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WWE to send WWE Championship title belts to Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw

    by Vaughn Johnson
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Detroit Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw were named the 2013 Cy Young winners in their respective leagues Wednesday night.

Upon the announcements, Major League Baseball tweeted out digital renderings of the WWE Championship, but customized to reflect Scherzer's and Kershaw's accomplishment.

.@Max_Scherzer wins the Cy Young Award. @Max_Scherzer gets a belt: pic.twitter.com/X6d4DzqqaW
.@ClaytonKersh22 wins the Cy Young Award. @ClaytonKersh22 gets a belt: pic.twitter.com/zQMZEQvdC1

The head honcho over in Stamford, Conn., Vince McMahon, took notice and tweeted that Scherzer and Kershaw will each be receiving the real title belt for being the two best pitchers in baseball.

.@WWE will send the real thing to @MLB Cy Young Awards winners @Max_Scherzer and @ClaytonKersh22 pic.twitter.com/TAoa50rk0v

WWE COO Triple H was not available to comment on whether or not this was good for business.

Scherzer and Kershaw will join Boston's David Ortiz as recent baseball players to receive the WWE title.

Massachusetts native John Cena sent him one after the Red Sox won the World Series last month.