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Wrestling Pet Peeves: Moves, Spots & Illogical Working Explained

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Hello! Welcome to what may be the sole edition of Wrestling Pet Peeves? We’ll see how it goes. Today, we’ll be looking at moves, spots, and illogical decisions made during a wrestling match.

This list is inspired by Jim Ross’ recent comments about silly diving, which I shall quote when the time is right. There’s no specific criterion for how this is listed, other than what I thought of first while in the planning stage. If you think I missed out on anything obvious, please let me know in the comments.

Suicide Dive

“Tope Suicida!” Take a drink each time Excalibur says it, and I guarantee you’ll be drunk (or more?) for every episode of AEW Dynamite. Suicide Dives are so plentiful these days, we have to question how suicidal they really are. It’s supposed to be a risky move for the performing wrestler, but most of the time they are caught… or worse, do more of a shoving action so they can land on their feet. The only way it is suicidal is if they botch and crash by catching their leg on the rope (which has happened).

I’m not surprised that many fans are turned off by what used to be an exciting, yet rare move. It should be reserved to cruiserweights, and even then, it has to make sense in the scheme of things. Also, it has to be brutal… kinda like how Darby Allin does it. None of this shoving business! Make it look like a “suicide” dive, otherwise it’s just another jump to the outside with no flair.


Wait! We’ll Catch you

Jim Ross recently criticized when wrestlers dive over the top rope into a group of wrestlers who are partners and foes, but still standing side by side. He says that no one ever wins with that move, and it’s just done for a cheap pop.

“I told a kid the other day at AEW that everybody does the same fu**ing spot. All you guys go outside. You cluster up like coils. You stand there in a huddle, friends and foes together, side by side so you can catch some leaping idiot going over the top who never wins with this move. They are looking for the holy s**t chant. They love to hear ‘this is awesome’. It’s a spot folks. It’s a trapeze act. I don’t buy into that. The DDT is a great finish and should be used as such.” stated JR.

“So yeah, I’m not big on that ‘the business has changed.’ Tell me how the business has changed that you can bastardize established moves.”


Roman Reigns Multi Clothesline & Superman Punch

I’m not a Reigns hater. Even before his heel turn, I had some respect for the talent he has… I just didn’t like how he was being force fed like the new John Cena. Speaking of which, Reigns’ multi clotheslines in the corner and the Superman Punch are two moves which bear resemblance to Cena’s STF(U) and 5-Knuckle Shuffle. Have you ever took notice of Roman’s multi clothesline? They are as weak as anything you will see in wrestling. As for the Superman Punch, it has never sat well with me. More so when done several times back-to-back.

Orange Cassidy has rarely used it this year, but they differ in that Roman likes to do a little side step. He effectively telegraphs it for his opponent, yet they can’t get out of the way; similar to how they’d always miss their clothesline against Cena during his “5 moves of doom”. I’d love to see these moves phased out. The “Superman Punch” reminds us how he is booked like a Super Man, but he’s the Tribal Chief now, so he should have no use for it. If he has to keep it? At least try to make it more like how Orton hits the RKO. Outta’ nowhere.


The Punch To End Everything

You know what sucks as a finishing move? A punch. Big Show had the WMD and Lacey Evans currently has the Woman’s Right. These moves defy logic because you should be able to use them at any given time. Also, what if they want to punch normally? And how come other wrestler’s strikes aren’t as strong? The Undertaker for example, threw strikes as good as anybody… but his opponent’s could take several on the chin and keep on trucking. One punch from Lacey Evans is stronger than The Undertaker’s?! I don’t know. At least when William Regal did it he had brass knuckles.

Are they seriously so limited on moves? Or is it laziness? And no, it’s not limited to punches, I’m throwing in Chris Jericho’s Judas Effect as well. If you think about it, he could elbow someone at almost any moment. It’s not a move that can be easily countered like a Rock Bottom, or a Pedigree, or a Tombstone. You simply elbow a guy in the face and it’s over. So why should he bother doing anything else? The Walls of Jericho was better because it added suspense and was reversible. Fans can easily take and enjoy pictures of it. But the Judas Effect? Not so much.


Superkick Party

*sings* We got a SUPERKICK here! And a SUPERKICK there! Here a SUPERKICK, there a SUPERKICK… everywhere a SUPERKICK! Old McDonald had a SUPERKICK! E-I-E-I-O!

You get the picture. I hate how wrestling has bastardized the power of the Super Kick. A finishing move innovated by the legend Chris Adams (he trained Steve Austin and Scott Hall), and made more famous by Shawn Michaels, the Super Kick once was known to the business as a devastating maneuver.

Nowadays though… wrestlers think it looks “cool” to use it repeatedly. But it isn’t in the slightest. What it actually does… is make their kicking look super weak. How can The Young Bucks hit a double super kick and not pick up the victory? You have two grown men kicking a guy square in the head! How are they still conscious after that?! Seriously. As Jim Royle (on Royal Family) would say… Superkick Party My Arse!

I do like The Young Bucks, but they need better psychology with their moves.

Mega Springboard Double Team Piledriver

I have to talk about double team moves. Tag team wrestling used to have some epic double team finishers. The Doomsday Device. 3D. Leg Drop and Swanton. The list goes on. What was cool about these moves is that when they were executed, they were 99% guaranteed a win. How many times did The Dudleys put away opponent’s with the 3D? It was incredible.

But what I hate about today’s tag team wrestling is that so many teams have at least half a dozen so-called  “finishers”. Much like the Superkick spam, it makes teams look weaker than those from yesteryear. There is no chance in hell a Meltzer Driver (a springboard double team Piledriver) should be an everyday move. You hit it… the match is over. At least, that’s how it should be. But tag teams are trying too hard to get in as many of their “cool” moves as possible… all the while making their offense look weaker than jelly. Save the big guns for when it matters.


Canadian Destroyer

No! Don’t do that. A Canadian Destroyer is one of the sweetest, most destructive moves in the history of wrestling because Petey Williams worked hard to make it so. There’s so much disrespect whenever anyone uses it as a signature move or less. Adam Cole. Rey Mysterio. Dustin Rhodes. Did any of these guys ring up Petey Williams and ask “Hey man! Is it alright if I proceed to destroy your moves credibility every week? I’ll appreciate it”. Hell no, they didn’t. They saw someone other than Petey using it and thought hmm… well if they are doing it then I will too.

Petey spent years of his life working his butt off to make the Canadian Destroyer mean something. When he executed it, you knew that no one was kicking out of it. When someone can’t kick out of a glorified punch, but they can kick out of this?! There’s no wonder why wrestling has so many pet peeves. It’s dumb logic and anyone who takes a second to think about it will tell you the same. Don’t be a dick by weakening moves other guys innovated and spent years building up.


The Most Devastating Move Of All Time

The WWE 24/7 Championship is defined by the most devastating move of all time: the School Boy/Girl roll up. It doesn’t matter who you are… you can be a celebrity with no wrestling experience. Even you there! Reading this right now. You can also be the 24/7 Champion. All it takes is a roll up! And you don’t even need to use the tights like they did back in the day.

Some heels still pull the tights, but in WWE it’s pointless. A roll up has become so powerful it rivals how protected King Corbin’s End of Days is. I don’t understand how it has turned out this way. It’s possibly to do with the lack of decent finishers, lazy booking, or management believing it’s the single greatest ending ever. It should terrify you to be 24/7 Champion… because you don’t need to be damaged to lose it. A roll up pin can take down anybody, even if they are 100%. Imagine if it was that strong in the video games?!

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Braun Strowman “Choo! Choo!”

Maybe it’s just me, but I hate the Braun Strowman thing where he runs around the ring and floors guys. His opponent’s should be able to see him coming from a mile away… the guy is the size of a freaking train!

It’s not like he slyly sneaks up on them like a Randy Orton. He comes charging from the other side of the ring and never misses! How has no one sidestepped this yet? I get how it can be exciting to fans at ringside to see this going down, and it gives Strowman something unique, but you have to really suspend your disbelief to make it acceptable for guys to be this blind.


How To Set The Table For Guests

Remember how the forks are arranged. And the spoons. But wait, we’re not talking about a formal dining event. In this instance, we’re talking about how wrestlers like to clear the announce table before crashing their opponent threw it. You know… it tells us they don’t want to hurt them so badly. How nice of them! Such good manners, don’t you think? To consider their opponent’s safety so? I wouldn’t say it’s a “pet peeve”, but it is illogical if you think about it.

I Pull Down Rope. You Fall Through.

Simple right? When the spot is timed right it works super well. But when the timing is off… it’s disastrous. There is no better example of this than a recent match with Lana & Asuka facing Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler. There were two botches here. Lana was far too early pulling down the rope. Nia compounded it by going through the rope anyway.

A fan pointed out the botch to Nia on Twitter, and she had to make light of it. And I’m glad she did, because it’s not the first time I have seen this go wrong. It requires perfect timing because the wrestler running at them needs so much momentum they can’t stop themselves falling through. There’s also a danger of having too much momentum and falling badly to the floor.


Sleeper Hold Wins! Oh Wait…

You know what’s annoying? When a wrestler decides they are going to use a simple move like a Sleeper Hold as a finisher, despite never doing so before. It makes sense if a wrestler debuts and uses it from the beginning. However, when a guy like Dolph Ziggler starts using a Sleeper Hold and picking up wins from it… while every other wrestler isn’t, it makes you wonder how Dolph can lock in such a powerful hold.

Ziggler used the Sleeper Hold as a finisher for a couple of months before they quietly phased it out with no explanation. It works for someone like Chris Masters with his Master Lock because he looked like a guy who could do the strongest Full Nelson in the game. Again, if you’re going to try things like this, it has to make sense.

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No Padding On A Concrete Floor?

Seriously, don’t do high spots on to a table on a concrete floor with no padding. That’s what happened at AEW All Out earlier this year, when Matt Hardy hit his head on the floor during a fall in his match with Sammy Guevara in the backstage area.

He seemed out of it for several minutes, and the decision to allow the match to continue was met with criticism. And rightly so, because the most important thing is a wrestler’s health. His wife Reby Hardy was irate about it on Twitter, and didn’t look all too pleased the following Wednesday when Matt addressed the incident on Dynamite. He was cleared by the doctors, but the fans and his wife were scared for his well-being, and they probably should have stopped it as a precaution.


Rumble & Battle Royal Nonsense

We love a good Royal Rumble or Battle Royal, it’s a great way to get many of our favourite wrestlers in the same space for dream confrontations. But while there are plenty of upsides, they are commonly known for their downsides too. The action for example, often devolves in to nonsensical brawling with little, actual wrestling moves being performed. The competitors will try to eliminate one another, but fail miserably as they hold on to the ropes for dear life.

There are moments in the match where key players are focused on, and only they will be allowed to perform impressive moves that the cameras catch because they have been told. The rest are told to blend in to the background like extras in a movie or TV show, and there’s very little logic going on. You will see guys stopping eliminations for no good reason, when it’s in their best interest to want that. Also, you will see heels hanging around on the outside because stipulations state they are allowed to do so, as long as they don’t get thrown over the top rope.

Surely the best strategy would be to stand on the outside and wait for it to come down to you and one other? Why don’t all the wrestlers have the same idea? After all, it’s not illegal. If the wrestlers were smart enough, whether they are face or heel, they would all stand on the outside staring at each other, and wait for others to be eliminated. It wouldn’t make for a good show, but it’s how the rules are. Only heels are smart enough to figure this out, yet they are looked down upon for being cheap… when they technically aren’t breaking any rules. The Miz used this illogical ruling to win the dual brand battle royal at Survivor Series.

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Starship No Pain

This is one of my biggest pet peeves in wrestling. John Morrison cannot connect with the Starship Pain to save his life. Maybe he has connected at some point? But every time I have seen him do the Starship Pain in the past few years he has missed every… single… time.

It’s an impressive-looking move, but it irks me that he never touches his opponent’s. This guy was World Champion of Impact and other promotions. Not the worst wrestler in the world, but he must know how many people hate the way this move is done? I can’t stop shaking my head at how bad it is.


Shuffle Shuffle

We’ve all seen it. Wrestler goes up to the top rope and their opponent sees them go. But they aren’t in the best position, so they (not so) slyly shuffle their bodies over to the best spot to be hit with the move. I find the more professional wrestlers who find themselves in this situation roll their bodies like they are trying to get up, instead of just shuffling over like a worm.

Stop shuffling! It looks bad. Sometimes they do it when they really don’t need too… when they should just let their opponent fly further if they can’t be bothered to place them properly. If the flyer is so concerned about where their opponent is situated, it should be up to them to move them accordingly. Most of the time it’s unnecessary.

1..2…3………..4

Most of the time, wrestling referees do not know how to count in consistent intervals. What should be a 10 count turns in to 5 count. What ends up as a 9 count is more like a 22 count. Sometimes they just stop counting altogether for no good reason, or because someone talks to them. And sometimes when referees are counting, they get distracted, and they start from zero again. You can always tell when there will be a Count Out finish because the referee figure out they can count in a consistent, yet slightly sped up and LOUD manner.

The referee makes totally sure that the audience at home can hear the wrestlers are in jeopardy of being counted out. Rest of the time, they either don’t know how to count properly, or assume no one is going to pick up on how half-arsed the system is. And wrestlers almost always get back in by the count of 9. Why? Because that’s the only point of having a count out, right? Despite having this rule in place, count out finishes are super rare these days.

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Spin Moves Don’t Make The Deliverer As Dizzy?

I love Airplane Spins and Cesaro’s Big Swing, but if you think about it… it makes little sense. Why would you spin your opponent around if it’s also going to make you equally dizzy? And what is it going to accomplish? Unless your opponent is the kind of person who gets easily squeamish, there is no point to these moves other than it looks funny on TV.

I can spin my daughter and nephew (not at the same time!) around on my shoulders for a good minute, maybe two, but I end up becoming the victim of my own foolish Airplane Spin. They are totally fine, while I’m struggling to maintain my balance. So what is the point of these spins in wrestling? How is it giving the guy delivering it the advantage? The answer is it shouldn’t, but somehow it does… and it cannot be explained why.


Tyler Bate’s Shoulder Rope Bounce

I’m a fan of Tyler Bate’s ring work, he’s one of the most promising young talents of NXT UK (and first UK Champion). I’m not getting in to the sex allegations that were thrown his way because this isn’t the time for it, but I have one gripe with his moveset. For those who don’t know, Tyler does this thing where he jumps at the top rope shoulder blades first, and bounces back with enough momentum to counter his opponent.

At first I was like… wow, that is kinda cool! But after repeated viewings, it started taking me out of the action because it’s unnecessary. It’s not like you would get a different result if you ran the ropes normally. His opponent shouldn’t be thrown off or surprised by this move, because anyone who scouts him sufficiently would know he does this. And what if someday he misses? He’ll look so foolish.


Excessive False Finishes

I love false finishes. At the right time with the right moves, a false finish or two, or three, will add a ton of suspense and excitement to an epic encounter. But there is a limit! And in this era, they sometimes go too far, thinking that it looks great and the fans are totally invested. You can tell when they have done too many false finishes though, because the crowd change from a state of “Wow, this is awesome!”, to “Ehh, how is this match going to end?!”.

They are still excited and are popping (not as loud), but the wrestlers have gone past the clinical moment when the match should have ended for the best payoff. Like I’ve said before, if you are constantly kicking out of each other’s biggest stuff over and over again, it makes everyone’s offense look weak. I have found that Tag Team contests are usually the biggest culprits of false finish fests.

Pinning The Legs, Not The Shoulders

Lance Storm has touched upon this issue before. In wrestling, the aim is to pin your opponent’s shoulder’s to the mat for the 1-2-3. So why do so many wrestlers hook a leg? It’s not the leg you are pinning. Some wrestlers grab the leg and lean on the shoulders, but there are so many who just hook a leg and don’t do more to mount pressure on the most important body part. And then you have guys like Sami Callihan, who count along with the referee in the middle of an important match.

Even while wrestling for a World Championship, his cockiness encourages him to pin his opponent with the laziest cover while counting along like he’s back in school. Why? If a match is so important, why are you not doing everything you can to keep your opponent down? I think so many have forgotten that a pinfall is the most crucial aspect of the game. The wrestlers know when the finish is, but the fans don’t, so if you’re being lazy with your covers and counting along… we know it’s not the end before the referee can call it. Wrestlers should act like they don’t know when the finish is. Only then will pins mean something again.

Lance Storm

“Even if you don’t want to get into things that deeply, focusing so heavily on hooking the leg has led to a much bigger problem than just uniformity. While almost everyone is hooking the leg now, they seem so focused on doing so almost no one is bothering to cover the shoulders any more. With a new focus on making covers “look” better they have in fact gotten so much worse. I constantly see guys grabbing legs while lying across their opponent’s stomach leaving the shoulders completely uncovered, and it drives me crazy.

What if announcers started pointing out that if the guy would have just put some weight on his opponent’s shoulders, you know the things we are trying to pin to the mat, the guy might not have been able to kick out by just lifting his arm. I fear we are focusing so much on one individual aspect of the pin, the leg, that we are neglecting the single most important element, the SHOULDERS.”

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Ivar Cartwheels

When I first saw Ivar do a cartwheel in NXT, I was impressed. It’s not every day you see a big man like him doing that mid-match. But once he got in to working shorter matches on the main roster, the move lost all of its appeal to me. In NXT he would bust it out in the middle of an awesome match, but on Raw he shoehorns it in anywhere he can. It almost became what defines him… he’s the viking dude who cartwheels.

It’s not something I think should be used all the time, I’d prefer he restricted it to special moments like title or PPV matches. He’s better than being known as the big guy who cartwheels… so I hope something changes when he returns from injury.


V-Trigger Cheat Code

Much like a video game, Kenny Omega is a guy who loves to cheat to get ahead. If it means he can level skip, he will do it. But you know what’s more annoying? When someone punches in the code to get finishers activated all the time. And that’s what Kenny does sometimes… he thinks that by spamming the V-Trigger button he makes the match better. It doesn’t.

Much like Superkick Party, it only serves to make the V-Trigger weaker with each execution. We know that One Winged Angel is his main finisher and is more protected, but he has won matches with the V-Trigger as well. Even if he demotes it to a regular signature move, doing 10-15 V-Triggers in the same match is not good. It might be to someone out there? But it’s not my cup of tea.

Aside from that one gripe, Kenny is one of the best wrestlers in the world today. He is 100% deserving of being the AEW World Champion, even if he holds a position of power in the company.

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Overselling Missed Moves

Sometimes called a “Phantom Bump”, it is when a wrestler sells a move that either completely missed or barely connected. This can happen with finishers sometimes, which can really disappoint fans because they know it ended with a botch. You know what I really like though? When wrestlers realise they have botched and fix it by repeating the ending. That’s professionalism!

I also like it when a referee doesn’t just count someone’s shoulders to the mat (when the match is supposed to end) when they aren’t down. There is nothing more infuriating than a pin being called when it’s blatantly obvious that at least one of the shoulders wasn’t square to the mat. But then we have referees like this, who look like they just got knocked out by a ghost.


Running The Ropes

This is another of my biggest peeves! Wrestlers who do not know how to run the ropes. Stone Cold Steve Austin would have a field day! It’s one thing that really grinds his gears. I’m not sure why, but it only seems to happen with smaller women’s wrestlers like Kelly Kelly, Liv Morgan and Lana. There are a few others, but I ain’t about to go listing them all.

It’s so annoying when they barely touch the ropes. They casually place themselves (so it doesn’t hurt) and run off it… but they aren’t truly running the ropes. This is wrestling 101, yet they get opportunities to work with the biggest companies and aren’t being sent for training. How does this crap happen? I have an idea why. Let’s put it this way… If it was a guy doing this he would be out of a job, or at least sent for training.


Climb Ladders How?

“Umm… I climb? How do I climb? Am I in a match? No? Ok I know how to climb real fast. Let me climb ladder quick. Oh… I am in a match? I feel heavy. This is difficult. I will make it to the top one day. Give me a few years, I will get there. I will become champion when I climb ladder. I hope no one catches me. Oh no, I got up one step and they stop me.”

This is how a wrestler’s mind works during a ladder match. Any other time, they can climb it in seconds. During a match, they might as well have bricks in their boots because it will take them all night. This is one of the biggest things new fans point out when they get in to wrestling. It’s really not that difficult to climb a ladder and unhook a title.

I bet most of us here could do it just fine. These guys and girls are supposed to be athletes, there is no reason. But we all know this is how it needs to be done, otherwise ladder matches would be over before anything fun can happen. So it’s a necessary evil… but it doesn’t make it any less annoying or illogical.

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Furniture Arrangement

The Dudley Boyz used to be the biggest furniture movers in the business. While their opponent’s were down, they would take a good 5-10 minutes neatly arranging tables, ladders, and anything else they wanted in and outside the ring. We all know it’s because they have spots planned out in advance, but they aren’t happening if everything isn’t in place.

It takes you out of the action because you’re sat there wondering why they care so much about a table being in an exact spot. Why do they want a ladder there? I think they did this once on a big PPV like WrestleMania for a good 10 minutes. It makes more sense to set these things up as progress through the match ,so it doesn’t look incredibly staged. The Dudleys probably felt like they might forget something if they didn’t though.

No Contest For Outside Behavior

Earlier this year, I got super mad with WWE because a match ended in a No Contest. Why? I can’t remember who was involved exactly. I remember it was during the Asuka & Kairi Sane vs. Bayley & Sasha Banks feud. Someone attacked a wrestler standing on the outside of the match, yet somehow it was ruled a No Contest? Even though they didn’t touch anyone in the match itself?! C’mon WWE, that’s another level of dumbassery.

All I know is that this year, WWE has changed it so referees can decide to end proceedings, even if the outside fighting isn’t directly involving the superstars working the match. And it’s happened a few times. I can understand stopping it if someone got in the ring and attacked one of the competitors, but what does it matter if it’s directed at those who aren’t? How do their actions affect the outcome of a match so badly? Yeah, I know this is more of a poor booking decision than anything else, but it was so bad I had to include it. That was my face too Asuka. What. The. ****!


Yank On Rope Launches Opponent

You know that spot (hard to describe) when a wrestler is on the apron holding the top rope, and a bigger opponent comes along, stares at ’em, and yanks on the rope so hard it launches them over the top… flipping them in to the ring? I hate that move, it makes no sense at all. How does that work? It shouldn’t, but somehow it does in wrestling.

Selling Signatures

It’s like Sami Zayn’s Blue Thunder Bomb. They treat the move like he is going to win the match! Yay! New champ… new champ! Aww, well that didn’t work. And trust me, it never works. And there are so many signature moves like this, that are sold by wrestler and commentary like they will definitely win the match, when we know for a fact they have never scored a pin or submission with it.

There’s a way to rectify that though. Change it up… let moves like the Blue Thunder Bomb win a match sometimes. Even if it’s against jobbers, it makes future matches more interesting because you can sell it legitimately like another finisher. I get they are trying to sell the offense, but try to do more with signature moves and matches will be less predictable.

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Piledriver Banned! Destroyer & Tombstone Exempt

Title speaks for itself. In WWE especially, the standard Piledriver move is banned. Tombstone Piledriver and Canadian Destoyers are not. How does that work?! If we’re thinking about the Owen Hart and Steve Austin dangerous Piledriver… you watch it below. That move was more of a Tombstone than a standard, and it wasn’t done very well. And The Undertaker used to do jumping tombstones long after that incident. I’m all for protecting wrestler’s necks, that is of utmost importance. But banning standard piledrivers while other very similar, and probably more dangerous variants of the same thing is free rein?

I can’t begin to describe how logic defying that is. I’m only for jumping Piledriver variations if the person delivering is a veteran who knows exactly how to protect who they are working with. Otherwise, standard Piledrivers where you lean back and fall aren’t too bad. Just like any move, be professional and protect your opponent, and a Piledriver will only be as dangerous as any other move.


Not Selling!

My biggest peeve in the business today. There was a time when wrestlers sold each other’s moves. Things mattered. Offense had consequences. Technical wrestlers focused on arms, legs, shoulders, and their opponent sold it not only during the match, but afterwards too. Wrestlers used to get tired, battered, and show you the progression. After 20 minutes, wrestlers would slow down. They would struggle to stand up. The fans would admire their toughness and bravery as two gladiators exchanged blows in their weakened state.

Nowadays… after 20 minutes, wrestlers are going full speed at each other, pulling off all kinds of acrobatics. They don’t act tired or like they have sustained any damage at all. After matches, it looks like they could go another 20 minutes. Nothing matters anymore because so many don’t make us care. It’s all fine showcasing your amazing repertoire, but what good is it if it doesn’t look strong? When your opponent can get up afterward and walk out while you cut a promo? John Cena used to do this all the time. He’d spend a whole match getting beaten down, make his comeback, and then cut a promo without selling a thing. Even a retired Shawn Michaels can’t sell a RKO and Punt Kick properly.

You need to sound exhausted and beaten up, or everything we just saw was for nothing. We know it isn’t actual competition, but at least care enough to make it seem that way. Otherwise, we’re just watching a bunch of guys performing moves. And that’s the problem with wrestling today. Matches should get slower! Not faster. Wrestling should start fast and gradually get slower as it progresses. But it seems to have gone the other way. And I don’t know about you, but someone… somewhere needs to get the memo. Stop fishing for cheap pops and make us care! And in return, we will reward the business for its patience.

Below is a quote I felt like sharing from a Facebook user, after I asked our page followers what their pet peeves are. Much of what I have said is subjective, and it’s not meant to come across like I watch wrestling to nitpick for all the negatives. There’s so much good as well, which I will share with you in the coming weeks. 2020 has been a crazy year in many ways. Thanks for reading.

It’s gotten out of hand in general but what can you do? If a promotion hit the reset button and went back to the basics and fundamentals would that promotion succeed? Probably not. The wrestling community has become desensitized.

Also Read: Top 10 Best AEW Moments of 2020

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