yeah it really made no sense to play like that. That is the main reason i've avoided online since svr11 (played maybe one or 2 ladder matches with a friend in canada but that's about it) BUT i see major potential in this. Especially if what this one guy that was there said: He said that if you hit a finisher with low to no stamina, you have to crawl to pin and drape one arm over the body, that he hit Cena with the rko, and when he covered with one arm, cena kicked out nearly at 3 because orton didn't hook the leg. And also the fact that if you are down with low stamina near the ropes you use the ropes as leverage to pull yourself back up.
It's the little things like that that really are going to help define this series as a sports title rather than a fighting/arcade title lol