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Originally Posted by Kane Knight
Is there any difference, really? that was just his luck, too. Survival is what we expect people to do. It's not impressive, by your logic, just fortunate.
No, I think actually doing what wrestlers are supposed to do, which is show a work ethic, is a positive thing. A shame it doesn't negate his shitty matches and pathetic attempts to make people look bad.
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But there's lots of people who just accept death at that late stage. I can't imagine anyone saying to a cancer survivor, "Good. You did what anyone would do. Now suck it up and get on with your life." Nobody thinks of Earthquake and says that him surviving as long as he did was what was expected of him, because there are a hell of a lot of people who wouldn't have fought it as long as he did. And as for Holly, from what I heard he was actually near death at one point too. His survival might not have been guaranteed at that point, so maybe he did earn a little respect.
And I agree with you on his work ethic. My whole point was that if any guy landed on the table wrong they would have finished the match. Scott Hall would have finished the match, but he had a terrible work ethic. Jake Roberts during his most piss drunk match would have finished the match after a bad fall. Same goes for Ultimate Warrior. But look at some of the young guys who get overlooked and have a great work ethic. They come in night after night, job to a bunch of old guys again and again, work hard, take the bumps and do it all to a silent crowd of sheep who are all thinking about taking a piss break until Cena or DX comes out. Sure they get paid more than the average bear, but why suddenly think that taking a bad fall on a table is the yardstick of respect? My whole point was that we need to have a better reason for suddenly respecting someone....someone like Stevie Richards.