We’ve heard plenty of oddities with WWE rules such as banned words and their in ring rules being enforced on a case by case basis.
Some of the stranger rule enforcements like count outs are only used occasionally and time limits are a thing of the past.
While ignoring those allows more of everything in the ring, having them in place and regularly enforced encourages wrestlers to find interesting ways of winning, like Sami Zayn did when he was Intercontinental Champion.
Will WWE’s Bizarre Tag Team Rule be Among the Changes to Come under Triple H’s Creative?
But one of the strangest happened on a recent WWE Raw when AJ Styles and Ezekiel defeat the Miz and Ciampa by disqualification.
It’s a ruling that confused fans and had Corey Graves questioning the ref to create drama, but as it turned out, it’s a vague rule the WWE rarely enforces.
Only one save
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, it’s a secret rule for tag team matches where they only get one save and the second is a disqualification.
It’s rarely enforced, but this one instance brought it to light.
“Well, you know why. There’s a secret rule in WWE that in a tag match, you only get one save, and this was the second save. So, therefore, it’s a DQ. The other thing is, there are guys from outside the ring, illegal guys, that do two-on-ones constantly. It’s like that idea that the illegal man can’t do anything physical to the legal man, or it’s a DQ. That’s ridiculous.”
We have to agree with Meltzer. At least other companies have their refs be distracted them so double teams or illegal moves can happen.
It fits in with what Jesse Ventura said about why he doesn’t like current wrestling. It used to be someone being thrown over the top rope and others becoming involved would bring a disqualification.
Like he pointed out, heels used to be sneaky and manipulative to get their cheap shots in and that infuriated the fans. Now, now one in the WWE seems to care as the rules are arbitrary.
Making a change?
With Triple H in charge of WWE Creative now, we’re hopeful this is one of the things that changes as it’ll add in other ways for matches to end instead of the repetitive style the WWE has adopted.
With other risks brings more chances for creativity from wrestlers to draw us into the stories they’re telling in the ring and earn some real heat for subtle nuances instead of blatant antics.
Will we see these rules change under Triple H? Let us know in the comments below.
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