>>8786026I had the complete opposite experience.
The body language and selling make the less convoluted style of wrestling work.
I’ll never forgot when I was watching Dusty vs flair and flair puts him in a sleeper and my reaction was “omg how is dusty going to get out of this?” When my reaction to every other sleeper ever was to stop paying attention cause they were just going to go to the mat for a minute and then elbow their way out.
It’s like when you keep going backwards in joshi. Yes the crush gals are doing basic moves but they’re doing them extremely well and in a way that engages you because you buy into the struggle.
