WWE took another step towards incorporating the 205 Live brand under NXT when they introduced a new belt for the Cruiserweight Championship.
The belt was introduced on Saturday night during the Worlds Collide pre-show when Triple H and William Regal handed the new NXT Championship to the then champion Angel Garza:
Ahead of #WorldsCollide, @TripleH and #NXT GM William Regal present @AngelGarzaWwe with the newly redesigned #NXTCruiserweightChampionship! pic.twitter.com/ukY3ZLLN3U
— WWE (@WWE) January 25, 2020
Though this wasn’t the only change that took effect during the night and the company also quietly updated the names of the Women’s title during the show.
It was reported recently that the officials would be removing gender-specific words from the title names and this change was seen in effect during the show.
The commentators referred to Kay Lee Ray as the NXT UK champion during the pre show of the event and it was confirmed that NXT has removed the term women from the titles when they showed the following graphic for the match between Rhea Ripley and Toni Storm:
This match can't come soon enough.@RheaRipley_WWE @tonistorm_ #WorldsCollide pic.twitter.com/dBlKBLKkem
— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) January 25, 2020