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Originally Posted by MCEazy
My point was CTS, that choosing between bringing back the hardcore title and trying to up the value of the IC title is a no brainer.
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Upon rereading your post I now see that you completely failed at making that point.
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Everybody you mentioned there with the exception of harvey, christian and angle had already established themselves as superstars, whereas the likes of Henning, Honkey tonk, HBM, Savage, steamboat, Razor, Hart, bulldog, rock, hhh, angle, jericho and others winning the IC title have been able to shape and progress their careers.
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The problem is that the HC title
isn't for building to a main event career. It's a lower-midcard/midcard title, used for building up to that upper-midcard/main event career. There are a lot of former IC champs who didn't amount to anything either, that was their peak.
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Sure hardcore matches were fun and sometimes awesome during the whole 24/7 era, but WWE needs to bring value back to the IC title to help establish up and comers for eventual main event status.
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But it's not mutually exclusive anyway, you'll notice I voted for re-prestiging the IC title. However, the hardcore title certainly served an excellent purpose which, if done well, can definitely be beneficial again.