10 Dreadful Wrestling Tropes That NEED To Die!

10. Kick-Out At 2.999 After A Move That NEVER Works

Late kick-outs are definitely a welcome part of the pro-wrestling experience.

There's nothing quite like the feeling of a set of performers fully convincing you that a victory was shockingly on its way, only to pull a monumental swerve at the last-minute with a stunning raised shoulder at 2.999.

However, not all desperate kick-outs are equal.

For every jaw-dropping, seemingly impossible explosion of energy from a battered person right as victory was slipping away, there's sadly a far more common visual of a wrestler fully believing they've sealed a win with a move that almost never ensures it, only for their adversary to inevitably escape defeat late on.

The likes of Sami Zayn and Seth Rollins, with their Blue Thunder Bomb and Falcon Arrow combo, respectively, have been the most notable offenders over the years. (WWE have at least attempted to present the former as more of a kill-shot in recent times - allowing Zayn to pick up a still quite rare win with the largely ineffective but quite spectacular signature.)

If these stars simply accepted that the move in question was never going to get the job done and seemed aware of the fact said attack wasn't going to be enough, folks could probably forgive the instinctive pin attempt.

But the fact these workers continually slap the most artificial shocked face imaginable on their foolish mugs in the aftermath has turned this one into a hugely annoying wrasslin' trope.