What was that stupid cage match finish all about?

[mrbananagrabber]

They're both hanging there for some reason and Sheamus punches Dean off...so Dean wins? Why didn't Sheamus just drop? Why didn't Dean just drop?

Cage matches are dumb anyway but..that didn't even make any sense.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Better than all that, why the hell didn't Dean just pin Sheamus!?

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Dec 22, 2015 19:39:27 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

Better than all that, why the hell didn't Dean just pin Sheamus!?

Or use the obviously quicker door? Also why is Sheamus a babyface recovery to catch up to Ambrose? And isn't being lucky and punched down to the floor a heel win?

[________ has left the building]

Because Sheamus and Dean didn't want to blow out their knees and backs by falling down from that drop. Rules state the first person with both feet on the ground wins. Dean landed first. Not that hard to understand.

[mrbananagrabber]

Dec 22, 2015 19:41:57 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

Because Sheamus and Dean didn't want to blow out their knees and backs by falling down from that drop. Rules state the first person with both feet on the ground wins. Dean landed first. Not that hard to understand.

But it wasn't even that far of a drop. If it was THE top, fair enough, but it was only a little bit above Roman's height. The fact Dean DID fall and was then standing and walking up the ramp with Roman meant it did no harm. The whole thing was idiotic.

[________ has left the building]

Dec 22, 2015 19:45:35 GMT -5 mrbananagrabber said:

Dec 22, 2015 19:41:57 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

Because Sheamus and Dean didn't want to blow out their knees and backs by falling down from that drop. Rules state the first person with both feet on the ground wins. Dean landed first. Not that hard to understand.

But it wasn't even that far of a drop. If it was THE top, fair enough, but it was only a little bit above Roman's height. The fact Dean DID fall and was then standing and walking up the ramp with Roman meant it did no harm. The whole thing was idiotic.

You can still blow up your knee from a 2ft drop. Why risk it when you don't have to?  It's not like Dean fell by choice. And this is the same Ambrose who got curb stomp on cinder blocks and came back months later with no ill effects.

[mrbananagrabber]

Dec 22, 2015 19:53:25 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

Dec 22, 2015 19:45:35 GMT -5 mrbananagrabber said:

But it wasn't even that far of a drop. If it was THE top, fair enough, but it was only a little bit above Roman's height. The fact Dean DID fall and was then standing and walking up the ramp with Roman meant it did no harm. The whole thing was idiotic.

You can still blow up your knee from a 2ft drop. Why risk it when you don't have to?  It's not like Dean fell by choice. And this is the same Ambrose who got curb stomp on cinder blocks and came back months later with no ill effects.

OK, I don't agree with that but we'll take that as the logic they're going for..so why was Sheamus punching him? What did he think was going to happen? That Dean lose his balance and fall up the cage?

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Dec 22, 2015 19:54:38 GMT -5 mrbananagrabber said:

Dec 22, 2015 19:53:25 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

You can still blow up your knee from a 2ft drop. Why risk it when you don't have to?  It's not like Dean fell by choice. And this is the same Ambrose who got curb stomp on cinder blocks and came back months later with no ill effects.

OK..so why was Sheamus punching him? What did he think was going to happen? That Dean lose his balance and fall up the cage?

It falls under the same principle of why someone will do a move off of the top of the cage inside of climbing down: it's wrestling. If you really analyzed pro wrestling, none of it makes sense.

[Mozenrath]

I just figure that, in kayfabe, Sheamus does not demonstrate forward thinking much. Dean is generally in the same boat unless he has something very specific he wishes to do, like foil Seth's cash ins for a period of time, or using a pre-recorded segment to get the jump on Bray Wyatt once.

[Instant Classic]

We didn't like something WWE did again?

[britishbulldog]

I thought for sure they were going Hogan/Wonderful and was disappointed when they didn't.

[111111]

dude, you know pro wrestling is fake right?

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Dec 22, 2015 19:39:27 GMT -5 Magic knows Black Lives Matter said:

Better than all that, why the hell didn't Dean just pin Sheamus!?

Maybe they should add more ways to win to a cage match. Maybe if you slam their head to the turnbuckle 10 times interrupted, you win. Maybe if you manage to put someone in a Saskatechewan Spinning Nerve Hold or a Maserati Clutch, you win. That's my main thing with cage matches there's just not enough variables!!!

[trollrogue]

The effect is better if the crowd is really hyped for the match finish (I can't remember if the IC title was on the line or not-- but winning/losing the belt helps too) but it's a classic cage-match spot for the two to be on the same low-level and the crowd is waiting with held breath to see who shall be the first person to touch the floor and win the whole thing.

Usually it happens a lot higher if the match ends with someone getting punched off the cage-- and as someone said it usually happens to the heel to 'protect' the babyface from a clean loss and title change. But I guess they mixed it up a little bit. I honestly didn't know who was going to win the match until the end, which is the basic point of that spot.

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I figured that Ambrose decided to just win the match and let go after the headbutt rather than Sheamus making him win.