10 WWE Matches That Went Off Script

3. Hardcore Holly Wins Hardcore Title

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Crash Holly, Hardcore Holly... did it really make too much of a difference which one of them was carrying the Hardcore Championship?

In the grand, cosmic scheme of the universe, no (and, to the many fans who regarded both of them with the same shoulder-shrugging indifference, also no) but whichever way you lean: Crash was supposed to walk out of WrestleMania 2000 with the belt still around his waist.

But it was his 'cousin' who emerged from the time-limit battle royal as champion - the consequence of a botched ending which saw Hardcore pin the defending champion too early, ruining the planned "photo finish" which would have seen Crash retain by the skin of his teeth.

Lesson: always keep an eye on the clock, and never trust Hardcore Holly.

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