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WWE has made a lot of changes to its product of the course of the 2019 calendar year and while the addition of the 24/7 Title was admittedly one of the smaller ones, the impact of the belt has been otherworldly. The new title served as a comedic plot device for both RAW and SmackDown when it was sorely needed.
Of course not everyone loved the 24/7 Title at the beginning, especially with the questionable design and name, but one would be lying if they said it didn't grow on them. As it turns out, the belt never supposed to be a less violent version of the old Hardcore Title, which was the original complaint of many, so people calmed down and began to enjoy it for what it wa
With that being said and The 24/7 Title endearing itself to the WWE Universe over the course of the last few months, lets take a look at some of the best 24/7 Title storylines so far. As always, let us know your thoughts in the comments below and also tell us who you want to see win the belt next!
#5 Celebrities winning the title
One of WWE's main intentions with the 24/7 Title was to create more sideshow content for fans to enjoy, but it soon become much more than that. Interestingly enough, the seemingly nonsensical comedy skits that the company used to have the title change hands (over and over and over again) soon became a social media powerhouse.
And then WWE thought to themselves, what would happen if they got celebrities involved in the fray? The company tested that theory during an episode of College Game Day, where Rob Stone pinned R-Truth on the set of the show to win the belt. Of course he was quickly beaten by Elias moments later, but that didn't diminish the impact of the moment.
The interaction was posted on WWE's website and received a lot of attention from fans over the bizarre series of events. The company followed that up on the season premiere of Friday Night SmackDown by having DJ Marshmello win the belt during a backstage segment, which was also met with rave reviews.
WWE accidentally created a multi-purpose juggernaut with this title and they should be proud of that.
#4 Changing hands at RAW reunion
How many times can a title change hands in a night?
WWE took that question as a challenge at this years edition of RAW Reunion and while not every moment was grade A television, it was still a pretty enthralling series of bizarre events. It also was a great way to get retired WWE Legends involved in the festivities, which only added to the "once in a lifetime" feel of the evening.
It all started off with Drake Maverick finally winning the 24/7 Title back from R- Truth, thus meaning he could finally consummate his marriage with his wife. Unfortunately for Maverick, a surprise appearance from The Boogeyman put an end to those plans, allowing Pat Paterson to roll him up in the locker room for the win.
That wouldn't last long, however, as Gerald Briscoe won the belt from Maverick inside a limo and, and he was later was pinned by Kelly Kelly. This string of bizarre events would continue throughout the night with Candice Michelle, Alundra Blayze, and even The Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase holding the 24/7 Title.
And it was what each individual character did with it that made everything so special. In fact, from Alundra Blayze almost throwing the title in the trash, to The Million Dollar Man buying it off of her, it was a night to remember.
#3 Drake Maverick's wedding
Drake Maverick seemed like a very small player in the grand scheme of things, but his importance to the overall story of the 24/7 Title picture was amplified when he mentioned that he was getting married. This all happened while Maverick and several other Superstars were trapped in an elevator. Who would have guessed that this seemingly insignificant one-off joke would it would become a full blown storyline for the diminutive Superstar?
Maverick won the title a week or so later from R-Truth, jumped into his car and drove off to his aforementioned wedding as excited as a young boy on Christmas. Of course Truth would go on a mission to win his title back, which ultimately resulted in him crashing Maverick's wedding, and pinning him just seconds after the couple said their "I dos". But the best was still to come.
After Maverick's title loss, he seemed to become consumed with winning the title back. He even refused to consummate his marriage with his wife until he had The 24/7 Title back around his waist. He constantly ignored his wife in comedic fasion in order to win back the title, which was just icing on the cake.
It was a great side plot to explore and gave fans young and old something ridiculous to enjoy.
#2 Embarrassing Mike Kanellis
Remember The Attitude Era?
It was a once-in-a-lifetime period where everything seemed to center on extremely personal feuds, reality bending storytelling, and a heavy dose of risque behavior. While WWE ultimately abandoned that aesthetic in favor of a more family friendly program, they still occasionally show hints of the bygone era when the time calls for it.
One perfect example of this was the ongoing storyline between Maria Kanellis and her husband Mike, which originally centered around the father of Maria's unborn baby was, and that it was definitely not Mike's. The story lost steam pretty quickly, so it devolved from being about Mike being embarrassed in a soap-opera-yet-serious manner to becoming a series of jokes that made him look weak compared to his wife, the dominant woman It intersected with 24/7 Title gimmick, as Mike won the title, only for his wife to force him to lay down and let her become the champion.
From when it was initially played as a serious story until it became a mostly lighthearted joke, the saga of Mike and Maria made for some of the most bizarre television the company has done in a while, and fit perfectly with the insanity that surrounds the 24/7 Title.
Plus, we got to see Maria proclaim herself to be the first pregnant champion in WWE history, while making fun of everyone because they were afraid to try to pin a pregant woman. That was far funnier than it had any right to be.
#1 R-Truth, living, breathing cartoon character
There's just something, some intangible quality, about R-Truth that is insanely likable.
He's almost like your crazy uncle that comes to Thanksgiving dinner, has a liitle bit too much to drink (maybe a little too much of the bubbly?) and rambles on about different subjects while everyone tries to enjoy their meal. The best part of his whole gimmick however, seems to be just how naïve and unaware of any given situation he is.
In fact, between repeatedly forgetting the name of the title he has a won a record number of times, to planning an escape using a hot air balloon, the man obviously has no idea what's going on (or does he? the world may never know) and it's funny to see what he'll come up with next. It's also a great way to attract social media attention, which Truth has become great at doing over the last couple of months.
Truth, with some help from the stellar assistance of Drake Maverick, took a belt that everyone had reservations about in the beginning and made it something absurdly fun. It all stems back to just how random his character is and how the man is able to take the situations that WWE repeatedly puts him into for comedic effect, and make them 10 times funnier than they were when they were just ideas written on paper.
In the end, Truth is a great at comedic storytelling and he's so over with the fans that anything he does is going to be beloved. It's a perfect combination to create brilliant angles and his naivety, almost child-like qualities, has a lot to do with that. He's almost like the inverse Wile E. Coyote; his plans and schemes are off-the-wall insane, and while he often has to abandon the original plan, he still ends up winning in the end. There's nothing that R-Truth can't do, and the WWE 24/7 Championship may be the biggest reason that he will end up in the Hall of Fame when he finally hangs up his boots.
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