IWC Rulebook
 

Rule #1: Every wrestler, promotion, booker and announcer is to either be overrated or underrated.

Continue.

Rule#2: Perceived quality is directly influenced by the number of people watching it.

Rule #3: It's always Vince's fault.

(This could be McMahon, or Russo, it doesn't really matter).

Yeah, the more people that see it, the worse it obviously is...

Rule #4: Anybody under 250 lbs must be great.

Rule #5: Never give a jobber the mic
First rule of the IWC, dont talk about the IWC

Crossrine, that would be more along the common laws of the promotions, the IWC usually cries for more mic time for worthless talent.

Rule #6: Every new guy must be either the future or worthless.

Rule #7: If a lower-carder has been with a promotion over 7 years and never amounted to anything, it is because he was held down and could have been the best ever.

Rule #8: You must take a side regarding Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart. Indifference is not an option.

Rule #8 - Addendum: And you must bring up your stance at any issue or mention of Michaels, Hart, DX, Hart Foundation, Sharpshooter, Montreal, Survivor Series, Canada, Canada Sucks, Canada Rocks, etc...

Rule #9: Someone being a complete and utter asshole backstage is only a bad thing if you don't like them in-ring.

Rule #10: You must know the backstage politics and the atmosphere better than those who actually live it.

Rule 11- It is possible to book a company without thinking about payroll, egos, or logic. Arm chair booking works.

Rule #12: Whoever is Champion needs to drop the belt at the next PPV

Rule #12 Addendum: But after current guy drops the belt, the next guy should have a couple month run...

Rule 13: Vince owns everything.

Rule 14: Jericho is God.

Rule 15: ROH > puroresu >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *

Rule 16: Saying your name twice in succession qualifies as having godly mic skills.

Rule 17: A man killing his family in real life generates no heat since it was not a part of a storyline.

Rule 17 Addendum: said dead bodies also generate no heat... mostly because they're dead.

(that was my KK-esque post of the year)

Rule #19 It wasn't Snitsky's fault.

Rule #20: Anyone holding the belt for more than 6 months is the new Hulk Hogan

Rule 21: The dirt sheets are always right, regardless of the evidence to the contrary, so long as they say what I want to hear.

Rule 23: Thou shall be sent to OVW before debuting if signed from the indies, regardless of talent or popularity

Rule #24: The business can ONLY be saved by The Rock or Chris Jericho.

You're obviously forgetting Kevin Nash. He just doesn't feel like saving it right now :roll:

Rule #28: Anybody who was good in smaller promotions who isn't instantly received as a god in WWE is been held back, told to change their style, or being forcibly watered down.

Rule #31: One or two losses after a debut streak is considered a burial.

Rule #33: The IWC is simultaneously small and insignificant, yet substantial enough to ruin the business.

Rule #34: If a wrestler you have promoted for years fails to live up to your hype, it's WWE's fault.

34A: This applies even if he's not in in WWE.

Rule #35: Only one black wrestler will ever win the WWE Championship.

35A: The Rock doesn't count.

35B: John Cena does.

That's what I was going for with #2. The less known/watched a promotion correlates with how good it's perceived to be.

He never won the WWE championship, just the WCW/WH Championships.

Rule #37: It's "Stay in the Back"!

Rule #39: No one ever retires. EVER. Even if they die.

39A: Unless it's that Chris Ben-who guy...

Man, a lot of people have been talking about a lot of titles that never were today...

40B: Three times.

I understand the debateable first time, and obviously the second time, but when did Jericho win it a third time???

Rule #41: If more than three people say it, it's automatically true.

Rule #42: Death immortalises everyone as great, except He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

By which I mean Rick Rude.

IF you count the Undisputed championship as the WWE championship (since it was the only title in WWE for some time and the WWE championship history includes it) it's three - vs. Hunter and twice at Vengeance - once for the WWE championship itself and once for the Undisputed championship.

Rule #43: Since big men can't fly through the air, they are automatically deemed worthless.

Rule #44: If you don't have anything intelligent to add to a conversation, say the first thing you can think of

44b: If you do have something intelligent to add, "get the 'F' out"

Corrolary: The smaller a wrestler, the more capable he is.

Rey is the man.

No, he's a child. Women and children don't count against the rule.

You might have seen him on TV. He used to wear black face and was called "Webster."

Rule 46- Wrestling is never cool when it's going on. If you watch wrestling right now what you're watching will be cool in five years.

Rule #47: It's always excusable when the guy you like does drugs or something similarly problematic, even if you have railed against drugs (Or other behaviour) in other wrestlers. You may turn a blind eye to the inadequacies of whoever you choose to advocate.

Rule #48: The bigger an asshole a wrestler is, the more over he is with the IWC. For exceptions to this rule, see the "Bobcore" Clause (Also known as X-Pac vs GET THE FUCK OFF MY SCREEN!)

Voldemort?

Raw...he's in a feud, though since I tune into Heroes when his music comes on, I can't quite remember who.

49. CM Punk gets the biggest pops in wrestling histroy.

50. Bandwagon jumping is encouraged. This mainly works with 'below glass ceiling' wrestlers and untalented jackasses who were 'big in the indies'.

Rule #51: Armbar.

52. Arm draaaaaaaaag

That tends to go beyond the IWC, and into real life :|

Rule #53: If Triple H wins, he booked it.

Rule #54: If Cena wins, we'll bitch and moan but won't riot.

Rule #54: Shit was bad when cena wasnt around, but boy did it REALLY start to suck when he got super big.

#55

Claim that last nights Raw/Smackdown was terrible and you’re never going to watch it again.

Rinse and repeat the following week

55A: Claiming that last night's PPV was the worst ever and WWE won't get any more of your money, just like last month. Not really worth a new rule, so...

Rule 56- It's Soma Joe, not Samoa Joe.

Rule #57: "They were better as a heel."

Rule 59: The best threads happen when Darth Tedious is away from the damn boards! :mad:

I mean...


Rule 59: It is entirely impossible to put someone over without jobbing to them. Especially if your name is HHH or the Undertaker.

Rule 60: My plans to save wrestling are brilliant and flawless and cannot be questioned.

rule 61: If a guy passes through ROH, and is headed to WWE, that guy is the one who is going to totally change the face of wrestling and save WWE.

rule 62: if you dont watch TNA you are just "allowing vinces strangle hold on wrestling" to continue

Rule 63: if you watched TNA and didnt like it, its because vince has ruined your perception of good wrestling.

Rule 65: That guy can never go anywhere, despite the fact that even Steve Austin, the Rock, and Triple H had some pretty gay ass gimmicks in their life. He's a midcarder for life because it's impossible to take someone who was once in a joke gimmick seriously. See Venis, Val for more information.

#66 - Matt Boone is a worthless cunt.

Rule # 67 Everyone can write better then the writing team

Rule #68: It is never ok to enjoy anything that has to do with women in pro wrestling.

Rule #69: There is a direct relation to how old something is to how great it is. (Please note: No ladder match, cage match or even a regular match can be great unless it is at least 5 years old, and then stretching back from there they just keep getting better and better...)

Rule 70: No matter what we say HHH and Cena win no matter what except against Hulk Hogan who beats all

rule number 71: Jeff hardy was never a spot monkey, he was a "high flyer" (Works on SOOO many levels right there)

Rule 72: You don't actually have to watch the product to have an opinion on it.