10 Things WWE Should Borrow From Pro-Sports

#2 Every fighter treated as a credible threat

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no predictable squash matches when everyone is capable...just ask Ben "Killa B" Saunders

In the realistic world of mixed-martial arts, every fighter who steps in an octagon is seen as a potential threat, yet in WWE major upsets are a rarity and undercard talent are hardly ever treated like respectable, threatening fighters that could conceivably defeat and usurp a top star or champion.

This sort of change would certainly add a more dynamic twist to the product, and while it's unrealistic to expect the face of the company to lose to a perennial jobber, midcard stalwart or unsigned "enhancement talent", suspending fans disbelief in consistently making us think the underdog can win would be an important positive step.

Triple H in his prime nearly lost to Taka Michinoku in a match that briefly got the Japanese wrestler more crowd love than he'd ever witnessed in the U.S.

Some of the most memorable examples of this ironically involve Triple H, the man with the golden shovel, who was upset by then-upper midcarder Chris Jericho for the WWF Title to a massive crowd pop back in 2000. Hunter also nearly lost to Japanese light heavyweight Taka Michinoku the same year, and similarly put over the incredibly athletic underdog Shelton Benjamin in 2003.