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Work the chinlock brother we need to slow it down. You can kinda see it sometimes when they lock up, the wrestler "on top" will lean down and hide their face in their opponent's neck or shoulder or whatever and they're probably saying "I'm gonna throw you to the corner, let's do that reversal spot we worked out earlier" or "I'm gonna powerbomb the poo poo outta you, tuck your chin, player"
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apophenium posted:Work the chinlock brother we need to slow it down. I was more curious of when the wrestler catches a chin lock, leans down, and goes "I'm gonna do the 450 mollywhop driver" and you're just standing there like "what the gently caress is a mollywhop driver."
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Apr 19, 2024 03:10
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Defenestrategy posted:I was more curious of when the wrestler catches a chin lock, leans down, and goes Chris Jericho told a now-famous story where the first time WWE did one of those gimmick PPVs where matches were decided by fan vote it was actually a shoot and they genuinely didn't know what matches were gonna happen, and his match ended up being against Shelton Benjamin who he'd never wrestled before. So they're calling the match in the ring, and Jericho asks Shelton what his finisher is. Shelton says "T-Bone Suplex" but because they're in the middle of a match in a loud arena, Jericho can't hear him clearly so he hears "Beeboo Crawshanks" and thinks to himself "I have no idea how to set up or take the Beeboo Crawshanks"
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Apr 19, 2024 03:16
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Lmao "go up for the Beeboo Crawshanks, brother, it's a flat back bump"
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Why does nobody do hair pull spots any more? Seems like easy, fast and consistent heeling?
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HamburgerTownUSA posted:Also some moves really are just kind of universal, or can be communicated one way or another so that everyone understands. Nyla Rose has told the story before about her time in Japan where she used to have trouble laying out matches with some joshi because of the language barrier, so she bought some action figures to use to demonstrate what she wanted to happen, and then she didn't have trouble laying out matches anymore. there's a documentary about the young bucks and they laid out a match with two japanese wrestlers using a mix of simple english and pantomime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhORGbwxLUQ&t=170s
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fez_machine posted:Why does nobody do hair pull spots any more? Seems like easy, fast and consistent heeling? Might be because its coded towards divas wrestling these days?
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pulling the hair also pulls on the brain and causes it to impact against the skull which we have learned is the leading cause of concussions. ever since 2009 we know the true danger of concussions and hair pulling is unofficially outlawed. you only see it at shows that take place outside on wet fairgrounds with soft wet ground and so on. they're "illegal" shows so to speak, though they are legal in a technical sense. they're morally illegal.
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Apr 19, 2024 04:46
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little munchkin posted:there's a documentary about the young bucks and they laid out a match with two japanese wrestlers using a mix of simple english and pantomime lol I was actually trying to find that video to make reference to it in my response because I remembered it existed but not exactly what it was, and gave up when I couldn't find it.
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Cavauro posted:pulling the hair also pulls on the brain and causes it to impact against the skull which we have learned is the leading cause of concussions. ever since 2009 we know the true danger of concussions and hair pulling is unofficially outlawed. you only see it at shows that take place outside on wet fairgrounds with soft wet ground and so on. they're "illegal" shows so to speak, though they are legal in a technical sense. they're morally illegal. lmao what
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little munchkin posted:there's a documentary about the young bucks and they laid out a match with two japanese wrestlers using a mix of simple english and pantomime july 2017 
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Considering it's Naito and Bushi they might've had more luck laying out the entire match in Spanish
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Alaois posted:Chris Jericho told a now-famous story where the first time WWE did one of those gimmick PPVs where matches were decided by fan vote it was actually a shoot and they genuinely didn't know what matches were gonna happen, and his match ended up being against Shelton Benjamin who he'd never wrestled before. So they're calling the match in the ring, and Jericho asks Shelton what his finisher is. Shelton says "T-Bone Suplex" but because they're in the middle of a match in a loud arena, Jericho can't hear him clearly so he hears "Beeboo Crawshanks" and thinks to himself "I have no idea how to set up or take the Beeboo Crawshanks" IIrc it ended with him going to the top rope for a flying nothing, which was fine because Shelton could hit the T-Bone from pretty much any position.
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Defenestrategy posted:Might be because its coded towards divas wrestling these days? That funking sucks, I'm watching old Rockers matches and hair pulling is such a frustrating act by a heel
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HamburgerTownUSA posted:Also some moves really are just kind of universal, or can be communicated one way or another so that everyone understands. Nyla Rose has told the story before about her time in Japan where she used to have trouble laying out matches with some joshi because of the language barrier, so she bought some action figures to use to demonstrate what she wanted to happen, and then she didn't have trouble laying out matches anymore. Have I mentioned recently that Nyla is the best? Because Nyla's the best.
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Kvlt! posted:lmao what he's right, you know
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Seems like telling your opponent every move you’re going to do in advance is a bad strategy if you want to win the match I’m not so sure about this pro wrestling thing
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Cavauro posted:pulling the hair also pulls on the brain and causes it to impact against the skull which we have learned is the leading cause of concussions. ever since 2009 we know the true danger of concussions and hair pulling is unofficially outlawed. you only see it at shows that take place outside on wet fairgrounds with soft wet ground and so on. they're "illegal" shows so to speak, though they are legal in a technical sense. they're morally illegal.
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Dr. Quarex posted:Wait until you see Kronik vs. Undertaker and Kane and realize Undertaker and Kane were just as bad as Kronik The match itself was much less awful than I expected. It's not good by any means but I've seen far worse. To be fair, I've heard the worst parts of this match were cut from the Network/Peacock version of the show, but I don't know if that's true or not. If it is, the cuts are pretty seamless.
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Does anyone here watch WOW Wrestling? Who is the target audience for it?
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There actually is someone who has posted about it in the Women's Wrestling thread a couple of times I think
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Lamuella posted:Have I mentioned recently that Nyla is the best? Because Nyla's the best. Sherri Martel told a story about being with The Midnight Rockers in the AWA, and seeing the two young guys playing with action figures, and thinking how weird they were. And then when she watched them closer, she saw that they would invent moves in the back with the action figures, then go out and do the moves in an actual match.
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Davros1 posted:Sherri Martel told a story about being with The Midnight Rockers in the AWA, and seeing the two young guys playing with action figures, and thinking how weird they were. And then when she watched them closer, she saw that they would invent moves in the back with the action figures, then go out and do the moves in an actual match. This is one of those things where it's hard to divorce yourself from your current knowledge, because I can't think of anything especially mindblowing Michaels and Janetty did back in the day, they were just doing the same stuff a dozen other RnR Express ripoffs were doing, just they did it better than almost anyone but Morton and Gibson.
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Davros1 posted:Sherri Martel told a story about being with The Midnight Rockers in the AWA, and seeing the two young guys playing with action figures, and thinking how weird they were. And then when she watched them closer, she saw that they would invent moves in the back with the action figures, then go out and do the moves in an actual match. I wonder what kind of figures they were using. GI Joes would have worked the best but I kinda hope they were He-Man’s
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apophenium posted:Work the chinlock brother we need to slow it down. I got back into wrestling recently and was watching some CM Punk matches (and promos) to see what all the fuss was about, and maybe it was because I was seeing too much of his work all at once, but it felt glaringly obvious when he was pushing his face into his opponent's head to call spots.
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You should see him blade, doesn’t even try to hide it.
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Dr Kool-AIDS posted:I got back into wrestling recently and was watching some CM Punk matches (and promos) to see what all the fuss was about, and maybe it was because I was seeing too much of his work all at once, but it felt glaringly obvious when he was pushing his face into his opponent's head to call spots.
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Austin is the best to ever do that spot
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Sandman from ECW posted:I wonder what kind of figures they were using. GI Joes would have worked the best but I kinda hope they were He-Man’s They were using WWE Zombies figures, which raised even more questions.
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Barbies to ensure they accurately accounted for how their fabulous 80s hair would help sell the motion
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It would be funny if a wrestler had a gimmick of calling spots as in character trash talking.
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big black turnout posted:It would be funny if a wrestler had a gimmick of calling spots as in character trash talking. Seriously, loudly yelling at them on the mat about exactly what you're going to do to them, and then actually do it as a cocky-heel "you can't stop me" sort of thing. Also sets up an instant comeback spot when someone does manage to counter something.
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Iron Chef Nex posted:Seriously, loudly yelling at them on the mat about exactly what you're going to do to them, and then actually do it as a cocky-heel "you can't stop me" sort of thing. Also sets up an instant comeback spot when someone does manage to counter something. MJF called side-headlock takedown, double clothesline, and kangaroo kick
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I'm gonna gut kick you and DDT you sucker and you BETTER not reverse the DDT into an armbar!!!
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Dr Kool-AIDS posted:I got back into wrestling recently and was watching some CM Punk matches (and promos) to see what all the fuss was about, and maybe it was because I was seeing too much of his work all at once, but it felt glaringly obvious when he was pushing his face into his opponent's head to call spots. At least he did that. Foley just yelled spots in the middle of all his other incoherent yelling.
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C. Everett Koop posted:At least he did that. Foley just yelled spots in the middle of all his other incoherent yelling. Never heard that, unless a clothesline is called Aht Daht Chow Chow
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apophenium posted:Lmao "go up for the Beeboo Crawshanks, brother, it's a flat back bump"
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Okay but why do people keep tucking their head for the Styles Clash
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Halloween Jack posted:Okay but why do people keep tucking their head for the Styles Clash Because muscle memory says 'piledriver', which is way more common than the 2 or 3 guys who do the other move.
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Minidust posted:in all seriousness, mastering the basic back and front bumps will cover like 99% of moves you're likely to take! Looking back on my limited ring time, I think the only sells that really threw me were a CrossRhodes-like maneuver and a mis-timed Pedigree One time I misheard MJF telling me to do a basic front bump on a move and I somehow did the only perfect flip bump I will ever do in my life off what I think was supposed to be a snapmare. 
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