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70-475: During a storyline where The Corporation was manipulating Mankind, Vince McMahon awarded the taped-up, broken championship belt to Mankind as a backhanded compliment to keep him away from WWF Championship contention. Rather than reject the dilapidated title belt, Mankind embraced it with gratitude, calling McMahon "dad," to the disgust of The Corporation. The title was won by the Big Boss Man a month later, and

140-471: A Book End on The Rock for a near-fall. The Rock performed a Spinebuster and a People's Elbow on Booker T but McMahon pulled the referee out of the ring, voiding the pinfall. The Rock performed a Rock Bottom on McMahon outside the ring. Booker T performed a Scissors Kick on The Rock and performed the Spinarooni. However; The Rock quickly got up with a kip-up , no-selling the attack, and performed

210-575: A Rock Bottom on Booker T to win the WCW Championship, his seventh World Championship overall and first WCW Championship reign. In 2013, Dylan Diot of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 8.5 [Very Good], writing, "This was a damn good edition of Summerslam. Nothing on the show was bad and two of the matches were absolutely outstanding. [This] show is well worth a watch, especially for Angle's memorable performance and another classic ladder match. The Invasion angle may have [sucked], but at least

280-552: A battle royal that would guarantee the winner immunity from being fired that was won by Test . Throughout the remainder of 2001 and early 2002, Holly continued to wrestle primarily on house shows and the WWF's secondary television shows. When the WWF was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment and divided into two Raw and SmackDown! brands , Holly was assigned to the Raw roster, where he had little success. He jumped ship to SmackDown! on

350-627: A promo , where Booker T challenged The Rock to a match at SummerSlam; the beginning of the Rock-Booker T rivalry. Seeking revenge for the attack from the previous week, McMahon fought The Rock in a Street Fight on the August 6 edition of Raw Is War , where The Rock pinned McMahon. The rivalry between The Rock and Booker T intensified after the match, where Booker T and Shane McMahon double-teamed The Rock. Later that week on SmackDown! , in retaliation, The Rock accepted Booker T's challenge. On

420-614: A Bullrope on the centerplate. Tommy Dreamer, in the last title defense of the Hardcore Championship, used a variation of the belt with a New York license plate as a centerplate, over a replica of a European Championship . The reason for these changes was because the original belt had become so damaged from wear and tear. Mr. McMahon awarded Mankind the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Hardcore Championship on November 2, 1998. After Mankind lost

490-431: A ball pit and ran from the building, still the champion). At WrestleMania X8 , Maven defended the title against Goldust . After they knocked each other out with trash can lids, Spike Dudley entered and pinned Maven to win the title. Then, in the backstage area, The Hurricane pinned Spike for the title. Mighty Molly (The Hurricane's sidekick) told The Hurricane to go to the "Hurri-cycle" before knocking him out with

560-521: A circus, and his hotel room. Although he was often pinned , he usually immediately regained the title. His most common tactic was to sneak a pin, often after the champion had been beaten down by someone else, and quickly run backstage, away from possible challengers. This turned him into a crowd favorite and earned him the nickname "The Houdini of Hardcore". He frequently defended the championship against non-wrestlers, including referees and road agents , like Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson . He had

630-654: A decade wrestling on the independent circuit before signing with the World Wrestling Federation in 1998, debuting the following year as Crash Holly . He formed a tag team with his kayfabe cousin Hardcore Holly , with whom he won the WWF World Tag Team Championship . The Holly Cousins was expanded into a stable with the addition of Molly Holly in 2000. During his WWF/WWE career, Holly established himself in

700-519: A frying pan when his back was turned and pinning him. While looking for a safe place, Christian won the title by pinning Molly after hitting her in the head with a door. As he was about to leave the building in a taxi, he was attacked and pinned by Maven, who regained the title and escaped in the taxi. Trish Stratus faced Jazz (managed by then-Hardcore Champion Stevie Richards ) for the Women's Championship, and lost due to Richards' interference. After

770-585: A long feud with The Mean Street Posse ( Pete Gas , Rodney and Joey Abs ) over the title. He even lost, and quickly regained, the title against one of the Godfather 's hos. At Rebellion , Crash defeated William Regal to win the European Championship . He lost the title to Regal two days later. In late 2000, another of Crash's storyline cousins, Molly Holly , was introduced. In 2001, The Holly Cousins feuded with The Dudley Boyz . In

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840-415: A move followed by numerous independent promotions. Crash Holly Michael John Lockwood (August 25, 1971 – November 6, 2003) was an American professional wrestler . He was best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) / World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) from 1999 to 2003 under the ring names Crash Holly or simply Crash . Lockwood debuted in 1989 and spent

910-502: A near-fall. The Rock performed a Catapult into an exposed turnbuckle on Booker T and performed a DDT on Booker T for a near-fall. Booker T distracted the referee by trying to retrieve a steel chair placed in the ring by McMahon, allowing McMahon to hit The Rock with the title belt. The APA appeared, with Bradshaw performing a Clothesline from Hell on McMahon in retaliation for McMahon costing the APA their six-man tag team match. Booker T performed

980-600: A new championship, the WWE 24/7 Championship , which was contested under the same 24/7 rule. The title was unified with the Intercontinental Championship on August 26, 2002, when Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam defeated Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer. This was one month after Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy in a ladder match to unify the Intercontinental and European Championships . On

1050-630: A referee counted the pin. After the Invasion storyline, The Undertaker won the title from Van Dam. He defended against numerous opponents (usually smaller than him) and assaulted them after the matches (with the exception of Big Show ). Although the 24/7 rule was still in effect during his reign, The Undertaker was not challenged by others under the rule; in storyline, commentator Jim Ross attributed this fact to no wrestler being "stupid enough" to do so. The 24/7 rule ended on August 19, 2002 when Raw general manager Eric Bischoff suspended it before

1120-621: A scale to ringside to "weigh in" before matches. Crash made his pay-per-view debut at SummerSlam in August, where the Holly Cousins wrestled in a Tag Team Turmoil match , won by the Acolytes Protection Agency . At Rebellion , the Holly Cousins competed against APA and Edge and Christian in a triangle match, which Edge and Christian won. On October 17, at No Mercy , the Holly Cousins defeated The New Age Outlaws by disqualification . The next night on Raw

1190-642: A short feud with Too Cool and Rikishi Phatu . At Armageddon on December 12, 1999, they defeated Phatu and Viscera . The feud continued into February 2000. At the Royal Rumble on January 23, 2000, both Hollys took part in the titular Royal Rumble match , with Crash Holly being eliminated by The Rock. In February 2000, Crash Holly joined the hardcore division . On the February 24 episode of SmackDown! , he defeated Test to begin his first of 22 Hardcore Championship reigns . He decreed that he must defend

1260-415: A six-minute hardcore battle royal, won by Tommy Dreamer . Previously, a 24-hour suspension on the rule was in place for Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy's match at WWF Invasion . Commissioner Mick Foley also suspended the rule while Shane McMahon held the title, to ensure he was still the champion at SummerSlam , to defend against Steve Blackman , whom he cheated out of the belt. On May 20, 2019, WWE unveiled

1330-519: A table. Bradshaw performed a Clothesline from Hell on Test but the referee checked on Spike. Shane McMahon hit Bradshaw with a steel chair, allowing Test to pin Bradshaw to win the match. After that, WCW Cruiserweight Champion X-Pac faced WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Tajiri . Albert interfered, leading to Tajiri attacking Albert with red mist. X-Pac performed the X-Factor on Tajiri to win

1400-523: A tape of a match between O'Grady and Michael Modest and referred him to ECW owner Paul Heyman . Erin O'Grady lost four untelevised matches in ECW, including a dark match at November to Remember . Following his stint in ECW, Lockwood returned to APW where he performed until October 1998. O'Grady wrestled Vic Grimes in a try-out match for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on January 20, 1998, and both were signed to contracts. In November 1998, Lockwood

1470-658: Is War , they defeated the Rock 'n' Sock Connection for the WWF Tag Team Championship . They held the title until the November 4 SmackDown! , when they lost it to Mankind and his new partner, Al Snow . At Survivor Series on November 14, the Holly Cousins teamed with Too Cool to defeat Edge & Christian and the Hardy Boyz in a survivor series match. Later that month, the Holly Cousins began

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1540-615: The Shi Crap" , and a portion of the profits from the sale of the DVD went to Lockwood's daughter's education fund. In March 2005, the New Breed Wrestling Association held the "Mike Lockwood Memorial Tournament", which was won by Michael Modest . At ECW One Night Stand in 2005, Lockwood was one of the deceased former ECW wrestlers honored in a video package. SummerSlam (2001) The 2001 SummerSlam

1610-603: The Twist of Fate on Ivory, allowing Jacqueline to pin her for the win. The event opened with Lance Storm defending the WWF Intercontinental Championship against Edge . Storm applied the Canadian Crab on Edge but Edge countered and applied the Canadian Crab on Storm. Storm threw Edge into the referee to escape the hold. Christian interfered, attempting a Spear on Storm but Storm avoided

1680-527: The WWF Championship against Kurt Angle . Austin performed a Stone Cold Stunner on Angle for a near-fall. Austin performed a second Stone Cold Stunner on Angle, causing Angle to roll out of the ring. Angle applied the Ankle Lock on Austin but Austin touched the ring ropes, forcing Angle to break the hold. Austin applied a Cobra Clutch on Angle but Angle ran forwards, causing Austin to roll out of

1750-627: The WWF Hardcore Championship . The other main match on the undercard was the Winners Take All Steel cage match between WCW Tag Team Champions Undertaker and Kane and WWF Tag Team Champions Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon , which Undertaker and Kane won, after Undertaker executed the Last Ride and pinned Page to win both titles. SummerSlam is an annual pay-per-view (PPV) produced every August by

1820-518: The World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with Royal Rumble , WrestleMania , and Survivor Series , and was considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs, along with King of the Ring . It has since become considered WWF's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. The 2001 event

1890-552: The independent circuit as "'Irish' Erin O'Grady". In 1995, he appeared in Mexico with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre as "Super Diablo". In 1996, he joined All Pro Wrestling (APW), where he became known as "'The Leprechaun' Erin O'Grady" and had several matches with Vic Grimes . Lockwood joined the Philadelphia , Pennsylvania -based Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion in November 1997 after ECW wrestler Taz viewed

1960-543: The 2001 event was the only SummerSlam to feature the WCW Championship , as the title was unified with the WWF Championship at December's Vengeance event with the latter being renamed to Undisputed WWF Championship . It was also the only SummerSlam to feature the WCW Tag Team Championship , which was unified with the WWF Tag Team Championship at Survivor Series in November. It was also

2030-506: The August 13 edition of Raw Is War , The Rock was involved in a tag team match , where he teamed with Chris Jericho in a loss to Booker T and Rhyno . After the match, Booker T delivered his variation of the Rock Bottom on The Rock, a move dubbed, The Book End . On the final edition of SmackDown! before SummerSlam, McMahon announced that Booker T would defend the WCW Championship at SummerSlam against The Rock. Later that night,

2100-459: The August 13 episode of Raw Is War , Jeff Hardy interfered and brought a referee with him, and pinned Van Dam for the title, setting up a match for them at that year's SummerSlam . On the September 10 episode of Raw Is War , however, Angle won the match, then was thrown off the entrance ramp by Stone Cold Steve Austin , who then also threw Van Dam off the ramp too. Van Dam landed on Angle and

2170-531: The July 26, 2001 edition of SmackDown! , Angle appeared in his hometown of Pittsburgh and challenged Austin for the WWF Championship but Austin instead chose Booker T to defend his WCW Championship against Angle. Later on that night, Angle won the WCW Championship from Booker despite Austin's interference. On the July 30, 2001 edition of Raw Is War , Angle lost the WCW Championship back to Booker with

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2240-710: The June 23, 2003 episode of Raw , Mick Foley (who was the first champion, as "Mankind") was awarded the Hardcore Championship belt (but not the championship) by the Raw authority figure Stone Cold Steve Austin for his contributions to hardcore wrestling. On May 22, 2006, Edge and Foley declared themselves co-holders of the championship as part of a storyline involving alumni of the hardcore wrestling-based Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion and were brought to ECW One Night Stand when they and Lita fought Tommy Dreamer, Terry Funk , and Beulah McGillicutty in an intergender tag team Extreme Rules match. The title

2310-576: The Mattitude Followers (abbreviated "MF'er") stable . As Crash was Moore's alleged apprentice, Hardy also referred to him as a " Moore-on ". His last several matches with the company were tag matches with Moore, as well as house show matches against newcomer Orlando Jordan . On June 30, 2003, Lockwood was released from WWE. Lockwood signed a contract with NWA Total Nonstop Action in July 2003 and debuted as "Mad Mikey" on July 23, accepting an open challenge from Elix Skipper and losing

2380-608: The October 3 SmackDown! , Noble defeated Holly to retain the title. On the December 19 SmackDown! , Holly teamed with Bill DeMott to defeat Noble and Nunzio . After the match, DeMott turned on Holly and attacked him. This led to a match on the next SmackDown! , which DeMott won. After being sidelined for three months, Holly returned on the April 24, 2003, episode of SmackDown! . He soon joined Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore in

2450-529: The Ring was discontinued as a PPV following its 2002 event , thus SummerSlam, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series, reverted to being called the "Big Four" until October 2021 when Money in the Bank was recognized as one of the "Big Five". With the WWF's purchase of rival company World Championship Wrestling (WCW) back in March, some of their titles became defended on WWF programming. As such,

2520-595: The September 2, 2002, episode of Raw during a match with Jeff Hardy . Earlier, Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff was informed that a Raw wrestler would leave to reunite with a relative on SmackDown!, and ordered a beatdown by 3-Minute Warning on Hardy, who he wrongly suspected of planning to join his brother, Matt Hardy , until Crash revealed that he was the one who was leaving, planning to join his cousin Hardcore Holly on SmackDown!. In his first SmackDown! match, on September 5, he defeated The Hurricane . He then feuded with Cruiserweight Champion Jamie Noble . On

2590-400: The WWF when he executed a Stunner on Angle. On the following night's edition of Raw Is War , Austin stated that he did this because he felt that Vince McMahon was grooming Angle to take over his spot, and that he was "unappreciated" when McMahon insisted he return to the old Austin. Later that evening, Austin interfered during a six man Elimination Tables match by assaulting Angle. Then on

2660-788: The WWF. Lockwood was born on August 25, 1971, in San Francisco , California . He was raised in Pacifica, California , where he graduated from Terra Nova High School . He became interested in professional wrestling in the eighth grade , inspired by Brady Boone . While training as a wrestler and working on the independent circuit, he worked a second job at Safeway . Lockwood debuted in 1989, as "Johnny Pearson" in Bay Area Wrestling for Woody Farmer , where he wrestled until 1994. He dislocated his shoulder about five times and took 18 months off to recover. He then wrestled on

2730-557: The championship belt and smashed the center medallion with a hammer during an interview. As Hennig had done so much genuine damage, a replica belt had to be used for the remainder of the story line. The center medallion on the replica and the Hardcore championship is identical. Mick Foley commented that he did not know if the belt that Hennig smashed was later used as the Hardcore Championship, but quipped that "it makes ‘perfect’ sense." WWE listed this theory as one of its urban legends, but

2800-410: The championship twenty four hours a day, seven days a week , which later became known as the "24/7 Rule". This meant that the title was permanently contested, not just in sanctioned matches, and could change hands anywhere, anytime anyone pinned the champion, so long as a WWF referee counted the fall. Holly was frequently attacked by other wrestlers in unlikely locations, including an airport, a funhouse,

2870-526: The count to disqualify Austin. Angle won by disqualification but Austin retained the title. After the match, Angle applied the Ankle lock on the referee. In the main event, Booker T defended the WCW Championship against The Rock . The Rock applied the Sharpshooter on Booker T but Shane McMahon distracted the referee. The Rock attacked McMahon, allowing Booker T to perform a Superkick on The Rock for

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2940-509: The course of this feud, Molly began a romantic relationship with Spike Dudley , leading to internal disputes within each family, as well as a Romeo and Juliet -style angle between the six of them. On the March 18, 2001, episode of Heat , Crash defeated Dean Malenko to win the Light Heavyweight Championship . He defended it on two episodes of Heat , against Funaki and Grandmaster Sexay , before dropping it to

3010-744: The debuting Jerry Lynn on the April 29 episode. In April 2001, Holly and Hardcore briefly reunited as a lower card team until December of that year. In July 2001, Holly appeared with the International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico , briefly holding the IWA Hardcore Championship and IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship . Throughout late 2001, he wrestled primarily on house shows and on Jakked and Sunday Night Heat . At Survivor Series on November 18, 2001, Holly took part in

3080-485: The effort in the ring was great." This was the last SummerSlam to occur before the introduction of the first brand extension in March 2002, which split the roster between the Raw and SmackDown! brands where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform. It was also the last SummerSlam event to occur under the WWF name, as the promotion was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2002. Additionally, King of

3150-404: The end, the title always returned to its original holder. At WrestleMania 2000 , a battle royal match, in the style of Championship Scramble was booked where the title changed hands 10 times during the 15 minutes. The eventual winner was Hardcore Holly , Tazz , Viscera , Funaki , Rodney , Joey Abs , Thrasher , Pete Gas , and Crash Holly all held the title for varying times throughout

3220-485: The event was Jeff Hardy versus Rob Van Dam in a Ladder match for the WWF Hardcore Championship . At Invasion Van Dam defeated Hardy to win the Hardcore Championship. In the following weeks, Van Dam and Hardy faced each other in Tag Team matches . On the August 13 edition of Raw , Van Dam was scheduled to defend his title against Kurt Angle , and as the match was underway, Hardy interfered and pinned Van Dam to win

3290-477: The hardcore division by winning the WWF Hardcore Championship on 22 occasions , with many of his reigns coming during a period when the title was defended " 24/7 ". After being released from WWE in June 2003, Holly joined NWA Total Nonstop Action as Mad Mikey , where he remained until his death later that year. Holly was also a one-time WWF European Champion and a one-time WWF Light Heavyweight Champion . In total, Holly had over 25 championship reigns in

3360-499: The help of Austin and Shane McMahon. Afterwards, Angle challenged Austin for the WWF Championship at SummerSlam, which Austin accepted. The feud between Austin and Angle would escalate in the following couple of weeks leading up to SummerSlam especially in a Six Man Tag Team Elimination match pitting Austin and the Dudley Boyz against Angle and The Hardy Boyz , which Austin and the Dudley Boyz won. Another main match heading into

3430-419: The introduction of the brand extension in March 2002. In the main event , The Rock defeated Booker T for the WCW Championship , after executing a Rock Bottom . The other two main matches on the card were Steve Austin versus Kurt Angle for the WWF Championship , which Angle won, after Austin was disqualified for attacking referees , and Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy in a ladder match for

3500-463: The match, Bubba Ray Dudley attacked Richards from behind and pinned him for the title. Raven appeared and pinned Dudley, but quickly lost the title to Justin Credible , who was then pinned by Crash Holly. Dudley hit Holly with a trash can, but Stratus stole the pin on him. Dudley tried to attack Stratus from behind, but Jazz sprayed him with a fire extinguisher. Richards then stole the final pin of

3570-524: The match, usually for very short periods of time. The longest reign in the match was Viscera holding the title for nearly seven minutes. Between the Invasion storyline and WrestleMania X8 , the "24/7" rule was only used twice, during matches on the Raw Is War episodes of August 13, 2001 and September 10, 2001 respectively. Both matches were coincidentally between Kurt Angle and Rob Van Dam . On

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3640-458: The match. Next, Chris Jericho faced Rhyno . Jericho forced Rhyno to submit to the Walls of Jericho to win the match. After that, Jeff Hardy defended the WWF Hardcore Championship against Rob Van Dam in a Ladder match . Hardy attempted to retrieve the title belt but Van Dam pushed the ladder, causing Hardy to fall into the ring ropes. Van Dam retrieved the title belt to win the title. In

3710-664: The match. Mad Mikey was angry at many things, on which he elaborated in promos. He wrestled on nine NWA-TNA weekly PPVs, lastly on October 1. He briefly wrestled for Pro Wrestling Iron in Hayward, California . On November 1, 2003, Mad Mikey and Rory Fox defeated Quiten Lee and The Human Time Bomb with Ricky Steamboat as the special guest referee for the Heartland Wrestling Association in what turned out to be Lockwood's final match. Lockwood met his wife, Christeena Wheeler, when she escorted Mark Henry to

3780-403: The move and Christian performed a Spear on Edge. Storm performed a Superkick on Christian and pinned Edge for a near-fall. Edge performed an Edgecution on Storm to win the title . Next, The Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley ) and Test faced The APA ( Faarooq and Bradshaw ) and Spike Dudley . Spike attempted a Dudley Dog on Test but Test countered by throwing Spike through

3850-562: The movie The Scorpion King . On the July 9, 2001 edition of Raw Is War , campaigning for The Rock's return began. Following the campaigning, The Rock returned to the WWF on the July 30, 2001 edition of Raw Is War , where he chose to align himself with the WWF instead of The Alliance for The Invasion . This action was shown by The Rock delivering a Rock Bottom and the People's Elbow onto Shane McMahon , The Alliance leader. Later that week on SmackDown! , Booker T and The Rock cut

3920-548: The night after Dudley accidentally powerbombed Stratus through a wooden table. This rule has allowed the shortest title reigns and quickest title changes in WWE history. Four women have held the Hardcore Championship: Molly Holly (as Mighty Molly), Trish Stratus, Terri Runnels , and The Godfather's ho . The championship often changed hands at house shows , to give the audience a "big moment". In

3990-575: The ring at Unforgiven 1999 , in Charlotte, North Carolina . They married on New Year's Eve, 1999. The couple had one child together, a daughter. In 2002, he opened "Crash Holly's School of Professional Wrestling" in Salisbury, North Carolina , where Wheeler grew up. Lockwood died on November 6, 2003, at his friend and fellow wrestler Stevie Richards ' house in Florida. He was 32 years old. He

4060-470: The ring. Austin performed a third Stone Cold Stunner on Angle for a near-fall. Angle performed an Angle Slam on Austin for a near-fall. Austin attacked the referee and Angle performed a DDT on Austin for another near-fall. Austin attacked Angle with a low blow and performed a Stone Cold Stunner on another referee. Austin hit another referee with the title belt and ran into Angle, who performed an Angle Slam on Austin. Angle pinned Austin but another referee stopped

4130-545: The rivalry continued to intensify during a Lights Out match between Booker T and The Rock, after Booker T delivered a Book End onto The Rock through a commentators announce table. The other main match on the card was Stone Cold Steve Austin versus Kurt Angle for the WWF Championship . The previous month at Invasion , Team WCW / ECW ( Booker T , Diamond Dallas Page , Rhyno and Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley ) defeated Team WWF (Austin, Angle, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker and Kane ). Team WCW/ECW won after Austin turned on

4200-412: The sixth match, WCW Tag Team Champions The Brothers of Destruction ( The Undertaker and Kane ) faced WWF Tag Team Champions Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon in a Steel Cage match for both titles. Page attempted to escape the cage but Undertaker performed a Chokeslam on Page. Undertaker performed a Last Ride on Page to win the match. In the seventh match, Stone Cold Steve Austin defended

4270-423: The title for himself. This led to a Ladder match for the title at SummerSlam between Hardy and Van Dam. Before the event began, a dark match took place on Heat . The match was originally a handicap match featuring Lita and Jacqueline against Torrie Wilson , Stacy Keibler , and Ivory . Backstage, Wilson, Ivory and Keibler attacked Lita, preventing her from competing. Molly Holly replaced Lita. Lita performed

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4340-527: The title to Big Boss Man , he never attempted to recapture the title, mainly because of the main event push he received shortly afterward. At the time of conception, the idea was for the belt to be used in comedy segments to play on Mankind's reputation as a hardcore wrestler. However, as Mankind and hardcore wrestling became more popular with audiences, the Hardcore Championship became a more serious title. Its popularity led competitor World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to create its own Hardcore Championship ,

4410-474: The word " gringo "). Lockwood debuted on WWF television as "Crash Holly", the storyline cousin of Bob "Hardcore" Holly , on the August 16, 1999, episode of Raw is War They became known as the Holly Cousins . Their relationship was a strained one, and Hardcore frequently threatened Crash. When they took the gimmick of claiming to be "super heavyweights", over 400 lb each, Crash would carry

4480-658: Was found partially clothed with a pool of vomit around his face. Empty bottles of the prescription drug carisoprodol and a partially consumed bottle of alcohol were found nearby. He had recently received divorce papers from his wife. His death, caused by choking on his own vomit, was officially ruled a suicide. He was buried in China Grove in Rowan County, North Carolina . In August 2005, Nora Greenwald, who performed alongside Lockwood as Molly Holly , released an autobiographical DVD titled "Nora Greenwald: Shootin'

4550-404: Was not defended and soon quietly disappeared. The Hardcore Championship belt was rumored to have been a replica of the "Winged Eagle" WWF Championship belt, which was smashed in several places and reassembled with two pieces of duct tape, and inscribed with the words "Hardcore" and "Champion" in marker. During a feud between "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig and then-champion Hulk Hogan , Hennig stole

4620-662: Was sent to Power Pro Wrestling , the WWF's developmental promotion , to train. Here, he won the Power Pro Wrestling Young Guns Championship and the PPW Tag Team Championship . WWF Talent Coordinator Bruce Prichard sent Lockwood to Mexico, to prepare him for the style of the WWF's lucha libre show, WWF Super Astros . He wrestled in Monterrey for three months, under a mask , as "The Green Ghost" (a play on

4690-527: Was the 14th SummerSlam and was scheduled to be held on August 19, 2001, at the Compaq Center at San Jose in San Jose, California . The main rivalry heading into SummerSlam was between The Rock and Booker T , battling over the WCW Championship . After losing the WWF Championship to Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania X-Seven , The Rock took a hiatus from professional wrestling to film

4760-424: Was the 14th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on August 19, 2001, at the Compaq Center at San Jose in San Jose, California . It was the last SummerSlam promoted under the WWF name, as the promotion was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2002. It was also the last SummerSlam held before

4830-527: Was then defended as a regular title. When Crash Holly won the belt, he introduced the "24/7 rule" that the belt was to be defended at all times as long as a referee was present. This allowed for many comic relief moments, such as the belt changing hands while the champion was asleep(Crash Holly lost the title while he was sleeping to Gerald Brisco ), and The Headbangers chasing Crash Holly around an amusement park in Brooklyn (Holly eventually escaped from

4900-551: Was unable to determine whether it is true. The original belt was later sold as memorabilia by former WWE employee Mel Phillips and authenticated by belt makers Dave Millican and Reggie Parks , thus debunking the longtime rumor. When Bradshaw won the title in June 2002, he briefly renamed it the Texas Hardcore Championship, and wore a Smoking Skull belt customized with the Texas flag, artificial bull horns and

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