There Goes The World's Television Champion

[michaeljackson1978]

I always loved that belt. It was beautiful and unique.

[YacktmanFocused]

He who has the gold makes the rules.

[KICKBOXER27]

WWE should remake the The World Television Championship and have guys like

Daniel Bryan, Justin Gabriel, Kofi Kingston, John Morrison, and Evan Bourne compete for it. What do you guys think about it?

[RSXemperor85]

@KICKBOXER27 I think its a good idea. Bring it back and tie it to the Crockett/WCW legacy like the World title. In fact, I'd have Wade Barrett or Justin Gabriel as the first champ since he's talented but being wasted.

[WillHear432]

Is this not a clinic on how to cut a promo? Talking up other contenders while making himself look good. That's called promoting a product.

[jackrobhp28]

I wish the WWE could watch this and give some of their midcarders the same chance. Just allow them some time and they'll seem important too. And for crying out loud defend the IC and US titles at WM please!! Build it up as an important title.

[ruiner0907]

That is a good looking belt on a good looking champ. These clowns like Cena,Miz and Ken Anderson should take notses from a true great in the ring and on the mic

[DemonKingMMA]

The TV title looks gorgeous, now we've got the WWE title that looks like a fucking toy.

[Natureboy1974]

this tv title means more than the WWE title means right now

[RyanIsOffended]

Tully looks like Ray Liotta.

[don417]

damn, Baby Doll hit every branch of the Ugly Tree on the way down.

[don417]

Baby Doll was one ugly chick.

[briancawt]

tried to talk like flair and dress like flair but allways held the belt up underneath flair remember ladies and gentlemen if yoru not holding the big gold your 2nd best no matter what you tell yourself...wooooo

[JonathanVonErich]

Too bad Tully didn't come back to WCW in december of 89 with Arn....He failed a drug test and his career was basically over....too bad, tully was awesome...

[TheMadStork83]

Damn, this is a good promo. Wrestling definitly lacks this big time today.

[DarkMatchJobber]

I just think the whole dressing business-like,speaking clearly and intelligently and talking into the camera like you are speaking directly to any of the fans watching as well...now that is a champion!

[4life1971]

yeah the tv title had major weight

[bigc1966]

Seeing the WWE mark on this promo makes me sick. Vince ruins everything he touches. This is when wrestling ment something, not like today, it's pure crap.

[raw1981]

I think that the W.W.E. should bring back a form of a TV championship they should call it a media championship not just defended on TV but on the internet during house shows

[chrisz31974]

@raw1981 Ohhhh, that's a good idea! Which means it'll never get used. Good idea though!

[raw1981]

@chrisz31974 vince never listens to his fans when we wanted still tv 14 they changed to tv pg

[jedibaseball]

To keep pace with the times, how bout an Internet Champion, or possibly the YouTube Champion.

[SydneyRico69]

See tha thing tht made NWA/WCW belts so great cause they (tha wrestler's) treated all tha titles like it was tha World title.

[Buckeyecat2002]

JJ Dillon Jr., especially those regulation welding goggles.

[ad1997]

lol welding goggles .dude looked like he should be working in the oil feilds welding tankers

[thefriendsociety]

tully blanchard looks like the leader vampire in an 80s vampire movie

[Dre7Guevara]

@thefriendsociety

LOL

[CadillacL]

Tully was smoothe on the mic.

[ubangistomped]

The Horseman aren't shit without Blanchard.

[Dre7Guevara]

@ubangistomped

he was the GLUE that held the Horsemen 2gether.

[CoryByrd2006]

@Dre7Guevara Do you think Arn Anderson held the group together as much as Blanchard did?

[WrestlingHeretic]

That "weduwannahearit" chant used to crack me up.

[bizzmarky76]

Tully was so coooool, never had to yell and shout just played it cooooooooool.

[Royalston]

never had to yell? ever seen his interviews when he didn't have a belt? he had somethin to yell about then..

[all028]

I always thought the TV belt was the wierdest belt. I remember my high school friends liked it because Tully had to defend it each week on national TV.

To me, it represented nothing...

[TitusVentura]

Hmmmm it was the belt for television maybe?

[QCMAN44]

I have met and talked to Tully. He is now part of the Bill Glass Weekend of

Champions prison ministry that goes

to prisons all over the country.

[satyran]

Tully & Babydoll were the personification of 80's style and cool.

[spitzbully]

Whoah!! sh8t!!! this is Tully Blanchard at the age of 31?? I cant believe how much older he looks than 31 years of age. He lookslike he could be 48 years old. But oh well professional wrestlers dont age well due to their high ammount of anger, stress and steroids. Has anyone seen Tully Blanchard now?? He lookslike he is 70 years old even though he is 54

[getstyle]

thats the good life and the little bit of shame !

[4cornerz]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[bronc30td]

nice.

[wrestlingfan1205]

Tully was one of the best heels ever in pro wrestling. He could really get a crowd to hate him in the ring or out of the ring cutting a promo.

[prairiesix]

One of the few wrestlers who I have only known as a "heel". Steamboat being an example of a "lifelong face" in my memory.

[T74G]

two of the best belts ever..

NWA Worlds TV title

WWF Intercontinental title(third edition, created after Greg Valentine slapped the "Green strap" all over the steel cage..he destoyed that belt)

[hheidihoe]

Was Tully on his way to usher at a wedding?

[cwcyouthguy]

Goooo Dawgs... Sic'em

[sukebechan36]

the TV title belt was money, beautiful!

[humanityimpaled]

Man...Tony looks like a 70's porn star.

[donuts05]

look at that shitkicker moustache on tony

[adrian24]

when midcard titles meant something.

[dp100eboggan]

Yeah! every title had prestige! Even the U.S. tag titles had it's share of great matches.

[rockinpablo]

@adrian24 would you equate the NWA World TV Title to WWF's Intercontinental belt? In terms of what it means for each promotion?

[DocLeggz]

@rockinpablo I wouldn't say it was like the IC belt. It was more like the European belt they introduced later, but at the time it was made out to be like basically another world champion.

[dittohead4life]

@DocLeggz The World TV Belt back then was used so they could have a title match on free tv and safe the world title and us titles for house shows . Back then title matched last 1 hour. Also there where more than one major title show that they could have major champion in the main event of the house shows. Also the TV title was used as a stepping stone it was Sting first single title,

[DocLeggz]

@dittohead4life I never said it wasn't important. In fact, I really think if he had been given another chance in the NWA the TV title would've been a stepping stone to a world title for Tully Blanchard.

[dittohead4life]

@DocLeggz I sorry I thought you were applied it that, but the TV title did fall on the way side on the later days WCW. I do not think Tully would have gotten a shot to carry the world title because of Flair. I like Tully but the Horsemen as well as the NWA at that time was built around Flair during the 80s. To me that was when wrestling was at its best.

[DocLeggz]

@dittohead4life Absolutely it was!

[brtshstel]

Flair and Tully made great heels. They were jerks you loved to hate. But you couldn't resist watching them perform either in the ring or behind a microhone.

[hairbandfan]

Baby doll was 5'11 and hot.

[dp100eboggan]

Blanchard was the man!

[miggy25]

I used to hate Tully Blanchard! LOL...He seemed to ALWAYS be the TV champion...I used to love the TV title belt so much as a kid

[reh629]

so did i. i thought it was the coolest title.

[KameoKid]

Tully Blanchard was one cool motherfucker though! If he never had dipped into drugs he would of had a hell of a career. He looks like he was the Kurt Angle of his time.

[AMART1965]

this idiot was on drugs also???? well I give him credit he lasted a whole lot longer than other druggies

[brtshstel]

he wasn't a druggie like Scott Hall was a druggie. He casually used a little coke from time to time, but he didn't become an addict or anything

[djgreg1200]

That little coke he did caused him to fail a drug test back in 1989 when him and Arn left WWF and came back to NWA. I keep hearing that Flair and Arn have never really fully forgave him for that either.

[Lannis32]

Actually that's false. The WWF was upset that Blanchard had quit, so they sent out to the NWA/WCW that he had failed a drug test.

[jsmoore06]

Tully himself says on The 4 dvd that he failed a drug test. which is why WCW let him go.

[jackd321]

that is true!

[NWAfan]

You are both wrong how could oyu be let go if oyu were never hired.

[Maestrohbill]

It really did in the Four Horsemen. WCW was going to bring it back, but Tully was out, and it cost Arn a ton of $.

I hated Tully, which only means he was good at being a heel.

[hheidihoe]

Nice suit Tully.