Huge Update On Chris Benoit's WWE Future

[The Metal Maniac 0]

By that line of thinking, every heel who ever cheated to win a title's reigns would be null and void.

 

If they had decided to enforce the rules, then you're right.

 

But this is wrestling, where they only enforce the rules when necessary. So when they realized Benoit wasn't coming back, they quickly pointed out that he never should have won, and reversed the decision.

 

Like a really delayed Dusty finish, or something.

 

I know, it doesn't make much sense to me either, but hey, they're the ones who deny it.

[Karc 0]

I guess if Benoit gained 200 pounds, Vince would have to give it to him then.  I mean, it worked for Big Show.

No. He needs to be taller.

That's right, I forgot. 200 pounds and two-foot stilts.

[AndrewTS 0]

By that line of thinking, every heel who ever cheated to win a title's reigns would be null and void.

 

If they had decided to enforce the rules, then you're right.

 

But this is wrestling, where they only enforce the rules when necessary. So when they realized Benoit wasn't coming back, they quickly pointed out that he never should have won, and reversed the decision.

 

Like a really delayed Dusty finish, or something.

 

I know, it doesn't make much sense to me either, but hey, they're the ones who deny it.

Yeah, but even so, isn't the referee's decision supposed to be final? If so, wouldn't he have to be alerted to the cheating before the final bell for him to make a decision on whether the match should continue or not?

 

Or perhaps the decision can be reviewed, and the match continued or result reversed if the error is discovered in a reasonable period of time.

 

Well, the whole situation is confusing and WWE's not going to provide any sensible answers. The only consistent rule I've discovered about WWE is that anyone can be deemed a legal, licensed referee as long as he or she wears a striped shirt somewhat resembling a referee's shirt.

 

Sometimes that rule is waived for:

 

Big-boobed bimbos wearing striped bikini tops

 

Guys wearing Stone Cold t-shirts.

 

Commissioners.

 

General Managers.

 

Vince McMahon--however, didn't he himself have to put on a referee shirt at least one time when he counted the pinfall? I think that was for Rock/Hogan II.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

They didn't reverse the decision they stripped him of the title.

 

From gerweck.net's recaps of shows:

 

"A video clip of Arn Anderson from earlier in the day was shown. The Enforcer said that he was sick to his stomach because he realized that Sid's foot was under the rope when he tapped out to the Crippler Crossface. Tony Schiavone then announced that the world title was vacated"

 

Not still vacant as a reversal would mean...vacated.

 

Which explains why PWI, wrestlingtitles.com and wherever else keeps track lists Benoit as champion than explains that the title was stripped from him when he walked.

[AndrewTS 0]

I guess if Benoit gained 200 pounds, Vince would have to give it to him then.  I mean, it worked for Big Show.

No. He needs to be taller.

That's right, I forgot. 200 pounds and two-foot stilts.

So now we know why Nash's legs were always so skinny, and why he was such a clumsy, lousy worker. All things considered, he did a great job I guess!

 

"A video clip of Arn Anderson from earlier in the day was shown. The Enforcer said that he was sick to his stomach because he realized that Sid's foot was under the rope when he tapped out to the Crippler Crossface. Tony Schiavone then announced that the world title was vacated"

 

Not still vacant as a reversal would mean...vacated.

 

Well, then was the decision that was made by Arn?

 

Also, you realize that something like vacated and still vacant by reversal was related to the fans by...Tony Schiavone. That's a difference that perhaps even some one used to dealing with minor details could overlook, so maybe it was a reversal.

 

Vacated and still vacant basically amount to the same thing in practice anyway.

[jester 0]

I said this in another forum, but Benoit on Raw going for the Cliqueweight belt is a bad idea for bigger reasons than the dubious lineage of the belts.

 

1. HHH, even if he jobs (which is doubtful), will find a way to make Benoit look bad.

 

2. Benoit is running to Raw because he can't break Paul Heyman. PAUL FUCKING HEYMAN. Strong faces should never be booked so that they can't get over on a general manager. I said this in another thread--could you see Austin in his Heyday thinking "since I can't beat that GM I'll go over to other show and see if they take pity on poor little me and generously allow me to have a title shot?" Jeebus, they wouldn't book any of the Mutant McMahon Offspring that way, so they shouldn't book Benoit that way.

[Guest Stunt Granny]

This just shows how much of a mistake it was to unify the WWF and WCW titles in Dec 2001. If they just kept them separate (and I don't know why they didn't knowing they were going to split up the rosters in a few months) and then we could avoid the whole fake titles vs. real titles in professional wrestling arguement.