Evan Bourne, Best At Selling Moves, Ever?

I have to respectfully disagree with Tastycles. When you are his size, and you get speared by the Big Show, you have to sell that move differently than a 270 lb wrestler would. Evan Bourne weighs what, a buck eighty five? Most of the wrestlers on the roster can do arm curls of 185. If he took those power moves and reacted the way someone the size of HHH might, it wouldn't be believable, because of the huge size difference that occurs almost every time Evan Bourne is in the ring. If he was 6'4" 250 instead of 5'9" 185, I would agree that he was overselling. But, he isn't. Evan Bourne is one of the smallest wrestlers on the roster, who is smaller, other than Rey Mysterio? Hell, even the Miz is taller by 4 inches and 45 lbs, and the Miz isn't exactly one of the bigger wrestlers either. Evan Bourne sells the moves because at his size, he has to in order to make the other wrestler's strength believable. If he takes a move the same way a much larger wrestler does, despite obvious size differences, it makes the wrestler doing the move look bad. Selling a move has to be done proportionately. Evan Bourne has to sell a power move more than Miz does who has to sell it more than Jack Swagger does, who has to sell it more than Big Show does, who has to sell it more than HHH (because lets face it, HHH doesn't sell ANY moves). There is a progression.
 

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