Thursday 26 September 2013

Let's talk about DQ.

No, not Dairy Queen - disqualification.

There are a lot of silly rules that need to be abolished in the WWE, but I'm going to talk about the one that irks me the most. It goes a little something like this:

"If the champion loses a title match by disqualification, he/she retains the championship."

This idiotic rule makes it so the champion should never logically lose their belt unless it's in a non-DQ match (cage match, table match, etc.). Realistically, anyone fighting under these rules would simply cheat to win. Why fight and risk losing when you can leave the ring, grab a chair and end the match in ten seconds? The only two reasons I can think of are pride, and...well, no, I guess that's it. Fighting to prove a point, either to defeat someone with your own power or to show that you don't need to cheat to win, is the only reason why anyone wouldn't take the easy way out.

But could you imagine if other sports operated under this rule?

Would Floyd Mayweather ever fight a full title match if he could simply kick his opponent in the crotch and walk out still undefeated? He might -- again, to prove he could win under his own power -- but I doubt it. If the defending Super Bowl champs made it back to the Super Bowl, would they play their opponents if they could simply walk out, wait for a referee to count to 10, and win? No. The answer is no.

The rules should be changed. Sometimes, if the champion gets disqualified, they lose the title. That should always be the case -- unless there's interference. In that case, there should be an investigation or something to determine if the interfering party was in cahoots with the person who was attacked -- but I'm getting to technical here. Bottom line, I'm sick of PPV title matches ending in DQ to no result, just for a feud to be dragged out even longer. It's lazy writing, and the rule allowing it needs to DIE.

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