8 Ups And 12 Downs From WWE Royal Rumble 2021
6. Spamming Finishers
No one was expecting a technical masterpiece or even a traditional wrestling match, but Goldberg versus Drew McIntyre was far less than that, and was more of a video game with all the cheat codes.
Don’t believe it? Here’s a rundown of all the moves during the match: Spear, boot, Claymore, missed Claymore, spear, spear, Jackhammer, missed spear, Claymore. Even before the match, there was a Glasgow Kiss, spear and another spear.
This isn’t to say that there should have been armbars and abdominal stretches galore, but no punches, no kicks, no slams, no nothing resembling a wrestling match. Just a flurry of finishing moves crammed into 150 seconds in the opening bout.
We’ve seen this a ton between Goldberg and Brock Lesnar, and it’s old. Can we just stop with this crap?