10 Most Humiliating Wrestling Moves

10. Orange Cassidy's Lazy Kicks

Orange Cassidy does not "break" "kayfabe", as if there is any integrity attached to the concept anymore.

Orange Cassidy breaks the psyche of his opponents.

He isn't a tough guy. He's resilient, and in the best sly punchline of all, packs a sensational worked punch - but he isn't an imposing guy nor a formidable physical specimen. To accentuate his positives and hide the negatives, he has cultivated a style totally distinct to himself.

Nobody actually sells the humiliating move in question: the lazy kicks delivered casually with his hands in his pockets. That is the weirdest prevailing narrative in certain circles, but then, it is deliberately obtuse bullsh*t.

So not that weird.

Cassidy "unloads" these kicks to embarrass his opponents, who are embarrassed to even wrestle a man of Cassidy's disposition in the first place. They lunge forward in fury, but Cassidy is such a superb escapologist that he outsmarts them - like every great babyface should - every time. From there, Cassidy has them. The heels wrestle with impulsive emotion and leave themselves prone to thoughtless error. This enables his chess move of a grand comeback deeper in the match, which the fans invariably get behind because his work is as witty as it is athletically impressive.

He does much of this with his hands in his pockets, and it's not just some amusing irony indie bit: he is conveying to his hapless opponents that he's better than them with one hand tied behind his back.

Only, putting both hands in his pockets is a better mind game and works beautifully in the parameters of his endearing slacker character.