PepperPlunge Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Most of the British wrestling I've seen is a fuck load of hand clapping and foot stomping and panto. Lucha Britannia seem to be doing something that will appeal to the casuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted May 15, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 I think William Regal even said that British guys should wrestle in the traditional British style because American promoters aren't going to go through the hassle of getting work permits for British guys that wrestle the same as the guys on the American indies. You mean like these ambassadors of the traditional British style? Â Â And, if he counts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted May 15, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 A lot may not, But we do... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpRsq7c6Dr4 Woah, you got some heat in 11:25. Mentalist Norfolk locals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Wrestler`s Wrestler DKJ Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 A lot may not, But we do... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpRsq7c6Dr4 Woah, you got some heat in 11:25. Mentalist Norfolk locals. Â Thanks. The folks of norfolk can be a little mental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Most of the British wrestling I've seen is a fuck load of hand clapping and foot stomping and panto. Lucha Britannia seem to be doing something that will appeal to the casuals. Â That is a joke isn't it? Â Lucha Britannia are probably the most niche product there is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 A lot may not, But we do... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpRsq7c6Dr4 Woah, you got some heat in 11:25. Mentalist Norfolk locals. Â That gentleman is quite frankly a NUTTER, he has been thrown out of several waw venues and banned. Had bout 4 bouncers cart him out and had sweet saraya sit on him so he behaves. At the recent WAW show in wymondham, tommy lee came out to manage, walked around the ring a few times, shouted at the crowd and the man in question went off on one, pushin chairs getting real arsey and had to be escorted out and is now banned from WAW Wymondham shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Most of the British wrestling I've seen is a fuck load of hand clapping and foot stomping and panto. Lucha Britannia seem to be doing something that will appeal to the casuals. Â That is a joke isn't it? Â Lucha Britannia are probably the most niche product there is. Â I think you got this one well wrong mate. Lucha Britannia is proper aimed at casuals. People from work go to them and they aint wrestling fans! Not at all. Â It's a cultural thing, in Camdem, innit. Good venue, as near to Central London as you could get... it aint tucked out the way. Â I love BritWres but fuck me it's embarassing to take non-fans. They've always come away laughing, usually about the 'talent' looking like pussies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshC Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 The Welsh Heavyweight Champion, Kade Callous, is one of the very best strikers in the country, in terms of making a punch look and sound deadly but leaving the opponent able to work the next night. People would do well do watch his punches, particularly this Tuesday in Cardiff at The Gate Arts Centre (7pm start!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosler28 Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 punches make wrestling look fake in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted May 15, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 The Welsh Heavyweight Champion, Kade Callous, is one of the very best strikers in the country, in terms of making a punch look and sound deadly but leaving the opponent able to work the next night. People would do well do watch his punches, particularly this Tuesday in Cardiff at The Gate Arts Centre (7pm start!) Aye, Callous is a very decent wrestler. One of the most underrated in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teq Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Most of British Wrestling is embarrasing, which is a shame because it would be great if in some perfect world you could have a just a handful of promotions and showcase the great talent that is here because there are people who can have great matches and represent well. Too much really, really shitty execution and not much grasp of timing/psychology. Things just thrown out there by a lot of people who have never hit the gym in their life but they will remain adamant that they are having amazing matches ignoring any room for criticism because a couple of little friends tell them their shit is awesome, thus the promotion and their talent and booking improve at a snails pace if at all. Â I cringe at the thought of if I were to ever attend a show and bring some non-fans. Â From what I've seen sometimes here there is too much "British-ness" forced upon the shows, in that out-dated British panto sort of way. It's alright in small portions but when it's amplified it comes across as cringy, especially in 2011. I'd rather watch a wrestler come out confident and looking like he wants to win the match, not coming out going "COOOOOOOME ON, YEAH", starting multiple claps and chants the seconds he's out through the curtain but from what I gather if you don't do these things you are labelled as lacking in crowd involvement and personality because it is the "British Style" thing to do. "EAAAAASSSSSSY EASSSSSSSYY". Oh, please, shut the fuck up and put on a good, progressively worked match that doesn't have a million reverse whips and rushing to get to some flips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted May 15, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 15, 2011 Oddly enough, whilst I wasn't a fan of him as Nigel McGuinness, Desmond Wolfe was, to me, the most accurate example of how the British style can be updated to fit the American style of working without losing its distinctiveness - that fusion of clinical technique with vicious brawling made for awesome viewing, and it all looked innovative, different to everything else the Americans were doing, and still looked like it wouldn't be out of place on a WoS show back in the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrington Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Most of the British wrestling I've seen is a fuck load of hand clapping and foot stomping and panto. Lucha Britannia seem to be doing something that will appeal to the casuals. That's what it is mainly. You get the "face" clapping, getting the crowd wound up just to go into a lock up. Why bother. That clapping all started when the blue eye would be in a hold and the crowd would do it to show him support, then he'd escape annd the crowd loved it. And alot of workers version of "technical wrestling" is wrist lock reversals and maybe a hammerlock. Other than that they cant really wrestle. If you asked them to do 5 minutes of just wrestling holds they wouldnt be able to and its a shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve rayson Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 You bet your fucking ass it's a problem, if someone doesn't look legit there's no point to watch him perform. I don't really know how things are in the British scene at the moment as I haven't watched a single match for quite some time, but I don't think it can be any worse than what we get to see in the American main stream where you get to see most of the guys taking the piss and barley having any contact with there opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 And, if he counts: Â In a recent interview with Gamesmaster magazine, Sheamus said "Obviously I am and will continue to be the most successful of the British talent" -- when he's referring to himself as talent from the BritWres scene, I'd say he counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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