Ranking Every WWE Title Unification Ever From Worst To Best

9. WWE Hardcore/Intercontinental

Roman Reigns Paul Heyman Undisputed WWE Universal Champion
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Where: 26 August 2002 Raw.

Brutal honesty counts, people - that's why it's important to point out that nobody gave a sh*t about the Hardcore Title by 2002. The belt had run its course, so it's forgivable that WWE wanted to bin it by putting it up for grabs in a Hardcore/Intercontinental unification match in August that year.

Yes, they blended Hardcore with IC mere months before also ditching the latter. 2002 WWE was truly all over the place, and it's obvious in retrospect that creative were scrabbling around trying to find something/anything that'd work.

This eight-minute clash has been largely forgotten, and with good reason. Dreamer didn't even come out rocking the classic version of the belt; he wore a modified European Title before losing it to Rob Van Dam, and the Hardcore was never really recognised again as an official title.

WWE's modern-day homage is the flimsy 24/7 Championship. That has also become old hat.

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