Thread: What is your favorite undercard title?
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Old 03-22-2007, 03:39 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Fallen Angel
Hardcore Title - Reason, the matches were always exciting, the 24/7 rule made unpredictability which right now the WWE is lacking big time, and you didn't have to be an established star, or have alot of other title reigns before you won this. Also some of my favorite matches Raven vs Kane vs Show at WM17 was awesome, the TLT with Steve Blackman, and Jeff Hardy vs RVD ladder match.
Hardcore title started off damn strong. After Foley dropped it and it became sanctioned, Al Snow, Holly and especially Road Dogg helped make it a real title. It had some memorable matches and moments during that winter.

Then came the 24/7 rule. One of the most underrated things ever, it was cheesy and gimmicky but classic as hell. Highly entertaining and turned midcard filler into something interesting.

Then came the hardcore title's best period in my mind...the Jeff Hardy/RVD fued. This was great. It was a legitimate title fued with a regular bell to bell title and no logner the 24/7 stuff, which was great but had run its course. It was time to change back to this style.
RVD himself said that he'd have preferred to be showcased in the hardcore title division, since it would allow for ECW style matches with falls count anywhere and extreme rules. It'd allow for him to use a chair and defend a title using weapons and taking it to the crowd, but still be withing WWE standards. This way he could do this regularly and not just when the stipulations provided. Then he could have stayed there and done his thing weekly and put together a long title reign and have real fueds like in ECW.

However Jeff was the only other one who really fit with him in this division, and there just wasn't enough to work with to make this division large enough and legitimate to have a place on the card. Not to mention brand extension splitting things up and making a lot of extra titles obsolete.
It's a shame this didn't take off, but because of that, lack of WWE support I suppose, and just overally lowered credibility and serious interest in that belt due to the 24/7 rule, the belt just never got over when it returned to non-gimmick bell to bell action with legitimate fueds.
a shame really.
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