Why do heels listen to referees?

[ratetankmark]

If I was a heel pounding my opponent and some git in a striped shirt tells me to stop beating his face in I'd just either shove him away or ignore him, because heel's should be doing the opposite of what a referee tells them to do.

What gives people officiating powers anyway? Is it the stripy shirt?

[bitteroldman]

/kayfabe The winner of a match gets a larger share of the purse so if a ref DQ's someone it literally costs them money. Heels listen to the ref for purely monetary reasons /kayfabe

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Faces do the same thing all the time in grudge matches. A heel injures them and puts them out for 6 months, they come back and finally get that long-awaited encounter with the guy who injured him. Face starts pounding on the heel and the ref steps in to break it up.

I'd be like, "Screw you, this guy injured me and affected the way I make a living. I'm taking him out tonight!"

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It's fine when traditional heels do it. You could reason that they want to climb to the top and need Ws to get there. I find it much more ridiculous when crazy and/or monster heels adhere to the principles of wrestling.

You sell this guy as if his only motivation is to cause human suffering, why is he trying the quick pinfall after a backbreaker?

[ratetankmark]

Nov 2, 2013 9:26:26 GMT -5 @lesscra said:

It's fine when traditional heels do it. You could reason that they want to climb to the top and need Ws to get there. I find it much more ridiculous when crazy and/or monster heels adhere to the principles of wrestling.

You sell this guy as if his only motivation is to cause human suffering, why is he trying the quick pinfall after a backbreaker?

I know, especially when guys like Kane do it, especially when he was in the Attitude Era, so he's this guy who wants to hurt everyone in his path and is trying to destroy his brother for burning his face but he still breaks the hold before a count of five.

[h]

And yet Giant Gonzalez gets criticized for the chloroform rag? That's one match where the heel gets it right, but many people still say it was a stupid ending.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

because the still want the win. the ref can disqualify them at any time. they have to work around him rather than straight up go against him.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Gotta play by the rules. You don't play by the rules, you get fired/don't get the winner's purse.

[mrtuesday]

Nov 4, 2013 18:07:19 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

Gotta play by the rules. You don't play by the rules, you get fired/don't get the winner's purse.

But, even if you're fired, you can still come to work and attack people and there will be no repercussions. In fact, you might get your job back that way.

[Blindkarevik]

Nov 4, 2013 18:36:37 GMT -5 mrtuesday said:

Nov 4, 2013 18:07:19 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

Gotta play by the rules. You don't play by the rules, you get fired/don't get the winner's purse.

But, even if you're fired, you can still come to work and attack people and there will be no repercussions. In fact, you might get your job back that way.

At a certain point these fall square in the "Because Wrestling" rule.

[Boo!]

It's still work

[chazraps]

I read the thread title as "Why do heels listen to refugees?"

[FinalGwen]

Nov 4, 2013 23:19:06 GMT -5 chazraps said:

I read the thread title as "Why do heels listen to refugees?"

Zeb Colter doesn't.

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Nov 4, 2013 23:19:06 GMT -5 chazraps said:

I read the thread title as "Why do heels listen to refugees?"

I read the thread title as "Why do heels listen to The Fugees?"

[Phil Parent]

Yeah... Umaga and Kamala knew they had to pin people and stuff... and about ten counts... and breaking illegal stuff before 5....

( I know, Kamala pinned people's stomach to the mat for a while, so he didn't fully get the idea... work with me here, people! :-p)