WWE Plot Holes: How is Ryback the Number One Contender?

by Brian Phelps

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At Extreme Rules, the machine Ryback will take on WWE Champion John Cena for the heavyweight title. One problem though, how did Ryback become the number one contender?

Ryback has lost at every pay per view dating back to October. Ryback has lost at Hell in a Cell, Survivor Series, TLC, Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, and Wrestlemania. How on Earth can a guy that has lost at 6 straight pay-per-views be the number one contender? If you include RAW, Ryback has lost his last 3 shots at the WWE Championship.

Here's where the plot hole gets even bigger. Mark Henry defeated Ryback CLEANLY at Wrestlemania 29. The next night on RAW, Mark Henry coming off a win at Wrestlemania was told in order to get a title shot he would have to defeat John Cena in a non-title match (Henry lost by Count Out) just to become the number one contender. Yet, Ryback who had just lost to Henry at Wrestlemania was simply declared the number one contender to face Cena at Extreme Rules. Why did Henry coming off a win over Ryback at Wrestlemania have to defeat Cena in a non-title match just to get a shot at the title, but Ryback who has lost at every pay-per-view for the last six months simply gets a title shot?

Ryback becoming number one contender completely flies in the face of story line and basic sports logic. There is no logical reason that Ryback should be number one contender over Mark Henry or anyone else. This is a major plot hole that cannot be explained.

Just because Ryback attacked Cena on RAW does not mean he's the number one contender. By that logic, the Shield should be the number one contenders to every title in the WWE.

Unresolved Storyline: What Happened to Vince McMahon Being Relieved of Duty?

by Brian Phelps

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Am I the only one that seemed to notice that in 2011, Vince McMahon was "relieved" of duty (or fired) as far as running RAW and Smackdown were concerned. So, how is Vince still coming out and making decisions on RAW? His power was never reinstated. He just showed up one day and acted like he was never "fired" from running RAW/Smackdown. I hate how WWE's continuity is constantly contradicting itself.

Unresolved WWE Storyline: What happened to John Cena vs The Rock for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 28?

by Brian Phelps

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After Wrestlemania 27, John Cena told the WWE Universe that at Wrestlemania 28 it was going to be John Cena versus The Rock for the WWE Championship. However, when Wrestlemania 28 rolled around there was no title match on the line. In fact, John Cena wasn't even the WWE Champion. CM Punk was WWE Champion. So what happened to Cena vs Rock for the WWE Championship? This is another example of WWE promising something and then failing to deliver yet again.

Unresolved Storyline: What Happened to the Royal Rumble Being the "End of the World As You Know It"?

by Brian Phelps

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The Monday night RAW before the Royal Rumble, Chris Jericho brought back the Highlight Reel and finally spoke. He told us that at the Royal Rumble it's going to be "The end of the world as you know it". Chris Jericho set really high expectations for the Royal Rumble. So what happens? Chris Jericho goes into the Rumble at #29 and simply gets eliminated. So, what was the point of him making some big claim and not delivering? Absolutely NOTHING happened at the Royal Rumble. The Royal Rumble roster was one of the weakest line-ups of all-time. There weren't any mind blowing surprises like last year. There was no Diesel surprise return. The biggest surprise of the Royal Rumble was Road Dogg? So how was this years Royal Rumble the "end of the world as we know it"? This is yet another case of the WWE duping thousands of people into buying a pay-per-view and not delivering what was promised. I guarantee you that THOUSANDS of people bought this pay-per-view on the proclamation of Chris Jericho's huge claim, and these fans were beyond let down. This reminds me of Wrestlemania 27 when the WWE had promoted and hyped a U.S. Title match between Sheamus and Daniel Bryan, but everyone who bought the pay-per-view for that match were disappointed when the WWE didn't air it. It ended up being a dark match.

Do you guys remember back in the day when a wrestling organization promised a surprise and they actually delivered? Add this to the huge list of stories that were just forgotten about by the WWE. The WWE DUPED people into buying the pay-per-view, and that's disappointing. Chris Jericho failed to deliver, and was nothing more than a dud in the Royal Rumble.

Unresolved Storyline: What Happened to Theodore Long Being on Probation?

by Brian Phelps

http://wrestlersway.blogspot.com

Over the last month or two I've been taking the time to expose the WWE creative team for their grotesque inconsistencies, and failure to even bother resolving lengthy storylines that they started. Well, I've come to you guys again while I was doing some thinking, and I've come up with yet another unresolved story that the WWE is guilty of. 

Does anyone else remember in the last couple of years on Smackdown when all of a sudden Vince McMahon had some sort of problem with the way Theodore Long was running things? If you remember, Vince McMahon kept telling Teddy Long that he was watching him, and even went as far as to put Theodore Long on "probation". Vince would over turn Teddy Long's decisions and other things. Then all of a sudden the whole thing was simply forgotten about. Poof! It was gone. Like so many other stories in WWE, it was swept under the rug. So, what happened to Theodore Long being on the verge of being fired?