| Hardcore Championship | |||||||||||
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 The Hardcore Championship's current design | |||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||
| Current champion(s) |
Toni Storm | ||||||||||
| Date won | October 15, 2023 (aired October 15, 2023) | ||||||||||
| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||
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The WWE Hardcore Championship is the third-tier championship title in WWE The E-Fed. The championship was originally Smackdown exclusive for only a short time before being merged with the Cruiserweight Championship and rendered inactive. The championship was reactivated as a RAW exclusive championship in 2008 before being made interbrand in 2011. The title made a return in 2014 after Raw and Smackdown merged together. The first champion was Daniel Puder who won a Championship Scramble to become the inaugural champion. The championship was reactivated by New Jack at Unforgiven on September 22, 2008 after winning but disowning the European Championship and claiming it the Hardcore Championship. The final champion was Kevin Thorn who was in his first reign, after defeating Tyler Chandler on Superstars on February 17, 2011. The title would stay deactivated until September 12, 2014. The current Hardcore Champion is Toni Storm who is in her first reign. Jake Anderson holds the record for most reigns with seven reigns. Jimmy Havoc has the record for shortest reign at under 30 seconds. New Jack holds the record for longest reign (as an individual) with 231 days. Becky Lynch made history by becoming the first woman to ever hold the Hardcore Championship.
Title history[]
Key[]
| # | The overall championship reign |
| Date | The date in which the championship was obtained |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Venue | The event where the championship was obtained |
| Notes | Any additional important information on how the championship changed hands |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| # | Wrestler Name | Reign | Date | Days held | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Puder | 1 | April 21, 2006 | 24 | Smackdown |
Puder won a Championship Scramble to become the inaugural Hardcore Champion. |
| — | Vacated | — | May 14, 2006 | — | Smackdown | The Hardcore Championship was vacated after Puder quit. |
| 2 | Ron Killings | 1 | May 18, 2006 | 16 | Smackdown | |
| 3 | Spud | 1 | June 2, 2006 | 107 | Smackdown | |
| 4 | Kevin Nash | 1 | September 1, 2006 | 178 | Smackdown | |
| — | Deactivated | — | February 25, 2007 | — | — | The Hardcore Championship was merged with the Cruiserweight Championship at No Way Out and left inactive. |
| 5 | New Jack | 1 | September 22, 2008 | 231 | Unforgiven |
New Jack defeated Paul Burchill to win the European Championship but disowned it and renamed it the Hardcore Championship, reactivating the formerly inactive title. |
| 6 | Colt Cabana | 1 | May 10, 2009 | 84 | Backlash | |
| — | Vacated | — | August 1, 2009 | — | RAW | |
| 7 | Matt Hardy | 1 | November 2, 2009 | 43 | RAW | Hardy won a elimination style match to claim the vacant Hardcore Championship. |
| 8 | Travis Kooper | 1 | December 14, 2009 | 133 | RAW | |
| 9 | Mike Tarver | 1 | April 25, 2010 | 37 | Wrestlemania | |
| 10 | Travis Kooper | 2 | May 31, 2010 | 22 | Backlash | |
| 12 | Papydum | 1 | June 21, 2010 | 22 | RAW | |
| — | Vacated | — | July 12, 2010 | — | RAW | |
| 13 | Desmond Wolfe | 1 | August 16, 2010 | 77 | RAW | |
| 14 | Sterling James Keenan | 1 | October 31, 2010 | 95 | Halloween Havoc | |
| — | Vacated | — | February 2, 2011 | — | RAW | |
| 15 | Kevin Thorn | 1 | February 17, 2011 | 68 | Superstars | Thorn defeated Tyler Chandler to claim the vacant Hardcore Championship. |
| — | Deactivated | — | April 25, 2011 | — | Wrestlemania | The championship was rendered inactive once again after Wrestlemania. |
| — | Reactivated | — | September 12, 2014 | — | WWE.com | The championship was reactivated by Mick Foley |
| 16 | John Cena | 1 | September 15, 2014 | 28 | Raw | Cena defeated New Jack to become the new champion |
| 17 | Jey Uso | 1 | October 13, 2014 | <1 | Raw | Uso defeated John Cena on the October 13 episode of Raw |
| 18 | Daniel Bryan | 1 | October 13, 2014 | 13 | Raw | Bryan pinned Jey Uso backstage after Uso had won the championship |
| 19 | Cody Rhodes | 1 | October 26, 2014 | 15 | Halloween Havoc | |
| 20 | Jake Anderson | 1 | November 10, 2014 | 21 | Raw | |
| 21 | Enzo Amore | 1 | December 1, 2014 | 30 | Raw | |
| 22 | The Bunny | 1 | December 31, 2014 | <1 | Matt Hardy's New Year Party | |
| 23 | Enzo Amore | 2 | December 31, 2014 | 27 | Chris Jericho's New Year Party | |
| 24 | Jake Anderson | 2 | January 27, 2015 | <1 | Raw | |
| 25 | Kevin Steen | 1 | January 27, 2015 | 13 | Raw | |
| 26 | Erick Rowan | 1 | February 10, 2015 | 13 | Raw | |
| 27 | Bad News Barrett | 1 | February 22, 2015 | <1 | Royal Rumble | Won during the Royal Rumble match |
| 28 | Samuel Shaw | 1 | February 22, 2015 | 28 | Royal Rumble | Won during the Royal Rumble match |
| 29 | Sami Callihan | 1 | March 22, 2015 | <1 | WrestleMania 31 | Won a Hardcore Scramble match to become Champion |
| 30 | Samuel Shaw | 2 | March 22, 2015 | 35 | WrestleMania 31 | Pinned Sami Callihan backstage after he won the title and it later became a Smackdown exclusive championship |
| 31 | Samuel Shaw (2) and Daniel Bryan (2) | 1 | April 26, 2015 | 11 | King of the Ring | Both men pinned each other at the same time to become co-champions. |
| 32 | Corey Graves | 2 | May 7, 2015 | 14 | Smackdown | Graves defeated Shaw to end both co-champions reign. This is Graves' second reign; his first was under his Sterling James Keenan alias. |
| 33 | Jack Swagger | 1 | May 21, 2015 | 28 | Smackdown | Won a Fatal 4 Way Match that also included Corey Graves, Enzo Amore and Santino Marella |
| 34 | Samuel Shaw | 3 | June 18th, 2015 | <1 | Smackdown | |
| 35 | Becky Lynch | 1 | June 18th, 2015 | 28 | Smackdown | Became the first female to ever win the Hardcore Championship |
| 36 | Daffney | 1 | July 16th, 2015 | 14 | Smackdown | Became the second female to ever win the Hardcore Championship |
| 37 | Tyson Kidd | 1 | July 30th, 2015 | 14 | Smackdown | |
| 38 | Road Dogg | 1 | August 13th, 2015 | <1 | Smackdown | |
| 39 | Tyson Kidd | 2 | August 13th, 2015 | 17 | Smackdown | |
| 40 | Billy Gunn | 1 | August 30th, 2015 | <1 | Summerslam | This was a hardcore scramble match |
| 41 | Tyson Kidd | 3 | August 30th, 2015 | <1 | Summerslam | This was a hardcore scramble match |
| 42 | Stardust | 2 | August 30th, 2015 | <1 | Summerslam | This was a hardcore scramble match. Stardust's first reign fell under the Cody Rhodes name. |
| 43 | Billy Gunn | 2 | August 30th, 2015 | <1 | Summerslam | This was a hardcore scramble match |
| 44 | Jimmy Havoc | 1 | August 30th, 2015 | 47 | Summerslam | This was a hardcore scramble match |
| 45 | Bram | 1 | October 16th, 2015 | <1 | Smackdown | |
| 46 | Jimmy Havoc | 2 | October 16th, 2015 | 13 | Smackdown | |
| 47 | Antonio Cesaro | 1 | October 29th, 2015 | 42 | Smackdown | |
| 48 | Kevin Owens | 1 | December 10, 2015 | <1 | Smackdown | |
| 49 | Antonio Cesaro | 2 | December 10, 2015 | 31 | Smackdown | |
| 50 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | 1 | January 10, 2016 | 18 | Smackdown | |
| 51 | Shelton Benjamin | 1 | January 28, 2016 | <1 | Smackdown | |
| 52 | Antonio Cesaro | 3 | January 28, 2016 | <1 | Smackdown | |
| 53 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | 2 | January 28, 2016 | 42 | Smackdown | Pudzianowski would later vacate the championship due to an injury |
| 53 | John Cena | 2 | March 10, 2016 | 17 | Smackdown | |
| 54 | Cesaro | 4 | March 27, 2016 | 18 | WrestleMania 32 | |
| 55 | CJ Parker | 1 | April 14, 2016 | 17 | SmackDown | |
| 56 | Apollo Crews | 1 | May 1, 2016 | <1 | Invasion (2016) | |
| 57 | Samuel Shaw | 4 | May 1, 2016 | <1 | Invasion (2016) | |
| 58 | Daniel Riley | 1 | May 1, 2016 | <1 | Invasion (2016) | |
| 59 | Samuel Shaw | 5 | May 1, 2016 | <1 | Invasion (2016) | |
| 60 | Scott Steiner | 1 | May 1, 2016 | <1 | Invasion (2016) | |
| 61 | Stan Stansky | 1 | May 1, 2016 | <1 | Invasion (2016) | |
| 62 | Samuel Shaw | 6 | May 1, 2016 | 194 | Invasion (2016) | |
| 63 | Jimmy Havoc | 3 | November 11, 2016 | 58 | SmackDown | |
| 64 | Marty Scurll | 1 | January 8, 2017 | 12 | New Year's Revolution (2017) | |
| 65 | Raven | 1 | January 20, 2017 | 14 | SmackDown | |
| 66 | Abyss | 1 | February 3, 2017 | 16 | SmackDown | |
| 67 | Pastor William Eaver | 1 | February 19, 2017 | 147 | Royal Rumble (2017) | |
| 68 | Raven | 2 | July 16, 2017 | 8 | Unforgiven | |
| 69 | Paige | 1 | July 24, 2017 | 34 | Raw | |
| 70 | Ethan Page | 1 | August 4, 2017 | 23 | SmackDown | |
| — | Vacated | — | August 27, 2017 | — | SummerSlam | |
| 71 | Roman Reigns | 1 | August 27, 2017 | 29 | SummerSlam | |
| 72 | Zack Sabre Jr | 1 | September 25, 2017 | 15 | Raw | |
| 73 | Ciaran O'Donnell | 1 | October 10, 2017 | 12 | Cyber Sunday | |
| 74 | CM Punk | 1 | October 22, 2017 | 77 | Halloween Havoc | |
| 75 | Trista | 1 | January 7, 2018 | 35 | Royal Rumble | |
| 76 | Shane Helms | 1 | February 11, 2018 | 21 | No Way Out | |
| 77 | Pastor William Eaver | 2 | March 4, 2018 | 49 | Fastlane | |
| 78 | Vinny Marseglia | 1 | April 22, 2018 | 35 | WrestleMania 34 | |
| 79 | Suicide | 1 | May 27, 2018 | 121 | Backlash | |
| 80 | Jimmy Havoc | 4 | September 25, 2018 | 103 | Survivor Series | |
| 81 | Suicide | 2 | January 6, 2019 | 42 | Royal Rumble | |
| 82 | Raven | 3 | February 17, 2019 | 63 | No Way Out | |
| 83 | Suicide | 3 | April 21, 2019 | 35 | WrestleMania 35 | |
| 84 | Scarlett Bordeaux | 1 | May 26, 2019 | 28 | Backlash | |
| 85 | Suicide | 4 | June 23, 2019 | 26 | Extreme Rules | |
| 86 | R-Truth | 1 | July 19, 2019 | <1 | SmackDown | |
| 87 | Suicide | 5 | July 19, 2019 | 21 | SmackDown | |
| 88 | R-Truth | 2 | August 8, 2019 | 16 | SmackDown | |
| 89 | Velveteen Dream | 1 | August 25, 2019 | 35 | SummerSlam | |
| 90 | Suicide | 6 | September 29, 2019 | 21 | No Mercy | |
| 91 | Orange Cassidy | 1 | October 20, 2019 | 35 | Halloween Havoc | |
| 92 | Sami Callihan | 1 | November 24, 2019 | 49 | Survivor Series | |
| 93 | Nixon Newell | 1 | January 12, 2020 | 42 | Royal Rumble | |
| 94 | Hangman Page | 1 | February 23, 2020 | 56 | No Way Out | |
| 95 | Killer Kross | 1 | April 19, 2020 | 16 | WrestleMania 36 | |
| 96 | Big E | 1 | May 5, 2020 | 7 | SmackDown | |
| 97 | Enzo Amore | 3 | May 12, 2020 | <1 | SmackDown | |
| 98 | Drew McIntyre | 1 | May 12, 2020 | <1 | SmackDown | |
| 99 | Big E | 2 | May 12, 2020 | <1 | SmackDown | |
| 100 | Jake Anderson | 3 | May 12, 2020 | <1 | SmackDown | |
| 101 | The Miz | 1 | May 12, 2020 | <1 | SmackDown | |
| 102 | Maryse | 1 | May 12, 2020 | 7 | SmackDown | |
| 103 | Pastor William Eaver | 3 | May 19, 2020 | 40 | SmackDown | |
| 104 | Heath Slater | 1 | June 28, 2020 | 33 | Unforgiven (2020) | |
| 105 | Jake Anderson | 4 | July 31, 2020 | 14 | SmackDown | |
| 106 | Kane | 1 | August 14, 2020 | <1 | SmackDown | |
| 107 | Jimmy Havoc | 5 | August 14, 2020 | <1 | SmackDown | |
| 108 | Jake Anderson | 5 | August 14, 2020 | <1 | SmackDown | |
| 109 | Heath Slater | 2 | August 14, 2020 | <1 | SmackDown | |
| 110 | Jake Anderson | 6 | August 14, 2020 | <1 | SmackDown | |
| 111 | Kane | 2 | August 14, 2020 | 65 | SmackDown | |
| 112 | Keith Lee | 1 | October 18, 2020 | 42 | Halloween Havoc | |
| 113 | The Miz | 2 | November 29, 2020 | 21 | Survivor Series | |
| 114 | Randy Orton | 1 | December 20, 2020 | 21 | Cyber Sunday | |
| 115 | Sonya Deville | 1 | January 10, 2021 | <1 | Royal Rumble | |
| 116 | MJF | 1 | January 10, 2021 | 49 | Royal Rumble | |
| 117 | Bianca Belair | 1 | February 28, 2021 | 14 | No Way Out (2021) | |
| 118 | Bray Wyatt | 1 | March 14, 2021 | 35 | Fastlane (2021) | |
| 119 | Raven | 4 | April 18, 2021 | 42 | WrestleMania 37 | |
| 120 | Tyler Breeze | 1 | May 30, 2021 | 30 | Backlash (2021) | |
| 121 | Kenny Omega | 1 | June 29, 2021 | 19 | Extreme Rules (2021) | |
| 122 | Dolph Ziggler | 1 | July 18, 2021 | 35 | Unforgiven (2021) | |
| 123 | Britt Baker | 1 | August 22, 2021 | 56 | SummerSlam (2021) | |
| 124 | Tommaso Ciampa | 1 | October 17, 2021 | 42 | Halloween Havoc (2021) | |
| 125 | Cody Rhodes | 3 | November 28, 2021 | 24 | Survivor Series (2021) | |
| 126 | Heath Slater | 3 | December 22, 2021 | 67 | Cyber Sunday (2021) | |
| 127 | Brock Lesnar | 1 | February 27, 2022 | 19 | No Way Out (2022) | |
| 128 | Dominik Mysterio | 1 | March 18, 2022 | 30 | SmackDown | |
| 129 | Sami Callihan | 2 | April 17, 2022 | 29 | WrestleMania (2022) | |
| 130 | Johnny Gargano | 1 | May 16, 2022 | 13 | RAW | |
| 131 | Damian Priest | 1 | May 29, 2022 | 28 | Unforgiven (2022) | |
| 132 | Solo Sikoa | 1 | June 26, 2022 | 57 | Extreme Rules (2022) | |
| 132 | Hangman Adam Page | 1 | August 21, 2022 | 35 | SummerSlam (2022) | |
| 133 | Matt Riddle | 1 | September 25, 2022 | <1 | No Mercy (2022) | |
| 134 | John Cena | 3 | September 25, 2022 | <1 | No Mercy (2022) | |
| 135 | Joe Hendry | 1 | September 25, 2022 | <1 | No Mercy (2022) | |
| 136 | Enzo Amore | 4 | September 25, 2022 | <1 | No Mercy (2022) | |
| 137 | Jake Anderson | 7 | September 25, 2022 | 28 | No Mercy (2022) | |
| 138 | Tyler Bate | 1 | October 23, 2022 | 56 | Halloween Havoc (2022) | |
| 139 | Nick Gage | 1 | December 18, 2022 | 84 | Halloween Havoc (2022) | |
| 140 | Billy Gunn | 3 | March 12, 2023 | <1 | No Mercy (2023) | |
| 141 | Big E | 3 | March 12, 2023 | <1 | No Mercy (2023) | |
| 142 | Roman Reigns | 2 | March 12, 2023 | <1 | No Mercy (2023) | |
| 143 | John Cena | 4 | March 12, 2023 | <1 | No Mercy (2023) | |
| 144 | Sting | 1 | March 12, 2023 | <1 | No Mercy (2023) | |
| 145 | Nick Gage | 2 | March 12, 2023 | 51 | No Mercy (2023) | |
| 146 | Randy Orton | 2 | May 1, 2023 | 27 | Raw | |
| 147 | PAC | 1 | May 28, 2023 | 120 | Unforgiven (2023) | |
| 148 | Brock Lesnar | 2 | September 24, 2023 | 22 | Clash At The Castle (2023) | |
| 149 | Toni Storm | 1 | October 15, 2023 | 17+ | Halloween Havoc (2023) |
List of combined reigns[]
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| <1 | Indicates the reign was less than 1 day |
As of January 3, 2023
| Rank | Wrestler | # of Reigns | Combined Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Suicide | 6 | 266 |
| 2. | Samuel Shaw | 6 | 241 |
| 3. | Pastor William Eaver | 3 | 236 |
| 4. | New Jack | 1 | 231 |
| 5. | Jimmy Havoc | 5 | 222 |
| 6. | Kevin Nash | 1 | 178 |
| 7. | Travis Kooper | 2 | 155 |
| 8. | Nick Gage | 2 | 135 |
| 9. | Raven | 4 | 127 |
| 10. | PAC | 1 | 120 |
| 11. | Corey Graves | 2 | 109 |
| 12. | Spud | 1 | 107 |
| 13. | Heath Slater | 3 | 100 |
| 14. | Cesaro | 4 | 91 |
| 15. | Hangman Adam Page | 2 | 90 |
| 16. | Colt Cabana | 1 | 84 |
| 17. | Desmond Wolfe | 1 | 77 |
| 18. | Kevin Thorn | 1 | 68 |
| 19. | Jake Anderson | 7 | 65 |
| 19. | Kane | 2 | 65 |
| 20. | Mariusz Pudzianowski | 2 | 60 |
| 21. | Enzo Amore | 4 | 57 |
| 21. | Solo Sikoa | 1 | 57 |
| 22. | Tyler Bate | 1 | 56 |
| 22. | Britt Baker | 1 | 56 |
| 23. | MJF | 1 | 49 |
| 24. | Randy Orton | 2 | 48 |
| 25. | John Cena | 4 | 45 |
| 26. | Keith Lee | 1 | 42 |
| 26. | Tommaso Ciampa | 1 | 42 |
| 27. | Brock Lesnar | 2 | 41 |
| 28. | Stardust | 3 | 39 |
| 29. | Mike Tarver | 1 | 37 |
| 30. | Bray Wyatt | 1 | 35 |
| 30. | Dolph Ziggler | 1 | 35 |
| 31. | Tyson Kidd | 3 | 31 |
| 32. | Dominik Mysterio | 1 | 30 |
| 32. | Tyler Breeze | 1 | 30 |
| 32. | Sami Callihan | 2 | 30 |
| 33. | Jack Swagger | 1 | 28 |
| 33. | Becky Lynch | 1 | 28 |
| 33. | Damian Priest | 1 | 28 |
| 34. | Daniel Puder | 1 | 24 |
| 34. | Daniel Bryan | 2 | 24 |
| 35. | Papydum | 1 | 22 |
| 36. | The Miz | 2 | 21 |
| 37. | Kenny Omega | 1 | 19 |
| 38. | CJ Parker | 1 | 17 |
| 39. | R-Truth | 1 | 16 |
| 40. | Bianca Belair | 1 | 14 |
| 40. | Daffney | 1 | 14 |
| 41. | Kevin Owens | 2 | 13 |
| 41. | Erick Rowan | 1 | 13 |
| 41. | Johnny Gargano | 1 | 13 |
| 42. | Big E | 3 | 7 |
| 43. | Billy Gunn | 3 | <1 |
| 43. | Sonya Deville | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Jey Uso | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | The Bunny | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Bad News Barrett | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Road Dogg | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Bram | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Shelton Benjamin | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Daniel Riley | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Stan Stansky | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Apollo Crews | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Scott Steiner | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Matt Riddle | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Joe Hendry | 1 | <1 |
| 43. | Sting | 1 | <1 |