Serious inquiry for the fighter-types out there

["David H Ritterskamp" <dhritter@dpcmail.dukepower.com>]

     Moving to a (hopefully) less-violent topic:
     
     Those of you that were at EJ last weekend may or may not have taken 
     the path from the fighting field to the parking lot at some point, and 
     if you did, you crossed a bridge.  Note that the bridge is fairly 
     narrow and has waist-high (or so) rails on both sides.  
     
     I was just thinking what a COOL battle we could have if we were to 
     build something similar (or even just a flat bridge) and put large 
     gymnastic padding on both sides of the bridge...I mean, we're talking 
     like the pads they have for pole vaulting.  
     
     What does anybody think?  The obvious pros are that 1) you'd KNOW if 
     you were dead from falling off the bridge, 2) the fighters get to ham 
     up their death scenes, if they so desire, and 3) lots of opportunities 
     for wierdness.  
     
     I think the obvious con can be dealt with, namely, what happens if 
     somebody falls on top of somebody else?  Well, for one thing, we're 
     only talking about a couple of feet off the ground.  Also we'd have to 
     explain to all the fighters that once they fall they have to start 
     rolling off the mat, or take their chances...we could possibly also 
     install people on both sides to help people off...
     
     Because let's face it, who wants to be on the bottom if Kane or HRM 
     Galmr or Richard or (insert other large person's name here) lands on 
     them? (While I seriously doubt that anybody would be injured except 
     under extreme circumstances, _and_ that the comedy afforded from such 
     a sight would be a riot, there will still be people who don't want 
     this happening.)
     
     Any thoughts?
     
     Jonathan Blackbow

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