During a recent episode of his podcast, former WWE star Ryback talked about various topics.
Ryback had this to say about NXT Takeover:
“I watched a couple of matches but then I had to shut it off. The guys there are incredible. It seems like the different guys and wrestlers I talk to – it’s different. I can’t explain it. I don’t know where the not selling moves or the psychology of selling or having to do 3,4,5 moves in place of one really impressive move. For example, Ricochet doing the backflips off of the ropes and Adam Cole hitting the superkick perfectly timed in place. If you listen to the reaction of the move and the crowd reaction, I would say you go for the cover there why do you pick the guy up after hitting an impressive finisher on the guy when you are already letting him kick out of it? I just think there are ways around that stuff rather than letting someone stack moves. If you are going to do it do it later on in the match.”
Ryback also commented on NXT Takeover matches compared to WWE matches:
“It’s weird that you see that style on NXT but all those NXT guys that go to the main roster they don’t do that for the most part. Not to say from time to time something will get thrown in there. Sometimes, Seth Rollins will throw a double stack in there, but it’s usually placed a little differently, but I feel like watching it on NXT it will be – there’s no build up to it. Also, there may have been a 20-30 move sequence during a match where there was no selling. That, I don’t understand. Call me crazy, but it seems like everybody that I talk to that has a know all about pro wrestling doesn’t understand it. I try to understand it. I try to put it in my mind that everything evolves, but I can’t understand this because there is nowhere to go from that, and to me that is a disconnect where you hit someone with 20 moves and you don’t hurt each other. I just don’t know. I think if you were a small guy working with a bigger guy, that makes sense that you have to throw more things to try and hurt that guy, but two guys of the same size I just don’t know. That is just my opinion on it, but I know a lot of people share that, and a lot of people that are casually watching it don’t understand it. To me it exposes the business a little too much. Again, everybody can do that and no-sell anything, they really can. Athletically it’s great, everything they do, but if it takes 4-5 superkicks to get a guy down then what does that say about your superkicks?”
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(H/T to our friends at WrestlingInc for the transcript)
