Thread: Who's the champ?
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Old 12-03-2004, 01:38 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by tucsonspeed6
I understand that everyone wants to see the belt on Jericho, but honestly, as the saying goes "you made the bed, so now you have to sleep in it" or however it goes. They're gonna have to take this "Who's the champ" thing all the way through. And thankfully they have actually given this Benoit/Edge feud some spotlight. I'm excited about it, but indeed Jericho does need the belt again. Maybe we'll get lucky at WM21.

And Jericho can't say that all three men lost. This wasn't an elimination match. The rules of an elimination match is "The last person who hasn't been pinned, tapped out, or otherwise eliminated is declared the winner." In the triple threat match, the rules are "The first person to get a pinfall or submission wins." So rather than having three losers, we have two winners.
Yes, but look at it this way. Edge tapped at the same time Benoit was pinned. Now looking at this like they don't have the technology to time which decision came first, Edge submitted (meaning he loses the match to the person who made him tap out), while Benoit's shoulders were counted to the mat for three at the very same time, so he loses to the person who pinned him. Neither man can be declared a winner, because they both legally lost the match. You can't have the title defended amost ot men who lost in the title match (even if the win does cancel it out).

Both men lost and won at the same time, so although it makes sense to have the title contended between them, I'd prefer it if it wasn't, because I consider a loss far more deciding than a win. So if they vacate the title, Jericho can name himself the champion (just like Bischoff named Triple H the champion). And even if it doesn't make perfect sense, you have to remember we do have Y2J as GM.
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