>>5350366The thing about Jake is that meltz never really liked the guy. The style Jake employed meant that while he always did the right thing in ring, he never had OMG Moments as the ebots would say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S95zy7BdskFundamentally sound match, but you remember the build more than the match. However, the psychology is top notch, not one single wasted move. No "lemme get my shit in." Crowd is hot start to finish. Meltz wants more to his matches, more athletics. More physiques. Jake had the supernatural ability to know precisely what to do at the right time and while that is valued, Meltz will not really exult its value.
The man is textbook on what to do right, besides the drugs. If it wasn't for the drugs and booze, he probably would have actually held gold. Every bit of his prime promo work, the storytelling, the pacing, the economic wrestling style, wrestlers should be following every single bit.
Every DDT tease Jake did, for example, popped the crowd. In that clip, Jake is face. He could play both, the believable underdog constantly fucked over by dipshit heels, and he can play as a serial murderer and torture maniac. Not many wrestlers can do either, but Jake could do both.
Snake is proof that meltz's ratings aren't the end all be all
