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Originally Posted by Mr. JL
Let us play devils advocate here, and say Paul London would have lost the cruiserweight championship a week after they implemented the "no high flying moves" rule, and it would not have mattered if Paul London complained or if he did not complain.
It is Vince McMahon's company, and he will take it in whatever direction he wants. If he does not want high flying moves, then there should be no high flying moves. Yes, I believe it is within the rights of his workers to voice their own opinions and punishing them for actually speaking up is rather childish.
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Paul London is known for those high risk moves and it has been his signiture his entire WWE cruiserweight title reign. Truth be told, I cannot recall a match where Paul London did not use a high risk move (except for his matches that were interupted by those new Divas a few months back). I am not sure, and I think the WWE views it the same way of Paul London's ability to pull out good matches without those high flying moves. I mean, Paul London is the one who prompted the ROH fans to scream "PLEASE DON'T DIE" after all the high risk moves he would perform or try to perform.
Here is where Nunzio comes in the picture. Here is a guy who was in ECW, yet got himself over with his gimmick and ground based moves (which is apparently what the WWE wants in a cruiserweight champion). Nunzio CAN work a no high flying match, and does work a no high flying match. Despite this, his matches are always entertaining and always get over with the crowd. Case in point, I think Nunzio is the perfect cruiserweight to put the title around during the WWE's "no high risk moves" era.
Paul London just does not fit the current cruiserweight structure with no "high flying moves" rule in place, and Nunzio fits in perfectly.
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That was just me playing devils advocate. I personally love watching Paul London in the ring and definitely in the air. And I believe it is absurd that the WWE pulls this kind of "no high flying moves" crap. I was just trying to illustrate that there can be logic found in Paul London losing the title to Nunzio a week after the WWE implements the "no high risk moves" rule, and that it may not just be because he spoke up and expressed his conflicting point of view.
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I know what you're trying to say, and I personally think Nunzio makes an excellent Cruiserweight Champion (well he would if the WWE let him do stuff). I do think London could pretty much work a ***** match with Nunzio on the ground, though, and I don't think he NEEDS high moves. It's just that is why a lot of people love the division so much. The WWE very rarely gives the cruisers over 5 mintues. In 5 minutes it is very hard to tell a good story in the ring without using high flying stuff.
London doesn't need to hit the 450 or London Calling every match, but putting a ban on these moves is stupid. London hitting the crossbody off the top rope wouldn't have the same effect as hitting a 450 or an SSP.
I just watched Backlash 2002, and I must say the opening Cruiserweight match between Tajiri and Billy Kidman for the Cruiserweight Title was phenominal. They didn't do anything TOO risky, and they got the crowd into it. Billy Kidman was a fantasic cruiserweight, that as a babyface was extremely over by the time he was done in a match. He never really did anything too high risk, either. Most of his stuff was high impact.
If Paul London and Nunzio were given 15-25 minutes to tell a story on SmackDown! or PPV, Hell even Velocity, I guarantee they could get the fans into their match. Take the limits off for their match and the whole world could see why these two guys are so over with the online crowd.
I hate the way the WWE are not only diluting the division, they are bottling it up. Let it flow, and let the guys do what they need to do to get their stuff over.