The Last Of The Real Championships March 4, 2005 by Jacob Kuhn
Just recently I was reading about the upcoming match between NWA
World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett and his challenger,
Diamond Dallas Page. Being totally aware that most of the
information found on websites are rumors, I still found a bit of
information that disturbed me. In this article, I found one of
the main reasons that wrestling title belts don't mean as much
as they used to.  Back in the Kayfabe era, the titles meant more
because we let ourselves believe it. There was no Internet for
spreading rumors. Insiders didn't leak out information or
spoilers. Promoters would do everything they could to sell their
product as the real thing. Even though many of us knew it was
fixed, we were allowed to not let that influence our view of pro
wrestling. Therefore, whenever a wrestler won or defended a
title, it meant something. It meant something because we let
ourselves think that the belt was actually decided in a
wrestling match.  So, when I wa