Just to add to my first post - You guys reminded me with the subject of wrestling...

I used to be a big fan when I was younger - The stories were well written, charachters were bold and belts meant a lot, even though it was "sports entertainment". (I'm talking about the 1998-2002'ish period)

The reason this is relevant is that back then WWE could sell out 20'000 seat arena's weekly and I imagine (but don't know for sure) that they did better ppv sales too. Anyone flicked through recently on some WWE? They're lucky to get 4'000-5'000 in attendance.

Why is this? It relates back to boxing. Since WWE aquired ECW and WCW there are now too many belts! Too many world champions, too many different rosters of wrestlers and too many "promotions" (even though they're under the same company).

WWE has split it's roster 3 ways and given each roster/TV show 4 or 5 different belts. The public don't know what the hell is going on anymore, nor do they care.

So, there is obviously a case for having ONE show, belt and organization shown by the WWE's business model! I hear they only really make money through their international tours these days

For the good of the sport of boxing, it would be perfect to have one body - For the good of greedy individuals? Not so much..so I don't really see it changing in the near future.