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Cody v. Fatu - I think that "match" had a logical ending. With Cody coming off losing the title and Jacob coming back from an injury, I didn't see either guy eating a loss. You?
I agree. I liked the intensity of it and I had no issue with no one losing. Sometimes a no-decision is the right way to go.
Women's tag title match - Didn't expect Rhiyo to lose, but I was a little surprised to see Liv get pinned. Then again, Roxanne Perez has eaten a lot of losses on the main roster, and Liv will get her heat back with one promo. Well worked match, and the women always bust their asses.
I was fine with that. Liv is made and it doesn’t hurt her to take the pin. If Roxanne loses all the time she gets the designated loser tag. She is too good to be saddled with that.
Main Event - I didn't see Sami losing in ANY universe. The crowd wanted it, and they didn't get cute, they gave it to them. I also figured Priest would take the pin, with an outside chance of Orton being the one to take the fall. And like Sami, I didn't see Trick taking the loss.
The nice thing about four ways is that taking the loss isn’t that egregious considering all of the chaos going around. Sami HAD to win, for sure. That is what the crowd came to see. Sometimes doing the obvious thing is the right thing to do and it was on Saturday night. Overall I really enjoyed SNME. I hope it helps WWE get its mojo back booking-wise.
Now, it got me to thinking about the old phrase " killing a town ", which has happened in the territory days many times, either due to bad booking decisions or running the town too often. Do you think, in today's modern WWE, that they can "kill a town" with booking that would turn off the local fans? If Sami had lost, it would have taken the air right out of the building, but I don't see WWE getting diminished attendance next time they're in Montreal. I also phrase this specifically to WWE, as I feel AEW has hurt attendance by running places too often, specifically Chicago.
It’s a different animal today. Back then promotions made the lion’s share of their revenue off of the houses. Now, it’s from rights fees. With that said, while I don’t know if they can kill a town anymore, I think they can definitely hurt it. If Sami had lost I could see a lot of people that attended deciding not to pay the high ticket price the next time WWE comes to town, for sure.
Speaking of Chicago, was there a worse booking decision by Jim Crockett in the 80's than doing a "Dusty finish" in the Road Warriors/Horsemen match at Starrcade '87?
There may be but that was not a good call at all. It hurt their business big time in Chi-Town.
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