Mark4HBK
Unicron
How to kill a guy in three easy steps.
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Post by Mark4HBK on Apr 4, 2006 9:48:27 GMT -5
I got real concerned that Ric Flair had finally done something his 57-year-old body couldn't handle on Sunday when he took that bad bump off the ladder and both refs immediately threw up the "X" signal, which everyone who knows anything about wrestling knows means, "this is a real injury, get the paramedics out here!" Or at least it used to. Is there anyone else getting sick of them using the "X" signal as a work?  |
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Post by LARIATOOO! on Apr 4, 2006 9:55:01 GMT -5
When I saw them don't do it I was all like oh shit my have broken his back
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Post by maxxmaniac666 on Apr 4, 2006 10:12:53 GMT -5
i thought it was his back too i saw how his knee froze up and was like oh s*** he is hurt. it's bs how they use the x sighn for a work. i was worried
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Post by The Deadly Snake on Apr 4, 2006 10:14:19 GMT -5
I got real concerned that Ric Flair had finally done something his 57-year-old body couldn't handle on Sunday when he took that bad bump off the ladder and both refs immediately threw up the "X" signal, which everyone who knows anything about wrestling knows means, "this is a real injury, get the paramedics out here!" Or at least it used to. Is there anyone else getting sick of them using the "X" signal as a work? They didn't work it. They planned it, though. I think that if Ric did the spot and WASN'T hurt, they are going to pull him out just in case and then refs can check on him. |
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4real
Wade Wilson
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Post by 4real on Apr 4, 2006 10:14:27 GMT -5
I thought he was really hurt bad until i saw the replay and saw Flair's delayed reaction. I rested easy after that.
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Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Apr 4, 2006 10:24:51 GMT -5
I don't think the X means anything anymore. It used to signify a real injury. They throw up the X sometimes to make smaert fans think an injury is real. I believe that out of the last 5 times I have seen the X thrown up, the injury was worked. In one case, it was even a heel wrestler faking the injury to play possum and steal a win.
My cousin used to be a paramedic, and one time he worked a WWE show. When one of the wrestlers got hurt for real, there was no X. My cousin said that his boss basically just called them to the ring and said that the guy (it was Eddie, actually) was really hurt.
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therob
Hank Scorpio
Mcginley to Slim's O'neil
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Post by therob on Apr 4, 2006 10:30:57 GMT -5
I just thought the refs were DX fans
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Post by mikethemark on Apr 4, 2006 10:35:28 GMT -5
If the WWE keeps giving away it's secrets like this X thing, soon there will be no secrets left!
So, does anyone know what the new, legit signal is for when a guy is hurt legit?
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Post by tardis99 on Apr 4, 2006 10:36:18 GMT -5
I have no problems using th "X" sign to try and sell worked injuries. Afterall wrestling is to it's core an attempt (granted it's often a poor attempt) to recreate violence and make it as realistic and believeable as possible. If the "X" sign is considered an indication of a serious injury among fans then i think its only logical they capitalise on it.
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Post by T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens on Apr 4, 2006 11:08:28 GMT -5
I knew it was a work only because Ric Flair left willingly with the referees. If Ric could still stand on one leg I don't think he'd leave. Especially at Wrestlemania.
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Post by WHATAMANOOOVER on Apr 4, 2006 11:45:52 GMT -5
Who could forget the 'X' signal when Kevin Nash glided through the ring but couldn't make it all the way?
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Scott
Dennis Stamp
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Post by Scott on Apr 4, 2006 21:07:58 GMT -5
I've somehow never noticed an "X" except for after Mark Henry doing the table spot on the Undertaker a few weeks ago
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Post by silverking on Apr 4, 2006 21:14:27 GMT -5
The x thing wasn't real. How would ric flair have went back, and then return monday night with chimichanga.
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HRH The KING
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
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Post by HRH The KING on Apr 4, 2006 21:15:49 GMT -5
From now on, whenever someone is really hurt, the medics should do the "YMCA" signals.
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nisi
Vegeta
Da Bears
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Post by nisi on Apr 4, 2006 21:17:07 GMT -5
I have no problems using th "X" sign to try and sell worked injuries. Afterall wrestling is to it's core an attempt (granted it's often a poor attempt) to recreate violence and make it as realistic and believeable as possible. If the "X" sign is considered an indication of a serious injury among fans then i think its only logical they capitalise on it. I think this will be the new direction of kayfabe, blurring the line again so that even smarks can't tell what's real and what's a work. |
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electrickeithery
Samurai Cop
Paul McCartney, your next ROH world champion.
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Post by electrickeithery on Apr 4, 2006 21:18:03 GMT -5
They threw up the X at the house show that Booker T hurt his leg at. At least sometimes it's not a work.
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Post by pearljam on Apr 4, 2006 21:42:30 GMT -5
I have no problems using th "X" sign to try and sell worked injuries. Afterall wrestling is to it's core an attempt (granted it's often a poor attempt) to recreate violence and make it as realistic and believeable as possible. If the "X" sign is considered an indication of a serious injury among fans then i think its only logical they capitalise on it. Great post. |
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Post by Leather H, the Poster Killer on Apr 4, 2006 21:44:33 GMT -5
Who could forget the 'X' signal when Kevin Nash glided through the ring but couldn't make it all the way? God, I busted a gut at that memory! And living in Atlanta, I get to see Kevin Nash pushing for some local chiropractor on TV!!! |
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Post by Son of Abyss on Apr 4, 2006 21:46:39 GMT -5
So, does anyone know what the new, legit signal is for when a guy is hurt legit? Sit in the ring and yell at people (RR05) |
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Post by JC Superfreak on Apr 4, 2006 21:57:55 GMT -5
It's funny, I always look for the X thinking it's legit, but then I always start thinking it's a work right after. I never know what to think, so I guess they succeeded that way
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