5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (Jan 5)

5. INSTANT REPLAY!

On Tuesday's SmackDown, WWE dipped into its bag of selective rules and reversed a decision via instant replay.

Illegal man Chad Gable scored a pinfall win over the Usos, temporarily capturing the SmackDown Tag Team Titles - only for the referee to concede his mistake. This was the sort of rule-bending, eye-rolling stuff with which the company draws so much apathy towards it creative - 48 hours before New Japan held the floor. The timing was as poor as the craft in itself.

It would be a game-changer, if such a narrative technique became a fixture. All the stupid carny bullsh*t that has sustained sports entertainment at its worst for years would fall by the wayside. No transparent cheating - only clever cheating, the likes of which make for tremendous heels. No blue balls finishes to matches presented purely to present a sequel. Things would mean something. WWE would have to force themselves into creating compelling television, and not insult you into watching from one week to the next. WWE would force themselves into actually utilising the depths of its roster, instead of wasting all the money it has somehow accrued over the years by paying Konnor and Viktor to do absolutely bot all (that's probably not that bad, actually). WWE would not make its audience hate itself for putting up with its horrific creative.

But it won't. This only happened as an excuse to televise yet another Usos Vs. Gable and Benjamin match. Goody.