Laws of Wrestling

[Mozenrath]

If you are wrestling JBL/Bradshaw, do not try to avalanche/Stinger splash him in the corner. You will miss and eat a lariat.

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

Do not put Ric Flair in a sleeper, because you'll get side suplexed 90% of the time.

If you are Ric Flair, only go up to the top rope for axehandles if you're a face. If you are a heel, you will get thrown off every time.

[Skull0mancer]

If John Cena hits you with two consecutive flying shoulder tackles, you must immediately pop up to your feet and throw a punch even though it's going to miss and you know it's going to miss because it always misses goddamnit.

[Talent Name]

The ring is not a swimming pool

[agent817]

Mar 17, 2019 18:06:09 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

If you're not Sting and you use a Reverse DDT as your finisher, you're probably not a very good wrestler.

Building on this, if you're not Jake Roberts or Raven, or even Tommy Dreamer, doing a DDT won't keep you down.

[Deleted]

When someone grabs your arm and swings you in a forward direction your body will propel forward and you will continue to run until you return to said person ala a boomerang (Irish Whip)

[Squirrel Master]

The Spanish announcers table will not last the night

[MiLB Fan]

If a heel female wrestler is stripped down to her bra and panties, she must cover herself and run back to the locker room even if she’s done swimwear or lingerie photo shoots before.

Conversely, if the same thing happens to the face, she’s free to strut her stuff with no embarrassment whatsoever.

[IgnahtaSempria]

Mar 17, 2019 18:06:09 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

For example, if you are from a country, territory, etc, in which Spanish has been spoken as a major language, then you know how to do the Lung Blower/Backstabber/Backcracker. You just do. You also have a 40 percent chance of using the Code Red, Destroyer, or both, on occasion.

If you're not Sting and you use a Reverse DDT as your finisher, you're probably not a very good wrestler.

In addition to your first point: if you are African-American, you know the jumping reverse STO.

Corollary to your second point, all low card talents must, at some point, use one of the following moves as a finisher on the off-chance they actually win: Reverse DDT, Pumphandle Slam, Lifting DDT, Overdrive, Spear. The Hangman's Facebuster is also an increasingly common option.

If you do the Moonsault on a regular basis, you have a 75% higher chance of missing the move than any other move from the top rope.

Every 5 years or so, a new move will be selected by the Independent Wrestling Community, and all independent wrestlers will be required to attempt this move, or some variation, at least once. Currently, that move is the Superkick. Past moves have included the Lung Blower, the Shining Wizard, and the Rainmaker.

[Deleted]

If you’re from the Orient or the Pacific Islands you will know martial arts, chops, thrust kicks, and nerve holds.

[Gerard Gerard]

- Getting the decisive upper-hand on the go-home reduces your chances of winning at the PPV by 75.92%.

- A match can only conclude once you've performed your finisher while directly facing the hard camera.

- The more signalling a finisher receives the less likely it is to be successfully executed.

[Guacamole Anderson]

When both opponents are rolling around on the floor outside of the ring, a commercial break is automatically triggered.

[Mozenrath]

Mar 22, 2019 9:45:21 GMT -5 @akeemresurrection said:

If you’re from the Orient or the Pacific Islands you will know martial arts, chops, thrust kicks, and nerve holds.

Also, up until like a few years ago, your theme had to sound in the vein of the Orient Express theme.

[Alice Syndrome]

Mar 22, 2019 9:45:21 GMT -5 @akeemresurrection said:

If you’re from the Orient or the Pacific Islands you will know martial arts, chops, thrust kicks, and nerve holds.

If you're Japanese in a US promotion this also comes with the ability to spit mist. (Disclaimer: from personal experience, this may just be because spitting red mist is fun as hell)

[government mule]

2/3 falls matches will go to a third fall.

[Deleted]

If you’re from the Middle East you MUST use the camel clutch

[Honeybear Lyder]

Every Russian-in-kayfabe wrestler must have a lariat in their arsenal; every Canadian wrestler was trained by, or is related to the Harts and knows how to apply the sharpshooter.

[MolotovMocktail]

Mar 24, 2019 15:21:36 GMT -5 @akeemresurrection said:

If you’re from the Middle East you MUST use the camel clutch

If you are German, you MUST have Du Hast as your theme (mostly an indy thing).

[fg]

Mar 24, 2019 15:20:43 GMT -5 government mule said:

2/3 falls matches will go to a third fall.

There has been lots of 2 out of 3 falls matches that DIDNT go to a third fall. Now if each fall had a different stipulation (cage match, street fight etc), then they will go to a 3rd fall.

[toodarkmark]

If you win a title, you will lose a match to your top contender in a non title match.

If you're a champion, someone's music coming on and them coming out is the hardest thing to overcome.

Those are The E laws.