Road Dogg On The WWE Hardcore Title – ‘It Totally Lost Its Luster’

On the latest episode of his Oh… You Didn’t Know? podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Brian “Road Dogg” James shared his opinion on the now-defunct WWE Hardcore Championship.

Dogg also expressed his aversion to the 24/7 Rule, noting that the gimmick undercut the significance of the championship.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On how the rules change lessened the prestige of the title: “Now we’ve gone too far. It totally lost its luster. … When they went away from the violence of it is when it went away, you know what I mean? That’s what it was. And look — from a business standpoint, especially now that it’s a publicly-traded company, it’s just crazy to have too much of that going on all the time, you know what I mean?”

On the value of strategically utilizing hardcore competition rules: “I totally could make the argument [not normalizing] the hardcore stuff for corporate responsibility reasons. Also, you know, people ain’t going to pay for that all the time. And I think some people will, and there will be a spot for it, and it’ll utilize it at the right times, and it’ll mean something then.”

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