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Post by tekkenguy on Dec 16, 2013 23:39:29 GMT -5
Why did the WWF have Kane win their top championship in the first place if he only held it for a day?
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Post by CH Punk on Dec 16, 2013 23:54:50 GMT -5
They booked themselves into a corner with setting himself on fire if he loses stipulation.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2013 23:55:49 GMT -5
They booked themselves into a corner with setting himself on fire if he loses stipulation. Yeah, though seriously, with him pretty much covered from head to toe, how were they going to make him bleed in the first place? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2013 23:56:20 GMT -5
They booked themselves into a corner with setting himself on fire if he loses stipulation. Pretty much. I'd say it's that combined to a degree with wanting to be able to bill him as a former champion since he still hung around screwing with Austin for basically the rest of that year. |
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Dec 16, 2013 23:59:54 GMT -5
It also helped build "The Highway to Hell" feud between Austin and Taker. It was really the beginning of the "Are Undertaker and Kane in cahoots?" part of the angle. I just got slapped in the face by nostalgia thinking about that.  |
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Post by The Beast Disincarnate on Dec 17, 2013 3:06:45 GMT -5
they wanted to have a championship bout on free TV, because attitude era.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 3:08:44 GMT -5
It also helped build "The Highway to Hell" feud between Austin and Taker. It was really the beginning of the "Are Undertaker and Kane in cahoots?" part of the angle. I just got slapped in the face by nostalgia thinking about that. Remember when Undertaker won the #1 contendership dressed as Kane? Austin still can't believe it.  |
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Post by MichaelMartini on Dec 17, 2013 3:13:31 GMT -5
Yeah, it was just a subplot to the Taker feud. But I wish Kane would've had a longer run with the belt. Attitude era didn't have too many booking mistakes but having Kane and Big Show lose so often was a big one.
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Post by Aceorton on Dec 17, 2013 12:32:14 GMT -5
they wanted to have a championship bout on free TV, because attitude era. Honestly, I think this was the answer. Austin winning the rematch the next night on Raw was one of those everybody-freak-out Monday night moments that made you start to think, "OK, the WWF is winning this." |
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 17, 2013 12:37:57 GMT -5
Reward Glenn Jacobs for several years of good work with a brief title reign. Set the stage for Austin vs. Taker and for Mankind's face turn. Give them a main event to trump WCW in the nightly ratings.
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Post by rydndirty on Dec 17, 2013 12:53:44 GMT -5
they wanted to have a championship bout on free TV, because attitude era. Honestly, I think this was the answer. Austin winning the rematch the next night on Raw was one of those everybody-freak-out Monday night moments that made you start to think, "OK, the WWF is winning this." I bring it up on here often. I was there live and it was the loudest pop I've ever heard at any wrestling event I've been too. Youtube the match and watch the reaction on the 3 count. Crowd was ballistic. |
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Dec 17, 2013 14:34:27 GMT -5
Because of the stupid if Kane loses he will set himself on fire stipulation.
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Post by Instant Classic on Dec 17, 2013 15:06:18 GMT -5
Maybe to give Austin another reign.
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Post by molson5 on Dec 17, 2013 15:18:48 GMT -5
It was a big RAW with a huge rating I'm sure.
But I'm OK generally with unexpected things happening that don't necessarily reflect traditional formulaic booking. If it just "doesn't make sense" for a guy to win a championship if he's going to lose the re-match, then there's no reason to watch any of those re-matches. Or if there's "no reason" for a guy to say, win a title right before a PPV instead of at the PPV itself, then you can go into cruise control when watching those pre-PPV RAWs. A little chaos and deviation from the traditional formulas is good. That's part of what made the attitude era fun.
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