WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray agreed with the criticism that Goldberg’s immediate World Heavyweight Championship match lacks logic, calling the booking “insulting” to the WWE fan’s intelligence. On today’s “Busted Open Radio,” he offered a unique analogy for why fans accept such moments, while also providing several alternative booking scenarios that he feels would have made more logical sense.
“I despise lack of logic in wrestling. I get it. It’s wrestling. I get it, it’s sports entertainment. I understand creative liberty… This is not wiggle room,” Bully began. He then compared fans’ acceptance of what he views as bad booking to a political phenomenon. “You know how certain politicians get voted into office, and they consistently do a bad job, but yet, every voting cycle… the people continue to vote this politician back into office? That’s what’s going on here. Until the WWE Universe decides that they hate this and walk away from the product… nothing will change.”
His primary issue was the complete lack of a story-based reason for the match being made official just minutes after Goldberg appeared on Raw. “Did Gunther issue an open challenge? No,” Bully pointed out. “Did Gunther say, ‘no matter who it is… you get the next title shot’? No… Who made the match? Why did they make the match? What’s the logic behind them saying yes?… A storyline like this, to me, is insulting because it’s just ramming something down your fan base’s throat and just expecting them to consume it.”
Bully then offered a detailed, alternative way the angle could have been booked within the same episode to provide more logic and build intrigue for the audience.
“How about Goldberg comes out? You do the segment exactly as it’s done… Then you go to the back. Nick Aldis walks in says, ‘Mate, I’m sorry… I can’t agree to this.’ And Goldberg says, ‘I want an answer, and I want an answer now. Who can make this match?’… And now all of a sudden, we have a camera follow Goldberg through the arena… right by Triple H,” Bully pitched. “Triple H looks up, takes off his headphones. Triple H gets up, stands right in Goldberg’s face… Triple H puts out his hand, shakes Goldberg’s hand. There’s the match being made right there. It’s a story… that would have made more sense than just going, ‘Hey, ladies and gentlemen, Goldberg versus Gunther.'”
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