Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Black Omega" data-source="post: 331371" data-attributes="member: 79">I nbelieve it was Dave Meltzer who commented that there are three levels of working matches.&nbsp; 1.&nbsp; The Hulk Hogan, every move is scripted ahead of time style.&nbsp; Hogan-Ultimate Warrior from years ago at Wrestlemania was practiced move for move for a week before the actual match.&nbsp; This is fairly uncommon.2.&nbsp; The most common is a prescripted ending and spots with the actual pacing and stuff worked out in the ring.&nbsp; Once you know what you are looking for, it's fairly easy to spot the times when wrestlers are communicating.&nbsp; Shawn Michaels was notorious at times for trying to make people look bad by making the move calling very obvious.3.&nbsp; Totally freeform performance.&nbsp; Very rare and it takes a good wrestler to pull it off.&nbsp; A famous Great Muta-Brad Armstrong match from years ago was actually a fill in match where the two men were told &quot;We need a match fast.&nbsp; Muta wins with a moonsault in ten minutes.&nbsp; Get to it.&quot;&nbsp; and five minutes later they were in the ring, no time to even work out spots.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Black Omega, post: 331371, member: 79"] I nbelieve it was Dave Meltzer who commented that there are three levels of working matches. 1. The Hulk Hogan, every move is scripted ahead of time style. Hogan-Ultimate Warrior from years ago at Wrestlemania was practiced move for move for a week before the actual match. This is fairly uncommon. 2. The most common is a prescripted ending and spots with the actual pacing and stuff worked out in the ring. Once you know what you are looking for, it's fairly easy to spot the times when wrestlers are communicating. Shawn Michaels was notorious at times for trying to make people look bad by making the move calling very obvious. 3. Totally freeform performance. Very rare and it takes a good wrestler to pull it off. A famous Great Muta-Brad Armstrong match from years ago was actually a fill in match where the two men were told "We need a match fast. Muta wins with a moonsault in ten minutes. Get to it." and five minutes later they were in the ring, no time to even work out spots. [/QUOTE]

Verification