10 Fake WWE Moments You Can't Un-See

10. Slapping The Leg

Wrestling relies upon sound to project its simulated violence to the upper decks.

The rings are mic'd up to capture the bone-rattling sound of flesh crashing against the canvas, the knife-edge chop is preferred by many wrestlers to a worked punch in 2022 because the bracing noise always elicits a huge "Ahhhh," and various weapons are deployed not for how much they would hurt, but for the aural sensation they create.

To get kicks over, wrestlers will slap their thighs to create the illusion that they are kicking their opponents in the face full-force. The very best wrestlers, like Kenny Omega, are amazing at the physical timing and sleight of hand required to create the magical spell. Others, even excellent wrestlers, are so sloppy that you'll never be able to un-see the shortcut.

It's ironic that Johnny Gargano appeared in a WWE dark match as Austria-bordering ethic stereotype Cedrick Von Haussen, because looking at the abject state of his worst work, he's more a practitioner of the schuhplattler dance than a professional wrestler.

Gargano is a technical marvel and gutsy stamina machine at his very best, but he slaps the thigh so hard at his worst that you'd think the entire street was clapping for the NHS.