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Old 07-11-2014, 12:56 AM   #6964
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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan View Post
Looking it up, it looks like when the whole thing was created, Hogan gave Aries option A (Giving up the title for a World Title match) and option B (keeping the title) and Aries said "How about option C. Where I give up the title for a World Title match but you give the X Division champion before Destination X the same opportunity every year."

So basically, it was just a passing comment made by Aries and it makes no sense for them to call it "Option C" now since the rule already exists.
By that logic, though, there should be no "Freebird Rule"*, because the Freebirds don't exist anymore. And nobody should call masterful worked shoots "pipebombs", because the promo that made the term famous was actually given weeks before the one where Punk actually used the term- and it was also "in passing". And let's not forget "Austin 3:16", one of the biggest merch-moving catch phrases in the history of the industry, and it was merely intended to be part of a larger dig at Jake Roberts' on his KOTR loss.

Sometimes, things just stick. They become a thing. And even though TNA should make a better effort to explain to any potential newbs what "Option C" is (without going overboard like with explaining every three sentences that Rellik is "killer" backwards, or that Jeff Hardy and Willow are the same person.)



*Actually, I still believe WWE dropped the ball on that recently by not having 3MB become tag champs and re-introducing the Freebird Rule much like when they did so with Spirit Squad or the 3-man incarnation of Demolition. 3MB were custom built for such a gimmick.
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