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• No Disqualifications meaning all weapons are legal.
• Falls Count Anywhere meaning Pin Falls and Submissions do not have to take place in the ring.
• No Holds Barred meaning that the referee will allow anything and cannot abandon the match whatever happens.

When Vince McMahon First Awarded Mankind the belt on November 2nd 1998 these were the only rules, but when Crash Holly won the belt he introduced a new rule:

• 24/7 meaning the belt was being defended at all times, allowing the title to change hands at anytime as long as there was a referee to count the pin fall.

1 Trivia

• Raven has won the WWE Hardcore Championship 26 times.

• Eric Bischoff retired the belt on August 26th 2002 during a RAW episode after a Unification match.

2 See Also