A lot of people don't know that a rule already is in place similar to this, but more lenient. It basically states that in order for a person to receive a briefcase as a result of the X-treme title that person must have had at least one credible title defense that resulted in a victory for that person.

If everyone was as worried about this rule as they appear to be now, you guys would have caught when Mr. Radio almost received a briefcase with NO successful title defenses during his 6 week+ reign. I was the only one who caught it, and he was told of this rule and informed he needed to schedule a title defense. If he won, he'd get the briefcase. Unfortunately he lost and did not receive a briefcase even though he had the title longer than 6 weeks.

What's interesting to me is how this can happen silently behind the scenes and nobody else pick up on it, but when Peter Gilmour has already had successful title defenses since winning the belt, these concerns are suddenly brought into the light.

Yes, Gilmour got out of hand and received a temporary ban. No, it doesn't mean we should change the x-treme title rules. No, he won't get "Credit" for his banned week toward a briefcase.

Another thing I'd like to point out is how only a small fraction of the current roster would have the ability to even hold the x-treme title for anywhere close to 6 weeks. The current time limit for kickouts is 12 hours, and that's the shortest it's ever been. It used to be 24 hours but I felt that was too easy on the champion, because all he'd have to do is show up once a day and check for a pin in the old days.

Think about it... how hard is it to maintain a life but also make sure 12 hours NEVER pass without you getting online and kicking out of a possible pin? That in itself means the person must really be glued to our site, and we LIKE that sort of thing! That's actually the reason I originally decided the x-treme title should have the briefcase option... it means that person must be a complete XWF maniac to successfully kick out of every pin in less than 12 hours for 6 weeks.

In the old days, I was x-treme champion under the 24 rule. I won it under the 24/7 pin and I lost it the same way later on...just a week or two later. lol Even I couldn't have earned a briefcase (if they were around back then) and that was with having 24 hour kickouts. The current setup is more than challenging enough.

With how few briefcases have been actually awarded through the x-treme title this year, I really can't imagine why we'd need to make it harder on people all of a sudden.