Daneasaur 
This is actually correct.
"But Spike got twilight away from the nightmare door!"
I need to remind you that the only reason Spike followed twilight was because **Rarity** didn't trust that Twilight could handle everything inside the castle on her own. If Spike wasn't there, Rarity would have followed Twilight, regardless of what she'd say and she'd have moved Twilight away from the nightmare door.
The carrying of the crystal heart was also not important as Spike barely got on the ledge before falling off, only to be caught by cadance. If it was Rarity, it would have been the same thing and ended the same way.
The ONLY reason Spike is given the title is because Twilght **lied** and told everyone that "Spike did everything".
"But he was the hero of the equestria games!"
No he wasn't. Pay attention to the size of the ice cloud, it's not even big enough to fuill the floor of the stadium. All he did was protect some grass.
Spike wasn't a Hero of any sort until Gauntlet of Fire, where he was willing to give up his life in equestria for his friends and family, and in the process, saved Ember's life.
The one crystal empire related thing Spike did_*nearly branded him as a traitor to equestria,_* and was when he chose to defend Thorax, arguably the most important thing he did.
Not that either of those friendships mattered in the end as twilight and Starlight sabotage his friendships with them in Triple Threat as that is the last time he sees either of them outside of a "hello".
"But Spike got twilight away from the nightmare door!"
I need to remind you that the only reason Spike followed twilight was because **Rarity** didn't trust that Twilight could handle everything inside the castle on her own. If Spike wasn't there, Rarity would have followed Twilight, regardless of what she'd say and she'd have moved Twilight away from the nightmare door.
The carrying of the crystal heart was also not important as Spike barely got on the ledge before falling off, only to be caught by cadance. If it was Rarity, it would have been the same thing and ended the same way.
The ONLY reason Spike is given the title is because Twilght **lied** and told everyone that "Spike did everything".
"But he was the hero of the equestria games!"
No he wasn't. Pay attention to the size of the ice cloud, it's not even big enough to f
Spike wasn't a Hero of any sort until Gauntlet of Fire, where he was willing to give up his life in equestria for his friends and family, and in the process, saved Ember's life.
The one crystal empire related thing Spike did
Not that either of those friendships mattered in the end as twilight and Starlight sabotage his friendships with them in Triple Threat as that is the last time he sees either of them outside of a "hello".