>>11689447Wrong. Go back and watch a DG, or especially, Toryumon match. They were fast paced and trios spotfests sure but they were far slicker and tighter than the generation aping them. No deadtime, no clear telegraphing of sequences, no pausing to brace or post for moves, things were more chaotic and unrefined in posture so looked realer, but faster with less gaps between moves in a sequence so looked less rehearsed, they'd sell or jockey or act like they're trying to catch up or reposition in-between moves rather than just standing there waiting to take it or doing a pointless showy flip to fill the gap.
The style is the same, execution worlds apart. None of these guys are Dragon Kid or Yoshino.
>>11689997They're a big part of it because of the dumbass posedown they would always end on but the difference with them was they, especially RVD, had more mass behind them and again put more behind each move.
Ospreay, Ricochet, Fenix, Cole, Gargano, Ciampa etc. all suck because their chain sequences are just sequences. You know it's just an excuse to GO FAST OMG THEY'RE DANCING because they have the blank expression of someone focused on remembering the sequence, and put nothing into the constituent techniques because the techniques don't matter, their priority is pace of exchange, literally workrate above all. The moves in the sequence are filler, none are going to land or matter so why sell the execution or counter of them when that slows down the number of steps in the routine per second? It's the same problem ZSJ had for years and still occasionally falls into- he did his fancy cycling through holds and moves but had zero expression, physicality or emotion in body or face in any move, so it just becomes a meaningless paired aerobics routine.
The speed of a chain sequence only matters if the parts in the chain look like they matter, a medium pace chain sequence sold hard trumps a super fast super flippy sequence which has nothing behind it.
