Throwing off the stage spots

[rapidfire187]

Is it just me, or are they incredibly lame now that the stage is only elevated 3 or 4 feet? I guess you could twist an ankle or sprain a wrist from that, but I greatly preferred it when people would fall 5-10 feet off the side and crash through stuff. It's probably safer but much more dangerous looking.

[Deleted]

I was thinking the same thing last night. Cena looked like he could have easily just landed on his feet.

[Chip]

If anything it makes me appreciate how brutal Ryder managed to make his fall look. He had assistance sure but people legit thought he was gonna be injured from that.

[Deleted]

I thought that Cena was going to "tweak his Achilles" on the landing and have some form of continuity but nope.

[Hit Girl]

It looks stupid. They shouldn't do it.

[mizerable]

May 28, 2013 14:50:29 GMT -5 @akeem said:

I thought that Cena was going to "tweak his Achilles" on the landing and have some form of continuity but nope.

If he's going to be that wimpy, might as well start giving him rug burns and devastating titty twisters.

[543Y2J]

I miss the days when being thrown/diving/falling off the top of the stage was a major spot with chokeslams, powerslams and other moves being done to huge effect with a massive drop that looked great. It looks terrible for the past few years since the stage looked smaller and is pretty much a useless spot now, especially with the way Cena sells it.

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[BigWill]

I still like it. You just have to get more creative with it now that it's a shorter drop, like what they did with Ryder in the wheelchair.

[thegame415]

I thought he was going to toss him into the side of the ambulance.

[angryfan]

May 28, 2013 16:52:15 GMT -5 mizerable said:

May 28, 2013 14:50:29 GMT -5 @akeem said:

I thought that Cena was going to "tweak his Achilles" on the landing and have some form of continuity but nope.

If he's going to be that wimpy, might as well start giving him rug burns and devastating titty twisters.

I now hear Cena yelling "aaaaaaaaahhhhh, he gave me a nurple" in Fat Bastard's voice, and for some reason it's amusing me more than it should.

[percymania]

Oh sure, you guys don't think that spot looks dangerous, but Cena could have stubbed a toe! That seriously could have hurt!

[mrjl]

May 28, 2013 20:46:09 GMT -5 percymania said:

Oh sure, you guys don't think that spot looks dangerous, but Cena could have stubbed a toe! That seriously could have hurt!

or, you know, he could have not landed on his feet

[BigWill]

Just think of it this way. When someone falls off the top turnbuckle, which is only like 5 feet above the mat, no one questions whether or not that would hurt. And considering that the stage is surrounded by concrete, I don't see why it's so hard to imagine that it could be potentially dangerous to fall from it.

[Deleted]

I'm picturing the ending of the Raven / Big Show / Kane match if they did it today and... Yeah, that ending would be so, so much more goofy and stupid. Though admittedly I do kind of already think that as it was the ending they went with was kind of an anticlimax after some of the crazy things they did in that match.

[thelonewolf527]

GOOD GOD THERE'S PEOPLE IN THERE! THERE'S PEOPLE IN THERE! WHAT THE HELL IS SO GREAT ABOUT THAT?!

[ededdneddy]

Those Damn Dudleys! I woukd mark if someone powerbombed someone off the stage like Bubba Ray did to Mae Young. That and Undertaker chokeslamming people off it

[SAJ Forth]

Feels very stupid.

[What?]

There were two good ones that I remember..

1) Undertaker throwing Austin off on Raw during build to Over the Edge 1999

2) Austin tossing Angle off during the build to Unforgiven 2001

If it ain't Ryder flying off in a wheelchair, it's lame today.