What counts in wrestling, i.e. what is Canon?

**BigDaddyCool** · 01-27-2009, 01:29 PM

So I was discussing with Kane Knight about how there seems to be a few ways to look at what counts story line wise and what doesn't. This comes from Noid saying Swagger cut a promo a while ago against Tommy Dreamer on ECW which explains Swaggers character and stuff like that.

Now to me, it seems like Noid (and a lot of others like him) count every little thing that happens on WWE tv, WWE.com, and possibly some radio spots as actually happening. Which reminds me of the way Russo would book, if you didn't watch everything, read everything, and just stay completely in the loop, you would miss key parts of storylines.

While I understand where this mindset is coming from, I disagree that simply because something happened, doesn't mean it is important. In my eyes, the only things that count are things that happen or are mentioned on Raw, Smackdown, PPV, or Impact! in TNA's case. What happens on ECW, House Shows, or the Website doesn't count unless it is mentioned later on Raw, Smackdown, Impact! or a PPV.

Now some of you will easily agree house shows and the website easily doesn't count, but why ECW? Well because ECW is an after thought of a show that is a glorified house show. This isn't a knock against ECW, it just doesn't count unless WWE says it counts on a mainshow. I mean seriously, when is the last time ECW was recapped on Smackdown or Raw if it didn't have to to with a Smackdown or Raw title or superstar?

Anyhow, discuss.

01-27-2009, 01:29 PM	#1
BigDaddyCool Pelvic Sorcerer Posts: 64,762	What counts in wrestling, i.e. what is Canon? So I was discussing with Kane Knight about how there seems to be a few ways to look at what counts story line wise and what doesn't. This comes from Noid saying Swagger cut a promo a while ago against Tommy Dreamer on ECW which explains Swaggers character and stuff like that. Now to me, it seems like Noid (and a lot of others like him) count every little thing that happens on WWE tv, WWE.com, and possibly some radio spots as actually happening. Which reminds me of the way Russo would book, if you didn't watch everything, read everything, and just stay completely in the loop, you would miss key parts of storylines. While I understand where this mindset is coming from, I disagree that simply because something happened, doesn't mean it is important. In my eyes, the only things that count are things that happen or are mentioned on Raw, Smackdown, PPV, or Impact! in TNA's case. What happens on ECW, House Shows, or the Website doesn't count unless it is mentioned later on Raw, Smackdown, Impact! or a PPV. Now some of you will easily agree house shows and the website easily doesn't count, but why ECW? Well because ECW is an after thought of a show that is a glorified house show. This isn't a knock against ECW, it just doesn't count unless WWE says it counts on a mainshow. I mean seriously, when is the last time ECW was recapped on Smackdown or Raw if it didn't have to to with a Smackdown or Raw title or superstar? Anyhow, discuss.