9 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Night Of Champions 2015
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6. KO By Rollup?
WWE made the right decision to have Kevin Owens win his first WWE title, the Intercontinental Championship, Sunday night. And its understandable that they didnt want to make champ Ryback look weak or get obliterated. But having Owens win by raking the eyes and getting a rollup victory? It wouldve been far better to have Ryback eat a Pop-Up Powerbomb for the 1-2-3 than a thumb to the eye and a tug of the tights. This WWE logic that a rollup is a more acceptable loss than being beaten by a powerful finishing move is mind-boggling. No one wins in this scenario. Ryback looks like a chump, and Owens looks like he stole a pin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wd8urMGE_Y They could have simply had the same finishing sequence, with Owens raking the eyes to escape Shellshocked, then shove Ryback into the ropes and hit the Pop-Up Powerbomb for the pin. It wouldve had the same result with more impact (literally and figuratively). Still, congrats to the new champ.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
