Jump The Shark Moments

[Evil Vito]

Originally Posted by Tom Guycott When every hardcore match, WWF or WCW, degenerated into "Let us just throw a bunch of bullshit into the ring for no reason/only use one or two of those things, and fight outside the ring for awhile". You could get the "anything goes" vibe across without the stereotypical dumbness of what people *think* a hardcore match was. Became a piss break for me in either promotion.

The hardcore division was one of my favorite things about the Attitude Era, but then again I was a kid at that time and matches like that appealed to me.

As I've gotten older I've realized it was mostly terrible. And while the 24/7 rule allowed for some fun and unique backstage skits, it's impossible to watch any old WWF show from when that rule was effect and actually care about the Hardcore Title match. You knew it would always just devolve into a million run ins and the original champ would most likely end up with the belt after 5 title changes.