4. The Pre-24/7 Rule 0-Day Defence
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xei1an_british-bulldog-vs-big-boss-man_sport In total, the 24/7 provided us with an unbelievable 135 0-day title runsthats well over half of all 238 reigns. However in defence of the 24/7 rule, there was also a solitary 0-day run that came before the new stipulation was added in February 2000. It all went down during the Big Boss Mans 1999 feud with Al Snow, where the Boss Man kayfabe fed Snow his own dog, Pepperobviously this was an angle well suited to the Hardcore division. The Boss Man would go on to issue an open challenge to any of the WWEs dog-lovers, and it was none other than a returning British Bulldog who would volunteer himself for the task. The Bulldog defeated the Boss Man, winning the Hardcore title in the process, before simply handing the strap to the traumatised Al Snow. Whether this was a consolation prize or the Bulldogs attempts to distance himself from any more of the belts nonsense remains unknown, but either way, in the record books the British Bulldog remains the only man to hold the title for less than a day prior to the introduction of the 24/7 rule.