Proposed rule change for tag team matches
Posted by: BatRastered Dec 30, 2013 | 1689 views | 12 comments
Currently, a tag team match is scored as follows: the wrestler who gets the pin gets "win" points (20) and their teammate(s) get "team win" points (10).
Proposed change: Both the winner and any teammates will get "team win" points, and this will be adjusted to 15 points.
Why? There are a couple of instances where this becomes an issue...
- Sometimes (Usos, Bellas, Matadores) it's hard to know which wrestler actually got the pin. It requires much rewinding/replaying and close examination by the scorekeeper and is prone to error.
- If a team uses "twin magic" to win a match, not only is the above true, but there is further controversy as to who should get the win points even if you can tell them apart. Should it be the person who is the legal man, or the person who actually got the pin? (i.e. who was it versus who did the ref think it was) Los Matadoes used this tactic on last week's RAW.
- In general, the "winner" received a lot of help from their teammates, so I think a reduction from 20 to 15 is fair for them, and an increase from 10 to 15 is fair for the teammates. It's a team win, not an individual effort.
- We're trying to allow some community members to volunteer for score keeping duty when we can't do it live (for instance we'll be at WrestleMania XXX this year), we're trying to keep the rules simple.
- Lastly, there are some behind-the-scenes programming changes in the website that this change would make simpler for me (not that you should care about that, but I thought I should put it out there in the spirit of full disclosure).
So what do you think? Vote on this poll and let us know your reasons/feelings in the comments.
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Dec 30, 2013 by BatRastered