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Old 01-20-2009, 05:26 PM   #81
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And thus winning a "Triple Crown" in today's WWE is irrelevant...which leads nicely to the question that we are discussing.
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Old 01-20-2009, 05:58 PM   #82
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Did you guys even watch back then? I don't think they even mentiond this accomplishment a single time.
They most certainly did. They didn't use the term "Triple Crown" but when Bret Hart completed it in 1992, they brought up that he was only the second guy ever to do it, and cited Pedro Morales as the first. They mentioned it again when Diesel became the first guy to do it in under a year.
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Old 01-20-2009, 07:34 PM   #83
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I also just saw a Morales match where they mentioned the fact he was the first to hold all three titles.

I guess this comes down to whether they actually need to use the term "Triple Crown", because with that and Carl's post the idea of the triple crown was pushed. And let's face it, that's just splitting hairs.

So deal with it Destor, the Triple Crown exists, or at least did, in kayfabe and thus brings it back up to where the Grand Slam was.

Though this is all moot now, since it means even less than it did when the Grand Slam or Triple Crown were the only deal in town.
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Old 01-20-2009, 07:37 PM   #84
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does this question even need to be asked?
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Old 01-20-2009, 07:48 PM   #85
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The Triple Crown should be wiped away, and now replaced with winning all 3 brand titles.

So Punk needs WWE title, Taker, Edge and HHH need the ECW title, Kane needs the WHC, Big Show needs WHC, Jericho needs ECW, and I think that is it.
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The Triple Crown would be replaced by the Quintuple Crown.
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Also known as a Grand Slam
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Old 01-21-2009, 01:06 AM   #89
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Diminished, yes. Lost, I would say not completely.
It's all very hard to determine anyways.

It depends on what you thought it originally meant. Of course as time goes on it's going to expand. That's like asking if the 500 hr or 3000 hit club has lost meaning. Not just because the membership goes up over time naturally, but because there's a tainted era. It's a crapshoot.

So as far as current WWE title/triple crown worth goes, I'd say accomplishing it now means a bit less than before, but it still does require winning a world title. Although winning a world title may be twice as easy as it was back then, it's still winning a world title.

To me, the triple crown is stupid anyways since whether or not you win a tag team title doesn't neccesarily determine your worth as a wrestler. It just means you were half of an over tag team, or were packaged in one after you got over.
IC title is a far less exclusive club.
So it all comes down to the World title. It only really means as much as that does.
There's plenty of wrestlers who are high up in worth and accomplishment who aren't triple crown, or even world champions. Straps can be deceiving.

I still like to think it means something. Some would say title belts don't matter very much anyways since they're props that vary in meaning over eras. Being a world champion may mean less now than it did 5 years ago. However, being a world champ 10 years ago may mean more than it did 15 years ago. There'd be a solid argument for that.

So whatever. I prefer Grand Slam if anything, but it's hard to prove any meaning.
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