#7 In what way was that match ‘non-sanctioned’?
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One thing about the current WWE product is that most of the content has been too homogenised. While this makes sense from a marketing standpoint, we’ve even got to the point now where all of the WWE’s ‘alternative’ matches blend into one.
HHH vs. Seth Rollins was not an unsanctioned match, it was a bog standard no DQ match. Both men walked down the ramp to their theme songs, a WWE official oversaw the match like he would any other no DQ match, and the whole thing just felt a little deflated as a result.
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For two men who are supposed to hate each other’s guts, neither of them seemed willing to stretch the boundaries of acceptability at all. True, these aren’t the days of Mankind vs. HHH street fights anymore, but we could have still been given something more risqué than what we got.
If the two had just said from the start that this was a no DQ match to settle the score, the battle wouldn’t have been too bad. It was a pretty middle of the road outing for both of them, but I suppose we were just expecting more from it.
Why couldn’t both men come out in street gear carrying unconventional weapons like monkey wrenches or hammers? Things you would think to bring if someone you hated was challenging you to an unsanctioned fight.
Instead, the sledgehammer was the showcase weapon, just like every other HHH match at ‘Mania!
