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Post by Woo on Mar 30, 2024 15:49:20 GMT -5
The "indy-standoff" I think is the unofficial term for mine. You know the thing. It's always like you do an arm-drag, I do an arm-drag, you do a dropkick, I do a dropkick, we both maybe try some flippy thing, land on our feet at the same time then we look at each other and wait for the crowd to applaud. There's not even really a pretence of it being a fight. It's one of the most obvious "I'm watching a choreographed routine and not a simulated battle" spots there is outside of like when people stand around awkwardly obviously waiting for someone to hit a dive on them. I remember actually loving it the first time I saw it I think during an RVD/Jerry Lynn ECW match but over the years it's just become like the equivalent of an old bit in comedy that used to be novel but becomes hacky. At least that gave us the all-time great comic spot is Delrious and Samy Zayn trying to do that.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Mar 30, 2024 16:35:28 GMT -5
The Irish whip will never stop being lame. Have a wrestler run off the rope for leverage on purpose if you want to do that shit.
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Post by THE FVNKER on Mar 30, 2024 16:50:02 GMT -5
The "indy-standoff" I think is the unofficial term for mine. You know the thing. It's always like you do an arm-drag, I do an arm-drag, you do a dropkick, I do a dropkick, we both maybe try some flippy thing, land on our feet at the same time then we look at each other and wait for the crowd to applaud. There's not even really a pretence of it being a fight. It's one of the most obvious "I'm watching a choreographed routine and not a simulated battle" spots there is outside of like when people stand around awkwardly obviously waiting for someone to hit a dive on them. I remember actually loving it the first time I saw it I think during an RVD/Jerry Lynn ECW match but over the years it's just become like the equivalent of an old bit in comedy that used to be novel but becomes hacky. What’s your take on the entire Ricochet vs Ospreay match 😂
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Post by neilc on Mar 30, 2024 16:51:05 GMT -5
Orton's DDT of the rope with all the histrionics before landing it always annoys me. Just like after his clotheslines, his opponent always takes a wild swing to set up the body slam. It's the same as Cena's moves of doom, relies on their opponent being an idiot who has never seen one of their matches.
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Post by Venti on Mar 30, 2024 17:06:56 GMT -5
The rapid "hockey fight" punching that has become popular to do in the last 10 to 15 years.
It always looks so phony and unimpressive.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 30, 2024 17:15:39 GMT -5
The Overdrive is a shit move. Too much set-up for a whole lot of nothing. Also, the Flying Nothing! It's such an obvious telegraph. Can't the guy diving just hold up his arms for like an axe-handle or something? I distinctly remember Cody doing it at least once with the axe handle pose, which I remember because my reaction was, "I bet this is someone who has had this EXACT conversation dozens of times."
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Post by Chiral on Mar 30, 2024 17:15:54 GMT -5
The moves that probably angered me the most: -The stroke, especially in peak Jarrett TNA times -Pedigree -Roman's stupid windup spear where he runs the rope five times (Ricky also does this but he hasn't finished flat AF WM main events with it so)
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 30, 2024 17:18:39 GMT -5
The rapid "hockey fight" punching that has become popular to do in the last 10 to 15 years. It always looks so phony and unimpressive. I know it's more like actual fights tend to look between untrained people, but like, yeah, I'm watching wrestling. Some people need to bring back jabs like HBK used to do before he decided 45% of his offense should be knife-edged chops. One punch that someone sells for a second is better than 400 rabbit punches that probably just wind the guy doing it and don't really get THAT much crowd reaction.
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Post by 4real on Mar 30, 2024 17:19:31 GMT -5
Panama Sunrise Lethal Injection
Also as much as I love Greyson Waller having a finisher that starts with him running from the outside into the ring isn’t going to have a long shelf life.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Mar 30, 2024 17:27:06 GMT -5
The rapid "hockey fight" punching that has become popular to do in the last 10 to 15 years. It always looks so phony and unimpressive. Give me classic Austin style trading punches over that any day s1.ezgif.com/tmp/ezgif-1-3339bfdf01.gif
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Post by mcstoklasa on Mar 30, 2024 17:28:18 GMT -5
I love a wrestling punch even if it's fundamentally unrealistic. Undertaker, Triple H, Bret, Austin all threw great ones.
Cenas were bad. Shane's were dog shite
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Post by XIII on Mar 30, 2024 17:46:34 GMT -5
One with a cool premise that is pretty lame when you think about it: Old School. All the dude on the bottom has to do is literally move and pull in any direction or just fall down and Taker is crashing off every time.
I get that it’s supposed to be a wristlock or some shit and it’s pain compliance but literally anything the bottom guy does will knock Taker on his ass 100% of the time. Was 1000% more stupid when Elias was doing it though.
The spot that the WWE loves where one person dives onto 4-10 people and knocks them down like bowling pins and half of the time some of them don’t get hit and they fall down anyways will forever be lame. I get it’s wrestler safety but half of the stuff that is on tv just makes wrestling look silly. lol
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Mar 30, 2024 18:14:22 GMT -5
Hurricanranas almost always look like utter shit. I can't tell you how many times I've seen someone release their legs too early and then the other wrestler just awkwardly flips. WrestleMania 9 is probably the worst as an example of this. Scott released so early, he was on the ground and Samu just flipped over for no reason.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Mar 30, 2024 20:33:24 GMT -5
The 619 is so convoluted to set up and the opponent looking like a clod while Rey plays to the crowd before doing the little kick thing.
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Post by J is Justice on Mar 30, 2024 20:43:46 GMT -5
Shoot headbutts.
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Post by J is Justice on Mar 30, 2024 20:45:02 GMT -5
The "indy-standoff" I think is the unofficial term for mine. You know the thing. It's always like you do an arm-drag, I do an arm-drag, you do a dropkick, I do a dropkick, we both maybe try some flippy thing, land on our feet at the same time then we look at each other and wait for the crowd to applaud. There's not even really a pretence of it being a fight. It's one of the most obvious "I'm watching a choreographed routine and not a simulated battle" spots there is outside of like when people stand around awkwardly obviously waiting for someone to hit a dive on them. I remember actually loving it the first time I saw it I think during an RVD/Jerry Lynn ECW match but over the years it's just become like the equivalent of an old bit in comedy that used to be novel but becomes hacky. It makes me cringe so much.
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Post by Main Event Mark on Mar 30, 2024 20:48:57 GMT -5
I've always hated the Skull Crushing Finale. Both in execution and in name.
I never need to see another Tower of Doom spot in a multi person match.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 30, 2024 21:38:13 GMT -5
The 619 is very, very silly.
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Post by hyperstorm on Mar 30, 2024 21:41:23 GMT -5
Swerves top rope stomp where his opponent just sits on their ass staring at him
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 30, 2024 21:46:40 GMT -5
The "indy-standoff" I think is the unofficial term for mine. You know the thing. It's always like you do an arm-drag, I do an arm-drag, you do a dropkick, I do a dropkick, we both maybe try some flippy thing, land on our feet at the same time then we look at each other and wait for the crowd to applaud. There's not even really a pretence of it being a fight. It's one of the most obvious "I'm watching a choreographed routine and not a simulated battle" spots there is outside of like when people stand around awkwardly obviously waiting for someone to hit a dive on them. I remember actually loving it the first time I saw it I think during an RVD/Jerry Lynn ECW match but over the years it's just become like the equivalent of an old bit in comedy that used to be novel but becomes hacky. I don't mind it too much in face versus face matches, but it's weird when it's supposed to be guys with actual heat between them. For me, if you're going to do that, you need to be really good to make it not a bit lame, sort of like the Benoit vs Malenko-style pinning combinations and reversals that a lot of people try to do, but more than half of them, it goes sloooooooooooow and plodding and looks like absolute shit. For an unrelated one, I've always hated "two women fight on the mat, then roll over the referee and somehow only notice after he gets up and acts like he's fighting a boner". It's just such a waste of everyone's time as a spot.
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