What are things that bother you when you watch pro wrestling or maybe to word it different that bothered you? And I'm not talking about simple things we need to suspend disbelief for like an Irish whip.

When writers ignore history. Like TNA publicly saying Jeff Jarrett was the founder of TNA on Impact when Jeff Jarrett was going to war with TNA management in its early history. Or Triple H and Randy Orton teaming up now after they hated each other for years. I'm not going to shit on this yet though. I'm still hopeful that they're going to give us a reason.

A big one is the use of rape to try get heat. It doesn't make me want to boo a heel it just makes me feel really uncomfortable.

MooseNugget wrote:

Or Triple H and Randy Orton teaming up now after they hated each other for years. I'm not going to shit on this yet though. I'm still hopeful that they're going to give us a reason.

Triple H gave a reason for that on Raw. They even acknowledged the old feud on commentary, and Triple H said he hated Orton personally, and even liked Bryan personally, but this was business.

I'm with you on rape, though. I remember being really uncomfortable with the Booker T and Kurt Angle feud where Angle wanted to rape Sharmell. Along the same lines, racism and homophobia, especially when exhibited by faces trying to make jokes, tends to rub me the wrong way.

The not-casual fans like us.

When they make it the padding/cushions too obvious in high spots, I don't know I just think there could be a better camera angle as I tend to be looking at the padding rather than enjoy the spot itself. Over the top pyros bug me also, pretty much any time Triple H has a microphone... there is a tonne of stuff but that's at the top.

There are a few things that honestly bother me in wrestling:

-Squash matches
Do we really need these on a weekly basis by several guys? I know its to get them over to the live audience but come on, after a while, nobody wants to see the same guy squashing people 6-7 months later on down the road after their debut. It's uninteresting and flat out boring to watch.

-Talk show segments
The only segment in WWE that's even worth mentioning is the Highlight Reel. The Peep Show, MizTV, The Cutting Edge etc, they were good for a while, but then they just became stale and boring. Especially MizTV, all that turned into was a segment full of pointless bickering.

-Giving face/heel roles to guys who dont play the opposite part well
2 major examples of this are turning 2 good heels in Miz and Del Rio into cartoonish faces, for one, even though Miz is over as a face, he still doesnt get the reactions he would if he were a heel. Del Rio was a cartoony face that in the end, ended up being heel again anyway cause that's what he's better at.

-Whining everytime one of the "IWC's" favorites is over
Ive seen this everywhere, on forums, on Twitter....everyone complains about guys like Ziggler and Bryan and Punk and calls them "indy darlings" (because people on the internet like them, OH NO, THERES A FANBASE ON THE INTERNET) but are the same ones that cry when you insult Cena or Orton. Get the fuck over yourselves already and stop being hypocrites.

Constantly pairing Veterans in matches together that we have seen 100 times and have no prevalence to current story-lines at all. I think if I have to see Orton vs Christian one more time I might have to scream. Christian should be working great matches with guys like Cesaro and Wyatt who are going to be the future very soon.

Jericho getting a huge amount return Vignettes every time he comes back. We get it. Jericho is a huge advocate for wrestling and one of the best talents to ever grace the ring, but seriously he takes a few months break yearly, stop with the Eerie 'who is it' we get it.

Bad packaging. Like Seriously who really thinks that these gimmicks are going to work? having Albert return as Lord Tensai, whom never got Main Event Heat that they were looking for quickly alters him weekly. Ryback's bully Gimmick is killing me. How is he not being punished by this reformation of The Corporation for violating the companies anti-bullying campaign they push so much. I don't know how WWE Thinks that Los Matadors is going to be good for the Colon boys, seriously literally just have a huge thing about the Colon heritage, and give em a good run with the tag belts. killing me.

I don't know if this counts...but

When Cena was telling the fans he was going away from the WWE for several months do to an injury and surgery he's getting and the fans cheered, I Didn't like that.
I get the guy gets heat from mostly a basic wrestling fan, but this guy puts his body and career on the line, and that goes for any athlete...it wasn't right and he didn't deserve it.

^ Fans are cunts.

Razor Xtreme wrote:

The not-casual fans like us.

This. So much this.

The biggest thing is when you can tell the writers/workers don't give a shit about a segment/match.

Like when Gail Kim eliminated herself in a battle royal.
Like when TNA had Samoa Joe abducted but then didn't mention it on the next show.

Shit like that... Just fucking irritates me. It's insulting to the fans.

Pretty much what Ian said.

If you don't give a shit, why the fuck are you writing the goddamn show, you mother-grubbers.

Something that just popped in my head...

People think there's several different Ultimate Warriors and Undertakers but why not two different Scott Steiners??? 

I don't like that old tired spot where a guy gets whipped into the ropes, then his opponent is like "I'll just bend over now, that usually works."

Minkaro wrote:

I don't like that old tired spot where a guy gets whipped into the ropes, then his opponent is like "I'll just bend over now, that usually works."

I marked out when someone actually did a back body drop in WWE a year or two ago

A ton of little things annoy me. Some have been named already.

When wrestlers just have to sell the 5 Moves of Doom. Where have you been for the last 11 years?! You know he's gonna duck the right hand you're gonna give him in order to slam you on your back.

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Razor Xtreme wrote:

The not-casual fans like us.

This. So much this.

This is probably the biggest reason I no longer enjoy watching.

Agreed. Especially since WWE panders to them too much nowadays.

^^^Every wrestler has at least five moves of doom, gentleman. Even Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels, even Undertaker, all of them have a group of moves to build momentum.

lol. Like "Oh, I'm on the ground! Oh, I'm standing up. Do I hear stomping behind me? I know I'm facing Shawn Michaels but that can't mean anything... lemme just turn around and OH MY GOD SWEET CHIN MUSIC!"

or

"I know I'm facing HHH and I have the upper hand... maybe if I whip him and bend down, I'll do a weak back body drop and there is NO chance he'll get me with a knee facebuster - ow."

Or, my personal favorite.

"I've just been tripped and fell into the second rope. Nothing suspicious about---Oh shit, 619."

LMAO

These are all great instances where suspension of disbelief should be generously applied.

^ I don't have a problem with it. We're referring to the people that do.

One thing that always gets me is when refs take bumps and take FOREVER to get up from it. I understand it hurts going down like that from a wrestler if your to believe it, but seems to take so long at times.