10 Wild Wrestling Plans That Were JUST NOW Discovered

4. A "You Call The Spot" Match

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If Vince Russo is the master of anything - other than swerve turns, pole matches and taking credit for ratings generated by Steve Austin and the Rock - it's not quite getting it.

There's often a tiny kernel of logic to his most harebrained ideas. Cages are an impressive visual, so why not erect two? People will tune in for title switches, so why not book one every two friggin' weeks? Westling fans are as thick as pig sh*t, so why not just add electrocution sound effects and pass it off as a stunt?

In his formative years as a creative presence, he had the idea for a "You Call The Spot" match. Wrestling is all about giving the audience what they want - hence why suicide dives are so prevalent, because they are cool and people like them - but allowing a pissed-up throng of knowledgable New Yorkers to call a match from their seats was a preposterous idea. They would invariably ask Recon to do a space flying tiger drop or yell at 8-Ball to do a Japanese ocean cyclone suplex.

This would be very funny, but totally unworkable.

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