WCW Hardcore Championship - Revision history

IWEWrestling2012 at 12:20, 27 November 2025

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IWEWrestling2012 at 12:18, 27 November 2025

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		+	* WCW World Hardcore Championship<br>(1999)
		+	* Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title<br>(2000)
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	The '''World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Hardcore Championship''' was a title in [[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)\|World Championship Wrestling]]. The title was defended in Hardcore matches, in which there were few rules and restrictions and weapons were allowed. Eventually, the rules were changed so that matches began in the backstage area but would only end by pinfall in the [[Wrestling Ring\|ring]], but later were changed back to 'Falls Count Anywhere' rules. The belt was created in response to the growing popularity of [[Hardcore Wrestling\|hardcore wrestling]] in [[North America]].		The '''World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Hardcore Championship''' was a title in [[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)\|World Championship Wrestling]]. The title was defended in Hardcore matches, in which there were few rules and restrictions and weapons were allowed. Eventually, the rules were changed so that matches began in the backstage area but would only end by pinfall in the [[Wrestling Ring\|ring]], but later were changed back to 'Falls Count Anywhere' rules. The belt was created in response to the growing popularity of [[Hardcore Wrestling\|hardcore wrestling]] in [[North America]].
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		+	The WCW Hardcore Title was a continuation from the WCW Hardcore Trophy that [[Daniel Hooper<!--, Jr.-->\|Fit Finlay]] won in the Junkyard [[Battle Royal]] that took place at the 1999 [[WCW Bash at the Beach (1999)\|Bash at the Beach]] pay-per-view. Shortly after the PPV, the trophy was seized by Eric Bischoff and removed from television. Afterwards Norman Smiley was crowned first official WCW hardcore champion.

	==History==		==History==

IWEWrestling2012 at 09:29, 6 October 2020

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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |July 11, 19999
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |January 21, 2001
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The '''World Championship Wrestling (WCW) Hardcore Championship''' was a title in [[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)|World Championship Wrestling]]. The title was defended in Hardcore matches, in which there were few rules and restrictions and weapons were allowed. Eventually, the rules were changed so that matches began in the backstage area but would only end by pinfall in the [[Wrestling Ring|ring]], but later were changed back to 'Falls Count Anywhere' rules. The belt was created in response to the growing popularity of [[Hardcore Wrestling|hardcore wrestling]] in [[North America]].

==History==

==Title history==
:''Main article [[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''

==See also==
*[[IWE Hardcore Championship]]
*[[IWE 24/7 Championship]]

==References==

==External links==

{{WCW Championships}}
{{WCW Hardcore Championship}}