5. The Drawbacks Of Triple Threat Matches
Lets assume for the moment that this triple threat idea comes into being. Students of ring psychology will tell you that matches between more than two people make them difficult to be truly great, and you could argue that there's merit to that. Pro wrestling has storytelling at its heart, and the best matches are booked and choreographed to tell a story between two people and their rivalry. Adding more people to the mix waters down that effect, and more often that not leaves someone feeling like an afterthought. Very rarely is there a triple threat, fatal four way or otherwise where the audience is equally invested in the individual story of everyone involved. That's not to say that it couldn't work, its just that more often that not, it doesn't Also, consider this... Lesnar is the one who beat The Streak, looked dominant while doing so and has done ever since. The man who finally defeats him cleanly will be elevated to a plateau the likes of which is rarely seen in a wrestler's career. If Roman or Bryan beat him in a triple threat match, that elevation is lost, because the audience will always know that it took the combined efforts of two people to beat the one in 21-1.
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Stephen Maher has been a rock star, a bouncer, a banker and a busker on various streets in various countries. He's hung out with Robert Plant, he was at Nelson Mandela's birthday and he's swapped stories with prostitutes and crack addicts. He once performed at a Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras by accident. These days, he passes the time by writing about music, wrestling, games and other forms of nerdery. And he rarely drinks the blood of the innocent.
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