Jake “The Snake” Roberts spoke out this past week saying most matches are similar today, and the talents are wasting so much stuff and don’t realize they’re doing it. He added that he had 6 moves, did them all well and they were all believable. Ryback agrees with most of Roberts’ opinions. He points out that from a worker standpoint, everyone wants to prove they can do incredible things in the ring, but there’s no need to take half the risks that we see in the ring nowadays.
Ryback has no idea where this style originated or why it has taken hold, but it’s almost as if some of the newer generation decided to change the rules on their own and he thinks that’s quite disrespectful. He points out that today’s wrestling is not he same professional wrestling that he or Roberts were taught.
One example of this is watching a performer execute a Superkick or something of that nature early in the match, only for his opponent to brush it off and turn to offence seconds later. He has no idea how that can happen.
That sums up this week’s episode of Conversation With the Big Guy. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!
