Championship Ink: The Best Super Bowl Commemorative Tattoos

Image via Complex Original

Few things are as awesome as fan tattoos.

This year we've seen some terrific stuff —particularly odd Tim Tebow tributes— and with the Super Bowl on the horizon the time is right for revisiting the best Super Bowl commemorative tattoos around. Some teams do it better than others. We can't fault Packers and Steelers fans for being a little bold with their ink.

Other teams don't really challenge, but a few fans try and compete. Players, occassionally, also get in the mix and take on even the most die hard supporter for best team specific tattoo.

Check out some of the great Super Bowl Championship Tattoos.

Pittsburgh Steelers

This one is direct. Simply surround the Lombardi Trophy with the specific Super Bowls won. Nothing unique about the idea, but the idea can't fail. Important in a backpiece.

Pittsburgh Steelers

There is danger in ephermal messages in tattoos. Six-Burgh is a fun nickname, until a seventh Super Bowl title comes. But, wait, the wearer here has smartly placed the exact game in question underneath the primary design. Very wise. Now, future celebratory tattoos can neatly co-exist with this one.

Pittsburgh Steelers

Basing a Super Bowl tattoo off the classic Super Bowl ring is a no lose.

Green Bay Packers

Take standard logo, add trophies, and you've made a solid tattoo design that will stand the test of time. Also, there is some space left for new trophies if they come.

Sam Shields, Green Bay Packers

Yes, Sam Shields has a real Super Bowl ring. Still, we can't fault this tattoo. Classically styled, and therefore an impressively appropriate memorial of his victory, this is simply the best Super Bowl tattoo ever. Shields will have his ring even when teammates go bankrupt and have to toss their jewelery on Ebay with other Super Bowl swag.

San Francisco 49ers

A great example of how to turn a typcial tattoo into a celebratory football tattoo.

Washington Redskins

This guy has the ultimate football fan tattoos. Team logos, check. Super Bow wins, check. Hall of Fame player names, yessir! Add to those Super Bowl wins the autographs of the game's respective MVP's and things get really awesome.

New York Giants

As we've proven, tattoos commemorating multiple Super Bowl wins are best. This Giant fan opts for the classic helmet design, adding the roman numerals for each Super Bowl as memorial to championship seasons.

Indianapolis Colts

Simple, direct, and consistent with team identity, this tattoo is hard to fault.

Detroit Lions

Yup, the Lions were awful in 2005. However, the owner of this tattoo had high hopes before the season began, prematurely inking a celebratory message. While it is ok for children in the Third World to wear t-shirts proclaiming losers victors, that goodwill gesture never extends to tattoos.

Houston Texans

Consider this the most hipster tattoo in NFL history. Ironic, faniciful, and downright ridiculous. Some people suggest this tattoo will curse the team.