6 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 20)

1. A 24/7 Dud

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That sound you heard when Mick Foley unveiled the latest WWE title on Raw was the sound of disgust.

Fans audibly cringed when Foley unveiled the new WWE 24/7 Title (yes, that’s its real name), which as the name indicates, can be defended like the old WWE Hardcore Championship: anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Any superstar on any brand can compete for it too.

Mick didn’t note whether hardcore rules apply – can you use chairs, kendo sticks and other weapons – but if it’s falls count anywhere, then likely anything goes.

This is just lame and stupid for several reasons: 1) WWE has toned down the garbage wrestling that dominated the Hardcore title; 2) We had the Hardcore title 15 years ago, and it wore out its welcome; and 3) WWE rolled it out in the lamest way possible, giving it a stupid name and an immediate lame start. The first champ claimed it by grabbing it, then the second scored a rollup on the entrance ramp. The third hid the second in the trunk of a car, blindsided him afterward and pinned him.

Maybe something will change and it will develop a charm that people turn out to enjoy this, but right now, NO BUYS.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.