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Originally Posted by Damian Rey 2.0
Yes he did. He said that could've been a great finish, a count out finish, or a hospitalization angle or the finish, but then they went 20 more minutes. He was clearly suggesting that be the finish. It's pretty obvious.
Cornette, like anyone who's been in the business as long and has had the level of successes he's had, is wise and does have an endless amount of knowledge to listen to. It doesn't mean everything he says is going to resonate. Like obviously suggesting a table spot followed by count out or hospital angle to finish your main event match in the biggest show of the year.
On a different show? Absolutely. He's right. But this is more of the commenting on something he isn't actively aware of with context and story.
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No, he didn't. He said those things
in response to it happening. Once you've been shot ten times in a movie you should be dead; not that someone should be shot ten times in a movie. There seems to be this language barrier set up between Cornette and modern wrestling fans that I don't get, because the guy speaks pretty clear English.
If you're going to get dropped in your car from a forklift -- to use a familiar example -- that's an angle to explain your absence, injuries and further personal issues. That is what he is saying. In days when wrestling made sense, a spot like that (which Cornette praises for his its fluidity, by the way) would have been replayed and used as a way to generate money by getting people invested in the Omega comeback from injury. "Damn that Okada! He put Omega through the table on the biggest night of his life and now he's going to get back in the ring and avenge his fall...but I hope his neck is okay."
You go on to say that would work. I'm glad you agree with Cornette's point. He was not saying that Wrestle Kingdom 11, in particular, should have ended with a schmozz. He's just saying that if you BREAK YOUR NECK ON A FUCKING TABLE YOU SHOULD KIND OF BE DONE. If you do not want that to be the finish, don't do the fucking spot. That is what he is saying.
It would be like if Shawn Michaels kicked out of a Tombstone off the top rope through a flaming announce table surrounded by sharks at WrestleMania XXVI. "Man, that probably should have been the finish..." "But you can't have WrestleMania end in a shark fatality!".