What was the point of that Test and Lashley match?

[thebudman2006]

So, Lashley won with his new innovative running powerslam, and he will do the same exact move to win at the Rumble.

So this just in Test vs. Lashley will suck at levels that has never sucked before. Unless Test wins and changes the ECW belt to the European championship and be declared the best Euro champ ever.

[REDUNBECK~!]

Well you see, WWE doesn't want anyone buying PPVs to see ECW matches, so they give away the ECW matches for free on free TV.

The crushing lack of creativity in ECW's writing staff could also be to blame. They just can't think of anything else to do except have the same three guys fight in different combinations each week...

[thebudman2006]

only the European championsip would make sense.

[Tyfo]

The Point: Last minute move so Holly wouldnt get face pops over Lashley.

As for why Lashley won clean. Who cares its Test, bury away.

[Big Daddy Bad Booking]

I have a feeling Test is gonna be champion at the Rumble

[Dr. T is an alien]

tyfo85 said:

The Point: Last minute move so Holly wouldnt get face pops over Lashley.

As for why Lashley won clean. Who cares its Test, bury away.

Still, if you were trying to build for a PPV a screwy ending was almost a must! DQ, count-out, Test getting a screw-job victory, or anything else would have been better for the PPV than wwhat they went with.

[Ultimo Chocula]

katievick said:

I have a feeling Test is gonna be champion at the Rumble

If this happens, I'll be one unhappy pappy.

[hoorah]

test as ecw champion would be the greatest thing that ever happen to me.

[bshadye413]

katievick said:

I have a feeling Test is gonna be champion at the Rumble

Sadly that would make me happy...well not really happy, its just that hes the lesser of the 2 evils. Anybody would be better than Lashley

[Ultimo Chocula]

bshadye413 said:

katievick said:

I have a feeling Test is gonna be champion at the Rumble

Sadly that would make me happy...well not really happy, its just that hes the lesser of the 2 evils. Anybody would be better than Lashley

Except the guy who couldn't get heat after eight years in the biz and countless pushes.

[Sajoa Moe]

ultimochocula said:

bshadye413 said:

Sadly that would make me happy...well not really happy, its just that hes the lesser of the 2 evils. Anybody would be better than Lashley

Except the guy who couldn't get heat after eight years in the biz and countless pushes.

And a huge needle mark in his neck.

[T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens]

I think Test is un-fairly criticized. Considering his role as a big monster, he's a pretty damn good wrestler all around. The guy looks like he's putting on hurting, and he sells well.

With that out of the way, I agree that there was no point to the match last night. Last week while we were discussing "face dominated feuds," I tried to make the point about how interesting the company's main event feuds have been lately. Even though WWE's history is to have the babyface go over at the big Pay-Per View match, the heel was always presented as a threat in the build up to the Pay Per-View. Lately it has just been the babyfaces kicking the heels asses every night. We've seen it with Cena, we saw it with DX, and now we're seeing it with Lashley. It's not exciting to see the babyface win a pay-per view match after you've already seen him kick the heel's ass for 3 weeks. What's the point?

If the first time you heard the story of the Tortoise and the Hare, and the Hare just beat him by a mile, would you care to remember that story? Would that make sense to you? Would there be any point to that? That was a children's story written so kids could understand it. Whoever's writing these shows these days can't even be coherent to a child. That's pathetic.

[AriadosMan]

What exactly did Lashley do warrant his current big push

[T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens]

realfakerazor said:

What exactly did Lashley do warrant his current big push

A whole lot less than Test.

[AriadosMan]

I really don't see the point in giving Lashley of all people such a huge push, he was a midcarder on SMackdown (where he belonged IMHO), and they give him the ECW belt almost as soon as he enters. Couldn't they have taken their time and put a little more drama into the storyline? It makes the ECW belt look like a throwaway title when midcarders from other shows win it nearly instantly when entering ECW.

[iamthegamewjwf]

I started a post just like this called something like "More Piss Poor ECW Booking"

This is what I said about that pointless main event:

Anyone see the main event last night? Can anyone explain the logic to me? Why would anyone be interested in the match this Sunday at the Rumble between Lashley and Test now that we have already seen the match and know that Lashley can beat Test cleanly? I fail to see how that match helped hype the match this Sunday in any way shape or form. In fact, I think it actually took hype away from the match (not that there was much hype to begin with).

[RandomHero]

hoorah said:

test as ecw champion would be the greatest thing that ever happen to me.

I'm so sorry.

[T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens]

I'd wouldn't mind seeing Test as ECW champion. I like Test. I wouldn't make him WWE or World Heayweight Champion. But considering the roster that he works on, I think Test would make a cool champion.

[Dave the Dave]

How sad is it that I want test to win a match for a world title?

I will answer and say very. Someone please put this horse out of its misery, pun totally intended. I want to hear what Foley will say if Test wins. FOley hates him some test.

I know it is not the old ECW, but if it has to have the name can I get a table every once in a while? And put on a show that does not have Heyman on suicide watch?

[Sharpy Snow]

It's simple.

Good always triumphs over evil =)

That's why Cena/DX/Lashley/Batista never loose in the end.

WWE logic isn't that hard when you think about it.