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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Aug 28, 2019 1:53:38 GMT -5
I don't know any of them by name, but there were some dudes who were working cosplay stuff for an anime convention I went to where there was a ring set up inexplicably inside the dealer's room instead of like, outside where a ton of other stuff was going on. It was a bunch of decently fit guys working like nobody had ever really trained them. I've been to local indies and even student shows a friend was booked on before, this was all a lot worse. But that same con weekend was miserable so I just kind of sat there for an hour dissociating while I watched them work the same two matches over and over between the six of them, one singles and one tag match. Most of the other attention they got from anyone was death glares as they proved so loud and distracting that people at the booth nearby had to shout to be heard sometimes. THey kept finding new ways to botch their very simple five minute beginner matches.
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Post by Kyn on Aug 28, 2019 2:37:10 GMT -5
I like Big Show, but I saw him live when he was super out of shape, and it was bad. The crowd chanted 'you can't wrestle', so he grabbed a mic and said 'I don't have to wrestle, I'm rich'.
Like, decent comeback, but what you're showing us in the ring is that if you don't have to wrestle, you REALLY shouldn't.
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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Aug 28, 2019 3:04:44 GMT -5
The Trekkie probably tops my list. He was a USA Pro guy. Out of shape dude in a Star Trek outfit. That promotion was terrible.
I can also tell you the worst cage match I saw when I was a kid. The local high school was advertising Jimmy Snuka vs Hercules in a steel cage match! I was pretty excited. My silly little head was thinking Snuka might jump off the top of the cage so I had to be there. I was there, but Snuka wasn’t. Didn’t bother showing up. His replacement? Virgil. Disappointing was an understatement. So was the match. Horrible.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 28, 2019 3:05:56 GMT -5
Probably former No Limit Soldier Chase Tatum, who worked an opening match with Mikey Whipreck on Nitro for a few minutes until "undefeated" Sid ran in and squashed them both.
Since this was my first ever live show and thus my first ever live match, it's gotten nothing but better I suppose.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 3:39:03 GMT -5
I once saw 2 indy rookies stop mid match because they botched and lost their way, go back to a previous spot and repeat the match and then continue until completion.
Yes they did a partial retape, live.
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Post by Fundertaker on Aug 28, 2019 5:02:21 GMT -5
Mike Santiago he has the world's worst roaring elbow. Bernardo Barreiros would like a word about that I mean, I'm in Portugal so most of our guys just weren't good. The worst was probably Mad Dog. Terrible worker. Of course he was the face main-eventer for years in the only company we had around at the time.
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Aug 28, 2019 5:28:45 GMT -5
I once saw 2 indy rookies stop mid match because they botched and lost their way, go back to a previous spot and repeat the match and then continue until completion. Yes they did a partial retape, live. That is fantastic.
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Post by héad.casé on Aug 28, 2019 5:29:48 GMT -5
I don't know about worst wrestlers, but I have seen some horrible trainees at the school I used to attend that never made it on to a show (well...as referees they did, not wrestlers). One lad named Craig used to attend every Saturday morning. When we were going through drills practicing slams and suplexes on a crash pad, he just would not jump...like, physically he just couldn't get his feet off the ground. You're landing on a crash pad dude...f***ing jump and help me out!
One time we went through a drill practicing the Crucifix pin. It was his turn to do it on me. I admit, i'm not the easiest person to do this move to - i'm 5'1, so everyone has to get low. But when he did it to me, he didn't even swing his legs up for me to catch them, he kept hanging on to my arm and falling off me. It got to the point where my trainer shouted at him for wasting everyone's time because we had to keep getting him to try this until he got it right. Oh, and we had a guy who used Abyss' "Shock Treatment" move in his moveset, he wanted to practice it on Craig. Craig sandbagged him, and the guy ended up with a f***ed up shoulder and ended up getting out of wrestling.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 5:35:16 GMT -5
Invisible Stan. Wait, I guess I can't REALLY say I've seen him live, though.
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Post by Cieto on Aug 28, 2019 8:37:00 GMT -5
Saw melina make a (not so) hot tag, in a match being held together by a few local indy women.
Good lord she was bad.
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Post by cassonova on Aug 28, 2019 9:54:52 GMT -5
...probably whomever Pondo wrestles...
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Post by bob on Aug 28, 2019 10:00:06 GMT -5
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Post by Dub H on Aug 28, 2019 10:11:42 GMT -5
Invisible Stan. Wait, I guess I can't REALLY say I've seen him live, though. Invisible Stan is a great worker you f***ing mark. He is just a great heel
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Post by chronocross on Aug 28, 2019 10:40:06 GMT -5
The Carnage Crew (Loc & Devito) back in the old days of ROH in 2005 vs. Dunn & Marcos.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Aug 28, 2019 10:44:43 GMT -5
I once saw 2 indy rookies stop mid match because they botched and lost their way, go back to a previous spot and repeat the match and then continue until completion. Yes they did a partial retape, live. We’re live, pal.
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Post by Dragonfly on Aug 28, 2019 10:48:43 GMT -5
Top five: Abdullah the Butcher: I saw him take on Tommy Rich at a charity show in 2008. He wasn't able to get into the ring due to his size, so he stood by the steps. The man barely moved. Tommy might not have been in the greatest shape, but at least he could work. Stacy Hunter: A since-retired Pittsburgh wrestler. Think Viper, only with no charisma and a basic skill set. She spent most of the time getting into arguments with the superfans at ringside. Bulldozer: A fairly immobile fat guy in a black and gold lucha mask. His gimmick? "I'm from the outlying Pittsburgh suburb Uniontown." Yes, that right. Living an hour and a quarter from town somehow warranted the "crazy passport" gimmick. James Ross: The promoter's son who, for awhile at least, was pushed as a upper-midcard face. While not exactly terrible in-ring, he had the charisma of aluminum siding and showed zero emotion. Things got slightly better when turned heel and started calling himself "Good Ol' JR," but not by much. He can be seen in this MV for the 2008 Chikara Young Lions Cup, taking on Drake Younger. (Start at 1:12.) Kid Cupid: 425 pound man working an ironic "lover boy" gimmick. Here he is getting suplexed by a very, very young Ray Rowe. (Language) youtu.be/9BT-COjIGWg
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Aug 28, 2019 11:26:40 GMT -5
Top five: Abdullah the Butcher: I saw him take on Tommy Rich at a charity show in 2008. He wasn't able to get into the ring due to his size, so he stood by the steps. The man barely moved. Tommy might not have been in the greatest shape, but at least he could work. Stacy Hunter: A since-retired Pittsburgh wrestler. Think Viper, only with no charisma and a basic skill set. She spent most of the time getting into arguments with the superfans at ringside. Bulldozer: A fairly immobile fat guy in a black and gold lucha mask. His gimmick? "I'm from the outlying Pittsburgh suburb Uniontown." Yes, that right. Living an hour and a quarter from town somehow warranted the "crazy passport" gimmick. James Ross: The promoter's son who, for awhile at least, was pushed as a upper-midcard face. While not exactly terrible in-ring, he had the charisma of aluminum siding and showed zero emotion. Things got slightly better when turned heel and started calling himself "Good Ol' JR," but not by much. He can be seen in this MV for the 2008 Chikara Young Lions Cup, taking on Drake Younger. (Start at 1:12.) Kid Cupid: 425 pound man working an ironic "lover boy" gimmick. Here he is getting suplexed by a very, very young Ray Rowe. (Language) youtu.be/9BT-COjIGWgI’ve never heard of that Bulldozer, but I like the idea of a guy who lives fairly close by, but still uses it for heel heat. I’m sure other indies have used that idea before. I could see a heel tag team/stable in an NYC promotion called the Bridge and Tunnel People
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 11:54:24 GMT -5
My grandmother.
She could not sell that bodyslam thru the Thanksgiving dinner table if I'd paid her to.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 12:35:09 GMT -5
I once saw 2 indy rookies stop mid match because they botched and lost their way, go back to a previous spot and repeat the match and then continue until completion. Yes they did a partial retape, live. We’re live, pal. Ha, I tried to get that chant going but it didn't catch on
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Aug 28, 2019 13:19:01 GMT -5
I once saw 2 indy rookies stop mid match because they botched and lost their way, go back to a previous spot and repeat the match and then continue until completion. Yes they did a partial retape, live. LOL yep that is a great one. There is footage somewhere on youtube of a Battlezone match. Where pretty much taht happens. One guy blows one move in the sequence and they both stop look at each other for a few seconds and start over. What made it so bad was while there was only 25 people in the crowd...one of the guys in teh ring had a camera set up filming and he uploaded the match without editing out the botch.
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