7 Ups And 10 Downs From WWE Royal Rumble 2017
9. Why No DQ?
Two weeks ago, Sheamus inadvertently hit a referee, which ultimately cost Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson the Raw Tag Team Championships when their pinfall was waved off in favor of a DQ.
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Sunday night, with two refs assigned to the tag title match, Sheamus wound up for a Brogue Kick on Anderson, only for Karl to move and let the ref take the boot. The second ref outside the ring climbed in and let the match continue as if nothing happened. A few moments later, we had new tag champs.
Why didn’t this warrant a DQ again? Wiping out a ref is a DQ, isn’t it? Or does this fall under the inadvertent contact “rule,” so the match continues? (If that’s the case, shouldn’t the previous title bout been the same?)
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