Things I noticed by watching too much WWE

[scatterbrain28]

You watch WWE for a while, you notice things that are way too consistent:

If there is a match with more than 3 people competing (Fatal 4 way, etc.), champion always keeps the belt.


When Undertaker goes up for the title, he doesn't get it because heel champion gets another guy to interfere on his behalf.


Undertaker always holds the belt in a creatively slow period (I love the guy but either give him the belt or stop jerking us around).


When a feud for the IC belt heats up, gets decided in a ladder match (not a streetfight, not last man standing).


Vince isn't as creative as he thinks he is.

[Asmo]

During a wrestling match, a RAW, SmackDown! or any other WWE TV show goes to break when both / one of the wrestlers is on the floor, outside the ring.

[Savio]

Interesting segments only happen at the top of the hour.

[The Condor]

I think Lillian Garcia is about a 7. Great legs and body for her age. Face can be ignored.

[Razzamajazz]

you can only pin someone by hooking the leg

[Poit]

If there is a match with more than 3 people competing (Fatal 4 way, etc.), champion always keeps the belt.

Didn't Jack Swagger lose the WHC in a fatal 4-way?

you can only pin someone by hooking the leg

Unless you're an exhausted Shawn Michaels falling on your opponent after a Sweet Chin Music.

[XL]

During a wrestling match, a RAW, SmackDown! or any other WWE TV show goes to break when both / one of the wrestlers is on the floor, outside the ring.

And when you come back from commercial the heel always has the face in a "rest hold" of some kind.

[Juan]

You watch WWE for a while, you notice things that are way too consistent:

If there is a match with more than 3 people competing (Fatal 4 way, etc.), champion always keeps the belt.


When Undertaker goes up for the title, he doesn't get it because heel champion gets another guy to interfere on his behalf.


Undertaker always holds the belt in a creatively slow period (I love the guy but either give him the belt or stop jerking us around).


When a feud for the IC belt heats up, gets decided in a ladder match (not a streetfight, not last man standing).


Vince isn't as creative as he thinks he is.

What? When was the last time any of these happened?

[#1-norm-fan]

I like the idea of this topic. The things in the original post are not THAT common though.

[scatterbrain28]

Champion may lose belt in elimination matches though.

[Ultra Mantis]

There's been a grand total of one intercontinental title ladder match in the last five years, and that was at a TLC PPV.

[The Condor]

Gimmick matches have mostly lost their luster.

[Ruien]

There are only 2 or 3 real contenders in the large, over the top rope, matches.

[Nowhere Man]

Kane's turnbuckle pyro can be used as an indicator as to whether he's going to win or lose the match. If he sets off the pyro as part of his entrance, then he's going to lose. If he saves it for later, then he's going to win (or at least come out on top at the end of the segment).

[Tom Guycott]

you can only pin someone by hooking the leg

... anymore. Used to be a "veteran" move, or "ensured" against a kick-out much like that "running in place" thing used to sell holding a schoolboy pin. Now, nobody pins "regular" unless they just killed the guy with a finisher + chair, or they're "exhausted" after a lenghty PPV bout.

[Savio]

There's been a grand total of one intercontinental title ladder match in the last five years, and that was at a TLC PPV.
Yeah but he said "heats up" there hasn't been a hot IC feud in the past 5+ years.

[Wehttam]

Champion may lose belt in elimination matches though.
wtf is this a response to?

[scatterbrain28]

wtf is this a response to?

This one:


If there is a match with more than 3 people competing (Fatal 4 way, etc.), champion always keeps the belt.

[Wehttam]

so you are replying to yourself.....

[Heisenberg]

We've gone on w/o a Tito Santana gimmick for too long, now we are getting 2 to supplement the break in time.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Looking forward to Los Matadores. I hope they have something really cool planned that makes the universe mark out and they become the hottest tag act in wrestling.

[Juan]

Yeah but he said "heats up" there hasn't been a hot IC feud in the past 5+ years.

Jericho/Mysterio

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When Undertaker goes up for the title, he doesn't get it because heel champion gets another guy to interfere on his behalf. ×

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[Curd]

From 2009 onward, if there is about to be an act of man-on-woman violence, then another wrestler will run in and intervene (WWE and TNA, mostly).

[voncouch]

Thanks to WWE, I learned that the bump on the back of your skull where your spine starts is the Occipital Protuberance