Loser Leaves Town: Difference between revisions

 

So, why have a Loser Leaves Town match? Sometimes, it's to explain the absence of a wrestler who's left the promotion. Other times, it's to give a wrestler time off to heal an injury, film a movie, or spend time with his family. Still others, it can be used to set up a [[Charlie Brown From Outta Town]] angle. And yet still other times, it's simply the only way to end a feud that's just gone on entirely too long and consumed the characters of both wrestlers. In the [[WWE]] world, with its three separate "brand" rosters, it can be used to move a wrestler from one brand to another. Rarely, if ever, does a [[Loser Leaves Town]] match result in the loser actually quitting wrestling; however, Gorilla Monsoon's last wrestling match was a [[Loser Leaves Town]] match that he lost.

 

* For the last eight months or so of his career, [[Ric Flair]] wrestled under a stipulation that should he lose a single match, he would be forced to retire -- thus turning all of his matches into Loser Leaves Town matches. He finally lost at Wrestlemania and did indeed retire, making this the rare example of the wrestler actually quitting wrestling when he lost: Flair's real life intent to retire was what sparked the storyline in the first place. It was the WWE's way of giving him a big sendoff.