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"The Height of Stupidity..."

...WWE has finally taken the cake for stupid ideas and has BANNED wrestlers from whipping their opponents into the guard rail. Apparently this is as a precaution to the fans rather than the wrestlers themselves...either way, it's plain stupid.

Heh. :D Yeah, I suppose you're right... :)

Jae wrote:
> †hë_Çøñg_Mðñ wrote:
> a leg drop will be an acceptable finisher
>
> It already is if you include Hulk Hogans...

That's the point...no one takes it seriously as a finisher.

Lipe wrote:
> What about stone cold stunner and the mcmahon stunner, their
> practically the same.

that's the point, the story was that vince would beat austin with his own move.

i don't think they've banned the tombstone, but the emphasis is shifting away from big bumps because they've had too many people out injured or needing surgery, and if you're paying someone while they're not working then that's bad for business. Plus, if a worker picks up a serious injury (for example, stone colds neck and back) then it limits their in-ring abilities (no more backdrops, piledrivers or real high impact moves), which is why stone cold was a 5 move wonder when he came back (punch, kick, whoopass press, flip the bird and stunner :) )

†hë_Çøñg_Mðñ wrote:
> a leg drop will be an acceptable finisher

It already is if you include Hulk Hogans...

Oh yeah...they also banned the overhead belly-to-belly suplex because of the risk to wrestlers necks.

One day WWE wrestlers will only be able to punch each other and then Austin, HHH and Rock will look like the best wrestlers in the world, a leg drop will be an acceptable finisher and a chop will be the only move canadians use.

Precaution to the fans? I bet some moron has got himself in the way of a flailing arm of a wrestler or something and tried to sue WWE because of it hence the move being banned.
Did you ever hear ECW fans moaning because a wrestler accidentally bumped into them? Hell they'd be too busy chanting E-C-DUBYA with some broken teeth laying on the floor with RVD laying on top of them to care. But then again ECW p's on WWE from a very, very great height on SO many levels. *Sniff* bring it back if you can Heyman, please bring it back, i can't stand this Mcmahon-Helmsley tosh any longer.

What about stone cold stunner and the mcmahon stunner, their practically the same.

Heh. :D Thats true but Angle didn't start using that move till years and years after Shamrock left the WWE... To be fair, the move did need to be brought back into the WWE in some way. :)

LL Cool TT wrote:
>There once was a time when no-one used some other guy's trademark moves

*cough* Shamrock Ankle lock, Kurt Angle *cough*

It's just sad, isn't it?