Should they bring back the Hardcore title?

XL · 10-30-2011, 10:19 PM

No. Nor should a Cruiser, TV or Euro Title be brought back.

We've just got to a point where the US and IC Titles are starting to mean something again, where the titles are defended/the champions are featured on PPVs, etc.

The whole "gives guys something to do" argument is a cop-out where a new/old title/division is implement in favour of having to come up with "good writing". In addition, they are supposedly trying to rebuild the Tag division, anybody with "nothing to do" should be used there.

Also, I feel there's a chance that guys in a Hardcore or Cruiser Division risk bring "type cast". Would guys like Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler be taken as seriously as they are now if they were originally put into a "small man" division? Maybe. You can always use Mysterio and HBK as examples of cruiser weight guys that broke through, but they are the exceptions to the rule more than anything.

As for examples of guys that are labelled "hardcore", I'm struggling to think on anyone that really broke through. Guess you could use Foley, even Jeff Hardy and JBL maybe. Even then it's arguable that their charisma was the deciding factor.

I'd consider a TV Title maybe a year from now depending on the state of the midcard and tag titles.

10-30-2011, 10:19 PM	#16
XL Feeling Oof-y Posts: 17,151	No. Nor should a Cruiser, TV or Euro Title be brought back. We've just got to a point where the US and IC Titles are starting to mean something again, where the titles are defended/the champions are featured on PPVs, etc. The whole "gives guys something to do" argument is a cop-out where a new/old title/division is implement in favour of having to come up with "good writing". In addition, they are supposedly trying to rebuild the Tag division, anybody with "nothing to do" should be used there. Also, I feel there's a chance that guys in a Hardcore or Cruiser Division risk bring "type cast". Would guys like Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler be taken as seriously as they are now if they were originally put into a "small man" division? Maybe. You can always use Mysterio and HBK as examples of cruiser weight guys that broke through, but they are the exceptions to the rule more than anything. As for examples of guys that are labelled "hardcore", I'm struggling to think on anyone that really broke through. Guess you could use Foley, even Jeff Hardy and JBL maybe. Even then it's arguable that their charisma was the deciding factor. I'd consider a TV Title maybe a year from now depending on the state of the midcard and tag titles.