Final webm from this match, and now I'll be gone for the next hour or so. Hopefully the board doesn't fucking explode and the thread stays up!
>>11299708I was actually going to comment on that too. It seems like worked punches are somewhat of a lost art, but I think depends where you look. In Japan, which is really the only area I feel comfortable presenting a theory about, it feels like way faces/heels are presented were always a bit stricter and more straightforward than in the west, so it makes sense that punches have been entirely outlawed and are only used by heels or in very specific heated feuds. All that being said though, it's strange that the art of the worked punch seemed to totally vanish.