Modern day wrestling in a nutshell. Stupid, grossly unrealistic spots.
The basis of wrestling was that people werenāt supposed to be able to tell it was worked. When the business got exposed overtime the best workers still maintained a style that looked real.
These high spot clowns will never understand that simply showing athleticism for the sake of it is not entertaining. They canāt sell properly, everything looks overly choreographed and the matches move are stupidly frenetic paces with no real story being told.
These guys need to watch the athletic workers of the 90s like HBK and Owen Hart who were quick, athletic, nimble but they made it look real.
These nerds are too heavily supported by marks unfortunately.
Exactly, these morons took everything silly HBK did and somehow made it x10 more phony.
Hell, they even took the shit he was doing right and made it look like shit or abused it(superkick).
I donāt have an issue with wrestlers using past wrestlers as a point of reference but at least do their shit right and donāt fucking abuse it, clowns.
The DDT was a finishing move for decades and now itās just a common move.
High spots used to look dangerous because they didnāt look preplanned. Now guys literally stand there and wait for the opponent so they can catch him lmao.
The thing is these geeks donāt understand theyāve got one of the greatest minds in the business on the commentary booth. When heās telling you what youāre doing is silly - be open to listening.
You can tel he totally lacks any interest in the product and can barely stand calling it.
I honestly think if his wife was still alive, JR would have retired after WWE. I think he works just to keep himself busy and keeping ticking along
This is spot on actuallyā¦ I think he likes keeping busy and interacting with people.
I think things have improved a bit for him the past year with some proper wrestlers and like minded people arriving in AEW that donāt have their heads up their ass.
I do feel sorry for him though when he has to call segments with morons like Kenny Omega and nowadays Adam Cole, playing with friends.
I think heās good in the ring, engages with the fans well (if only for his theme tune) but I get the impression he needs to be propped up. First by the Young Bucks, then by Red Dragon and now by the biggest female wrestling superstar out there.
The fact that he put Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus over and heās now in this ridiculous feud with the nonsensical Orange Cassidy doesnāt help. Heās gonna fight him again? #facepalm
I donāt think heād get the total fan engagement the likes of Hook and Malakai get. He doesnāt possess the in-ring ability of a Bastard Pac, either.
Sadly, I think heāll just fall a bracket below on all counts. Future TNT champion, perhaps, but world champion, nah.
bloke is brutal.
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