#5. "Smoking Skull" Belt (1998-1999) 3 of 7. WWE had a new belt made in 1998 that was given to Steve Austin the night after he first won it at WrestleMania 14.

In the same vein as Steve Austin's Smoking Skull title design to be featured later in this list, The Rock had a custom belt made with his Brahma Bull iconography.

I hated when Stone Cold [Steve Austin] had the smoking skull belt. Yeah it was cool, but all of a sudden the WWE Championship with all its history now is customized to one guy,” Graves says. ...

Steve Austin received the "Smoking Skull" belt back when he was WWE Champion in 1998. He recalled how special it was, and how it did not bother anyone else in the locker oom. Ad.

During 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's legendary run as WWF Champion in 1998, many fans received with fondness the unsanctioned introduction of the "Smoking Skull Belt" following the Fully Loaded PPV.

WWE just released a brand new championship belt... but a new report has revealed the secret, scrapped storyline it was ...

Though iconic now, the ‘Smoking Skull Belt’ has been through a somewhat rough time since its inception; once being flung off a bridge into a river in Detroit by an incensed Rock during a 1999 ...

Austin would debut his customized "Smoking Skull" version of the WWF Title belt only to have Rock steal it from him. Rock lured Austin to a bridge in Detroit, Michigan to get his belt back and the ...

Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock had been feuding in the late 1990s over the WWE championship. At the time, the company had introduced the Smoking Skull belt to resonate with Austin's onscreen ...

I hated when Stone Cold Steve Austin had the smoking skull belt. Yeah it was cool, but all of a sudden the WWE Championship with all its history now is customized to one guy,” Graves says.' ...

I hated when Stone Cold had the smoking skull belt. Yeah it was cool, but all of a sudden the WWE Championship with all its history now is customized to one guy." ...