Sorry for the late response, but I just wanted to stop by and say that...
I think giving Ryder the shot was perfect. Damn sure I wasn't expecting it when he came out. Don't know why everyone seems to think each title shot NEEDS to be important, especially now that there are four belts...
And at the ending, I thought it was perfect. Nearly pissed my pants when he beat Leon. After the last match between RD and Leon, I was through with seeing him as champ, and Ryder is one of the few that I can think back and believably see as beating Leon. The roll up was Ryder-esque and is in NO way comparable to the god awful 3 way between Trips, Valmont, and KD.
If we're talking about Ryder's legitimacy as a main eventer, is there ANYTHING you can say there? Look at his record for the past year, or even his record for the past three years... ya, probably better than anyone's who is reading this. He's had a title of some sorts at least 75% of the times I've come on to check up on the fed or watch matches for fun... He's co-main evented 'Lution... And the more I think about it, he's been in some storyline that I've actually enjoyed reading up on whenever I check as well. I can probably name his last 5 or 6 fueds. But no, having him in the match is just stupid, considering how inactive he is.
So why exactly are people getting upset? It isn't because of the way he got the shot, obviously, because there have been 'random' title shots forever, hell even EA got one... It can't be because it was Ryder who got the shot, read the last paragraph again if you still don't agree with me that his character is a believable champion. Is it because of the way he won the match? Leon was DQ'd multiple times in title matches... Trips was DQ'd on one of his few defenses... Guy won off a low blow (even if it was a finisher)... Why are these acceptable, but Ryder can't win off a roll up? The only other thing you could possibly think is that... Ryder isn't up to the job of champion from a role play/feud perspective.
And I can see that as an argument, yea, I can... But first I have to ignore ANY feud that Ryder has done. I'll forget his early feud with Trips. I'll forget the Shawman/Chino feud. I'll conveniently forget the CCW TV title feud with Brad. Just gonna blatantly ignore the bits with Cruz as well. After I look past all of that...
Yea, this guy is the worst champion EVER!