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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2022 22:52:58 GMT -5
They dig up the 24/7 Championship so it couldn't even get dunked in a trash bin.
In my opinion, a fitting end for a worthless belt.
But, the thing didn't have to be so worthless; had they put some effort into it where people from all around the company, especially towards the top, contended with the title and held it up in interesting ways, there may have been some creative scenarios brought up. However, its existence was purely for the Main Event wrestlers (no, not the main event talent, the people you see on... Main Event) who would form a mob almost every week to chase around whomever held said belt for no particular reason other than "lol, it looks funny", and anyone who remotely got a push staying as far away from the title as possible by setting up situations where an opening act guy would get a chance to pin cause again, "lol funny".
Then, how the belt almost always changed hands. It was 98% roll-up. God forbid anyone take a move or a bump before doing the pin, but since we want celebrities holding this thing, we gotta do it in a way that requires zero input. Again, I get those, but why did nearly every title change happen because of a roll-up?
And... the guys who held the belt. My least favorite guy, R-Truth, held the belt for god knows how many times and treated it as his life's goal cuz he was deranged or something, but all of the other regulars weren't much better. Who can remember Drake Maverick contending with the belt while in his underwear, or Mike Kanellis the cuckold?
Still, the important thing is, the belt's dead and buried.
... we hope.
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Post by Chuck Conry on Nov 7, 2022 23:14:03 GMT -5
Thank God!
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Post by SirLucas on Nov 7, 2022 23:20:45 GMT -5
I was hoping they would eventually give it a name change, drop the 24/7 gimmick and make it into a women's mid card title. It could have been the WWE equivalent of the TBS title.
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Post by CMWaters on Nov 7, 2022 23:22:06 GMT -5
I was hoping they would eventually give it a name change, drop the 24/7 gimmick and make it into a women's mid card title. It could have been the WWE equivalent of the TBS title. But WWE's Jade Cargill already has the Raw Womnen's Championship.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Nov 7, 2022 23:22:57 GMT -5
The belt overstayed its welcome for not months, but YEARS
It was just a huge joke that jumped several sharks during the Reginald era, was more than time to kiss it goodbye
I will never not be angry at 24/7 title rules being suspended during actual matches by the way, just the stupidest shit lol
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Nov 7, 2022 23:23:00 GMT -5
I was hoping they would eventually give it a name change, drop the 24/7 gimmick and make it into a women's mid card title. It could have been the WWE equivalent of the TBS title. If you wanted a vanity belt on someone completely useless in the ring you could've just kept it on Dana Brooke.
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Post by asuka007 on Nov 7, 2022 23:23:04 GMT -5
Honestly IDK why they couldn’t just make it into a women’s midcard belt or something?
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Post by tagteammatchplaya on Nov 7, 2022 23:30:40 GMT -5
R-Truth vs Drake Maverick was the peak of the title
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Post by mistery on Nov 7, 2022 23:42:33 GMT -5
The title was likely retired because Dana had her little outburst on social media, which likely rubbed people backstage the wrong way.
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Post by Error on Nov 7, 2022 23:44:04 GMT -5
Honestly IDK why they couldn’t just make it into a women’s midcard belt or something? Why not just create a new title that doesn't carry the baggage that thing does?
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Nov 7, 2022 23:58:19 GMT -5
That definitely feels like a, "Stop complaining about the product on podcasts" message to Dana.
Usually, scummy, but it's a shot at dumb Vince stuff ultimately, so I'll allow it.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Nov 8, 2022 0:01:12 GMT -5
Is Hunter really that petty retire a title like that because Dana complained on a podcast? I mean probably.
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Post by Schizo on Nov 8, 2022 0:06:06 GMT -5
Considering it hasn’t seen the light of day sence the new Regime started maybe they decided to just discontinue it?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Nov 8, 2022 0:06:45 GMT -5
Is Hunter really that petty retire a title like that because Dana complained on a podcast? I mean probably. I bloody hope it isn’t, because I’d rather not have clean losses be synonymous with being punished.
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Post by mistery on Nov 8, 2022 0:08:36 GMT -5
Is Hunter really that petty retire a title like that because Dana complained on a podcast? I mean probably. I mean she also took shots at Seth (who had made a comment in kayfabe) and the rest of the company on social media so that likely played a factor.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Nov 8, 2022 0:11:20 GMT -5
I'm honestly it took this long for HHH to get rid of it. It was obvious he couldn't care less about it as it hadn't been featured at all since he took over. And he took over in July.
Don't know if what Dana said was that aggressive or if she was kayfabing but if she was shooting she should be smart enough to know the program at this point. She's never been very good or over and really the only reason she's stayed around as long as she has is because she is helpful with behind the scenes stuff. As a talent she really has nothing going for her that would make her more deserving of the women getting more focus then her.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Nov 8, 2022 0:11:29 GMT -5
Whether this was a punishment for Dana or not, I think the belt ran it's course. It did have some fun segments once they got away from a million people all chasing each other around, but it just never caught on like the Hardcore title did
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Nov 8, 2022 0:21:31 GMT -5
The 24/7 belt really felt like a great show case of the biggest problems with the Late Vince Years. There's nothing inherently wrong with the idea of the belt if you can find clever ways to make it work. They could have gotten creative with it and had segments do lots of unique stuff, set up matches and situations that would make for decent comedy and get people featured on the show. Maybe give it some storylines. That almost never manifested in favour of doing the exact same shit every week like it was a sloppy "f*** it" afterthought where they just wanted to cram in the same thing to fill air time with no real regard for if it would be entertaining. It was on the show for the sake of being on the show. Everything wrong with those years of WWE summed up into a bad comedy belt that existed solely to exist.
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Post by asuka007 on Nov 8, 2022 0:53:41 GMT -5
So what did Dana say?
I haven’t heard about this?
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 8, 2022 1:01:14 GMT -5
The 24/7 belt really felt like a great show case of the biggest problems with the Late Vince Years. There's nothing inherently wrong with the idea of the belt if you can find clever ways to make it work. They could have gotten creative with it and had segments do lots of unique stuff, set up matches and situations that would make for decent comedy and get people featured on the show. Maybe give it some storylines. That almost never manifested in favour of doing the exact same shit every week like it was a sloppy "f*** it" afterthought where they just wanted to cram in the same thing to fill air time with no real regard for if it would be entertaining. It was on the show for the sake of being on the show. Everything wrong with those years of WWE summed up into a bad comedy belt that existed solely to exist. Between the 24/7 title and the 2 out of 3 falls/elimination matches to avoid wrestling during commercial breaks, 2019 is when some of Vince's really bad quirks manifested.
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