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Originally Posted by Corkscrewed
That's going a bit too far... this isn't a guessing game like, say pitching. The not being able to get to the ropes due to no leg strength makes some sense, but there are other ways to counter a crossface. For example, even with bum legs, you could conceivably flip Benoit onto his back into a pinning combo (I wonder why people don't do that more often) just to break the hold.
While going for the crossface after working the lower body isn't horrid ring psychology, it's not the best choice by a long shot. That's all.
Really, ring psychology is very logical. But the problem is that many wrestlers want to look like a star and don't sell. Others are all flash and thus hit two powerbombs followed by a DVD followed by brainbuster DDT, only to let the other guy kick out, then hit a moonsault, followed by a Rock Bottom, followed by a spike piledriver or something. It's kinda stupid. That would just be a spotfest, literally.
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Yeah, I get what you mean. Benoit really couldn't do that Crippelr Crossface scenario more than once, because then it would just get predictable. Maybe as a one time thing, but that would be shifty, because it is a risk (something Eddie Guerrero would do, but not Benoit).
I think cruiserweight wrestling features little to zero psychology. Guys throw their weight around, but I would much more prefer it if a guy like Funaki through his weight into an opponent's leg, rather than just taking him down with it. Cruiserweight wrestling could be telling more of a story than it is.
BTW, is it just me, or does Jericho not use much psychology in his matches (as a face anyway). It seems every one of his matches is him getting dominated, then he follows through with moves that don't do accumalating damage to a body part. Y2J could do a Lionsault to the back occasionally, and maybe contorl a match or two and finish with an extremely painful Walls of Jericho hold that could make people in attendence cringe. The only thing I can see with Chris Jericho's moveset, is how all the moves one after the other to different body parts hurt the opponent all over, make them less suspecting for the next attack, and eventually make them so worn down, they can't kick out of the Lionsault or escape the Walls of Jericho.