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John Reena

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When wrestlers are in a painful arm lock or submission and have an arm or both arms free and instead of clawing or punching they shake their arms and head around in agony. The shyt made sense back when closed fist punches were against the rules but that doesn't exist anymore.
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This is what should happen.
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Superflexes never winning matches or outright ending them. Either win with it sometimes or both guys need to be stretchered out. How does it make sense that you can finish someone with a fisherman buster but a suplex from a greater height gets kicked out of?

When the underdog pulls off the upset only to get beat down afterward so the heel can get his heat back. What was the point of Kalisto beating Braun in their garbage match if Braun was gonna beat his ass afterward and Kalisto wouldn't work a full program or get a push?

Wrestlers who have a strike finisher not immediately trying to do it. Big Show does a goddamn punch and many wrestlers do kicks for finishers. Their matches should consist of them trying to do it with their opponents trying to negate their strikes by weakening their legs or arms. I guess you can add wrestling everyone the same instead of using a strategy to that.

Sasha Banks stomping Baleys hand during that hold was GREATNESS.

I miss heel Sasha Banks.
 

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Guys mouthing other guys' lines in promos waiting for their cue (I've seen this in every era, from the top of top guys like Austin and Flair to Michael Hayes to Paul Heyman to Vince himself).

Dominant monster heels who are also booked to need tons of interference and help to win

Booking your TV show for the live crowd instead of TV audience (IE running the same angles/matches when in a new market that might be fresh to the live crowd, but have been done multiple times on TV already)

Announcer angles, ref angles, manager angles....non-wrestler angles in general, but particularly ones that lead to the non-wrestlers having a terrible match
 

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It's probably already been said but it burns my soul when a face loses because they get "distracted" by something it would have made more sense to ignore.

For example, if I have my submission move locked in and someone's partner or manager jumps on the apron to argue w/the ref, why am I breaking my hold to go join the argument? Ref gonna get tired of the yip yap eventually and either kick them from ringside or disqualify their guy. Breaking my hold, joining the "fight" and leaving myself open for the mollywhop because I turned my back on my opponent is just stupid.

Or like when Johnny Gargano lost to Cien Almas b/c Zelina Vega threw a DIY shirt in the ring. Really? REALLY? :snoop:
 

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It's probably already been said but it burns my soul when a face loses because they get "distracted" by something it would have made more sense to ignore.

For example, if I have my submission move locked in and someone's partner or manager jumps on the apron to argue w/the ref, why am I breaking my hold to go join the argument? Ref gonna get tired of the yip yap eventually and either kick them from ringside or disqualify their guy. Breaking my hold, joining the "fight" and leaving myself open for the mollywhop because I turned my back on my opponent is just stupid.

Or like when Johnny Gargano lost to Cien Almas b/c Zelina Vega threw a DIY shirt in the ring. Really? REALLY? :snoop:
Triple h overexaggerated storytelling at it's finest :russ:
 

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It's probably already been said but it burns my soul when a face loses because they get "distracted" by something it would have made more sense to ignore.

For example, if I have my submission move locked in and someone's partner or manager jumps on the apron to argue w/the ref, why am I breaking my hold to go join the argument? Ref gonna get tired of the yip yap eventually and either kick them from ringside or disqualify their guy. Breaking my hold, joining the "fight" and leaving myself open for the mollywhop because I turned my back on my opponent is just stupid.

Or like when Johnny Gargano lost to Cien Almas b/c Zelina Vega threw a DIY shirt in the ring. Really? REALLY? :snoop:
Announcer angles, ref angles, manager angles....non-wrestler angles in general, but particularly ones that lead to the non-wrestlers having a terrible match
Co-sign these.
Wrestlers wearing their ring gear when they're not even scheduled to wrestle that night, whatever happened to them just rocking their street clothes
Randy Orton is the guy who comes to mind when I think of this one. Dude would be backstage in his tights and shirt with his orange tan and looking greasy AF:hhh:
 

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Triple h overexaggerated storytelling at it's finest :russ:

Man, I am still sick when I think about it LOL. Like, my dude was over like Red Rover, I just knew I was about to get that Johnny Wrestling title run and then this mofo loses because of a t-shirt. Had me out here going through it like

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Man, I am still sick when I think about it LOL. Like, my dude was over like Red Rover, I just knew I was about to get that Johnny Wrestling title run and then this mofo loses because of a t-shirt. Had me out here going through it like

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I wiLl AbSolVe YoU oF yOuR sInS

ThIs Is My MoMeNt

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