The Pro Wrasslin' Thread (WWE, WWF, WCW, TNA, ROH, NWA, NJPW, etc)

[JWeinCom]

Eagle367 said:

JWeinCom said:

The cinematic matches were a fun experiment during the lockdown era when they couldn't have fans, but there is no reason to keep doing them. Hard to watch someone defend their title in what looks like a high school film class horror movie and then expect us to try and suspend our disbelief for the rest of the show.

I think they have their place. It's just knowing where they are needed and how to do it right. The boneyard match and firefly fun house match couldn't have been better as a traditional match. But forcing them does work. They are required for specific situations just like hell in a cell should be. Don't overuse or misuse them. 

The firefly funhouse match was great, but that's the exception. It worked because it wasn't just an extremely low budget horror film or a goofy pro wrestling spoof skit. It was an interesting metanarrative about Bray Wyatt and John Cena's careers. And, by that point they had eased us in to the weird fourth wall breaking Firefly stuff.

But, none of the others have worked for me. When I watch wrestling I really want to be able to forget it's fake and genuinely care about what's going on. When they do stuff those cinematic matches it takes me out of that, and it's hard to take the next matches seriously when you've just seen something so ridiculous. It's like if in Avengers, they decided to do a big song and dance number before fighting Thanos. Would totally ruin the immersion.