Jim Ross Reveals Which WWE Title Belt He Believes Is “Hideous”
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has revealed his dislike for one of WWE’s championships, describing it as “hideous”.
The title in question is the WWE 24/7 Championship, which was revealed by Mick Foley on the May 20th, 2019 edition of Raw. As its name suggests, the title is contested under 24/7 rules, meaning that anyone who has a referee with them can challenge for the it at any time. This has led to many interesting and sometimes hilarious title changes over the last couple of years, including R-Truth pinning a sleeping Jinder Mahal on a plane heading to Saudi Arabia, and rap megastar Bad Bunny pinning an unconscious Akira Tozawa to capture the gold.
The title is a modern version of the Attitude Era staple, the WWF Hardcore Championship, which Crash Holly stipulated would be decided under 24/7 rules after he won it in 2000.
On a recent episode of his Grilling JR podcast, AEW announcer Jim Ross claimed the 24/7 stipulation watered down the Hardcore Championship and was even less complimentary about its successor.
“It was just another watered-down championship (Hardcore title), and now it’s even worse. The 24/7 title, right? That’s hideous. It’s not even realistic. It has had so many champions, you can’t name them all.”
To JR’s point, 51 superstars have held the WWE 24/7 Championship over 154 reigns so far. The current champion is Dana Brooke, who defeated Cedric Alexander to win the title on the November 22nd episode of Raw.
H/T to Sportskeeda Wrestling for the above transcription.
