In a singles match, if wrestler A gets disqualified, then wrestler B has no one to wrestle, so the match is over and they win.

But with 3 (or more) wrestlers, wrestler B would still have wrestler C, etc, so the match could continue without wrestler A.

So why doesn’t it?

I’ve never understood this, and would appreciate people’s thoughts.

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  • GeekFTW@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    Two different match types (there’s way more variations than you’d guess according to Wikipedia’s master listing rofl), tho the reasons are kinda ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Multi-man three-way competitions are usually done either elimination or non-elimination.

    Elimination is more akin to ECW’s old ‘Three-Way Dance’ matches which is what you described. e.g. Taz’z final match where he lost the ECW title before leaving for WWF/WWE. He was pinned in minutes, and the match continues because the other two are still in it.

    Non-elimination is WWE’s ‘Triple-Threat’ matches, where it’s first person to score a pinfall wins. These are no DQ and no count out by default it seems.

    As for why…I mean really there’s no reason aside from ‘oooh extra possibilities for big violence!’ thoughts from the fanbase. I can see the no count out part because there’s 3 people, hard to count out 1 who may be out on the outside whole two are still fighting, in kayfabe and such, but no DQ just feels for the thrill lol.

    • HelloThereOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I get why countouts would be harder, so no countout is fair enough.

      I guess my main confusion is that, in a standard No DQ match, both wrestlers go quickly to weapons. In a triple threat, why bother wrestling ‘clean’ for 10 minutes, to then suddenly bringing a chair in, especially if you’re the heel.

      On eliminator - and a 3 way dance - I think that’s different. My reasoning is, you can have one fall to win, but if you’re disqualified then the match essentially becomes a singles match.

      In a singles match, a disqualification isn’t really a fall, it’s you being disqualified and no longer being allowed to compete. That is conceptually different.