10 Iconic Sounds In Wrestling
1. The Three Count
(No, not the boy band.)
It can be three definitive smacks against the canvas, declaring the end of a well-fought bout.
It can be a slow, drawn-out, agonizing wait as a dazed ref crawls into a position and slowly counts the final fall.
It can even be the jackhammer-fast bap-bap-bap of a crooked ref screwing a heroic babyface.
But those three slaps are the punctuation that makes wrestling storytelling work. They form the coda, the denouement. Whether it's the end of a sentence, a chapter, or the entire feud, those three slaps are finality incarnate. No truly satisfying story can be told without them.
That third slap in particular is one of the greatest forces in wrestling. It anoints champions. It cements legacies. It triggers crowds to erupt into cheers or collapse into stunned silence.
It may only take three seconds to become a legend, but it takes the three count to make you immortal.