Although a name usually more synonymous with the tag title division (and, later, the World Heavyweight Championship), Jeff Hardy brought a new level of prestige to the Hardcore title with his daredevil behaviour. He and brother Matt enjoyed a wild brawl for the belt on an episode of Smackdown, before an interfering Crash Holly ran in to steal the pinfall in typically chaotic fashion. Hardy's biggest contribution to the legacy of the belt, however, came in a match with Rob Van Dam at Summerslam 2001. The ladder match is generally regarded as the best Hardcore Championship bout in WWE history - not that there are a great number of worthy contenders - as well as one of the best matches of the entire Invasion angle. The pair absolutely tore into one another, both men taking a number of nasty bumps in the process. Jeff's final fall from the ladder sent him tumbling feet-first into the ropes, an admittedly horrible looking fall, but one which summed up the insanity of the Hardcore division as a whole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjYW3W5hQMY
