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Originally Posted by Jordan X
I'm about to post a video which displays the worst kind of wrestling there is. And I will say that if AEW pushes this style, it will fail. There is an element of Lucha that has leaked it's way into our style here in the US, and even Japan. Now, I love Lucha Libre, I prefer it self contained because it is a totally different style and product than I grew up on with WWF, WCW, and ECW. Even the Lucha Libre in WCW was altered to fit into the psychology of a traditional American match.
If AEW keeps their women working like this, I can't support it. There are some good female workers out there, but not as many as a lot of the internet thinks. Tessa, Charlotte, Becky, Auska, Kairi Sane, Alexa... they can work work. They can come off as two people looking for a win. Most of the women's wrestling I see is slow motion choreography, a whole lot of effort for very little effect.
The way that people use Lucha to transition through a match is generally atrocious, as seen here.
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Think it was Sasha Banks who explained why stuff like that tends to happen a lot in women's matches and why lucha style has become very influential in women's wrestling.
Its mostly just them over-thinking the big spots both out of fear of having the crowd quickly turn on them if they mess up and taking into account the possible skills gap between wrestlers. At least in WWE, a difference in booking mentality and match layout would also be a factor.
In regards to why that form of lucha has become very influential in women's wrestling, its pretty much because of how effective its been at generating big crowd pops and also because of the quality gap with traditional wrestling training between men and women.