#1 Wrestlers MUST lose in their hometown/country (when on the main roster)
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Most people don’t have the ability to live their dreams like wrestlers do.
They’ll never be as tough, strong or popular as those wrestlers, and won’t be able to see the world like those wrestlers. That’s why many people choose to live vicariously through their favourite wrestlers, especially when that person and that wrestler share a hometown.
A former WWE writer just went after JBL for his comments HERE
At least they have that in common, and it gives something for that person to be proud of.
You would think that, when Wrestler X arrives in their hometown, they would win their match to make the audience happy (that is, of course, the most basic goal of a wrestling match, at least in theory). Yet for some inexplicable and illogical reason, the main roster wrestlers seem to always lose in their hometowns.
Worse, wrestling isn’t like a legitimate sport where a hometown loss can be caused by genuine superiority from another team on a given night.
This is the pre-determined world of wrestling, where someone makes the conscientious decision beforehand to have someone lose in front of an audience that would give them a raucous ovation.
Where is the logic in that? In what other form of entertainment would the powers-that-be want to disappoint the audience that pays hard-earned money to attend their events?
Since most fans are smarter these days, they’re aware that these decisions are made by people backstage. Simply put, someone with decision-making authority thinks it’s a good idea for a wrestler whose hometown they’re in to lose in front of an audience that loves them.
No matter how much people in WWE might think that wins and losses don’t matter… the truth is that they do. A lot. People want to be associated with winners instead of losers. And if someone from a certain hometown sees their hometown hero losing in front of them, they’re not going to be happy with the product they’re watching.
It would seem that, when it comes to WWE’s decision-making department, logic has left the building.
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