Last night, there was a handicap match on Raw. Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre vs Big Show. This match finished with Big Show on the stage, about to chokeslam McIntyre off the stage (presumably) before Mark Henry tackled Big Show off the stage. Both men were selling this and it did look huge. But i want to focus on something else
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QraRF6n5lY
Here's the footage of what happened. I want you to keep your eye on McIntyre as Henry tackles Big Show. He basically gets dropped. He gets dropped awkwardly and doesn't land in the safe area that Big Show and Mark Henry landed in. I've watched it several times and it looked like Drew's leg hits the stage and he falls off screen. There are around 5 referees around Show and Henry to help sell the move and advance the story, but just one checks McIntyre. That video doesn't show it, but for a split second, i saw that one referee make the X sign in the background.
Now, i don't know if where McIntyre landed was protected or not. All i know is that he was just dropped by a 7 ft giant, landed awkwardly, falls off screen and the commentators don't even mention his drop. The fact that only one referee checked on him is also upsetting and the X that was made was definitely for McIntyre, not Show or Henry. The commentators and referees are too busy with Big Show and Mark Henry that they ignore a potential injury just for a storyline. It would've been fine if another 2 or 3 people came out to check on Drew or if the commentators said something like "Drew was just dropped and fell off the stage" but there was just one referee.
So what do you think? Do you think Drew could be hurt? Should more have been done? I've seen no news about Drew being injured so maybe i'm overreacting but the referee who checked on Drew made the X sign so excuse me for being concerned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QraRF6n5lY
Here's the footage of what happened. I want you to keep your eye on McIntyre as Henry tackles Big Show. He basically gets dropped. He gets dropped awkwardly and doesn't land in the safe area that Big Show and Mark Henry landed in. I've watched it several times and it looked like Drew's leg hits the stage and he falls off screen. There are around 5 referees around Show and Henry to help sell the move and advance the story, but just one checks McIntyre. That video doesn't show it, but for a split second, i saw that one referee make the X sign in the background.
Now, i don't know if where McIntyre landed was protected or not. All i know is that he was just dropped by a 7 ft giant, landed awkwardly, falls off screen and the commentators don't even mention his drop. The fact that only one referee checked on him is also upsetting and the X that was made was definitely for McIntyre, not Show or Henry. The commentators and referees are too busy with Big Show and Mark Henry that they ignore a potential injury just for a storyline. It would've been fine if another 2 or 3 people came out to check on Drew or if the commentators said something like "Drew was just dropped and fell off the stage" but there was just one referee.
So what do you think? Do you think Drew could be hurt? Should more have been done? I've seen no news about Drew being injured so maybe i'm overreacting but the referee who checked on Drew made the X sign so excuse me for being concerned.