After reading 'what makes a good worker' on http://slingshotsuplex.blogspot.com/ I decided to write a... well you can call it a response if you want, but I'm going to go with add on
Anyway after slingshot here pointed out what made a good worker, I feel there was more to cover
True he was right when he said that a good worker can get the crowd going and believe in the match, but a great worker should be able to let that match go down in history
Let’s take an example,
Owen hart isn’t on the same level of 'working' as Hogan, but in my opinion he had the better match with his brother at Wrestlemaina 10 than Hogan did with André at Wrestlemaina 3. Cm punk will never reach the same level as HHH but him and Morrison had one hell of a bout back in 2007 on ECW when punk won the title, compared to some lacklustre moments from triple h(ss series anyone?)
the point I'm making is, during the attuide era, more empathise on crowd reaction than actual wrestling ability were made in the wwe, which is why when asked about the greatest match's of all time, I recall those before that era and after that.
Sure stone cold could work the crowd into a frenzy and wrestle but he didn't have the ability of others who weren’t the greatest worker, the rock was great with a promo but some of his match's just felt lacklustre and repitive(kind of like someone we know today).
The fact of the matter is, a true legend, one of great immortally, is one who is a great worker and has a great wrestling ability.
Those including HBK, Brett hart, edge, rick flair, sting, Kurt angle and randy Orton (the voices in my head told me to write that).
Great workers such as Hogan, stone cold, rock, mankind, piper and Kevin Nash will always have those legendary match's, but in the end, they just don't compare to those listed above.
Well that's my view on legends
Prove me wrong
Delliott out!
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1 comment:
Nice post, but id have to argue that you cant compare, well, anyone really to hogan, rock and austin and this is why. Sure other great superstars have put on better matches. But the fans are what the shows about and the crowd reactions and pure emotions of the crowd are 99 percent of the time at its peak during these 3s matches. I give u hogan vs rock and wm19 as a huge example of that. The in ring work is really never that important if u have the crowd eating out of the palm of your hand like that. While some of those guys u listed as legends are extremely good. The mount rushmore of wrestling would almost undoubtedly be hogan, austin, flair, and andre the giant, 3 of them werent that good in the ring technically (although austin before the neck injuries could wrestle with the best of em). My point is what u can do in the ring will only get u so far in this business other then the occasional ooh and ahh from the crowd. But if u really can work, you'll have those stare at the crowd moments like rock and hogan, and they'll be eating out of the palm of your hand before u even touch each other.
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