The Pro Wrasslin' Thread (WWE, WWF, WCW, TNA, ROH, NWA, NJPW, etc)

[JWeinCom]

KratosLives said:

JWeinCom said:

The idea is that he'll retire with it, and that will end the title's lineage. He will be the real champion and since nobody can beat him for the title, any champion that comes after will be illegitimate. 

It doesn't *really* make sense because the title has been vacated or changed hands in sketchy circumstances plenty of times before.  But I still think it's a fun story idea to add a bit of drama. Although if the idea is to keep him having intentionally boring matches, idk if I really want to see that.

Is he over hyping it? Sure. But, that's kind of the point of pro-wrestling.

Silly in my opinion. He made it sound like something huge is going to happen. At the end of the day, no one will care. Fans move on like nothing happened, the roster moves on like nothing happened.  Just more poor writing coming from wwe lately.

In the context of the story, everybody fighting for the belt should care very much. It's literally the most important thing in the company, and someone just leaving with it should be a very big deal. From a kayfabe perspective it makes perfect sense that a guy taking the title and leaving would be a pretty big deal. Would it ruin wrestling forever? No, but a little hyperbole in wrestling is nothing to fret about.

Of course, if you scrutinize it enough you can find holes in the logic, but I think that applies to literally every story in wrestling.

Last edited by JWeinCom - on 27 April 2025