5 Things WWE Fans Are Missing About Ryback's Post

4. Helping Co-Workers Can Be Counterproductive

"The winners cannot win unless the losers go out there and agree to lose to them."

In his post, Ryback mentions how winners need the losers to agree to do the honours for them. As we all know, the superstars do not have a say in the matter (or at least seldom do), and it's simply up to the performers to follow their instructions.

Ryback's gripe comes from the notion that, despite following instructions well and performing the task at hand to the best of his ability, the pre-determined outcome ultimately controls who makes the most money. Being good at helping your colleagues go over, isn't always good for you.

In some ways it could be counterproductive to be a team player. If the loser doesn't make the winner look good, he may not be asked to lose again. Whereas if the loser does a fantastic job at losing, they may have found themselves in the unenviable position of being a "good little hand" or, in other words, not a superstar.

It's a slippery slope in that worrying about wins and losses could result in a prolonged losing streak as punishment, but this is the way WWE has operated for decades. There's an art to riding the backstage political fence.