Ryback's squash match last night was fucking unreal

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Originally Posted by Noid You're taking things completely out of context now, KK. Wins and losses matter in a sense that people are invested in the outcome. There was no excuse for Sting to not win the WCW World Title at Starrcade '97, for example. Anything else would have been shitty, shitty booking. But people care about why the guys are fighting. They care about the story heading into the match, and what the outcome will [I]mean[I]. That's why CM Punk's story with John Cena last year was so meaningful. Punk had literally won maybe one PPV match in the last calendar year, or something like that. What Punk managed to do was get people to invest in the story and what they thought the outcome was going to be. If it was just Cena vs. Punk for the WWE Title, no one would have given a shit.

You're completely ignoring the other 9-10 non PPV shows full of matches that happen in a given month. I don't see how Punk vs Cena is relevant to the discussion. That feud was built on awesome promos and an intriguing storyline. Not "CM PUNK JUST BEAT THE CHAMPION IN A NON-TITLE MATCH! THAT NEVER HAPPENS EVER! HUGE!!!"

When was the last time you were invested in the outcome of a TV match?