Pro Wrestling Pet-peeves?

[mikde_]

What really grinds my gears is when a wrestler seems to get knocked out or in great pain after getting attacked backstage or during a in ring segment after just something as little as a few punches and stomps.

I remember a segment a few years back where jericho gave HBK a cheapshot during a segment and HBK sold like he had been run over by a truck. Happens all the time and it really annoys me.

 

[FlairFan2003]

The totally nonsensical way the police are used (or not used) in out of ring confrontations. We've seen numerous times where wrestlers have been restrained or taken away by security during some out of ring non match related confrontatoin, yet other times we've literally seen parking lot beatdowns with no security or police intervention in sight.

I remember when they blew up Vince's limo on RAW - no security there


I also remember when Ric Flair & The Horsemen sneak attacked the NWO limo in an arena parking garge, busting windows and beating up Nash and the boys with crow bars, no poilce there.


Obviously if your car exploded or if you were attacked by crow bar weilding thugs in a parking garage there would be legal issues. You don't see ray Lewis beat up Ben Roethlisberger with a baseball bat outside Heinz Field before a Ravens Steelers game do you ?? I'm pretty sure if Derek Jeter blows up the Phillies Team bus before a World Series game the police would investigate ??

 

[Karilas]

what is a mongoloid? Is MONG an abrievation for it? I was called a mong once.

I probably shouldn't have used that term, it's dreadfully un-PC. But yeah, I think if someone calls you a mong they're pretty much driving at the same thing.

What really grinds my gears is when a wrestler seems to get knocked out or in great pain after getting attacked backstage or during a in ring segment after just something as little as a few punches and stomps.
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The totally nonsensical way the police are used (or not used) in out of ring confrontations. We've seen numerous times where wrestlers have been restrained or taken away by security during some out of ring non match related confrontatoin, yet other times we've literally seen parking lot beatdowns with no security or police intervention in sight.
<snippy>

These two for me both come down to one very common problem with wrasslin' today...

7 - Consistency

It can be incredibly difficult to suspend disbelief when the same actions often seem to result in different outcomes. The problem with "security" is that it's generally impossible to buy them as a legitimate organisation that any company would feasibly use twice, much less on a constant contractual basis. If the supposed security company was half way competent then brawls would naturally be locked down pretty sharp-ish and sneak attacks would generally have to be better planned to be happening in areas where the heavies might have a tough time reacting quickly [despite a camera crew managing to get through just fine - ugh, nevermind, let's not overthink this...] and showing up to put the kibosh on proceedings. Genuine Police simply should not be used, or their use should be kept to an absolute minimum, for instance say as part of a vignette where a gun ends up being discharged in somebody's home, or whatever convoluted nonsense passes for compelling manly soap opera these days. Even in these rare instances [I can't stress enough just how rare I think these instances should be], there should be a damn logical reason why the wrestler involved has somehow managed to show up to the next TV taping. Consistency.

Ditto the actions in a sneak attack. If you want someone to limp to the ring selling like death, make sure the audience can believe that the wrestler in question is indeed without doubt pretty fucked up. Two punches and a head-butt should be shaken off by the time they get to the damn Gorilla Position given what these guys take in a match anyway, so if you must fuck 'em up, fuck 'em up good! Put the guy through a damn table, clobber 'im with a fire extinguisher, I don't really care how you do it, but make it look like a convincing beat-down.

 

[Defekt]

1. When wrestlers pull out a sledge hammer/pipe/etc and hit their opponent in the stomach instead of bashing them over the head with it. I understand why its done this way, but its always annoyed me.

2. Brawling outside the ring. Sometimes it can add to a match, if it's a heated feud or the guys are going all out, but it seems like wrestlers take it outside way to often, and generally its nothing but punching each other and crashing into barricades.

3. Retirement matches. This stipulation never adds interest in the match for me. Either the guy is not resigning and I've already read about it on the net or the stipulation will be reversed/nullified in some way within the next month (Cena, Angle).

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

It really...REALLY irritates me when a wrestler joins a new promotion and is given a new, worse ring name.

I understand WHY it's done. Obviously Vince wants to own the trademark for the ring name of his talent, but it still annoys me. It rarely used to be the case, as during the Attitude era we saw talent switch sides on a regular basis with ring names USUALLY staying the same.

Pretty much all of the ECW talent kept their ring names after joining the WWE, same with guys like Dean Malenko, Chris Jericho etc, and the name changes usually occured due to gimmick changes, that was all.

It irritates me when guys like Tyler Black sign with the 'E and are given a crap ring name like "Seth Rollins", or Mistico had to change his ring name to "Sin Cara". It's worse in TNA, when former WWE guys come in and have to use alternative names as WWE own the trademarks. For example, when Billy Gunn arrived there he was "The Outlaw", The Dudleys had to become Team 3D, Test became Andrew "The Punisher" Martin, and so on and so on.

The ring name of a wrestler does not affect how entertaining they are in the ring, but I have just always preferred seeing a guy I know by a certain name show up unnannounced, and the commentators screaming "Oh My God, XXXX is here", with the fans knowing who it is, and them using their recognised names. For example, Chris Jericho's debut was awesome when "JERICHO" appeared on the titantron, and the crowd went crazy.

Other cool examples of wrestlers debuting using their famous ring names in WWE were Booker T, Scott Steiner, DDP, Goldberg and the nWo.

 

[One to Remember]

I hate ths police interventions and feel like if they can be called once why not everytime. I hate how that stupid generic raw theme is played before they cut tothe break.

I hate how when divas get out of control the referee grabs her. I hate how DDP kept coming down the ramp on nitro with the wcw title on backwards. I hate how the top of the wcw title was bent for like three years.

I hate how a veteran of the indies has to go thru the wwe farm system.

I hate how people in our industry are soo obsessed with unmasking luchadors.

I hate a wrestler wearin a shirt with just his trunks on.. they look girly and naked..

I hate when a non heel wrestler will snatch a belt from the prop guy or how he want let the ref hold his hand up..

I can accept a chair, a kendo stick or aring bell but how are ugonna hit a guy with a freakin sledgehammer!?

I hate how wwe hires too many workers knowing they are going to have to release them.. it makes WWE look silly because the NBA and NFL dont do that.

I hate how TNA's titantron just features giant words listing accolades and missing others.. i hate how it seems like none of the vets have a history because wwe owns the footage. I hate how the wrestlers didnt try harder to legally own their names, music, and a little footage.

I hate how the WWE title just has the scratch logo in the center and the word "champ" beneath it.

I hate how the wrestlers seem to be arguin after the match even though they won and they are a team. The last episode of impact was a prime example when Mexican America won then started talkin about viva la raza then a tug of war over one of the tag belts starts.. im watchin this twenty feet away in the knoxville civic arena wondering "wtf esse.."

I apoligize a million times to the Nature Boy but the Flair flop or whatever makes him and every pro wrestler look like a circus joke. Its just too much..

I hate how the fans could never stop saying "you suck" During Angle's theme..

I hate that spin d-von does after someone goes through the table and i hate how wwe always has toget atoken black chick for the divas roster..