Most of the great matches I've seen were called in the ring. Obviously, there's some prior communication and usually everyone knows what the finish is, but the best matches are about psychology and feeding off the crowd. The best match I ever saw besides some of the Stampede stuff was at Wrestlemania 13 between Bret Hart and Steve Austin. From start to finish, those guys knew when to speed up and when to slow down. They opened the match by literally fighting in the crowd. There are risks to that, and not just safety, because there's a chance it takes the home audience out of it by making everything look fake because the fans are all smiling instead of selling the match. But when you've got 2 of the best to ever do it in the ring together, they know what they're doing. What I hate is when you get these kids who either have everything planned out from bell to bell or they start calling spots audibly so that you can see the cooperation. What's missing from a lot of the wrestling today is that very few guys look like they're coming to fight. They look like they're thinking about the next move.
John Cena calling spots is interesting because I always thought every single match was the heel calling spots. So to me, a babyface calling a match is considered frowned upon, or in some cases the heel is either new or has a language barrier.
The best/ most interesting wrestling I ever saw live was when i went to a ECW show in 1996 on 4 hits of acid. The crowd was just as if not more entertaining than the wrestling. Fights were breaking out all over in the crowd and the wrestlers really seemed to feed of it.
To me, rasslin stopped being fun when kayfabe died in the early to mid-90s. It was easier to suspend disbelief back then. More recently, we've had so many BS finisher moves, like the people's elbow, or the guy who stings everybody with a sock puppet, or that other guy who does the worm dance to finish off an opponent.
What's a sport, really. We have break-dancing as a sport now, synchronized swimming, figure skating... I'm not saying any of those are easy or non-athletic, but, if those are sports, so is rasslin.
The women are more guilty of it but probably only because the crowds tend to be a bit quieter during their matches. I don't think it's their fault completely.
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Most of the great matches I've seen were called in the ring. Obviously, there's some prior communication and usually everyone knows what the finish is, but the best matches are about psychology and feeding off the crowd. The best match I ever saw besides some of the Stampede stuff was at Wrestlemania 13 between Bret Hart and Steve Austin. From start to finish, those guys knew when to speed up and when to slow down. They opened the match by literally fighting in the crowd. There are risks to that, and not just safety, because there's a chance it takes the home audience out of it by making everything look fake because the fans are all smiling instead of selling the match. But when you've got 2 of the best to ever do it in the ring together, they know what they're doing. What I hate is when you get these kids who either have everything planned out from bell to bell or they start calling spots audibly so that you can see the cooperation. What's missing from a lot of the wrestling today is that very few guys look like they're coming to fight. They look like they're thinking about the next move.
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As a person who has trained to be in the ring in practice matches i have done it before
John Cena calling spots is interesting because I always thought every single match was the heel calling spots. So to me, a babyface calling a match is considered frowned upon, or in some cases the heel is either new or has a language barrier.
The best/ most interesting wrestling I ever saw live was when i went to a ECW show in 1996 on 4 hits of acid. The crowd was just as if not more entertaining than the wrestling. Fights were breaking out all over in the crowd and the wrestlers really seemed to feed of it.
To me, rasslin stopped being fun when kayfabe died in the early to mid-90s. It was easier to suspend disbelief back then. More recently, we've had so many BS finisher moves, like the people's elbow, or the guy who stings everybody with a sock puppet, or that other guy who does the worm dance to finish off an opponent.
The referees are helping wrestlers remember their spots as well.
I mean if you don’t talk in the ring then it would make the match not work
What's a sport, really. We have break-dancing as a sport now, synchronized swimming, figure skating... I'm not saying any of those are easy or non-athletic, but, if those are sports, so is rasslin.
The women are more guilty of it but probably only because the crowds tend to be a bit quieter during their matches. I don't think it's their fault completely.
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Professional Wrestling is not a sport whatsoever
I like your shirt, I think Britt is wwe bound