Anatomy of a Wrestling Belt Maker

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Championship belt maker Dave Millican is the man behind the Chris Jericho Rock & Wrestling Rager at Sea Four Leaf Clove limited-edition championship belt! He’s also the Ace of Belts maker behind title belts for AEW, WWE, Jerry Lawler, UFC, The Rock, and Steve Austin. He’s got plenty of stories about each of the belts he’s made along with some interesting details about belts he’s done for Madonna and Mack Trucks! Dave talks about his start in the business including the first belt he ever made for himself and the first belt he constructed for someone else. He talks about meeting the man who became his mentor, legendary belt maker Reggie Parks, and the best advice Reggie gave him. Dave explains belt design and construction, how to spot a fake from the real thing, and even shares a couple of his all-time favorite title belts. Please support our sponsors! FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use promo code JERICHO to get $150 in FREE bets when you place your first $5 bet. Pandora: Find a gift as unique as your love! Visit a store near you or shop online at https://us.pandora.net/ Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho Toyota: Visit https://toyota.com/GRFamily to find your perfect Toyota! Cynch: download the Cynch app or go https://www.cynch.com/ and get your first tank exchange for $10 with code JERICHO. Bosch Tools: learn more at https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/ SlingTV: check out https://www.sling.com/ for special offers STAY CONNECTED: TikTok: @TalkIsJericho Instagram: @talkisjericho @chrisjerichofozzy Twitter: @TalkIsJericho @IAmJericho YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisJerichoFozzy https://www.webisjericho.com/

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0:00.0	I'm waiting to talk to this guy for a while now.
0:17.6	Dave Milliken, who is the championship belt maker extraordinaire.
0:25.0	And what an interesting vocation to be in Dave.
0:29.5	Tell us a little bit about how that even started in the first place.
0:32.0	Chris, I'll tell you, I grew up just outside of Memphis Tennessee.
0:38.9	And I grew up in a time when you couldn't just go hop online and get a WWE or an AEW replica
0:45.3	championship belt.
0:46.3	So if you wanted something, you had to make it.
0:49.9	And those early materials were...
0:52.4	Oh, that's...
0:55.4	We're talking about some cardboard here.
0:57.4	Oh, sure.
0:58.4	Everybody that was a wrestling fan made the cardboard wrestling belt for sure.
1:01.4	I had one too.
1:02.4	Absolutely how it started.
1:03.4	And we just kept going with it.
1:05.4	And the materials got a little better.
1:08.4	And that's really it.
1:10.4	I mean, that was how it got started as far as on the grassroots level.
1:15.4	And then as...
1:16.4	I got...
1:17.4	I wanted it to be better.
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