Flaws in pro wrestling logic

[Super Nimieboo]

There are flaws in ring psychology and flaws in kayfabe, wrestling's fake but fake it right.

[Sparvid]

porter said:

Another thing is wrestlers in Ladder matches. Isn't is beautiful how they always have to climb up slowly so the other guy has time to knock them off? ;D

But wouldn't a smart man hit him with the ladder as soon as possible and climb for the belt?

I'm still waiting for the day this actually happens.

I believe Edge & Christian did this in one of the TLC matches (I wanna say TLC3) - when the other teams were brawling at the start, they quickly went for a ladder ansd started climbing.

[sebulba]

What about the famous 'misunderstanding' spot used to get two faces or a tag team feuding?
If the misunderstanding was an accisdent, why not go to the production truck and ask to see the footage for smurf's sake??!! This annoys me so much because, whenever a heel or face is trying to ridicule his opponent or get a major point across, he inevitably stands in the middle of the ring with a microphone, yells: "ROLL THE FOOTAGE!!" and it magically appears on the Titantron a second later!

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

You see its because the people rolling the footage are scared of the heels and are willing to put forth the effort.

Not so with the Faces

[ilggant]

Survivor Series : how come a 5 vs 5 elimination match takes as much time, if not less, than a regular 1 vs 1? shouldn't it take AT LEAST 5 times as much, assuming that only members of one team are eliminated?

[plushtar]

Wrestling itself is stupid yet fun; that's the beauty of it all. Entertaining example(s):

Why don't promoters do background checks to prevent people like New Jack, Bossman, Nailz, and the Mr. America from performing?

[leemir]

"Another thing is wrestlers in Ladder matches.Isn't is beautiful
how they always have to climb up slowly so the other guy has
time to knock them off? ;D"

Thats logical. Try climb a ladder after you've been slammed on it & hit it repeatedly.

[mrmulluk]

The royal rumble match always got me.

In any other match throwing someone over the top rope is simple. Hand on back of head, simple push towards ropes, opponent sails into orbit.

Come royal rumble time every wrestler promptly forgets this and attempts eliminations by placing opponents chin on the top rope and lifting their ankle up.

[newbombturk]

I second the post about the irish whip. Here's another one (although less common) :

The slingshot. Most fake looking move ever. I don't think there's a move where it's more obvious that the recipient is cooperating. What's the point in pretending to be fighting for real if you're gonna do such dumb looking stuff.

[britishbulldog]

newbombturk said:

I second the post about the irish whip. Here's another one (although less common) :

The slingshot. Most fake looking move ever. I don't think there's a move where it's more obvious that the recipient is cooperating. What's the point in pretending to be fighting for real if you're gonna do such dumb looking stuff.

Iactually did that with my daughter and she flew about 5 feet in the air and landed on some pillows, My wife was pissed ;D

[Kae]

The best cure for a wrestler beaten within an inch of his or her life? The crowd clapping rhythmically!

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cdr said:

Wrestling is really smurfin' stupid, I mean, if you think about it.

These guys, some of whom presumably have other jobs, hate other guys. Rather than just fighting it out in the parking lot or something, they contain their rage from week to week or month to month, travelling around, waiting on the specific time to fight...in front of thousands of people...

That's the only way you can settle differences though. Once you're a wrestler, you're no longer able to have normal fights.

If you want to take a swing at someone, it has to be during a TV taping and you BETTER be wearing your wrestling gear.

[The Hawaiian Hammer!]

Want to get away with criminal attacks that damn near( and in some cases DOES) kill a man? Become a wrestler.

If I ran up to a person on the street and whacked them in the head with a steel chair I'm looking at jail time, but not if it's in a wrestling arena.

I'm going to start luring people I don't like to the local wrestling arena so I can start doling out sweet, sweet justice.

[The"threadicidal"bristolspapa]

It is unfortunate that heels reveal their nefarious plans for all to see, except for the victim of said nefarious plan.

[DawgRawx]

a wrestler ( or..ehm..superstar ) can jump 15 feet on to a hard lumpy opponent and cover him for the win, but if fall from the ring apron to the padded floor, good night Irene.

[tarheelfan]

For 15 years I have never understood why when the Undertaker walks the top rope(before he jumps down and hits his opponent with his arm) why the opponent just doesn't fall back and throw the Undertaker off balance. I don't care how much grip someone may supposedly have his opponent can always arch their back backwards and go limp so to speak and cause the Undertaker to be holding dead weight with one hand to where he would 99 percent lose balance.

[Macho Dude Handy Damage]

curryman said:

Royal Rumble matches.

Why doesn't anyone just slide under the bottom rope, walk to the back and have a hotdog until there's one person left?

oh man! I'd SOOOO totally mark out if ANYONE did that!

BEST IDEA EVER!

BOOK IT WWE!

(edit) PS! seems like something heel Jericho would do!

[HRH The KING]

A referee will refuse to accept that a face tag team made a tag because he didn't see it due to a heel wrestler jumping into the ring to distract him, despite the fact that the face tag team were only about an inch from making the tag when the referee's attention was occupied.

[Cela]

Top rope moves, takes at least 10 seconds to climb up and pose to the crowd, 2 seconds to fall. That there is enough time for 4 three counts.

Heels cooperate with each other when the time suits the,. While all faces are Wandering Ronin charachters that must do everything alone.

If challenger to big man can't pick them up for a finisher, a simple run of the mill ddt or kick will do them in.

Despite the fact that wrestlers always have either a beatdown or some tragedy occur in their hometown, they keep showing up on that day.

Firman's Carry, Leg Drop, and a One foot belly flop are moves that no one can EVER Kick out of, meanwhile suplexes off top rope get a short 2 count.

[thesunbeast]

I think the midcard/main-eventer doulbe standard by the ref is somewhat funny aswell. Like, when a main-eventer is in a sleeper hold, they get 3 tries to keep their arm up, but a jobber only gets one.