To me, it matters in terms of actual match roleplays. Sure, the CD board is wide open, do whatever you want. But, when you're being graded on something, there have to be certain standards and restrictions, right? I'm a writer. I have dozens of short stories around. I even have one starring Vinnie Lane. I could easily take those, cut them into parts, and serve them up as roleplays doing very little work. If you force me to stay relevant you take away that ability.

Not to mention, if your roleplaying is way out there, what does your opponent have to work with? For instance, if I was against Zoey and she used that CD roleplay for our match, how would I possibly respond to it? What does her friend running afoul of a Russian gangster have to do with me in a wrestling match? I'd be forced to mostly ignore it and just cut some generic "I'm gonna get you" promo. This all works better when we feed off of each other.

Again, I'm not at all against writing developmental stories, as long as they're in the right spot, but for the actual judged work I think it's fair to expect relevance. Not even necessarily directly mentioning your opponent, per se, though that's better.