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#1 Wins and Losses don't really matter
Cody Rhodes and All Elite Wrestling announced something that drew cheers from many in the online wrestling community. Cody stated "Wins and losses will matter" to cheers from many in online forums. On a surface level, it makes sense, ideally if a wrestler wins they should be a title contender and if they lose they should slide down the card. This mimics how we know sports should work. We know that winners are better and losers are worse.
However, the beauty in wrestling is that we are able to script and pre-determine these results. In professional wrestling, a fight can end in a screwy finish were heels cheat to win. Or we can have a Dusty finish, named after Cody's own father Dusty Rhodes, due to his penchant to using this tactic as a booker. We have time limit draws. How can you factor all these different things into a ranking system?
Many wrestlers don't mind losing, because it is possible to lose a match in wrestling and come out looking amazing. WWE's Buddy Murphy is a great example of this recently. He faced and lost a great fight to Roman Reigns, did it matter? No. Will he be all the better for the fight, absolutely.
