Versus: Spike Dudley Stipulation: Hardcore Championship Match Date: 2001 Taker had a heel turn near the end of 2001, when he forced Jim Ross to kiss Vince McMahons ass (dont ask), and during this heel turn, he became Hardcore Champion. The writers were trying to put Taker over as the meanest, most sadistic Hardcore Champion of all time, and so they set up a series of squash matches that pitted Taker against smaller men. This is the most painful looking of those matches, particularly the trash can spot near the end.