The WWE still holds three men’s world belts, following WrestleMania.

Despite recent changes in the wrestling landscape following WrestleMania, WWE currently maintains three world championships in its men’s division.

Cody Rhodes became the undisputed WWE Universal Champion by defeating Roman Reigns at WrestleMania this past Sunday, while Damian Priest secured the World Heavyweight Championship at the same event. However, Rhodes possesses two of WWE’s three men’s world titles.

Despite being combined under a single belt, the WWE and Universal Championships maintain unique lineages, as demonstrated by WWE’s championship history on its website. At WrestleMania 38 in 2022, Reigns unified the titles by defeating then-WWE Champion Brock Lesnar, uniting the top men’s championships for Raw and SmackDown.

Reigns held both belts for over a year and a half until last summer, when he acquired a single strap, crowning him as the uncontested Universal Champion.

However, once Reigns’ part-time position became troublesome, WWE could have separated one of his belts, as witnessed at this year’s WrestleMania with the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team titles. Instead, WWE produced a third global championship last spring, won by Seth Rollins in a competition.

Given that Reigns was in the middle of a historic run with the Universal Championship, with his total tenure with the gold ending at 1,316 days, most assumed that WWE would discreetly retire the championship once he lost it. But that’s not the case, at least for now. It’s unknown if—or when—WWWE will handle its trio of top titles.

Meanwhile, Rhodes bears the belt that symbolizes two championships folded into one. He debuted on Raw this week with the Undisputed Universal Championship, complete with personalized side plates sporting his American Nightmare logo. But if Rhodes were to have his way, the design of that belt might change.

Rhodes has always been a fan of the WWE Championship belt known as the Winged Eagle belt, which the business utilized from 1988 to 1998 and is connected with wrestling luminaries like Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, and Shawn Michaels. Previously, Rhodes had shown a desire to bring back that design if he ever became champion.

However, in a recent interview on The Pat McAfee Show, he appeared to backtrack on his previous statement, saying that he now had a different perspective and recognized the value associated with the present design.

As supporters began to chant for him to bring back the traditional look, Rhodes responded, “I’m not in charge of anything. Triple H is in charge of things, but you guys are damn correct, the Winged Eagle.”