Great mysteries of pro wrestling

[Guest Redhawk]

How did the APA's offices move themselves from Penn State to Buffalo?

 

Why are there always ladders, tables, trash cans, and fire extinguishers under the ring?

 

Why is there always a big rig or some other vehicle with the keys left in the ignition and the door unlocked?

 

What are the clangy poles in the arena for?

 

How is it so hard for a fan to get in the ring, but Guys Who Don't Work Here do it easily?

 

What is the WWF job that Stephanie McMahon keeps getting fired from?

 

Who exactly makes matches?

 

Why do wrestlers applying a submission hold have to break the hold in a No-DQ match?

 

Why, in no-DQ tag matches, do the partners wait for tags?

 

How come we only see "Dusty Finishes" with heels? Don't the owners ever watch the matches when babyfaces get screwed?

[Guest]

Why do wrestlers applying a submission hold have to break the hold in a No-DQ match?

This has always bugged me... especially during the Rock/Austin match at WrestleMania X7 when they did the sharpshooter reversal spot. My grandma who's not a wrestling fan saw that and asked why the ref made him break it

[Guest papacita]

How did the APA's offices move themselves from Penn State to Buffalo?

Stage hands.

 

 

 

Why are there always ladders, tables, trash cans, and fire extinguishers under the ring?

Because smurfs put them there. Duh!

 

What are the clangy poles in the arena for?

Sometimes Steph gets a little loney, and...uh...pass.

 

How is it so hard for a fan to get in the ring, but Guys Who Don't Work Here do it easily?

It's all about the Glass ceiling. The GLASS CEILING. Think about that.

 

 

What is the WWF job that Stephanie McMahon keeps getting fired from?

Trucker, which pretty much answers the question of who keeps leaving the keys in those unlocked semis.  

 

Who exactly makes matches?

Papa Smurf.

 

Why do wrestlers applying a submission hold have to break the hold in a No-DQ match?

Stupidity.

 

Why, in no-DQ tag matches, do the partners wait for tags?

Laziness.

 

How come we only see "Dusty Finishes" with heels? Don't the owners ever watch the matches when babyfaces get screwed?

No. I would suspect that they are too engaged in arousing games of Wigglepuppy to notice.

 

Papacita, you are an idiot! Never post here again!

Glad I could help.

[Guest razazteca]

Why does Kevin Nash seems to dye his hair more often than Jeff Hardy?

[Guest]

Why do all the wrestlers immediately go to the Spanish table for a spot instead of the English one?

[Guest crandamaniac]

Why do all the wrestlers immediately go to the Spanish table for a spot instead of the English one?

Again, Glass ceiling my man.  They made HHH say the words "I'm bi in a lot of things but lingual isn't one of them" and they've been paying for it ever since

[Guest converge241]

Why dont they higher tougher refs?

 

why dont wrestlers ever realize the obvious heel turns?

(as an aside how cool would it be if wrestler A sees his partner start the heel turn by getting jealous or whatever ans beats him up right there? then cuts a promo to the effect of" i can see whats going to happen , and Im not letting you do it to me")

 

what do the spanish announcers say when it comes time for the table spot? something along the lines of "los hombres, you knwo what time it is now!" ?

 

what exactly is the "on-air" power structure? why can some people out-book or overule others?

 

Why are the hardys and lita all buddy-buddy? because Taker beat the hell out of them and no-sold? wouldnt all the roster be faces alltogether by definition?

[Guest]

If Vince and Flair hate HHH and Austin, why don't they just fire them instead of keeping them employed and giving them title shots?

[Guest papacita]

I've got a good question. When bad guy wrestlers tell a wrestler to "Give your friend a message" and then proceed to beat the hell outta them...how come the guy never gives his friend the message?! You know...

 

Matt: Hey Jeff! Undertaker wanted me to give you a message.

 

Jeff: Oh yeah? What's that?

 

Matt: *Kicks Jeff in the face, grabs him by the hair and slams him into a wall*

 

I swear, wrestlers are SO inconsiderate nowadays.

[Guest converge241]

lol @ papacita's idea

[Guest]

When the inevitable happens and Angle's wig comes off, a new question will arise: Why does Angle keep shaving his head if the site of it embarasses him?

[Guest]

When the inevitable happens and Angle's wig comes off, a new question will arise: Why does Angle keep shaving his head if the site of it embarasses him?

On a side note, how great would it be if someone ripped off Angle's wig, only to find another wig underneath?

[Guest papacita]

When the inevitable happens and Angle's wig comes off, a new question will arise: Why does Angle keep shaving his head if the site of it embarasses him?

On a side note, how great would it be if someone ripped off Angle's wig, only to find another wig underneath?

LOL

[Guest]

If Vince and Flair hate HHH and Austin, why don't they just fire them instead of keeping them employed and giving them title shots?

Vince anwsered this question back in June 98. Because Austin makes him money.

 

Will that still be true?

[Guest Redhawk]

what exactly is the "on-air" power structure? why can some people out-book or overule others?

As far as I knew, wrestlers themselves can propose matches ("Crash challenged Jackie") but the comissioner has to sign them off. Commissioners can also make matches, but the owners have final say. But with as many as four owners sometimes, what was the structure then?

 

I remember when Linda announced that Stone Cold would be in The Rock's corner at Backlash. My first thought was, "Why are HHH, Steph, Vince and Shane all mad?" They combined to have 75% ownership as opposed to Linda's 25%, so can't they just override that decision?

[Guest JaKyL25]

As far as I've always understood it, in the case of "If one owner does something, why can't the others override it?", I've always assumed that, for some reason, you can't override the ruling of one of the owners, but you CAN add stipulations to it.  

 

You'll notice over the years that no one ever gets completely overruled, unless it's a distinct difference in the amount of power, such as Owner > Commish.   Although, even then, most of the time if the Commissioner would do something the owner didn't approve of, the owner wouldn't overrule it.  I have yet to come across a situation that can't be explained somehow by this (rather flimsy, I admit) power structure scenario.

[Guest converge241]

youre forgetting about

 

MICK FOLEY'S PILE O' MAGIC CONTRACTS!!!!!!!!

 

(hey id like to forget em too)

[Guest]

When the inevitable happens and Angle's wig comes off, a new question will arise: Why does Angle keep shaving his head if the site of it embarasses him?

 

Hey, it looks like we can start asking that question this Thursday!

[Guest crandamaniac]

Why is it when a wrestler does a run-in, they play his music when he runs to the ring?   Is the production people in on it too?

[Guest Redhawk]

Why do wrestlers let cameramen follow them everywhere?

 

Booker T let a cameraman got to a hotel room with him when he was about to have sex. So did Dean Malenko when he went out with Lita.

 

Stone Cold let a cameraman follow him to a karaoke bar after he got benched.

 

The Big Show had a cameraman at his dad's funeral.

 

The Undertaker and Paul Bearer let a cameraman follow them when they were going to committ first-degree murder and embalm Stone Cold.

[Guest converge241]

I love the WWE's idea thet we and the wrestlers are supposed to pretend that the camera isnt there 100% of the time.....but then there are those few skits where they acknowledge that they saw the tape?!? wtf?

[Guest Mark4steamboat]

Why don't other wrestlers come out when the good guy is getting hurt?

 

WHY AINT GOLDBERG COMING BACK??!!

[Guest]

I can answer that. I am the Plothole Filler!

 

Booker T let a cameraman got to a hotel room with him when he was about to have sex. So did Dean Malenko when he went out with Lita.

 

Booker's an exhibitionist. In the case of Dean, Saturn is a voyeur, and he set it up.

 

I miss the days of the Horsemen when they would kidnap cameramen and threaten them with bodily harm to make them tape the beatings. Now THAT made sense.

[Guest Mole]

How come we only see "Dusty Finishes" with heels? Don't the owners ever watch the matches when babyfaces get screwed?

Ahh, marks know what the Dusty Finish is??

[Guest Redhawk]

In the case of Dean, Saturn is a voyeur, and he set it up.

If that were the case, why did the Hardys ignore Saturn and only beat up Dean? And why didn't Saturn help Dean when the Hardys beat him up? It would make sense if Saturn wasn't in the room, but the camera was panning from one side of the room to the other during that skit.

[Guest The Vanilla Midget]

one thing which always fascinated me as a mark, was where the blood came from!

[Guest converge241]

Why don't other wrestlers come out when the good guy is getting hurt?

 

this ones the worst logic mishap.

 

like why didnt flair's associates save him last monday?

They should at least try to make up some cockamamie reason like "they left the building" or something. Thats still a logic jump as well because it makes no sense to leave when a big match is coming up, but it would be a start

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

why dont wrestlers ever realize the obvious heel turns?

(as an aside how cool would it be if wrestler A sees his partner start the heel turn by getting jealous or whatever ans beats him up right there? then cuts a promo to the effect of" i can see whats going to happen , and Im not letting you do it to me")

Believe it or not, Sting, of all people, actually did this in 99 when he was feuding with Luger again. Liz had run to Sting crying about wifebeater or some other shit and Sting decided to help her out. The match happens on PPV(forgot the name) and Liz goes to turn on Sting by spraying mace in his eyes and it's revealed that Sting switched the can with some silly string.

 

Of course, Luger beat the shit outta Sting about a minute and a half later, but it was nice to see that he wasn't a COMPLETE idiot.

 

 

To add to the thread, why did Rock and Austin always get their music played even when they were backstage? I can understand if they were in the ring, but backstage?

 

Why do cage matches with escape rules need refs anyway? Can't the production team just play the music of the guy who gets out first without needing a ref's confirmation?

[Guest Redhawk]

I would guess it's because every match needs a referee for the sake of someone officially signalling the match over. For example, "I Quit" matches have refs, even though he's not needed for any reason other than to have the bell rung. The same goes for table matches, ladder matches, and Royal Rumbles. But in the Royal Rumble, they supposedly need multiple refs in order to make sure the wrestlers went over the top rope and if both their feet hit the ground.

[Guest Redhawk]

Here's another question:

 

Often times when someone breaks up a pinfall -- usually in tag matches -- the ref could have still counted to three, because the guy making the pin never really moves. What's up with that? If, say, Goldust just hits Chris Benoit in the back but Benoit keeps the pin on Booker T, why does the ref stop the count? And sometimes a wrestler will hit the ref to break up a pin, but by doing so the ref's hand comes down for the three count. Yet they never count it. Like when Vince broke up a pinfall in the Austin-Rock cage match after Wrestlemania X-7. Vince hits Tim White and White's hand came down for three as a result, but he let the match continue.