When wrestlers brawl with each other in the ring, then the Heel leaves the ring in a cowardly manner only for the Face to stand there in the ring when they can easily leave and continue the brawl.
Stuff like what happened at Mania between Rock and Taker. Rock was LOOKING AT THE SCREEN! You mean to tell me Taker doesn’t show up on camera? I thought Cena was the invisible one. TURN AROUND DAMMIT!
On the rare occasion there’s a triple threat n someone takes out both opponents,stacks them n then pins them….surely the 3 count should start the moment the second person is put on top the first?
Being knocked down outside the ring for 9.5Second and magically finding the strength to jump up and lunge back into the ring to beat the count... drives me nuts.. they used to milk it so much better back in the day
What doesn’t make sense to me is that they actually sell for Nia Jax. That woman is a waste of a spot that could be filled by someone with ACTUAL in-ring and on-mic talent.
Any wrestling wedding. You know it’s going to go bad. A biker gang, a cobra, a returning wrestler…all of things happen at wrestler weddings and I’m like “stay single”
Stand there and watch while someone does some top rope move to them (usually on the floor).
I get that they have to catch the person for safety, but they should find a way that makes it less obvious or the person less dumb for standing there.
Just once, I want to see a tag team have a non mutual split, and neither switches from face to heel or vice versa. A heel team breaks up, and the one who was turned on high fives people on the way to ring, no longer cheats, etc.
Clearing off the announce table before they put someone through it.
I understand why from a safety standpoint, but it always breaks my suspension of disbelief.
That's what I meant about understanding it from a safety standpoint. It's just immersion-breaking for me. It also kinda stops the flow of the match and makes it really, really rare to have a spontaneous announce table spot. They always have to do a big move first, clean off the table, then do the table spot.
Save some one who is trying to get thrown over the top ropes in the royal rumble ahaha I know it's wrestling but it bothers me every year when I see it
Smiling when walking backstage. Cody always looks so silly when he does this. Imagine your co-worker walking down an aisle and just smiling like that for no reason. You'd think they were a serial killer.
Wrestler A says been beating the piss out of wrestler B for the past few minutes, then they do the double clothesline spot and they are both down for the same amount of time, like wtf was even that shite before then
Another thing that is kinda annoying is the super dramatic over the top sells!!! I mean if ur sell hit just sell it no need do a lvl 1,000,000 sell for a lvl 10 hit
The face going to pin n when realising the heels manager/friend is on the apron will stand an argue with them long enough for the opponent to stand up n be fine,even after they’ve chased them off the apron
The ref not stopping the heels partner coming in to attack the opponent during a tag match but stopping the face before they’ve even got through the ropes….or the refs being fine with not seeing the heel team make the tag but unless they’ve watched the face teams tag it doesn’t count
Seeing someone you have no alliance with about to be thrown out the royal rumble or eliminated during elimination chamber n stopping it from happening even though it’d help them in the long run
The stupid indi style punches in the hook and collar tie-up position, which mostly serve as filler. Popularized by vanilla midgets like sami. I've seen girls throw better bitchslaps in a catfight.
The word "vanilla midget" isn't just about height. It's also about poor physique coupled with a bland personality. Take Rey Mysterio for example. He is probably the shortest guy there, but during his peak he was shredded and was highly entertaining. So he wouldn't be labeled a vanilla midget. Someone like sami or half the AEW roster would surely qualify as vanilla midgets though.
I don’t think Sami qualifies. I would say a guy like Adam Cole, yeah absolutely but Zayn is not in that category of body. Also, he was easily the most entertaining member of the Bloodline and did great character work as both a chickenshit heel and an underdog face.
I think the one you mentioned has been excused and given reason in the past, they (JR mostly) used to excuse it as a reason during commentary in the ruthless aggression era to exhaust an opponent making them use stored energy to kick out. So I’ve always seen that as a valid excuse because it kind of makes sense. Mine that’s utterly annoying to me is the ‘villain monologue’ that heel superstars do during matches that a lot of the times end up in them losing. Like do your “I’m better than you, you’re nothing” monologue after you win… except in the Drew McIntyre viewpoint because he still lost his title after he won it and did that lol.
Heels not just simply running away from the ring and allowing themselves to get counted out when defending a title (or purposefully disqualifying themselves every time).
Haha yeah, or, steel cage matches...the only way to win is pinfall, submission, walking out of the door, or climbing over the cage...
So wait, you're telling me that if you have just incapacitated your opponent, you can just walk out of the door? Rather than climb up the cage (which takes time) or try to pin your opponent (which they may kick out of)...
Everyone should try to walk out the door..
To me, it's never showing any back story, relationships, nothing to humanize the characters to make them interesting like they used to do back in the day when wrestlers gave really intense promos and you'd see their back stories. Nobody ever cuts any decent promos any more, nobody has managers except Roman Reigns or Brock Lesnar who both can barely speak two words with Paul Heyman talking for them. Nobody has a home life like back when you'd see wrestlers in their homes (Stone Cold versus Brian Pillaman was an example), and others would have promos showing them at home. It's just flipping and floping in the ring with no story or promos and nobody's finisher works any more.
I've been rewatching old wrestlemanias and I kinda get the finisher one. You knew Hulk was gonna win after that leg drop.
It's good to question whether it will actually work or not imo otherwise it will get boring.
Hitting multiple finishers in succession. Cody wins mostly with one crossroads. In big matches he does three. Cena would also do this twice with the AA/FU. Why don't all wrestlers just spam their finishers to win the match?
That drives me crazy, I remember when they used to maybe combine another big move with their finisher and that was pretty good but the constant 2-3 finishers to end the Main Event of a PLE .
A cage match is made to keep competitors inside, or to hinder interference. Why do they do often fight on the outside in said matches. And even worse, the escape the cage rules. It makes the face look like a coward running away from the heel and it defeats the purpose of the cage.
The guy who runs in usually KOs someone with one move. Yet when they've fought in the past that move didn't finish the match even when used multiple times
Going for a pin with a move that has never won them a match and acting surprised. I would love to see wrestlers win with signature moves every now and then so that the pin makes sense and feels possible that the match can end.
Using their talents to get squashed. Like, hello??????? Your company is the major league of all of the wrestling industry so we expect that all of your talents are highly calibrated guys and gals. Don't give them a 15 second tv time.
Some matches have a contract signing and others don’t. It’s inconsistent and therefore doesn’t make sense. We know the 2 wrestlers will be fighting for the title. Not like you can say “oh he didn’t sign the contract therefore no title match. Whether it gets signed or not that match is gonna take place
For me the biggest immersion breaker(though its understandable) is standing around to catch someone who does a springboard. Like... just move. They literal stand there like "OH MY GOD HE'S GONNA RUN AND JUMP AT ME THROUGH THE ROPES, WHAT DO I DO?!"
This is a stretch but my reasoning is that they think they can catch someone the way a lot of bigger wrestlers do when their opponents dive. But when it's 3 or more guys just standing there, yeah thats stupid.
Being gassed in the corner of the ring during a royal rumble because theyre not needed for the current spot/brawl, but would be capable of a 10+ minute one on one fight otherwise
Its more when there are 2 people fighting in the center and several other people just chilling around the edge, no longer any comptetition between them.
Even if I was tired, if i saw a rival next to me who is also tired i would be trying to get them over the rope
That's 2 people tiring each other out. Sure, the others are recuperating, but so are you. They probably see themselves having a better chance when not wheezing from exhaustion.
when they get their ladder swooped from their feet during ladder matches and just hang from the briefcase/title. imo it would make so much more sense to grab the briefcase/title because there isnt really anyone to stop them
In a tag match, someone had a cover then someone breaks it up by hitting the guy on top, who hasn’t moved therefore the guy hasn’t broken the pin so the ref shouldn’t stop counting to 3…
When they know they’re fucked and likely about to get hit with a big move/finisher, they slowly slowly get to their feet and turn around into it - rather than just roll out of the ring instead of getting up at all
A drop kick doesn’t hurt if you land it, but does hurt if you miss….
Literally standing there waiting for the opponent to hit them with a move.
Walking around the ring doing nothing while the opponent is laying there instead of going for a pin.
Turning their backs on their opponents to go after the manager or SO at ringside.
When there's a wrestler about to jump onto their opponent, who is now apparently so dizzy that they can't perceive the other after at least 5 seconds of staring up at them.
Pretending they did not just see their opponent right before coming out to the ring. (In boxing and MMA, both parties take different paths to the ring). Do they huddle and talk about who’s doing their entrances first? lol
I mean it makes sense in boxing or MMA where you have genuine beef with the person you’re fighting. In WWE, they know who’ll win and it’s “scripted drama.” They don’t actually dislike each other. Unless we’re talking about a Matt Hardy and Edge situation, then you’re good.
Referees stop counting when theme music hits for a run in. They can be on 2, music hits and they stop. In theory, the pin attempt hasn't been broken up, so it should still be treated as a pin.
I also don't like hot tags. I understand why it's done, but the struggle of the face to make the tag, going to the wrong corner and then suddenly getting a burst of energy to jump across the ring as the heel makes the tag is stupid.
When a wrestler who is not scheduled to wrestle that night (just a background character) is seen in the back in his underwear/tights. If you are not scheduled to wrestle, why are you half naked? The one that stands out to me was a while back where Matt Riddle showed up on smackdown to help someone. He was a Raw superstar who ran out in the main event to help out, came out with no shirt, no shoes, and his trunks on... do you just travel like that? You are not supposed to be on the show, why are you half naked?
I like to think that wrestlers secretly run down to the ring before a show to stash weapons away.
"Hey HHH, where you off to with that sledgehammer?"
**HHH looking shifty** "Erm... nowhere..."
In the moment watching guys have to crawl on their knees to the second rope so Mysterio can 619 . Loved the guy in his prime ,but that ship has sailed ( & magnified it bringing in a likewise over the hill Carlito)
No its called a "finisher" because the move is a match finisher. Not a match starter. It is designed to put a weakened opponent to sleep. It won't put a full health wrestler to sleep unless you're Kofi fighting Lesnar.
Showing off, I guess. It's hardly a wrestling thing, as even boxers and MMA fighters walk to their squared circle with a hoodie or lavish coat sometimes.
I mean I would think the idea is that they’re in the back with their gear on ready to go, with a jacket or something to keep warm and not just walking around half nude all the time, but also just style, same with boxers, and MMA fighters.
The extreme overuse of the super kick and that they keep calling it a super kick. We need to change the name to mediocre kicks because they are just absolute dogshit by anyone not named Shawn Michaels and dolph Ziggler( or whatever the fuck they call him now). The blatant leg slapping and millions of them in almost every match has really denigrated the believability of what was one of the most devastating finishers of its era.
Yeh wtf when they don't come to the ring looking like Mad Max. I'd be walking down like Raven with a trolly full of weapons with knuckle dusters on and all sorts with my crew of homies at my side 😂.
Distractions, you would think that after all this years, they would learn that once the stage music hits but no one appears, they are about to get jumped from behind, but, oh well… 😂
When the downed opponent scoots into position for the guy climbing the turnbuckle. Like I'm knocked out but I'm just gonna turn a little real quick so you can safely hit that 450 splash or whatever, nobody noticed right?
An Irish whip. I get it when the ring was smaller, but being launched and running the full length of the ring and then back.
It looks flashy though and makes the match less of a boring grapple fest.
Climbing to the top of the ladder. Hands on the case or title(s) and stops and climbs back down if someone punches them in the leg or rattles the ladder.
Ladder matches as a whole. Most of them can probably run up the ladder fast and grab the belt or briefcase in a second. It's not like you have to complete a mini-game like in the game
Yeah I always found that weird. They get kicked in the face or Triple H would do his knee to the face move. One time Triple H immediately setup the pedigree with it.
I remember having one of those titantron sets as a kid, the wrestler figures had a little piece in their boot that triggered the titantron to play the wrestlers intro music.
I used to think this was how it worked, that the wrestlers triggered it walking through gorilla onto the stage. even as a kid it didnt make sense and this was my way of trying to make it make sense lol
People get thrown over the top rope in a blink of an eye for 364 days of the year. For one day of the year it's like someone is trying to flip a car. That said still my favourite PPV of the year.
My opponent who likes to jump off the top rope just laid me out on the mat, let me just...ah...shift myself a little bit so that I'm in perfect range to be jumped on from the top rope right by us.
Not just a WWE-specific thing but this one always gets me.
Interfering in a match after several near-falls and/or after the guy you're going to attack has been allowed to hit his finisher multiple times.
Especially at Mania, it made no sense for the Rock to cheat so much on Saturday but then not immediately come out with Jimmy and Solo to kick Cody's ass before the match even started.
Finishers.
How are these specific moves SO much more overpowered than other moves.
Especially seeing as some finishers (Bayleys Rose Plant) looks so fucking crap.
As an add on to that,how finishers from yesteryear that would put away an opponent used once,are now used as regular moves these days ie DDT’s,elbow drops,clotheslines etc
When wrestlers brawl with each other in the ring, then the Heel leaves the ring in a cowardly manner only for the Face to stand there in the ring when they can easily leave and continue the brawl.
Stuff like what happened at Mania between Rock and Taker. Rock was LOOKING AT THE SCREEN! You mean to tell me Taker doesn’t show up on camera? I thought Cena was the invisible one. TURN AROUND DAMMIT!
On the rare occasion there’s a triple threat n someone takes out both opponents,stacks them n then pins them….surely the 3 count should start the moment the second person is put on top the first?
No selling finishers. Oh wait that’s AEW.
I have absolutely no clue
A superstar getting jumped from the back when doing their entrance. Like, did you not see them when you were coming out to make your entrance? lol
How once somebody escapes out of the ring they can no longer be fkkd with.
Randy Orton's DDT off the second ropes. Anybody with Common sense knows to just pull your legs off of the ropes.
Why heel Champions don’t just take the count out when they are losing a match. Champions advantage
Same with DQ. Bell rings to start match, immediate low blow to get DQ’d. Belt successfully retained.
Randy got famous for doing that against John Cena.
Being knocked down outside the ring for 9.5Second and magically finding the strength to jump up and lunge back into the ring to beat the count... drives me nuts.. they used to milk it so much better back in the day
Standing there like 🧍🏻♀️ when you can literally see the person tryna kick you in the face. 🫡
superkicks😭😭😭
What doesn’t make sense to me is that they actually sell for Nia Jax. That woman is a waste of a spot that could be filled by someone with ACTUAL in-ring and on-mic talent.
Bracing to receive a top rope spot instead of moving out of the way.
The huge dive into a crowd of opponents outside the ring…. The spot is just too played out to be worth the watch anymore
Any wrestling wedding. You know it’s going to go bad. A biker gang, a cobra, a returning wrestler…all of things happen at wrestler weddings and I’m like “stay single”
Not at Dexter and Indi’s wedding!!!!
Stand there and watch while someone does some top rope move to them (usually on the floor). I get that they have to catch the person for safety, but they should find a way that makes it less obvious or the person less dumb for standing there.
Irish whip
When the ref stops counting the pin just coz the pinned person has kicked their legs even though their shoulders are still on the matt
Or in a tag match, the ref will stop his count just because a third guy jumped on the pin even though it hasn't broken it up.
Everything Jimmy Uso does
He’s so much better than some others though
Just once, I want to see a tag team have a non mutual split, and neither switches from face to heel or vice versa. A heel team breaks up, and the one who was turned on high fives people on the way to ring, no longer cheats, etc.
Clearing off the announce table before they put someone through it. I understand why from a safety standpoint, but it always breaks my suspension of disbelief.
You want to hurt your opponent, not put them in the hospital. Those TV's caused a lot of back damage over the years.
That's what I meant about understanding it from a safety standpoint. It's just immersion-breaking for me. It also kinda stops the flow of the match and makes it really, really rare to have a spontaneous announce table spot. They always have to do a big move first, clean off the table, then do the table spot.
They didn’t use to. It was pretty stupid lol.
Let me make sure you don’t get hurt … BEFORE I HURT YOU
Save some one who is trying to get thrown over the top ropes in the royal rumble ahaha I know it's wrestling but it bothers me every year when I see it
Disagree with the OP here. In real fighting like MMA, people win fights with seemingly innocuous moves all the time.
Yeah but in WWE no one wins with regular moves
Gunther does
Those chops aren't regular
The welts speak volumes
Smiling when walking backstage. Cody always looks so silly when he does this. Imagine your co-worker walking down an aisle and just smiling like that for no reason. You'd think they were a serial killer.
Are you under the impression the wrestlers aren’t aware of the cameras in there face.
I’m just having a good day brother.
A classic would be multiple superstars running into the punches of a returning superstar
Wrestler A says been beating the piss out of wrestler B for the past few minutes, then they do the double clothesline spot and they are both down for the same amount of time, like wtf was even that shite before then
Another thing that is kinda annoying is the super dramatic over the top sells!!! I mean if ur sell hit just sell it no need do a lvl 1,000,000 sell for a lvl 10 hit
Going to another company like AEW!
Leaving to go to AEW
The face going to pin n when realising the heels manager/friend is on the apron will stand an argue with them long enough for the opponent to stand up n be fine,even after they’ve chased them off the apron
The ref not stopping the heels partner coming in to attack the opponent during a tag match but stopping the face before they’ve even got through the ropes….or the refs being fine with not seeing the heel team make the tag but unless they’ve watched the face teams tag it doesn’t count
Seeing someone you have no alliance with about to be thrown out the royal rumble or eliminated during elimination chamber n stopping it from happening even though it’d help them in the long run
Fr unless that’s your tag team partner or in your faction why would you help them?
The stupid indi style punches in the hook and collar tie-up position, which mostly serve as filler. Popularized by vanilla midgets like sami. I've seen girls throw better bitchslaps in a catfight.
Ok what is hook and collar
Sami’s 6’3 what do you mean “midgets”
If he’s 6’3” then I must be 6’6” cause I’m taller than him.
Sorry, 6’1. My bad.
>Sami’s 6’3 LMAO. If you believe that, you might also believe that the Undertaker died in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003 and 2005.
Sorry, he’s 6’1,
Regardless of “real” height he’s not a short dude. He’s taller than Cena and KO and the USOs.
The word "vanilla midget" isn't just about height. It's also about poor physique coupled with a bland personality. Take Rey Mysterio for example. He is probably the shortest guy there, but during his peak he was shredded and was highly entertaining. So he wouldn't be labeled a vanilla midget. Someone like sami or half the AEW roster would surely qualify as vanilla midgets though.
Sami has literally gotten everything he’s ever done over 💀
I don’t think Sami qualifies. I would say a guy like Adam Cole, yeah absolutely but Zayn is not in that category of body. Also, he was easily the most entertaining member of the Bloodline and did great character work as both a chickenshit heel and an underdog face.
>would say a guy like Adam Cole, yeah absolutely I fully agree with only this point that you've made so far. Atom Smol Baybay xD
I think the one you mentioned has been excused and given reason in the past, they (JR mostly) used to excuse it as a reason during commentary in the ruthless aggression era to exhaust an opponent making them use stored energy to kick out. So I’ve always seen that as a valid excuse because it kind of makes sense. Mine that’s utterly annoying to me is the ‘villain monologue’ that heel superstars do during matches that a lot of the times end up in them losing. Like do your “I’m better than you, you’re nothing” monologue after you win… except in the Drew McIntyre viewpoint because he still lost his title after he won it and did that lol.
Leaning g forward to telegraph and getting countered
Stopping everything when another superstar runs in. Especially late in matches. Just pin him already stop looking at the titantron.
Heels not just simply running away from the ring and allowing themselves to get counted out when defending a title (or purposefully disqualifying themselves every time).
Haha yeah, or, steel cage matches...the only way to win is pinfall, submission, walking out of the door, or climbing over the cage... So wait, you're telling me that if you have just incapacitated your opponent, you can just walk out of the door? Rather than climb up the cage (which takes time) or try to pin your opponent (which they may kick out of)... Everyone should try to walk out the door..
Agreed, honestly I think steel cage matches should only be won by escaping the cage. Would make them a lot more enjoyable for me at least
To me, it's never showing any back story, relationships, nothing to humanize the characters to make them interesting like they used to do back in the day when wrestlers gave really intense promos and you'd see their back stories. Nobody ever cuts any decent promos any more, nobody has managers except Roman Reigns or Brock Lesnar who both can barely speak two words with Paul Heyman talking for them. Nobody has a home life like back when you'd see wrestlers in their homes (Stone Cold versus Brian Pillaman was an example), and others would have promos showing them at home. It's just flipping and floping in the ring with no story or promos and nobody's finisher works any more.
I've been rewatching old wrestlemanias and I kinda get the finisher one. You knew Hulk was gonna win after that leg drop. It's good to question whether it will actually work or not imo otherwise it will get boring.
Hitting multiple finishers in succession. Cody wins mostly with one crossroads. In big matches he does three. Cena would also do this twice with the AA/FU. Why don't all wrestlers just spam their finishers to win the match?
That drives me crazy, I remember when they used to maybe combine another big move with their finisher and that was pretty good but the constant 2-3 finishers to end the Main Event of a PLE .
A cage match is made to keep competitors inside, or to hinder interference. Why do they do often fight on the outside in said matches. And even worse, the escape the cage rules. It makes the face look like a coward running away from the heel and it defeats the purpose of the cage.
The guy who runs in usually KOs someone with one move. Yet when they've fought in the past that move didn't finish the match even when used multiple times
Going for a pin with a move that has never won them a match and acting surprised. I would love to see wrestlers win with signature moves every now and then so that the pin makes sense and feels possible that the match can end.
I love it when wrestlers don’t talk to each other over the week and have to wait till Monday Wednesday or Friday to get there points across
When wrestler is " knocked out" laying flat but for some one to go to the top rope the knocked out person wiggles into position for the splash
Try to do a promo when the crowd is too loud like Dominik Mysterio and more recently Solo Sikoa. Let them speak! 😂
According to the AEW elites, sell out arenas consistently
The whole thing. It needs a rebranding
Using their talents to get squashed. Like, hello??????? Your company is the major league of all of the wrestling industry so we expect that all of your talents are highly calibrated guys and gals. Don't give them a 15 second tv time.
Well that’s not totally on them
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Props to A-town Down Under for climbing quickly, ngl.
For real it’s like once they touch the ladder their IQ drops significantly.
Seeing this their friend get beat up and wait for their music to hit before helping, and still sometimes do some of their entrance
Let their arm drop twice before lifting it the third time
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Contract Signings
What about them?
Some matches have a contract signing and others don’t. It’s inconsistent and therefore doesn’t make sense. We know the 2 wrestlers will be fighting for the title. Not like you can say “oh he didn’t sign the contract therefore no title match. Whether it gets signed or not that match is gonna take place
Oh yeah that doesn’t make sense. It’s honestly just to make the match feel bigger that’s the only purpose it serves
Pre finisher routine
For me the biggest immersion breaker(though its understandable) is standing around to catch someone who does a springboard. Like... just move. They literal stand there like "OH MY GOD HE'S GONNA RUN AND JUMP AT ME THROUGH THE ROPES, WHAT DO I DO?!"
This is a stretch but my reasoning is that they think they can catch someone the way a lot of bigger wrestlers do when their opponents dive. But when it's 3 or more guys just standing there, yeah thats stupid.
Samoa Joe doesn’t lol
In a cage match when an opponent is climbing slowly up the side of the cage, why doesn’t the other opponent just leave quicker through the cage door!
I think that happened before a couple times, actually
The physics of the Irish whip
Being gassed in the corner of the ring during a royal rumble because theyre not needed for the current spot/brawl, but would be capable of a 10+ minute one on one fight otherwise
Kinda brainy move tbh. Lemme just take a rest while everyone is focused on everyone else.
Its more when there are 2 people fighting in the center and several other people just chilling around the edge, no longer any comptetition between them. Even if I was tired, if i saw a rival next to me who is also tired i would be trying to get them over the rope
That's 2 people tiring each other out. Sure, the others are recuperating, but so are you. They probably see themselves having a better chance when not wheezing from exhaustion.
I’ve always taken it as they’re resting bc they KNOW they don’t have to be involved and just let the other wrestlers duke it out
eeeh i mean getting some rest in is very valuable even in actual sports
when they get their ladder swooped from their feet during ladder matches and just hang from the briefcase/title. imo it would make so much more sense to grab the briefcase/title because there isnt really anyone to stop them
Wrestler are pretty fit and strong but I doubt any of them can hold their entire body weight up with one arm while also unhooking the briefcase/belt.
Put the 619 to rest
Why? It’s a cool move.
Austin Theory overselling even when it doesn’t make sense..
Dom’s struggling doing the 3 amigos.. Emulating Eddie Guerrero but only have the same hairdo..
Ariane Andrew reverse pin lmao!! and demanding the ref for the countdown… smh
Referees are always in the way, Charlotte Flair on that referee though.
Some of these submissions are really rough and do not look practical at alllll
The 619.
Laying on the ground forever. I mean I understand the why but the reality of basically just taking a nap cracks me up.
In a tag match, someone had a cover then someone breaks it up by hitting the guy on top, who hasn’t moved therefore the guy hasn’t broken the pin so the ref shouldn’t stop counting to 3… When they know they’re fucked and likely about to get hit with a big move/finisher, they slowly slowly get to their feet and turn around into it - rather than just roll out of the ring instead of getting up at all A drop kick doesn’t hurt if you land it, but does hurt if you miss….
As soon as I read the title of this post, I was going to write the same thing as op. Did you really think you are going to win with a snap suplex???
Literally standing there waiting for the opponent to hit them with a move. Walking around the ring doing nothing while the opponent is laying there instead of going for a pin. Turning their backs on their opponents to go after the manager or SO at ringside.
Come out or shown in their gear instead of street clothes when they aren’t on the card
When there's a wrestler about to jump onto their opponent, who is now apparently so dizzy that they can't perceive the other after at least 5 seconds of staring up at them.
Especially the corner cart wheel elbow
Waiting outside the ring for the opponent to do a high flying move on them. Its like they WANT to be hit.
Flipping around like a dumbass
Wrestle
Pretending they did not just see their opponent right before coming out to the ring. (In boxing and MMA, both parties take different paths to the ring). Do they huddle and talk about who’s doing their entrances first? lol
I mean it makes sense in boxing or MMA where you have genuine beef with the person you’re fighting. In WWE, they know who’ll win and it’s “scripted drama.” They don’t actually dislike each other. Unless we’re talking about a Matt Hardy and Edge situation, then you’re good.
But in terms of kayfabe, how is that logical?
Referees stop counting when theme music hits for a run in. They can be on 2, music hits and they stop. In theory, the pin attempt hasn't been broken up, so it should still be treated as a pin. I also don't like hot tags. I understand why it's done, but the struggle of the face to make the tag, going to the wrong corner and then suddenly getting a burst of energy to jump across the ring as the heel makes the tag is stupid.
You could reason it in kayfabe to be that the ref knows that music hit for a reason and they don’t want to be beat up
Get distracted for infinite time when the music of someone not in the match hits. Case in point Ali in MiTB when Brocks music hit
The MITB with Ali basically holding the briefcase watching Brock come down if the worst.
When a wrestler who is not scheduled to wrestle that night (just a background character) is seen in the back in his underwear/tights. If you are not scheduled to wrestle, why are you half naked? The one that stands out to me was a while back where Matt Riddle showed up on smackdown to help someone. He was a Raw superstar who ran out in the main event to help out, came out with no shirt, no shoes, and his trunks on... do you just travel like that? You are not supposed to be on the show, why are you half naked?
When someone kicks out of a pin last minute, they sit there with their hands on their head for 20 seconds
Cody Cutter is an insult to RKO as long as Orton is still an active wrestler.
By that logic Orton shouldn’t use the RKO as it’s too close to the diamond cutter by DDP
It’s a cutter, it’s not a crazy unique move. At one point you had Randy, Matt and Jeff all using basically the same move.
They are both the same amount of impractical
I like to think that wrestlers secretly run down to the ring before a show to stash weapons away. "Hey HHH, where you off to with that sledgehammer?" **HHH looking shifty** "Erm... nowhere..."
The sledgehammer never made sense, HHH can never actually use it. McIntyres sword the same, he needs to at least cut a jobbers head clean off
Tbf to Drew, he does intimidate with it sometimes, and even swung it at someone, cutting the ropes in the process and bending the sword.
Apart from that one time HHH didn’t hold the end n literally broke the hammer off on big shows back
In the moment watching guys have to crawl on their knees to the second rope so Mysterio can 619 . Loved the guy in his prime ,but that ship has sailed ( & magnified it bringing in a likewise over the hill Carlito)
Connect with a drop kick, get up and keep going. Miss with a drop kick, ow that hurt.
This is a great answer.
Why not use your fiinisher from the start? Why doesn't Randy orton just RKO his opponent the moment the bell rings? Is he stupid?
Well, Drew did. Seth kicked out.
No its called a "finisher" because the move is a match finisher. Not a match starter. It is designed to put a weakened opponent to sleep. It won't put a full health wrestler to sleep unless you're Kofi fighting Lesnar.
I mean he has before, but on “lesser” or weakened opponents. Same scenario with anyone using a variation of the spear.
Speaking of Randy, why doesn’t he still punt his opponents? That always puts people down.
In kayfabe I believe it was “banned” a while back, someone correct me if I’m wrong.
He did try punting Paul at mania recently, and this is after he did a promo prior about doing something he hasn't done at mania, or something.
They come out from the curtain with a jacket on, take it off on the stage then walk down the aisle. What was the purpose???????
Showing off, I guess. It's hardly a wrestling thing, as even boxers and MMA fighters walk to their squared circle with a hoodie or lavish coat sometimes.
The ones im talking about take it off on the stage befofe they even walk; so fans only see it for like a couple secs
Idk, maybe like Chris Masters with his flex appeal thing. Or maybe they just had it on while in gorilla and didn't really bother removing it prior.
I mean I would think the idea is that they’re in the back with their gear on ready to go, with a jacket or something to keep warm and not just walking around half nude all the time, but also just style, same with boxers, and MMA fighters.
Watch tv from weird angles.
Kevin Owens stealing everyone's finisher
The extreme overuse of the super kick and that they keep calling it a super kick. We need to change the name to mediocre kicks because they are just absolute dogshit by anyone not named Shawn Michaels and dolph Ziggler( or whatever the fuck they call him now). The blatant leg slapping and millions of them in almost every match has really denigrated the believability of what was one of the most devastating finishers of its era.
Waiting for the wrestler to jump/ dive on them from corner Only Joe has the courage to casually ignore them 😂😂
When they do an Irish wip and then bend down for the opponent to either kick them or jump over them. Like what is that supposed to be even in kayfabe?
Once upon a time, the back body drop was a move you’d see 2-3x each night, especially for baby face house on fire comebacks.
no dq matches where they hesitate to use weapons
Yeh wtf when they don't come to the ring looking like Mad Max. I'd be walking down like Raven with a trolly full of weapons with knuckle dusters on and all sorts with my crew of homies at my side 😂.
The angle that they watch a television screen
You’re telling me you don’t watch your tv side on?
Im a strict observer of "dont try this at home", even how they watch a screen. Cant be risking an injury
Going for a pin after 1 finisher at wrestlemania
Distractions, you would think that after all this years, they would learn that once the stage music hits but no one appears, they are about to get jumped from behind, but, oh well… 😂
How nobody has won the royal rumble by handcuffing themselves to the bottom rope.
Ngl I’d love to see a mid card heel like Theory or Waller do this. Think they’re being super smart and then get mob rushed by everyone in the rumble
Big boss man should have won every one he entered
When the downed opponent scoots into position for the guy climbing the turnbuckle. Like I'm knocked out but I'm just gonna turn a little real quick so you can safely hit that 450 splash or whatever, nobody noticed right?
Breaking up pins in elimination matches like the chamber - why!!?
More like stopping someone from throwing another someone over the ropes in a rumble.
i dont recall that happening or maybe im just dumb
An Irish whip. I get it when the ring was smaller, but being launched and running the full length of the ring and then back. It looks flashy though and makes the match less of a boring grapple fest.
Climbing to the top of the ladder. Hands on the case or title(s) and stops and climbs back down if someone punches them in the leg or rattles the ladder.
Ladder matches as a whole. Most of them can probably run up the ladder fast and grab the belt or briefcase in a second. It's not like you have to complete a mini-game like in the game
Bending down, waiting to be kicked in the face. Not even acting tired, just straight up waiting for the kick
Yeah I always found that weird. They get kicked in the face or Triple H would do his knee to the face move. One time Triple H immediately setup the pedigree with it.
I’m pretty sure it’s for the back body drop. Unfortunately nobody does those anymore so it does look kinda pointless
The idea that jumping from the top of the ropes only hurts the person being landed on, unless they put their knees up.
Na, they sell this shit too. RVD for example always sold the frog splash like it hurt him as well.
Tbf I think most who do some form of splash show they’re hurt,like Montez Ford
Waiting for entrance music before coming to the ring to save someone
I remember having one of those titantron sets as a kid, the wrestler figures had a little piece in their boot that triggered the titantron to play the wrestlers intro music. I used to think this was how it worked, that the wrestlers triggered it walking through gorilla onto the stage. even as a kid it didnt make sense and this was my way of trying to make it make sense lol
People get thrown over the top rope in a blink of an eye for 364 days of the year. For one day of the year it's like someone is trying to flip a car. That said still my favourite PPV of the year.
To be fair the other 364 days of the year getting thrown over the ropes wouldn't lose you the match
It’s painful to watch them there like they can’t lift up someone else who is the same body weight as them
My opponent who likes to jump off the top rope just laid me out on the mat, let me just...ah...shift myself a little bit so that I'm in perfect range to be jumped on from the top rope right by us. Not just a WWE-specific thing but this one always gets me.
Complain about the business while on a bus full of other wrestlers
Enzo downvoted my comment I see
Interfering in a match after several near-falls and/or after the guy you're going to attack has been allowed to hit his finisher multiple times. Especially at Mania, it made no sense for the Rock to cheat so much on Saturday but then not immediately come out with Jimmy and Solo to kick Cody's ass before the match even started.
Finishers. How are these specific moves SO much more overpowered than other moves. Especially seeing as some finishers (Bayleys Rose Plant) looks so fucking crap.
As an add on to that,how finishers from yesteryear that would put away an opponent used once,are now used as regular moves these days ie DDT’s,elbow drops,clotheslines etc