Jim Cornette talks American Alphas vs. Revival

[nisidhe]

I found this on the Tube of You and found it a rather refreshing take on what we've come to expect from a wrestling match vs. what worked in the past to sell a match. I'm not entirely sure of the rules on videos of this type, so I've just included a link.

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Would an old-style tag match work today? Would any old-style match that observed the principles of story-telling work today?

[This Player Hating Mothman]

Your link leads back to this thread for some reason, instead of to the video.

[Dub H]

Sept 22, 2016 22:09:09 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

Your link leads back to this thread for some reason, instead of to the video.

Maybe we are the video.

[Mister Pigwell]

Fixed OP. All should be good now.

[farts]

Wasn't expecting those Kenny Omega shots at the end lol

[thegame415]

They should wrestle a 60 minute time limit draw and shake each others hands at the end.

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Sept 22, 2016 23:37:51 GMT -5 thegame415 said:

They should wrestle a 60 minute time limit draw and shake each others hands at the end.

The Revival needs a manager so if AA wins Gable gets five minutes alone with him, and then when he does the Revival guys do a run-in and the manager wins.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Cornette's pretty much on point. He's very old school but he's a smart dude.

[The Sam]

Sept 22, 2016 23:44:19 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Sept 22, 2016 23:37:51 GMT -5 thegame415 said:

They should wrestle a 60 minute time limit draw and shake each others hands at the end.

The Revival needs a manager so if AA wins Gable gets five minutes alone with him, and then when he does the Revival guys do a run-in and the manager wins.

And the manager and the Revival celebrate with a cake on Smackdown and Jim Ross isn't invited. Then AA run in and slam the managers face in the cake. They show the replay on Smackdown the following week, the manager gets hot at Daniel Bryan for showing that. Bryan gets hot at the manager. Revival attack Bryan. AA make the save. AA and DB vs Revival and manager at Wrestlemania.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

I think that one of the things that makes The Revival and their very methodical adherence to old school tag team heeling so special is that they're unique in it. They're a throwback act who can provide a different sort of match than a lot of other heel teams do, but there's a certain patience or slowness to it that I think is part of how they draw heat. Because other heel teams don't wrestle that same style, it's fresh and exciting, and going by their time on the Stone Cold podcast you get a sense that both of them are fans of the exact same style they work and that their having the characters they do isn't a coincidence.

But just because Cornette can like the things that The Revival makes work doesn't mean everything he says around it is necessarily correct. Everything he says about the crowd and "goofy shit" and harping on the shoulder tags is the same codgery old Jim Cornette as usual. I think there is definitely a place for an old school style tag team and that The Revival is proof of that, but if Cornette had his way, everyone match would a Revival match, and that's not the solution either. Wrestling has changed, the kind of wrestling that entertains a mainstream audience has changed, and Jim Cornette still thinks that what everyone wants is '80s NWA. Not a modernized twist on '80s NWA. Just straight up '80s NWA.

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Sept 22, 2016 21:59:12 GMT -5 nisidhe said:

I found this on the Tube of You and found it a rather refreshing take on what we've come to expect from a wrestling match vs. what worked in the past to sell a match. I'm not entirely sure of the rules on videos of this type, so I've just included a link.

link

Would an old-style tag match work today? Would any old-style match that observed the principles of story-telling work today?

You can embed videos such as this, as it doesn't include wwe-owned footage or a theme.