Wrestling is constantly evolving and things have changed a lot over the years. While finishers used to typically lead to the end of a match, nowadays wrestlers are constantly kicking out of finishing moves.
During a recent appearance on The Bobby Bones Show, Shawn Michaels shared his take on wrestlers kicking out of finishers, and he also explained the different between a superkick and Sweet Chin Music.
“So look, I think we go through phases and peaks and valleys in that to where you’re looking to give your fans the most for their entertainment dollar and nine times out of 10, that’s excitement, that’s movement. Certainly from an NXT standpoint, we don’t have the equity in our superstars that a main roster, a Raw or a SmackDown has. A viewer might not watch an NXT upstart who’s been doing this for six months as long as they’re going to watch a Kevin Owens and so, that young superstar will probably have to move faster and do more exciting things to keep that viewer invested. But at the same time, you wanna teach them and keep the integrity of the business so, look, you might begin to give them a little leeway and usually what happens is we do that but then after a while, it goes too far and then we reel and have to rein everybody back in, and so that’s just something you have to keep your fingers on the pulse of and that’s something I think that’s going on now.”
“I think everybody, especially my finisher, the superkick or — again, I’m now understanding that a superkick is one thing but Sweet Chin Music, that’s a finisher so, I think when you get into those types of things, if you wanna keep the integrity of the move, obviously, we always want that to be noteworthy. But, I think you have to kind of call those as you see ‘em and hopefully the fan base appreciates and understands that.”
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