Gummydavidson
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Post by Gummydavidson on Jan 22, 2010 16:18:05 GMT -5
I thought the Hardcore Title. It gave the lower midcard guys something to do and it gave us some fun matches over the years.
What did everyone else think of the title?
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Post by Ridley on Jan 22, 2010 16:21:54 GMT -5
My favourite belt.
And I still think the ECW title should always be decided under Extreeeeeeme Rules.
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Mesousa
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Post by Mesousa on Jan 22, 2010 16:23:34 GMT -5
HUUUUUGE fan of that title. In fact, I witnessed matches such as Al Snow vs Hardcore Holly, the one where they literally fought in the freaking Mississippi River, as well as Al Snow's fight with Big Bossman, where they literally fought on the streets. I wonder how WWF at the time pyed for the ruckus?
The 24/7 thing made the title a whole lot funner, but at 2002, they kinda made a title overrated by having so many title changes. They even did that on the live shows.
And of course, my avatar has the best match of WM X-Seven, with one of the most underated spots ever.
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Magician under the moonlight
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Post by Magician under the moonlight on Jan 22, 2010 16:57:59 GMT -5
It was cool and all but it became more like a game of cat and mouse with a title with the 24/7 rule. Id did give us a lot of great moments. though.
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Jan 22, 2010 17:01:32 GMT -5
i'd be all for them bringing it back, was fun to see most of the time, gave mid carders something to do and was good for throw away comedy spots.
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Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 22, 2010 17:01:44 GMT -5
That title was a complete joke before Van Dam made it a legit championship by having actual matches rather than backstage clusterf***s. I completely lost interest in the belt once they moved it away from him.
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Beav
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Post by Beav on Jan 22, 2010 17:46:51 GMT -5
I think Santino would make a great 24/7 champion.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Jan 22, 2010 17:49:56 GMT -5
It made for some fun garbage wrestling in the beginning. Then when they created the 24/7 rule, it just became an annoyance, as it got pinballed around and title runs became worthless.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2010 17:51:35 GMT -5
I'm not sure if he ever had it, but I think they missed out on having Val Venis as Hardcore champion, he could have had a shirt that said: "Val Venis. Hardcore. 24/7/365"
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Gummydavidson
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Post by Gummydavidson on Jan 22, 2010 18:55:15 GMT -5
Gerry Brisco was a very entertaining hardcore champ minus the evening gown match with Pat Patterson lol
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Post by Ryushinku on Jan 22, 2010 19:29:35 GMT -5
It was fun, at times, though other times it was a pretty dull way to get some garbage brawling in.
I liked the Crash Holly cartoony reign, the Kiddy Land brawl in particular, and Raven's fairly successful attempt to get it back to its roots a bit in 2001.
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Post by Mesousa on Jan 22, 2010 19:31:53 GMT -5
I think Santino would make a great 24/7 champion. If Santino is Crash Holly, then who'll be Raven (who had a whopping 26 reigns)? Obviously, maybe Finlay? Yeah, I mean, Finlay got through that one Parking Lot match in WCW, so he should be a long reigned Hardcore Champion. |
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Post by WorkingInAColeMine on Jan 22, 2010 21:01:26 GMT -5
Stats!
229 reigns in less than 4 years.
Raven was hardcore champion 26 times.
Steve Blackman held it for a combined 172 days
Big Bossmans 97 day reign was longest single period.
120 reigns lasted less than 1 day.
Helms and Stamboli are only two I believe to hold both the WCW and WWF hardcore titles, but neither were sole owners of the WCW title.
It was something
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Gummydavidson
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Post by Gummydavidson on Jan 22, 2010 21:21:37 GMT -5
Viscera Funaki Rodney Joey Abs Pete Gas Godfather's ho Gerry Brisco Pat Patterson Maven Molly Holly Shawn Stasiak Trish Stratus Chris Nowinski Johnny Stamboli Terri Runnells they have all held the hardcore title  |
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jan 22, 2010 22:08:55 GMT -5
I felt they went a little overboard with constant defending of it, but it wasn't a bad idea.
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Post by Pounder on Jan 22, 2010 22:11:45 GMT -5
It was fine as a gimmick but I sometimes shake my head in disbelief when your hear a WRESTLING audience yell "boring" when someone has a headlock on for more than five seconds yet popped like crazy when someone bought out a trash-can lid to level someone over the head with it.
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Post by carter 15 on Jan 23, 2010 5:28:28 GMT -5
Generally, at the time, the IWC hated it massively.
I found it entertaining for the most part, especially in its heyday.
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Post by BIG DUNC on Jan 23, 2010 5:33:59 GMT -5
big shows reign was epic
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Post by Azrael from Outerspace on Jan 23, 2010 5:39:29 GMT -5
I really liked the HC title. Some of the situations were so cartoon like that it made it a joy to watch. I don't think i would want it back now, but for what it was at the time it was great.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2010 5:48:21 GMT -5
You just know that Hornswoggle would be like the 35-time champion if they were to bring it back.
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