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You're looking at the whole ECW thing the wrong way. They usually didn't go out and say, "omg it iz faek" right on the air; most of their shots were at the style, and a lot of those hardcore things like going through tables and whatnot were seen as more "extreme". As far as why the guys don't roll off the table, or why they don't "fight back", when they're about to get Chokeslammed 20 feet to a hard landing, how many matches did you really see? I didn't even get to see as much as I would've liked, and I've seen people roll off tables, fight back from such aforementioned attempts, and everything else. How the WWF's wrestling style was "more realistic" then, I don't know. Anyone I'd ever watch or talk wrestling with at the time would find plenty of shit to point out in the WWF, and especially WCW, that ruined the credibility of matches.
And I'm sure if I wanted to be a prick, matches like Benoit vs. Lashley are no different, as far as being able to find logic holes. It's pro wrestling; always has been, and for the conceivable future, always will be.
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