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PWINSIDER Q&A: OLD WWE CHAMPIONSHIPS, TRISH STRATUS, CENA TO SMACKDOWN AND MORE

Answered on 9/9

Whatever happened to the WWE Hardcore, Light Heavyweight and European championships? Thanks.

The European title was unified with the Intercontinental Title when Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy in a ladder match on July 22, 2002.  The Hardcore title was unified with the Intercontinental Title when Rob Van Dam defeated Tommy Dreamer on August 26, 2002. The Light Heavyweight title was unified with the Cruiserweight Title when X-Pac defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri on August 19, 2001 (and shockingly, WWE stuck with the name of the old WCW belt, not their own title).  

I've been a wrestling fan for 14 years and have always wanted to get in the business. Family and friends constantly saying it was a stupid idea helped me to miss the boat. In your opinion, what do you think the cut-off age should be for training or trying to get into the business. Also, I am in decent shape, but have been training hard for the past year. I am only 5'10" and weigh around 200 lbs. Do you think that my lack of size would also have a negative impact on my chances given my age, 28? Just curious about your thoughts.

Honestly, you would be getting into the game pretty late in life, especially if you haven't even begun training yet.  While it isn't unheard of for someone your age to enter the business (the Boogeyman was a lot older, and he made it), the chances of making it into a career get slimmer the older you get, especially if you are only in "decent" shape right now. If you are serious, you need to get into a good training camp now, because time is against you. 

Do you think WWE is driving SmackDown even further into the ground by having it John Cena's "punishment" to go to SmackDown if he loses at Unforgiven? I mean, they act as if it's a bad thing.

It certainly doesn't help the image of Smackdown.  Then again, a lot of things WWE does (like having twice as many Raw matches as Smackdown bouts on joint PPVs) hurts the image of Smackdown.  This is just par for the course. 

Is Trish Stratus really getting married, or is this just part of an upcoming storyline which will lead to Trish being seriously injured to the point where she will be out of action for a long time? Is that the plan for Trish?

Trish really is getting married, which is the one thing WWE isn't mentioning in their storylines.  In fact, they're not mentioning it in their "real story" coverage on WWE.com either. 

In Lance Storm's recent Q&A (Aug. 29) he mentions he saw Bubba-D-Von fight backstage (blowing off steam) such as DDP-Steiner, Sandman-New Jack and Goldberg-Jericho. My question is what was the reason behind Bubba-D-Von, when did it happen, and how did the two patch things up?

When you spend as much time together as Bubba & D-Von have over the last ten years (which in this day and age is amazing for a tag team, even with a short break), you're bound to have blow ups and fights.  I would chalk it up as being the same as two brothers fighting.  You might go at it, but at the end, you're still brothers. 

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