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Post by Hit Girl on May 27, 2015 23:36:56 GMT -5
The distraction spot where a face completely forgets about his opponent to look at the Titantron/his enemy on the stage/his enemy's music hitting etc....
It always makes the face look like an idiot.
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Post by Scott on May 28, 2015 2:08:00 GMT -5
I know there isn't a better solution for safety's sake but when someone is going to do a top rope move to an opponent on their back and the person on the ground starts trying to shimmy into better position...it's way too noticeable and sometimes distracting.
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Post by Hit Girl on May 28, 2015 2:22:01 GMT -5
Holding a facial expression after a backstage interview.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 28, 2015 2:22:48 GMT -5
When a guy is supposed to be selling and they wipe sweat out of their eyes, adjust their balls, kneepads, tights, wipe snot from their nose......they also do it when the camera is on them.
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Post by Hit Girl on May 28, 2015 2:36:41 GMT -5
Faces even bothering to compete in wrestling companies ruled by all-powerful authority figures who favour heels, and usually prevail.
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Post by The Tim Duncan Experience on May 28, 2015 3:03:38 GMT -5
Faces who give blind faith to heels that have people run in to DQ the match. John Cena or Roman Reigns should know by now that J&J security or Kane will be interfering in their match...
Why still have the match when you don't make a rule making sure that doesn't happen. Sure, maybe 1/10 times you'll win one. The other 9/10 times you'll be eating losses or DQs.
When was the last time WWE counted wins and losses for title matches not counting things like The Royal Rumble or Auto #1 contender matches. You would expected at least the Authority to look at Orton's record saying, "Damn Randy you're 11-12 on the year and you lost your last 5 matches. I don't think you should be getting anymore title shots in the near future.", instead of the whole reach into a bag with the names Ambrose, Orton, and Reigns (with a Big Show or Kane thrown in on good faith) and whatever you pull out has the title match.
With how things are, and by match win streaks, I hate to say it but John Cena should get a title match
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on May 28, 2015 5:23:46 GMT -5
"DO YOU WANNA QUIT??"
Technically not a wrestler but holy shit did this take the cake...
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Post by sunnytaker on May 28, 2015 11:23:50 GMT -5
I generally like Ambrose's clothesline even if they do it every match... I like that it's basically his counter move after getting staggered. When people "catch" a jumping finish. Most of the time you can tell the guy is simply jumping into the catch, not trying to hit their finish. The flying nothing is my biggest pet peeve in wrestling. In every variation. that's what i love about Samoa Joe doing his "hell with this" and walk off to the side when someone tries some fancy top rope flippy move and they just crash and burn on the mat while Joe just wanders over to the ropes and rolls his eyes at the camera
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Post by CuJ0 Will Keep Dancing on May 28, 2015 11:31:55 GMT -5
Shitty looking submission holds (not even just the STFU either) like mid-match when a wrestler grabs his opponent and just lazily puts his arm around his head or kind of grabs his arm and pulls. Like could you do something that at least looks like it's damaging your opponent? I see the inch of space between your forearm and his neck.
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Post by Adam Black on May 28, 2015 12:12:56 GMT -5
Frequent pin attempts at the start of a match. I'll buy that you try to get one over on your opponent and catch them quick, but I hate it when you see someone hit like two moves, go for the pin, get shrugged off and then go for the pin again. If he kicked out at 1.2 the first time, odds are he needs a little softening yet. You didn't pin wrong. Limb damage being sold for like two seconds. What is the point of working the leg for the entire match if there's no real payout? Stumble. Stumble. Completely fine. At this point in time, we're so far removed from good wrestling psychology that these goofs don't even sell the correct appendage half the time. Watch 80's work. Guys'll hobble all the way through their big comeback. Just what in the hell happened to this simple concept? Fish out of water. Enough. It was a neat idea for rivals that "knew each other inside and out," but now every geek on the card is liable to go to this one. It no longer has any meaning. The Kidman powerbomb effect. If you don't use the move, then don't use the move. Screw their dumb spot. Find something else to counter into it. You could consider the flying nothing off the top whose sole purpose is to be countered an offshoot of this. The let's all bunch up like retards so dude can plancha spot. The.... eh, enough. I could literally do this all day. oh shit Angry Wrestling Vet? Is that you ?
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on May 28, 2015 12:19:29 GMT -5
Kane's continued involvement and constant presence on my tv. John Cena and his constant pro america propaganda. It was bad before he was US champion, its insufferable now. John Cena as a wise old sage. Dear god that irked the hell out of me, him calling Owens, kid. Dude you're like 6 years apart! You know... just everything about Cena annoys me. I can't wait to be annoyed by him for an entirely different reason when total divas comes back on. Extremely obvious setups for an opponents move. Lots of offenders for that one. Though it's been a while, Nattie wrestling. I've always hated how slowly she transitions from move to move. It's like watching someone dance while counting steps in their head. You can see her thinking hard and its not natural looking at all. Oh man, am I glad Owens called him out on the "veteran advice" crap.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on May 28, 2015 12:21:49 GMT -5
Holding a facial expression after a backstage interview. Whatever the hell happened to the interviewers sending the show back to the commentators with a line like "back to you Michael Cole." That woman interviewer on NXT is the worst for the holding a facial expression thing. She always looks so confused.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on May 28, 2015 12:23:13 GMT -5
I suppose these 3 posts could have been one post, but this one deserves its own.
Dana Brooke... what the hell are you doing with your hands?
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Post by The Tim Duncan Experience on May 28, 2015 16:50:59 GMT -5
I suppose these 3 posts could have been one post, but this one deserves its own. Dana Brooke... what the hell are you doing with your hands? I think she wants to charge up the Big Bang Attack ala Vegeta, but her entrance music doesn't give her enough time to do so
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on May 28, 2015 16:52:46 GMT -5
I was never a fan of when Rikishi would take a clothesline and do that spin that takes him off his feet.
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Post by Hit Girl on May 28, 2015 16:56:40 GMT -5
Faces using heel catchphrases, like Roman Reigns saying "best for business" or "in this very ring" or "quite frankly"
May as well just stamp the screen with a disclaimer saying "Vince writes all these promos"
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Post by MrBRulzOK on May 28, 2015 16:57:12 GMT -5
I hate wasted motion. For example, when the cut-off spot involves hurting a guy's arm, and then the wrestler barely focuses on said arm throughout the heat.
I mean if you're going to target a body part, why not target the body part. Honestly 90% of the offense should revolve around working on the limb. Maybe a few extra moves to vary things and keep it from being too tedious.
Also, guys who don't sell during the come-back. I mean is it really that hard to favor your shoulder or back or whatever between hitting all your big moves?
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Post by Hit Girl on May 28, 2015 17:09:05 GMT -5
Wrestlers who all stand around together for no reason at ringside waiting for another wrestler to jump over the top rope and dive on them.
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on May 28, 2015 19:34:02 GMT -5
The "whoops, messed up that spot, lets do it again, no one will notice": Might as well put up a caption "Wrestling is FAKE!!!" Do something else, then try the spot again.
Failing to cover for botches in general... your opponent has just slipped off the top rope and face planted in the ring. If you stand there and laugh at them, you may get a tiny sliver of heat, but you've just buried the guy... Get in and pin him, and it'll look like a planned spot. You fail to lift your opponent for a move, sell your back or arm, so that it looks like thats why you didn't get him up...
The whole "good is dumb" thing... You know there's going to be interference, get some help. You're the good guy, you should have friends. You know that you'll struggle to hit your normal moves against the giant heel, don't do them, switch it up, use your speed advantage (paging Rey Mysterio!)
The fact that half the time when there's tension between tag team members, just pulling the incident up on the big screen would solve things instantly. "oh, you didn't mean to superkick me, the other guy ducked. Okay, fair enough". Often enough the guys are bickering while the highlinght of the incident is still showing on the 'tron.
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Post by rippo on May 28, 2015 19:42:16 GMT -5
Basically what everybody else said.
The hard camera stuff. It's unnatural and completely takes me out of the match. The Miz is the worst offender of this. He will turn a wrestler around to the hard camera during the Skull Crushing Finale. Why they can't do certain moves sideways and backways is beyond me. It's not like we'll be left wondering what happened?
Another pet peeve of mine is the overproduction of the shows. The red lights on the crowd, the new "monitor ring apron", the 4 speakers in the corner when there's a promo going on... everything. I feel like this stuff is not needed and wrestling would look and feel a lot better without it.
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