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What was the point of Lashely winning the X Division title?

771 views 5 replies 6 participants last post by  Mindy_Macready 
#1 · (Edited)
If he was just gonna throw it down and vacant it that quick? What was the point? I mean i get him winning the KOTM title to get rid of that belt but he shouldn't have won the X Division title if it was gonna end like this. I thought they was going somewhere with him winning those belts but then he just randomly tossed them down saying they're garbage and now we gotta crown new champions again.

It just felt pointless, why even take the belt off Eddie? Lashley winning those belts led to nothing and now no one from the X Division even has to beat him he just vacated the belt and abandoned that storyline.

I just wish him winning the X Division Title lead to someone like DJ Z or someone from the X Division scoring some huge upset win over him and taking the X Division title back to the X Division. Thats what it seemed like this was building up to, one of them having to conquer him to get their title back. For months it seems like Lashley was throwing jabs at the X Division, but now it jsut seems lie he;s moved on and theres not gonna be any resolution to it.
 
#3 ·
1) It shows Bobby's dominance since he held not one, not two (as has happened in TNA, WWE and ROH) but THREE belts. That is something you do not normally see in the US promotions. Only thing like that was Ultimo Dragon with his 6 belts in WCW but those were all the same weight class. Sure it would have been cool to see him come down to the ring with all the golds a few more times but at the same time his idea was to unify all of them so why would he wait to do that.

2) To focus on the X division more. Yes Bobby dominated them but while the X division is about no limits it is mostly about smaller guys so him doing that does not hurt them too much. On the plus side you get a tournament or something to crown the new champion and thus we are seeing all the X guys. It is not perfect but it is a start on rebuilding the division.

3) Lastly it is has something that many of today's fans seem to have a problem with, the slow burn. I really think somewhere down the line an X guy, maybe DJ Z, will beat Bobby. That will be a big accomplishment for the X division. I originally thought it would happen for the X title and might be someone new to TNA but now I see they are setting it up for down the line. You saw that this past week when DJ Z brought up that someone from the division would beat Bobby one day.
 
#4 ·
I'm really not trying to be a smartass anything, just curious because I genuinely haven't watched him since he left the WWE: is Lashley any good now? The Lashley I remember was just this huge, green-as-fuck guy who I gave absolutely no fucks about. Is there anything I should watch that shows his evolution? :p
 
#5 ·
Lashley won the x title because he can.

You shoudn't look at it from bookers standpoint, but from characters point. It makes sense for Lashley to do anything he wants, just because he can. And he does.
 
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