday night to watch ir.

[Brokenolmarine]

Looks Great.  My grandfather was a huge wrestling fan in Tampa when I was a kid in the 60s. He  would take me to the Armory to see the heroes and Villains of the day in person.  Jack and Jerry Brisco, Boris Malinko, Pak Song, and the rest.  The Championship Belts looked Priceless from the cheap seats when you're age is expressed in single digits.

I agree with the previous poster, make quality copies and put them away, the grandkids and great grandkids would be impressed.

Edited September 4 by Brokenolmarine

[1961Mike]

Hi

The belt looks great.  I've been to see wrestling at Kiel Opera House in StL back in the late 1960's or early 1970's.  I think the Von Eric brothers were there, but I don't know which ones.  If  you go see wrestling live, don't get in the front rows.  The audience is MUCH more entertaining than the wrestlers.  I was no older than a Freshman in High school, but we could smell weed.  We finally worked out who it was, a 60 plus year old lady in tight polyester pants and a gray bee hive hairdo with a long cigarette holder.  Yes, this was when you could smoke ANYWHERE in public.  There were at least 5 to 7 matches, an older guy (now my age) was yelling "we wanna see some blood, we don't wanna watch you make love."  He was hoarse by the 4th match.

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