What is workrate anyway?

[St. Jimmy]

Here's a video explaining what work rate is.

[DaveBrawl]

Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla AKA, shut the fuck up, Davebrawl. :foc:

Like a knife in my chest.

It's something that Indie fans use to make a mess of a box of tissues.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Originally Posted by What Would Kevin Do? This, pretty much. I think the problem people have though is when it comes to people like Davey Richards, and a lot of indy wrestlers, who put a ton of effort/energy into their matches, but do stupid shit (unnecessary moves, flips, etc), during their matches. Davey Richards is a hard worker, and he busts his ass in the ring. However, he tries too hard to be stiff, and bust out tons of moves every match. Same thing with a lot of the Dragon Gate guys. They bust their asses, but their matches are ridiculous. Compare them to someone like HBK though, who has superb "work rate" and is an amazing wrestler. I guess what it comes down to is that you can have great workrate, but still be a shit wrestler. However, chances are, if your work rate sucks, your wrestling probably does too, with a few exceptions. Mainly guys like current day Mark Henry, who don't have to really bust their ass in a match, but still look great, because it goes well with the style/gimmick. I think a good example of workrate is RVD. In the original ECW, he busted his ass, had great matches, and, to my understanding of the term, had a good work rate. However, in TNA, he just seems to go through a routine in his matches, and not really try, despite doing a lot of the same moves. I guess it goes, in a sense, to passion. Who looks like they care, and who looks like they're just trying to get paid.

this helps me with my rugby analogy (sorry i keep bring it back there). Working hard isn't enough to have a good workrate on the pitch or in the ring. If you're just running around like a maniac "working hard" but getting penalized and dropping balls and trying to do too many things, it's not an effective work rate. But if you have an understanding of where to be and what do when you're there, ie. are reading the game well and you do so consistantly throughout a match, it's an effective work rate.


Same goes for wrestling. Shawn Michaels or Bret Hart never did as many moves as Davey Richards, but they "read the game" well and worked hard within those parameters.

[MoFo]

The amount of kicks and chops ROH wrestlers do, because nobody in WWE has workrate obvs

[MoFo]

The better a guys workrate, the more boring they are