A Key Element Missing In Today's Product - Anyone Else Notice This?

**voncouch** · 03-12-2013, 02:28 PM

I�ve been watching wrestling since I was in kindergarten, mainly as a WWE fanboy. And lately, this is frustrating me with the product: why can�t a match end on anything but a finisher? While most matches of years past usually did end with the biggest move in a wrestler�s arsenal, they still would throw a curveball every now and again. Sometimes a simple sunset flip or small package executed at the right time could get a surprise win. Two examples that stand out in my mind are Bret Hart vs Piper at WM8 and Bret Hart vs British Bulldog at Summerslam 92. Both matches had a fantastic story with strong finishes, and neither needed to end the match on their finishers. Ric Flair vs Randy Savage at WM8 had two of the best workers of all time telling a fantastic story with two of the most well-known finishers in the business, and the match ended on a schoolboy pin.

On Monday, Dolph Ziggler countered an amazing top-rope back suplex, but the match didn't end because he didn't hit his finish. 2 weeks before, Punk nailed Cena with a fantastic piledriver. But I wasn't shocked on the kick-out, because it wasn't the GTS. You just can�t get a good false finish in with a big move anymore. And for most matches, it still won�t end unless the finisher has been kicked out of two or three times. I�ve heard a lot of people complain about today�s product, but this is a missing part of today�s storytelling that I haven�t heard mentioned before. Has anyone else noticed this? Does anyone else miss it?

03-12-2013, 02:28 PM	#1
voncouch MEIN FUHRER! I CAN WALK! Posts: 566	A Key Element Missing In Today's Product - Anyone Else Notice This? I�ve been watching wrestling since I was in kindergarten, mainly as a WWE fanboy. And lately, this is frustrating me with the product: why can�t a match end on anything but a finisher? While most matches of years past usually did end with the biggest move in a wrestler�s arsenal, they still would throw a curveball every now and again. Sometimes a simple sunset flip or small package executed at the right time could get a surprise win. Two examples that stand out in my mind are Bret Hart vs Piper at WM8 and Bret Hart vs British Bulldog at Summerslam 92. Both matches had a fantastic story with strong finishes, and neither needed to end the match on their finishers. Ric Flair vs Randy Savage at WM8 had two of the best workers of all time telling a fantastic story with two of the most well-known finishers in the business, and the match ended on a schoolboy pin. On Monday, Dolph Ziggler countered an amazing top-rope back suplex, but the match didn't end because he didn't hit his finish. 2 weeks before, Punk nailed Cena with a fantastic piledriver. But I wasn't shocked on the kick-out, because it wasn't the GTS. You just can�t get a good false finish in with a big move anymore. And for most matches, it still won�t end unless the finisher has been kicked out of two or three times. I�ve heard a lot of people complain about today�s product, but this is a missing part of today�s storytelling that I haven�t heard mentioned before. Has anyone else noticed this? Does anyone else miss it?