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Kjeldbjerg
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Since: 23.1.02
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#1 Posted on
There are some spots that just doesnt make sense to me :

wrestler # 1 runs to corner, lifts himself up, wrestler # 2 charges , and wrestler # 1 is behind # 2 - Why charge , when you can clearly see the guy lifting himself up?

Leg behind neck, and then a somersault - crappy description, but it's usually done in CW-matches, and never makes any sense.

Criss-cross - Maybe not done much anymore, but still. Why not just stomp on the guy instead of jumping over him?

I know I'm not supposed to believe everything in wrestling is real or likely to happen in a real fight. But still, I like to pretend that it could happen, but sometimes it just too damn hard to see the purpose of the things the wrestlers do



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#2 Posted on
I hate moves that NEVER miss and ALWAYS get a 2 count, prompting JR to say..... that should have ended it right there, but it didn't! I also don't get why when a ref is down you just down stomp your opponent for a while instead of trying to revive the ref.



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Since: 3.1.02
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#3 Posted on

    Originally posted by Kjeldbjerg
    Leg behind neck, and then a somersault - crappy description, but it's usually done in CW-matches, and never makes any sense


I hate that spot! I've never understood it, everytime they do it and then it leads nowhere and I just sit there like "wow, you flip high, so what?"

As for anything else, sadly, I can't think of anything, I guess I'm just oblivious to it all.



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Since: 16.2.02
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#4 Posted on | Instant Rating: 10.00
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You have to suspend some disbelief in a sport where they bounce off the ropes like a trampoline and take time to climb a turnbuckle just to hit somebody.

However, the one I never get is why does somebody who does a dropkick not get hurt when he connects but gets hurt when he doesn't? He falls to the ground either way.





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Since: 4.1.02
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#5 Posted on

    Originally posted by Swordsman Yen
    You have to suspend some disbelief in a sport where they bounce off the ropes like a trampoline and take time to climb a turnbuckle just to hit somebody.

    However, the one I never get is why does somebody who does a dropkick not get hurt when he connects but gets hurt when he doesn't? He falls to the ground either way.




There was an article back in the day (early 90's) in one of the PWI magazines which "explained" all the unexplainable things in wrestling, such as the missing a dropkick phenomonon. It was pretty interesting because they had kayfabe reasons for things that just don't really make sense. Unfortunately, I don't remember their answers to the mysteries very well. I think the dropkick one had something to do with the dropkicker being able to brace himself better for the fall if he makes contact, or something like that. I do remember another one they tackled was why a guy that gets vertically suplexed feels pain, but the guy who gave it doesn't. That's an easier one to come up with an answer for, though.

Anyone else remember this article, and it's other explanations?



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Since: 2.1.02
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#6 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.05
the one i hate is in tag matches. the face is in peril. he is whipped into the ropes. now, instead of running into the ropes, why not run to his corner, or pull an al snow slide, and go to his corner...





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Since: 20.6.02
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#7 Posted on
The "leg-on-neck backflip" is definitely one of the worst. Others include the "back rake of doom", Kane's "flying" lariat where he lands before he makes contact, the broncobuster (pusing your nuts full-force into someone's skull hurts THEM more?! And if you're wearing a cup, why do the low blows still hurt?), and any flurry of punches that go too fast for your opponent to sell them all.



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Since: 28.5.02
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#8 Posted on
The stupidest spot in all of wrestling and we may not ever see it again.

For most of the year when someone gets Stunnered by Stone Cold, they jump a bit and then fall to the ground HOWEVER -- in the Royal Rumble and the Royal Rumble alone if you are Stunnered, it is your duty to jump high on your feet and near the ropes so Austin can clothesline you over the top.

I always thought that was stupid and it made me dislike face Austin for a long time.

And with Austin out, Rock making a movie, HHH injured for a bit and Lita injured for awhile, it seems God has seen fit to give me almost a perfect roster. Now if he would just have Jeff Hardy and Hogan arrested, the world would be a perfect place. Oh, and PUSH CHRISTIAN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!
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Since: 9.1.02
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#9 Posted on
One of my least favorite spots is when someone is wrestling The Big Show and they try to whip him across the ring. What makes someone, Booker T, think they can get a 500-pound person moving from a stopped position without the person, you know, stopping them with a clothesline?
The other one I don't get is RVD's Rolling Thunder. Why does rolling across a ring and then landing on someone hurt more than running and jumping on them?



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Since: 22.1.02
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#10 Posted on
Victory rolls have always looked retarded to me. And whenever someone slams their opponent's head into the announce table/steps/guardrail.



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#11 Posted on
I remeber in the Trish vs Steph match last year (which was a good match) when they did the head to the announce table spot, it looked so bad. Steph's head didn't come within a foot of the thing.



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Since: 3.1.02
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#12 Posted on
I, personally, hate the back body drop spot. You know, when one wrestler irish whips the other into the ropes, then leans down for the backdrop. Luckily, in good matches, the wrestlers KNOW that their opponent is gonna do the stupid spot...and reverses into a DDT or something.

But I REALLY hate Bubba Dudley's Senton...and anybody who tries to powerbomb Kidman. It doesn't work, so don't even try it.



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Kjeldbjerg
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Since: 23.1.02
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#13 Posted on

    Originally posted by Freeway420
    I, personally, hate the back body drop spot. You know, when one wrestler irish whips the other into the ropes, then leans down for the backdrop. Luckily, in good matches, the wrestlers KNOW that their opponent is gonna do the stupid spot...and reverses into a DDT or something.

    But I REALLY hate Bubba Dudley's Senton...and anybody who tries to powerbomb Kidman. It doesn't work, so don't even try it.



But to me, those are accepted spots, like the "blind charge hits boot"-spot, it is an accepted transitionmove going from one wrestler being on the attack to the other being the attacker. It just easier to suspend belief with some moves than others, I guess. but with a lot of the spots mentioned in the other posts, its just not plausible even as a mark for the wacky world of wrestling




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#14 Posted on
The slamming heads into tables isn't really a bad spot, it's just that many wrestlers sell it badly.



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Since: 2.1.02
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#15 Posted on
"Gee, thanks for throwing me this chair Rob! That Rob, he sure is a swell guy for giving me this chair to attack him with. Hrm...I wonder what the serial number on this chair is. 4XU78...hey! He kicked it! The bastard kicked the damn chair! Why I never..."



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#16 Posted on
The other wrestler catches the chair like you would catch a ball thrown at you.
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#17 Posted on
"Gee, thanks for throwing me this chair Rob! That Rob, he sure is a swell guy for giving me this chair to attack him with. Hrm...I wonder what the serial number on this chair is. 4XU78...hey! He kicked it! The bastard kicked the damn chair! Why I never..."

That may be the funniest thing I've read online in a long while. Now I have to clean the coke off my monitor.

I've always wondered about the frog splash. If it hits, you pop right back up and pin your guy (unless your RVD, then you piss yourself). If it misses then you are horribly wounded.
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Since: 28.4.02
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#18 Posted on
I've never been able to fathom why if you jump off the top rope and hit the padding outside the ring, you could be out for several minutes, but you're just fine if you land on another boney-ass wrestler.



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Since: 26.3.02
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#19 Posted on

    Originally posted by WyldeWolf1
    And if you're wearing a cup, why do the low blows still hurt?


You obviously over-estimate the power of the cup. I think it's main purpose is to protect you from injury because even when wearing one it hurts bad enough to take your breath away when hit...down there.

The stupidest spot in all of wrestling is Hogan's big boot and leg drop. HHH, Undertaker, Andre the Giant, King Kong, Godzilla, take them all. You can hit them in the head with a chair, drop the STEEL steps on their face, pile drive them, drive their heads into the mat, give them neckbreakers, and any other move you can think of. But oh, when Hogan dishes out a mighty leg drop, it's lights out!

Come to think of it, that is how it is with any international object as well. In a no holds barred match, you can hit your opponent with a sledge hammer, baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, or any number of other things. Still, you can't keep him down. In a regular match, all it takes is one whack on the back with a chair, and your on easy street. Makes no sense.



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#20 Posted on | Instant Rating: 0.00
There's an actual explanation to the Van Daminator spot. When you have something thrown at your face, you have a natural reflex to grab it, or at least try to. It's a defense mechanism.



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