This is basically the same as the "Things You Hate" thread, but this time. It's wrestling. For this thread, I expect a lot of "I hate when" answers. I'll start with a few.
Hometown Disadvantage
I don't know why, but it seems that guys are always booked to lose in their hometown. It's almost like Vince gets pleasure in watching the hometown guy get crushed. Take for example Survivor Series 2010 in Miami. MVP, hailing from Miami, was participating in a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination match, and he got one of the biggest pops of the night. He was getting "305" chants and all that good stuff. Unfortunately, it didn't last long as he was the first person eliminated after about four minutes. Kinda deflating. Similar thing happened to CM Punk at Judgment Day 2009. They were in Illinois, a short distance away from his hometown of Chicago. The fans wanted to see their guy slay Umaga and walk away in victory. Well, needless to say, that didn't happen. And then Raw emanated from Long Island, the hometown of the one and only Zack Ryder. As we all know, he wasn't even booked on the main show, despite the crowd voicing their opinion with a number of "We Want Ryder" chants throughout the night. This makes me think that the Ultimate Warrior was onto something when he chose to be billed from Parts Unknown.
Countless Originators
TNA's Mike Tenay is mostly guilty of this one, and it bugs me every time. How many times have you heard him say, "Jerry Lynn was X Division before the X Division was cool," or "If it wasn't for Syxx Pac, there wouldn't be an X Division"? He's also done it with Jushin Liger, RVD, Jimmy Snuka- I'm sure there are many more. Anyway, my point is how many people can he credit with the same thing? I get that he's trying to put someone over, but come up with something a little more original. Same goes for when he and others continuously say a certain PPV or TV show is the "biggest night in company history." Perfect example would be the Royal Rumble. Every year, it's "the most star-studded Royal Rumble ever!" Another one happens at basically every TNA PPV, "That was the best wrestling match I have ever seen in all my years of working in the business!" It diminishes the meaning, and after a while, people just roll their eyes and stop buying it. Give me something different.
Foreign Crowds
Edge is Canadian, stop chanting "USA"! Same rule goes for Ezekiel Jackson- he isn't from the United States, so technically, a "USA" chant in favor of him and against his foreign opponent isn't helping anybody. I know they're trying to support the babyface, but come on, that just makes things awkward.
"It's Over!"
No, it really isn't. Let me paint you a picture. "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel lifts Shawn Michaels up for a Jackknife Powerbomb and nails it. You're thinking, "damn, it's over!" Then you hear Vince McMahon shout "It's over!", and you know the match will continue. Let's not pin it solely on McMahon though. Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, Taz, Mike Tenay, Tony Schivone, hell, even Jim Ross- they are all guilty of it. I can understand getting lost in the match as an announcer, and letting those emotions come out, but after years and years of hearing the same thing, it's going to start to wear thin and lose its credibility. Why not switch it up and shout that when the finish really is about to come? It's just gotten to the point where it has spoiled potentially awesome false finishes for me- finishes I would have bought had the announcers not uttered those words. It isn't even necessary to say it at all. I know many people don't like wrestling-to-sport comparisons, but I'm going to do one anyway to cement my point. It's not like you hear John Madden scream "It's over!" as the football is halfway in the air and heading for the receiver waiting in the endzone.
Evil Referee
The referee never sees the heel do something wrong throughout the course of a match. Don't get me wrong, I get that it's intended that way to build tension and get more sympathy from the crowd for the babyface, but it still bothers me. Always has, and probably always will. In a tag team match, the heels are double teaming on the face in the peril, so his partner naturally comes to help. The ref backs him away, "Get back to your corner!" Meanwhile, the heels continue beating on the poor guy behind the ref's back. This one is even worse: The face finally makes the hot tag to his partner after a lengthy beat-down period, but the ref doesn't see the tag! While the ref is arguing with the face partner, the heels clap their hands and switch places. The ref turns around and accepts that they tagged in. I remember watching those weekly TNA PPVs and former ref Rudy Charles would ALWAYS do that. He came across like the most incompetent ref on the planet on a weekly basis, and that counts the ones from the 2002 Western Conference Finals!
Things That Make Matches All Of A Sudden Become Nonsensical
The pin reversal spot that goes on and on forever, with them sunset flipping each other and getting two counts. Just ugh
A guy who has a big top rope spot taking a MILLION years to get to the top rope then take a MILLION more years to play to the crowd and pose....miss the spot and the damn announcer go.."I think he took a little too long up there"...YA THINK!!!
Waiting for a guy to get up to do a move like The Rock waiting for the opponent to get up to give them the Rock Bottom instead of manually picking them up to do the move more quickly.
The Irish Whip
Someone pulling your arm wouldn't make you run, nor would it make you bounce off the ropes right back into them.
And I'll put more later
Hometown Disadvantage
I don't know why, but it seems that guys are always booked to lose in their hometown. It's almost like Vince gets pleasure in watching the hometown guy get crushed. Take for example Survivor Series 2010 in Miami. MVP, hailing from Miami, was participating in a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination match, and he got one of the biggest pops of the night. He was getting "305" chants and all that good stuff. Unfortunately, it didn't last long as he was the first person eliminated after about four minutes. Kinda deflating. Similar thing happened to CM Punk at Judgment Day 2009. They were in Illinois, a short distance away from his hometown of Chicago. The fans wanted to see their guy slay Umaga and walk away in victory. Well, needless to say, that didn't happen. And then Raw emanated from Long Island, the hometown of the one and only Zack Ryder. As we all know, he wasn't even booked on the main show, despite the crowd voicing their opinion with a number of "We Want Ryder" chants throughout the night. This makes me think that the Ultimate Warrior was onto something when he chose to be billed from Parts Unknown.
Countless Originators
TNA's Mike Tenay is mostly guilty of this one, and it bugs me every time. How many times have you heard him say, "Jerry Lynn was X Division before the X Division was cool," or "If it wasn't for Syxx Pac, there wouldn't be an X Division"? He's also done it with Jushin Liger, RVD, Jimmy Snuka- I'm sure there are many more. Anyway, my point is how many people can he credit with the same thing? I get that he's trying to put someone over, but come up with something a little more original. Same goes for when he and others continuously say a certain PPV or TV show is the "biggest night in company history." Perfect example would be the Royal Rumble. Every year, it's "the most star-studded Royal Rumble ever!" Another one happens at basically every TNA PPV, "That was the best wrestling match I have ever seen in all my years of working in the business!" It diminishes the meaning, and after a while, people just roll their eyes and stop buying it. Give me something different.
Foreign Crowds
Edge is Canadian, stop chanting "USA"! Same rule goes for Ezekiel Jackson- he isn't from the United States, so technically, a "USA" chant in favor of him and against his foreign opponent isn't helping anybody. I know they're trying to support the babyface, but come on, that just makes things awkward.
"It's Over!"
No, it really isn't. Let me paint you a picture. "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel lifts Shawn Michaels up for a Jackknife Powerbomb and nails it. You're thinking, "damn, it's over!" Then you hear Vince McMahon shout "It's over!", and you know the match will continue. Let's not pin it solely on McMahon though. Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, Taz, Mike Tenay, Tony Schivone, hell, even Jim Ross- they are all guilty of it. I can understand getting lost in the match as an announcer, and letting those emotions come out, but after years and years of hearing the same thing, it's going to start to wear thin and lose its credibility. Why not switch it up and shout that when the finish really is about to come? It's just gotten to the point where it has spoiled potentially awesome false finishes for me- finishes I would have bought had the announcers not uttered those words. It isn't even necessary to say it at all. I know many people don't like wrestling-to-sport comparisons, but I'm going to do one anyway to cement my point. It's not like you hear John Madden scream "It's over!" as the football is halfway in the air and heading for the receiver waiting in the endzone.
Evil Referee
The referee never sees the heel do something wrong throughout the course of a match. Don't get me wrong, I get that it's intended that way to build tension and get more sympathy from the crowd for the babyface, but it still bothers me. Always has, and probably always will. In a tag team match, the heels are double teaming on the face in the peril, so his partner naturally comes to help. The ref backs him away, "Get back to your corner!" Meanwhile, the heels continue beating on the poor guy behind the ref's back. This one is even worse: The face finally makes the hot tag to his partner after a lengthy beat-down period, but the ref doesn't see the tag! While the ref is arguing with the face partner, the heels clap their hands and switch places. The ref turns around and accepts that they tagged in. I remember watching those weekly TNA PPVs and former ref Rudy Charles would ALWAYS do that. He came across like the most incompetent ref on the planet on a weekly basis, and that counts the ones from the 2002 Western Conference Finals!
Things That Make Matches All Of A Sudden Become Nonsensical
The pin reversal spot that goes on and on forever, with them sunset flipping each other and getting two counts. Just ugh
A guy who has a big top rope spot taking a MILLION years to get to the top rope then take a MILLION more years to play to the crowd and pose....miss the spot and the damn announcer go.."I think he took a little too long up there"...YA THINK!!!
Waiting for a guy to get up to do a move like The Rock waiting for the opponent to get up to give them the Rock Bottom instead of manually picking them up to do the move more quickly.
The Irish Whip
Someone pulling your arm wouldn't make you run, nor would it make you bounce off the ropes right back into them.
And I'll put more later
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