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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 30, 2023 21:50:53 GMT -5
I was bored at work today and remembered Jim Cornette once saying that Samoa Joe was his favorite man to hit with the tennis racket because the combination of his wide back and his often being sweaty during a match meant the racket would ring out like a gun shot on contact and sounded tremendous, and it got me thinking of specific other ones. RVD taking any kind of piledriver or DDT always loved flying up in the air like a pogo stick on impact. Orton always liked to go limp when taking a hard strike to the head like the Trouble in Paradise or superkicks, like it had downright killed him. Rikishi's clothesline sells were of course legendary, with him flying around like he'd been swept up in a tornado. What are some of yours? Either Corny has changed his answer or you are misremembering his answer. My one and only question ever answered on his podcast was me asking his favorite person to hit with the racket and his answer was for selling, Ricky Morton but for sound was Animal or Hawk for the same reasons you stated above with Samoa Joe. It also went into a rant about Culver's restaurant since he was on an anti-Wendys kick and I was trying to get him to embrace the deliciousness that is Culver's. Damn, now I'm hungry. I don't know about the sell, but I loved the way Jerry Sags would take the Doomsday Device from the Road Warriors/LOD. He'd just go ass over tea kettle backwards and just made it look like death. Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if he had more than one favorite for similar reasons, all three dudes of course had wide backs to smack. I do remember him saying Joe specifically was at least one favorite, though, just because I was surprised he'd even have had the opportunity, then remembering, oh yeah, various stints in ROH and TNA, I'm sure they've crossed paths at least once.
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Post by J. Hova on Sept 30, 2023 22:55:25 GMT -5
Either Corny has changed his answer or you are misremembering his answer. My one and only question ever answered on his podcast was me asking his favorite person to hit with the racket and his answer was for selling, Ricky Morton but for sound was Animal or Hawk for the same reasons you stated above with Samoa Joe. It also went into a rant about Culver's restaurant since he was on an anti-Wendys kick and I was trying to get him to embrace the deliciousness that is Culver's. Damn, now I'm hungry. I don't know about the sell, but I loved the way Jerry Sags would take the Doomsday Device from the Road Warriors/LOD. He'd just go ass over tea kettle backwards and just made it look like death. Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if he had more than one favorite for similar reasons, all three dudes of course had wide backs to smack. I do remember him saying Joe specifically was at least one favorite, though, just because I was surprised he'd even have had the opportunity, then remembering, oh yeah, various stints in ROH and TNA, I'm sure they've crossed paths at least once. That very well could be. I am just struggling to think of a time when it would have made sense for Cornette to whack Joe. It's all moot, what we have learned today is that he likes to hit men with wide backs.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 30, 2023 23:49:11 GMT -5
Rick Rude taking the atomic drop. This is the #1 answer for sure.
It’s like his body blue-screens and factory resets to some kind of “I REALLY need to use the bathroom” mode.
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 30, 2023 23:57:48 GMT -5
Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if he had more than one favorite for similar reasons, all three dudes of course had wide backs to smack. I do remember him saying Joe specifically was at least one favorite, though, just because I was surprised he'd even have had the opportunity, then remembering, oh yeah, various stints in ROH and TNA, I'm sure they've crossed paths at least once. That very well could be. I am just struggling to think of a time when it would have made sense for Cornette to whack Joe. It's all moot, what we have learned today is that he likes to hit men with wide backs. I guess it also could have been him saying who he'd have WANTED to hit with one and never got to, but it's been years, in any case, whenever I heard him say it, just "big, wide back, plus sweaty, equals loud-ass noise", paraphrasing.
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Post by 67 more on Oct 1, 2023 9:23:32 GMT -5
Bret hart being irish whipped chest first in the turnbuckle, he always sold it like he was in incredible pain,cant remember how many times he did that. Which makes sense psychology-wise because Bret broke his sternum in the 80s, yet no commentator ever brought it up or presented it as the opponent targeting the old injury
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Post by theironyuppie on Oct 2, 2023 4:01:30 GMT -5
Rhea Ripley taking DDTs.
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Oct 2, 2023 10:25:15 GMT -5
Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if he had more than one favorite for similar reasons, all three dudes of course had wide backs to smack. I do remember him saying Joe specifically was at least one favorite, though, just because I was surprised he'd even have had the opportunity, then remembering, oh yeah, various stints in ROH and TNA, I'm sure they've crossed paths at least once. That very well could be. I am just struggling to think of a time when it would have made sense for Cornette to whack Joe. It's all moot, what we have learned today is that he likes to hit men with wide backs. I'm wondering the same thing because Cornette was an on-air authority figure his entire TNA run. I don't recall him ever getting physical there. If he did hit Joe with the racket it must have happened in ROH but I have no recollection of it.
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Oct 2, 2023 10:34:23 GMT -5
Sgt. Slaughter taking the whip to the buckle too. The way he flipped over the top looked like he legit hit so hard that he lost control of his body. I wanna say both Undertaker and Mankind took being whipped into ring steps thigh-first and flipped over the steps, rather than dropping and hitting it with their back like most people do. Of course, given how both men (especially Mick) walked in their later years, it's easy to see why most guys do not sell it like that. Didn't help that Mick was taking those bumps into the stairs without knee pads for most of his career. Mick has stated on his podcast a few times that a combination of wearing knee pads and losing weight would have extended his career at least a year and a half to two years. Makes me wonder why the hell WWE doesn't force guys like Gunther to wear knee pads now. Especially for a giant man that likes to come off the top rope.
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Oct 2, 2023 10:53:23 GMT -5
I was bored at work today and remembered Jim Cornette once saying that Samoa Joe was his favorite man to hit with the tennis racket because the combination of his wide back and his often being sweaty during a match meant the racket would ring out like a gun shot on contact and sounded tremendous, and it got me thinking of specific other ones. RVD taking any kind of piledriver or DDT always loved flying up in the air like a pogo stick on impact. Orton always liked to go limp when taking a hard strike to the head like the Trouble in Paradise or superkicks, like it had downright killed him. Rikishi's clothesline sells were of course legendary, with him flying around like he'd been swept up in a tornado. What are some of yours? I've loved Rikishi's clothesline sales going back to his days as a Headshrinker. So much so that in 6th grade I did it in front of the entire class when I was pantomiming that I was in a boxing match and had gotten knocked out. It got a huge reaction from the class since they didn't expect it and had no idea I had stolen it from someone. The joys of being 11 years old. Back then I did it with no hesitation or thought that I could get hurt doing that on a hardwood floor, now you couldn't pay me enough to do that lol.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Oct 3, 2023 7:48:42 GMT -5
I was bored at work today and remembered Jim Cornette once saying that Samoa Joe was his favorite man to hit with the tennis racket because the combination of his wide back and his often being sweaty during a match meant the racket would ring out like a gun shot on contact and sounded tremendous, and it got me thinking of specific other ones. RVD taking any kind of piledriver or DDT always loved flying up in the air like a pogo stick on impact. Orton always liked to go limp when taking a hard strike to the head like the Trouble in Paradise or superkicks, like it had downright killed him. Rikishi's clothesline sells were of course legendary, with him flying around like he'd been swept up in a tornado. What are some of yours? I've loved Rikishi's clothesline sales going back to his days as a Headshrinker. So much so that in 6th grade I did it in front of the entire class when I was pantomiming that I was in a boxing match and had gotten knocked out. It got a huge reaction from the class since they didn't expect it and had no idea I had stolen it from someone. The joys of being 11 years old. Back then I did it with no hesitation or thought that I could get hurt doing that on a hardwood floor, now you couldn't pay me enough to do that lol. I used to do that bump on grass myself! And take chokeslam bumps on the concrete playground. Why yes, I do have back problems in my 30s.
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Post by eudypfohl on Oct 14, 2023 18:41:40 GMT -5
Curt Hennig sold a few specific things like no one else: - Kicks to the back of the leg (where he'd hang onto the rope and do an awkward backflip)
- Slingshots into the corner
- Head slams to the turnbuckle (he'd often turn and flip out into the middle of the ring)
Faarooq selling a spinebuster was fun -- like he was having a seizure.
DiBiase was a master at getting knocked out of the ring, either taking a clothesline backward or an atomic drop forward (with the extra bounce off the rope) like he'd been hit by a Jeep. My favorite seller of many moves, however, was Harley Race during the King years. He did the clothesline spot even better than DiBiase (hitting his face on the apron on the way down), and would sometimes even land in a sitting position in a ringside chair. He'd sometimes fall backwards between the ropes, catching his feet on the top rope for a moment before slipping and crashing onto his head. He pushed up when taking a back body drop to give himself extra air. He sold JYD's headbutts and Hogan's comeback punches like he'd been jolted by an electric fence. When he missed his own headbutts, he sold it with the perfect combination of regret, surprise, pain and disorientation. Another great thing Hennig would do is this flip thing sometimes when taking clotheslines. Instead of just falling backwards he would sort of corkscrew himself. Looked really cool when done right fwiw I believe during his match vs Von Erich for the IC Title he does this when taking Kerry's finisher...but corkscrews in the wrong direction
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