More Brogue Kick Controversy

I'm not going to pretend to be the first person to note the similarities between some of the recent WWE storylines and what is currently going on in the NFL. If you don't watch the NFL, there is currently a controversy with the officials. The regular officials are not working, so the NFL is having replacement officials, which are minor league officials, handle the big games. Following some of the games, I have seen issues with taking too long to decide what to do, awarding a team an extra timeout, not handling penalties correctly, and a few others. Life goes on. There have been no huge disasters from this pro football mess. But I'm not here to judge that.

The WWE is definitely paying attention. I am just going to talk about the issues with Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio. Cars, shoes, injuries, and David Otunga have all become a part of this long feud for the World's Heavyweight Championship. The recent development revolves around the Brogue Kick, which is the finisher Sheamus loves to use the most. It was banned up to just before the match at Night of Champions officially started. Alberto Del Rio is complaining about it. JBL, who is back in the absence of Jerry Lawler, agreed that removing the ban at that time was stupid. By his logic, the move should never have been banned in the first place, but removing it at the time Booker T did was just unfair to Del Rio. I really don't care too much to argue one way or the other. This is a kayfabe controversy. It is part of the storyline. It definitely does match something I would expect to see in a football game.

Is this an interesting way to draw in viewers? It may just be because I have been watching wrestling for so long, but it does not feel fresh or interesting to me. This entire feud has gone on for too long. By recent developments, it is not ending just yet. Whether the title is held by Sheamus or Del Rio, get a new challenger. To me, that would be the freshest option. Enough with coming up with new angles to try to keep this one feud fresh. The seeds were planted since April for this feud. Five months later, they are still at it. They are trying too hard. Let me look at it from the standpoint of being a football fan, and I only started being one a year or two ago. I don't find these refereeing issues to be a draw. It takes a lot of time to sort through those issues. Just like it can kill the momentum of the players in the game, it can take the fans out of it a little. People just want to see the game. Going back to pro wrestling, those fans just want to be entertained and see some action. The WWE has done enough to make this feud interesting over the last few months. All that is left is to follow through and move on.