10 Dreadful Wrestling Tropes That NEED To Die!

The wrestling world is absolutely stuffed full of tropes.

That's not necessarily always a bad thing, of course.

Things like the villainous unit typically always getting the WarGames advantage helps pump some much needed drama into the incoming double-caged fight.

And the increasingly common visual of a badass performer entering a Royal Rumble bout within the first two slots and lasting all the way to the final pair of competitors is almost guaranteed to make a wrestler look and feel like an unstoppable force.

However, there are still those other reccurring themes within the bumping sphere that aren't quite as celebrated as those iron men and women or predictable advantage moments.

In fact, if the majority of wrestling fans had it their way, you can bet that each and every one of the following frustrating, uninspired, and all kinds of dumb tropes - with a special shout-out to the r/SquaredCircle post that inspired this article - would be permanently terminated from the business altogether after reading this very list.

Sadly, though, you can bet that everything from unsurprising heel monologues, to inevitable and hugely annoying finishes, that certainly should have been erased from the pro wrasslin' universe long ago, will remain a part of this specific industry for years to come.

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.