Guest nWo Hogan Posted February 16, 2002 Share Posted February 16, 2002 I think to much emphasis is put on the high flying aspect in British wrestling nowadays, and if you cant fly your considered an afterthought. I think this is unfair as the inability to do summersaults, lionsaults and springboard flying moves hasn't hampered HHH,The Rock,Hogan,Flair,Sting,Luger,Kane,Undertaker and Austin etc, in fact in both WWF and WCW you rarely have or had a main eventer who could do any more that 6-8 moves. Just look at the Rocks and HHH's list of moves, not exactly high is it, yet these guys make millions. I keep hearing from people who say they can't make it because they can't fly etc. If you've got charisma and can generate heat then theres no reason why you cant succeed, you dont need to have a match where theres 100 moves in 10 minutes, this where i think British wrestling is hitting a stumbling block. Come on guys give the ground based wrestlers a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRM Posted February 16, 2002 Share Posted February 16, 2002 We do here, plenty of tecnical wrestling fans around but you find many of them can be a little stuck up and tend to look down there noses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tajiri Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 The reason WWF main eventers are bigger is because Vince doesn't like using smaller guys, Jericho & HBK are the only champions under 235lbs. As for UK wrestling hitting a stubling block using light Heavyweight guys I disagree, it's different to what alot of people have seen in the past meaning greater interest much like the ECW of old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cyanide Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 There are a lot to runing a promotion, E-mail me and i will tell you more i don't know how to use all this vB code cr@p so my E-mail is cyanideuk@btopenworld.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cyanide Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 sorry some how its posted in the wrong one, silly me :xyx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsuMirren Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 The SCW show on Saturday had a good mix of everything, to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMania Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 To be honest this is the first i've heard of a lot of emphasis been put on peopel to be high-flyers. The British wrestling style isn't really high flying and i've never heard anyone say you have to be a high flyer to be succesful in britain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabass Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 Originally posted by Tajiri Jericho & HBK are the only champions under 235lbs... HBK had power and Jericho had [Miracle god like] Timing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayden Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 Besides which many of the main eventers actually did/do have more than 6 or 8 moves, but inevitably once you're that big a star there's a tendency to get lazy. If anyone wasn't impressed with the Rock when he debuted, or Austin when he fought Bret the first time then there's something kinda wrong, these guys really can wrestle. Very few guys get to the main event, and then get better in the ring. Most of their improvement comes along the way You want your main eventers/champions to be all conquering superstars. Kinda hard to promote Rey Jr as a serious contender, could he really overcome the Big Show/Nash/Taker without it being kinda ridiculous. They went for the giant killer angle in WCW with him beating Nash, but guys like him and Juvi just don't look right in the main event. By going for something different a la ECW, as mentioned previously, you gain a small loyal following. ECW's was 16-30 year old beer drinking males who liked violence. The problem with that is unless you change your style to appeal to a wider audience you get to a point where it's hard to get any bigger. WWF has a product that has something for everyone, therefore giving them a bigger target audience. Promotions like the FWA are trying to go for this too, which seems to make pretty good sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 wwf's main eventers wont be highflying, because with the amount ofmatches they actaully do, they would kill themselves. British wrestling has a lot of highflyers because they want to impress new audiance, and old audiance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRM Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 Tributes are'nt high flying, mainly due to the fact that most of the erm people doing it are over 50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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