(en) Tim Baines, « Brock is set to rock and roll », SLAM! Sports: Wrestling, Canadian Online Explorer, (consulté le ) : « The hardcore division's 24/7 rule has been abolished, with Tommy Dreamer keeping the title in a free-for-all with several other former hardcore title holders on RAW »
(en) John M. Milner, Bob Kapur and Richard Kamchen, « Bio: Tommy Dreamer », SLAM! Sports: Wrestling, Canadian Online Explorer, (consulté le ) : « Dreamer lost a Hardcore vs. Intercontinental title unification match vs. Rob Van Dam. »
(en) Royal Duncan et Gary Will, Wrestling Title Histories, Waterloo, Archeus Communications, 4th edition 2006, 4e éd., 441 p. (ISBN978-0-9698161-5-7, OCLC43800554), « United States: 19th century & widely defended titles - NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA », p. 26–27
(en) Paul Nemer, « WWF RAW Is WAR results (May 28, 2001) », WrestleView.com, (consulté le ) : « Winner: New Hardcore Champion, Chris Jericho....Jericho was walking back on the entrance ramp and Rhyno comes out of nowhere and spears him and gets the pin and Rhyno wins the hardcore title. Winner: New Hardcore Champion, Rhyno »