10 Wrestling Matches Everybody Gets Wrong

5. Orange Cassidy Vs. David Starr

Orange Cassidy is a disgrace to this business. I've seen the GIFs, and he makes a mockery of it. He just strolls around with his hands in his pockets and it's awful because why wouldn't somebody just slap the taste out of his mouth? That's what I'd do. Then I'd throw him into the ropes, hope he rebounds back, and jump over his head. That'll learn the cosplayin' wrassler. Excuse me while I watch NWA Powerrr, which isn't a bunch of guys pretending the NWA is still a thing to the precise font.

David Starr, when confronted with Cassidy's aloof, pithy forearms and barely-suppressed corpsing, was very much unamused. He feigned amusement, as if to give Cassidy half a chance to really think about what he was getting himself in for. Cassidy kept f*cking on him, and Starr chopped him to the mat and proceeded to beat the ever-loving sh*t out of him. It was a gruesome scene complemented beautifully by the hardway blood pissing from his nose, but Cassidy maintained the ruse - not as an ironic bit for the comedy scene but as a strategy.

Starr, progressively apoplectic, left himself vulnerable to the comeback, which manifested as high-end technical excellence and a roll-up win. This was a superbly-crafted pro wrestling match, built exquisitely, brimming with character.

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