AEW Rampage 10/15: Bryan Danielson vs Minoro Suzuki

[Destor]

Originally Posted by XL (Potentially) Unpopular Opinion Potentially because I haven’t settled it in my own mind; I’m not sure I’m a big fan of “Strong Style”. Danielson/Suzuki or WALTER/Dragunov literally beating the shit out of each other is the exact opposite of what pro wrestling is supposed to be. The idea is for it to look like it hurts, not go away with a beet red chest and welts all over the body.

i love strong style. always have. strong style with king road booking is probably my favorite kind of wrestling. 2nd would be memphis or mid south. there's a wild gap between those two things of course. which to me should note just how varried wrestling can, and use to, be.



its all US indy now. wwe/aew/njpw its all us indy. just with different shades. some lean slightly more into strong style. others slightly more into lucha. but it becomes this amalgamation that isnt consistent to itself. it creates a thematic issue where the entire card should be getting concepts over and tha isnt possible with this structural vomit that is the modern product.



ive been wanting to broach this topic as a deep dive thread but every time i do it almost feels more like a book so i stop lol