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March Wrasslin Tattoos |OT| Embrace the Empty Arena Match Era
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what do you mean
our lovely president has said it'll be over by Easter
I kind of feel bad saying this but I'm okay with that.
Its just not as fun without a crowd. Sucks horribly for indie guys though, they're getting as fucked as hard as they can be by all this.
Considering both major companies are based out of Florida i think they are going to get quite a bit of mileage out of these no crowd shows, for better or worse.
Anyone else feel like for a match meant as a rub to showcase Guevara, Kenny burying Guevaras finisher of a burning hammer flipped into a go 2 sleep and stuffing him without dropping after taking it to do either a 3rd or 4th Vtrigger was just wrong?
I mean I've seen fighting spirit spots of dazed on your feet hitting a move in response to a finish on reflex and then both men are down but Kenny stayed up after he got hit AND after he did the reflex response of a knee. Then he proceeded to do one winged angel and that was it. He buried Guevaras finish. Plus he already used the "on reflex response" earlier after Guevaras springboard cutter to the ring to roll outside. Sure it setup a dive spot to show off Guevara but pulling that card on both Guevaras biggest spots of the match the second hes hit just felt like teaching viewers the idea "he good but to face anyone of status his best tools dont cut it and will need new spots to believably stop anyone".
Is it just me? Did this seem like Kenny goin too far to stay above the guy? Exciting match but for a rub Guevaras best moves got buried as things that can be shrugged off, rolled out of immediately or straight something you can take and then kick his ass for doin.
I mean I've seen fighting spirit spots of dazed on your feet hitting a move in response to a finish on reflex and then both men are down but Kenny stayed up after he got hit AND after he did the reflex response of a knee. Then he proceeded to do one winged angel and that was it. He buried Guevaras finish. Plus he already used the "on reflex response" earlier after Guevaras springboard cutter to the ring to roll outside. Sure it setup a dive spot to show off Guevara but pulling that card on both Guevaras biggest spots of the match the second hes hit just felt like teaching viewers the idea "he good but to face anyone of status his best tools dont cut it and will need new spots to believably stop anyone".
Is it just me? Did this seem like Kenny goin too far to stay above the guy? Exciting match but for a rub Guevaras best moves got buried as things that can be shrugged off, rolled out of immediately or straight something you can take and then kick his ass for doin.
Exactly how I feel, NXT crowd makes the show, Io return should've been deafening.
Nah I felt it too. Looked too nasty to just be "FIGHTING SPIRT"ed out of.
I know right? If you do the big move response to ANY finish you're supposed to go down and have both men down after fighting to get up and keep goin. Fighting spirit spots are problematic without the audience roar now though...
Right now I think stables and bringing seconds to the ring may need to happen in empty arena AEW. Someone to cheer and slap the mat when theres no crowd during fighting spirit spots. So long as it doesnt turn to interference all the time it works.
There's a pretty easy way out of it as well, have Kenny fall into the ropes after then Sammy can lose the pinfall due to the ensuing shenanigans. Sammy gets focused on Aubrey then Kenny takes advantage, Kenny looks more experienced but lucky, Sammy looks dangerous but hot-headed.
If any Kahn's or McMahon's are looking for further booking consultation my rates are highly competitive.
I dont think I could ever book but apparently from recent responses online I could coach psychology and match presence some. I keep getting positive responses frequently from indie folks and aew newcomers fresh from the indies when I do critique stuff this past year.
I think the sorta feedback most wrestlers need isnt " oh man you should do this move" or "oh man that was so cool!" It's more along the lines of "you do this well, you struggle with this area, heres how you connected with folks, heres when you slowed too much or lost them".
From inside the ring it's hard sometimes to tell until later what you did well and what you hid well and what was as over as you thought in your head at the time. Some are so nervous with the spotlight on em for the first time they get gunshy in the ring or have timing issues or do too much stop and start pacing and look lost or green because of it.
I've gotten a lot of positive reactions for observations from folks like big swole, abadon, nyla rose, blake christian, and a few others this past year. It tells me we as fans should be encouraging in criticism and open with it more because many seem desperate to hear what folks liked and more often how to avoid what didnt come off well.
I mainly just tell them what they did well that got their character over and connected with folks. When to turn o the gas. Stuff like if you got one big move you want to do then instead of just doin it and having stop start pacing you should always try to run a sequence of 2 to 3 things nonstop into it even if it's just running and ducking stuff or counters and not some sequence of moves to build momentum. Telling people their up down game off the mat is too slow and rope drills and exercises like burpees or football drop drills. That and facial selling theyre good or bad at and how to emphasize certain body language they have with their character that they're putting together more. Shit like that. It's like actual coach talk and it's getting positive responses
The selling and weak spots and advice on small things to try to cover or improve them has been goin over well. Fuck, Big Swole went in super hard on any observations folks gave her and has improved by leaps and bounds with her ring presence. Just say what was rough, give a tip but nothing too concrete so they can still be creative and then some encouragement on their potential and that's it. They seem to respond and take things said that way well and use it.
So hey, you're in quarantine? Guess what just showed up on my reddit subs.
GRIMY
BACKYARDY
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DEATHMATCHES
FROM RUSSIA
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GRIMY
BACKYARDY
CAGED
DEATHMATCHES
FROM RUSSIA
I make no guarantee of quality here
I've never watched but i've heard good things about russian deathmatches
people maiming themselves, the good stuff
The last Tokyo Joshi show was a blast but I was disappointed Natsumi lost to Yamashita for the 3rd time. The matches were good but this one should have been a time limit draw to give Natsumi some rub.
Roman Reigns was pulled from Wrestlemania, per Ryan Satin.
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Roman Reigns Out of WrestleMania 36 Match
Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Roman Reigns will not be part of the WWE Universal Championship match at WrestleMania 36 as planned.
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Good for him.Roman Reigns was pulled from Wrestlemania, per Ryan Satin.
Roman Reigns Out of WrestleMania 36 Match
Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Roman Reigns will not be part of the WWE Universal Championship match at WrestleMania 36 as planned.
Tiger King has a LOT of high tier carny behaviour holy shit. Like, these tiger guys are up there with wrestlers and promoters.
If only there was a person who's current plans are off because someone is stuck in the UK who would very much like to fight Goldberg......Roman Reigns was pulled from Wrestlemania, per Ryan Satin.
Roman Reigns Out of WrestleMania 36 Match
Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Roman Reigns will not be part of the WWE Universal Championship match at WrestleMania 36 as planned.
Wrestlemania? Is that still a thing? Man, I remember watching that show back in my youth.Roman Reigns was pulled from Wrestlemania, per Ryan Satin.
Roman Reigns Out of WrestleMania 36 Match
Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Roman Reigns will not be part of the WWE Universal Championship match at WrestleMania 36 as planned.
It happened today, you say? Well, I'll be.
(I'll second the suggestion that Matt Riddle get this match.)
Agreed. Roman made himself look stronger with this decision than Vince ever could.
Smart move. You don't beat cancer just to put yourself back into danger.
Glad that Roman himself requested to be taken off given the circumstancesRoman Reigns was pulled from Wrestlemania, per Ryan Satin.
Roman Reigns Out of WrestleMania 36 Match
Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Roman Reigns will not be part of the WWE Universal Championship match at WrestleMania 36 as planned.
Just starting watching this week's NXT. I kinda like the approach they have for the no crowd thing - just acknowledge that there's no noise and get lots of close ups of the guys talking shit to each other. Plus the lighting/curtains have it looking like a studio instead of an empty arena. Only thing that looks bad is the ugly auditorium floor behind the barricades.
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I figured roman would've taken the title. Who the hell will they replace him with and do they have said person take the title?
As per WON, no one is getting punished for deciding to stay home. This applies to both WWE and AEW.
He shouldn't have been in the fucking position where he had to make that choice, but I'm glad he did
Better yet, have Brock beat Drew and then have Goldberg beat Brock so Goldberg has both belts.
Then have Big E come out and beat Goldberg. Big E Two Belts
Roman Reigns was pulled from Wrestlemania, per Ryan Satin.
Roman Reigns Out of WrestleMania 36 Match
Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Roman Reigns will not be part of the WWE Universal Championship match at WrestleMania 36 as planned.
that's the right decision. good on roman.
That's the outcome most of us should expect coming out of all this.
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