Thought Of The Day: Contract Signings The Week Of The Match
Does it ever strike anyone else as odd that a lot of the contracts for main event level matches are signed the week of the show? I’m watching a Raw from 2009 and Cena is signing to face JBL at the Rumble on the last Raw before the PPV. Shouldn’t they have this locked up earlier than that?
I’ve never really understood the point of contract signings. 99.999% of the time, it’s just a promo with a table in between the 2 guys, and a fight to end it. Why not just have them go out and talk like normal? Also, if a person is just getting into wrestling, and the match has a contract signing, but the next championship match doesn’t, they might wonder, “Why doesn’t every match have a contract signing? Do they do it backstage or something?”