5 things that annoy us in professional wrestling

#1 Champion’s Advantage

In the majority of sports, the only advantage that a champion has is that if there is a draw, he or she retains their championship.

For some bizarre reason, in pro wrestling, the champion keeps their belt courtesy of a count out or disqualification loss. While we can understand it to a degree, what on earth is preventing heels from intentionally getting themselves during every single match? Also, it makes the POSSIBILITY of being counted out or disqualified extremely undramatic because there’s no chance of the title changing hands either way.

It just seems pointless at this stage, and if you want to start making SmackDown Live feel special again, perhaps you could have Shane McMahon or Daniel Bryan remove this rule for the blue brand. Then, if a heel tries to win the title by having someone they know attack the heel involved in the match, that can be ruled out as an intentional cheating tactic.

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