The time a wrestler told me my figure four looked like I was tying my shoes

I was at this indie show in Columbus Ohio like 2 years ago, working a dark match, and this veteran named Crazy Joe looked at my figure four and said 'bro you look like you're tying your sneakers out there.' I was super defensive at first because I thought I had it down. But he pointed out my legs were too bent, the lock was loose, and I wasn't putting any weight on the guy's chest. He showed me how to angle my hips and really sit down on it, and I swear after 3 matches that move started getting actual reactions from the crowd instead of crickets. I had been doing it wrong for like 5 years because nobody ever told me the little details. Has anyone else had a veteran just rip apart one of your moves and totally remake it?

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susan42415d ago

Didn't he mean your leg placement made it look loose, or was it really that bad?

sethtorres15d ago

Crazy Joe sounds like he knows his stuff but man, I gotta disagree with how serious people take this. Sure, little details matter, but you were out there five years doing it one way and it worked fine enough until some vet told you it looked bad. Now you suddenly get pops after three matches? That feels like a stretch to me. Could just be the crowd was more familiar with you by then or the spot was better built up. Seems like everyone thinks every single detail in wrestling has to be perfect or the whole match is ruined, but plenty of people get over with sloppy looking moves if the storytelling is there.