Replica WWF Hardcore championship belt

After building my home bar I wanted a replica wrestling or boxing belt to sit behind a shelf. But the two belts I had looked a bit to shiny and pretty for the theme of the bar.

Then after watching old wrestling shows with mate Luke we was reminded of the old WWF Hardcore title. This title captured exactly what I was looking for, the attitude era, which was the era I watched wrestling with my brother.

The WWF Hardcore Championship was a hardcore wrestling championship in WWF (now WWE) and was contested for under "hardcore" rules (no disqualifications, no countouts, and pinfalls count anywhere). In the latter part of the title's history, a rule was implemented allowing anyone to challenge the champion at any place or time, provided a referee was present (dubbed the "24/7 Rule").

I took a replica Eagle WWF world title and smashed it up and bodged it back together to become the Hardcore title. Which exactly what the WWF did back in the day.

The completed belt

head on

Left side

Main plate up close

Right plate

Left plate

The belt before I started work

Plates smashed up

Mine compared to the original

 

UPDATE

 

Later I met Hardcore legend Al Snow, he signed my belt