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Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon
The reaction to the Santino thing is a microcosm of what bugs me about the IWC. They try to act like they're judging to product as an unbiased critic who knows what's best for the business. But in reality, they're judging it as a fan just like everybody else.
Something unexpected and really exciting happens and makes every fan cheer, even the cynics on the internet. But instead of taking the exciting moment all the way to the finish, they swerve it and dash everybody's hopes. The fans react by getting mad at the heel for ruining what could've been an incredible moment. The IWC reacts by getting mad at the writers and claiming it was poor booking. It wasn't poor booking. The whole point was to get your hopes up and then destroy them. It was fantastic booking that pulled at the emotions of even the most jaded fan who thinks he knows more than the marks. But he doesn't. And he got swerved.
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Yes they did a swerve but the question is, should they have? They could have written Santino out of the WM main event easily. They have preached about the randomness of the match since it started but no underdog has ever won it,and who more perfect to let win then Santino. I'm just saying I would have went the other way. I also think doing the swerve took away from Del Rio's win. It hurt it more then help it and really wasn't needed. I liked the match overall. But it was put together oddly in spots.