10 Worst WWE Hardcore Champions Of All Time
Sorry Maven, but you weren't ever cut out for the Hardcore divison!
Over the course of four years, the Hardcore Championship changed hands 240 different times. That should tell you everything you need to know about the quality of this division. To be fair, there were some legitimately terrific hardcore matches, and a few guys carried the title like pros. But for the most part, it was just a haphazard, silly little distraction from the real competition happening in the WWE. Maybe if they'd kept guys like Mick Foley involved (he was the first one to be awarded the belt, but only held it once before quickly ascending to main event status), the division would have stood a chance at legitimacy. As it happened, the division was sometimes fun to watch in a "Why are they still allowing this ridiculousness to be televised?" sort of way, but that was about the extent of it. Most diehard fans viewed it as a gimmick title, and a cheap attempt to cash in on the growing success of ECW. Here are the ground rules for this list: To cut out some of the riff-raff from that godawful 24/7 Rule, we'll only focus on actual wrestlers (sorry Terri and Godfather's Ho) that held the title for longer than a combined 24 hours (sorry Kurt Angle, Christian, Funaki, Hurricane, Mighty Molly, Jericho, Trish Stratus, Mean Street Posse, Booker T, Chris Nowinski, Thrasher, Viscera, K-Kwik, Perry Saturn, Johnny Stamboli, Tazz, William Regal, Spike Dudley, and Justin Credible).