During a recent interview with Fightful, AEW’s “Speedball” Mike Bailey discussed his frustration with some wrestling veterans who complain about a lack of psychology in the modern style.
“I get so angry. I get so, so enraged at all the veterans of professional wrestling who will talk about psychology and, for example, why a superkick should only be a finish and stuff like that. But if you watch their matches, 90 % of them started with, ‘I will give you four unprotected right hooks. You will block the fourth one. Give me four of your own unprotected right hooks directly to the jaw. Then you will grab me by the arm, push me to the ropes, attempt to throw me. I will reverse your Irish whip because I am unaffected by I’m equally unaffected by your four unprotected right hooks to the face and then I will give you a back elbow or some bullshit and then you will go down on the back elbow, ignoring the fact that we punched each other directly in the jaw.’ Again, don’t get me started on cognitive dissonance when it comes to logic in professional wrestling. Pins? Pins are the fakest part of professional wrestling… But again, that is the beauty of professional wrestling is that we perform in the universe that we create. We make rules, and as long as they’re consistent and are perceived as logical by the audience that is watching, then it’s fine. Then it’s all good.”
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