WWE SummerSlam 2016 Spoilers: Both Raw & Smackdown Titles To Change As A Result Of Debut Of WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship Belt?

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Spoilers follow.

At tonight’s Summerslam 2016 it looks like WWE Smackdown Live’s existing WWE World Heavyweight Championship belt will be changed as a result of the debut of Raw’s WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship belt.

The new WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship belt for Raw is expected to look like this.

WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship Belt Strap RAW

Meaning that WWE World Heavyweight Championship belt for Smackdown Live will become this…

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Belt Strap SMACKDOWN LIVE

…from this.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Belt Strap current white

More here. Plus it looks like TNA also has the new title itch here.

We’ll see how this WWE belt business all pans out tonight and this week on Raw and Smackdown Live! Not sure if it’s best for business for two supposed competing brands to have similar looking top titles. I’m 50-50 on whether this will come to pass despite the solid source. Nonetheless, we only have a few hours to go to find out!

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