The 8 Worst Wrestling Tropes

[Kidd Dibiase]

TLDW

• They dont work here
• Waiting for your music to hit
• The invisible camera
• The contract signing
• sudden but inevitable betrayal
• Who is under the mask?
• The foreign menace
• The Authority figure

 

[MenacingMonk]

Contract signing gotta go for a few years

 

[Starboy52]

The Foreign Menace trope has been outdated for going on 30 years.

Just rehashing a bunch of Regan Era stereotypes for cheap heat because God forbid you do something outside of the box.

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

I don't have a problem with most of these.

Matter of fact, they can still work if you're not concerned with political correctness and have good booking.

I mean, imagine a foreign menace today who's like a cartel boss or a terrorist

Like most things, WWE, Impact, and AEW are badly booked messes.

 

[Hey_zeus]

A few more that bother me:

• Reluctant tag team partners is as old as Raw
• Beat the champ to get a shot a the title is wasteful and redundant
• Expected ref bumps in "big" matches. It's even commonplace in puro now

 

[cartierhoe]

A few more that bother me:

• Reluctant tag team partners is as old as Raw
• Beat the champ to get a shot a the title is wasteful and redundant
• Expected ref bumps in "big" matches. It's even commonplace in puro now

The bolded has always baffled me, so you have a guy beat the champ in a non-title match just to get a title shot? The fukk is the point?

 

[DaylitoJames]

I HATE the heel authority figure trope.... only Dario Cueto is the exception.

 

[Doctor Doom]

Multiple finishers being used in bigger/PPV matches