I mean in storyline? Naomi had to relinquish her title because she wasnt able to defend it in 30 and yet Lesnar is getting a free pass? Things like this are killing the sport if you ask me, why some rules apply only to some people and not to everyone?? Again im talking in storyline.
I've often wondered the same thing. I miss the days when the 'rules' (ALL the rules) applied to everyone. I've never been a fan of wrestling promoters expecting the fans to conveniently forget certain things when it comes to some performers.
All of these "Rules" are only brought out to further storylines when they are needed. People often pass the 30 day limit without defending titles, it's just when someone is genuinely injured and it hurts the angle to have them not wrestling - or they can't even appear on TV, then "creative" have to re-think.
Plus of course, Bork has WWE over a barrel. He contractually ensured the win over Goldberg, and strong-armed his way into the Universal Championship. His contract also dictates that he only appears a few times per year, for his ridiculous amount of money, so WWE have no choice but to keep him off screen.
Imagine a baseball team contractually forced to hire a star pitcher, but a pitcher that insists on massive money per appearance, and minimal effort when he DOES appear. There's not a team in the land that would stand for that shit. Yet, it's what Vince is allowing Bork to do - and has allowed him to do for years now.
Vince is a fool, and Lesnar is a money-grabbing bitch that has absolutely no regard for the title he holds, nor the company he works for. Not even Hogan held the company to ransom like this, for such a sustained amount of time. It's a fucking disgrace.
It's not him doing it that bugs me, it's WWE not even offering a kayfabe reason for why he's allowed to do it. Like, how hard would it be for Heyman to come out and say that there's a stipulation in Lesnar's contract that says the 30 day rule doesn't apply to him should he win a championship, but they're too lazy to even do that. :francis
Because they need to keep fucking Reigns for next year WM.:deanfpalm:deanfpalm. Summerslam is too bad for giving Reigns his final coronation. #WWELogic
So instead of having a short reign, Brock is gonna have it for 1 year. And Brock is a part-timer which means the normal rules doesn't apply to him.
Jesus, Vince needs to retire, he is burying RAW with this shit.
Naomi couldn't defend her title, Brock can. It'd be funny if they had a segment where Angle brought up the thirty day rule to Heyman and he laughed in his face and dared him to try and make Brock defend it.
At this point they should just forget about that title. If Michael Cole shuts up and stops mentioning it every time Balor comes out I wouldn't remember it anyway. Just flush it down the toilet and move on.
They literally just announced a fatal 5 way for the #1 contender for that title. I doubt they're gonna forget about it :lol
I hate that 30 day rule cos WWE is so inconsistent with it. Either use it or don't use it, don't flip flop. Brock should have been stripped of the title already lol.
Yeah, a former UFC fighter who was caught taking drugs and can't draw a dime for WWE. He is over with some fans but nobody watches WWE for Bork. Brock received 12 million last year for several minutes which bored the hell out of me.
Consistency isn't the WWE's strong suit in case you had not noticed. They only bring up rules when it suits them best.
Who else remembers the days when not only did a champion have to defend every 30 days, but the champion had to have at least 1 successful title defense in order to EARN their rematch clause.
Nope, not anymore. How else are they going to pointlessly drag out feuds without putting any thought into things?
Because rules only apply when WWE wants them to apply.
Trish Stratus f.e before she lost the title to Mickie James was out for a while with an injury and sure as hell couldn't defend the title for over 30 days at one point. They did nothing.
I'm sure there's been WWE champions too who have held title and not defended it over 30 days... I think Goldberg qualifies on that category?
This is why I don't see how much of a business profit Brock brings to the company. I do really hate how inconsistent the WWE can be with their rules like the 30 day Title Defense. They use it perfectly at times, and then ignore it for stuff like this. Even Deam Ambrose didn't defend his US Title that often when he had it for a long time with the Shield.
Except when it suited Stephanie to threaten healthy people with it in the past. Don't try to justify it, no matter how many ways you think you can WWE has already found a way to negate it.
Not sure if it has been mentioned but they scrapped the 30 day defence rule as well as the "no closed fists" rule which actually existed until like 3 years ago despite everyone throwing punches.
The 30 day rule is useless. It would make sense to get rid of the whole rule altogether. Why? Because this way the "face" can honor the current rule, or even defend more often. On the other hand you have the heel who can play the role of heel by prolonging the title defense to their liking. It would actually explain so much in story line. We need the heels to delay and we want to see our face talent defending honorably. The 30 day rule destroys all of that. It kills any chance of a simple back story to the characters involved.
Jesus Christ how stupid are you guys? I already told you in another thread. It's the UNIVERSAL title. Brock is defending the title right now in other galaxies in space. It hasn't been over 30 days.
There are no rules in WWE. Nothing. They've contradicted their rules so many times in so many ways, why bother pretending there's consistent laws to obey?
The rule isn't that you have to defend the title every 30 days, the rule is you have to able to defend your title every 30 days. Brock isn't injured so if WWE booked him to defend the title today he could do it.
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