RVD sold a piledriver well once.
Like he had a damned rubber spring for a neck. I'm a sucker for a hilarious oversell.
RVD sold a piledriver well once.
RVD sold a piledriver well once.
I prefer Bret's style of believable selling. His reactions are consistent with how someone would act after taking a huge hit IRL. It creates a better overall product IMO, vs the HBK et al style of selling moves in a caricature fashion, then a few seconds later acting like nothing happened.
Speaking of hilarious oversells, the timing of Shane's beer explosion here is awesome.
Back on topic, I always thought nobody could take an asskicking as convincingly as Ricky Morton, but Steamboat was a close second.
Watch someone take a huge hit in The UFC - not a knockout, just a huge hit that they can still continue from and tell me if the way they react is consistent with Bret Hart's "believable selling." Doing this will convince you that either Bret Hart's selling was not consistent with how a fighter would react to some type of punishing maneuver sustained in a fight, or that UFC is fake and filled with guys who don't sell properly.
And 10 min later Bret would still be selling a banged up knee, bruised ribs or a injured shoulder...
Now people get their knee worked for 5 min straight and 10 min later they're pulling top rope shit on it