10 Modern Wrestling Tropes We're Totally Sick Of
1. Here, Let Me Catch You...
Dives are overused, this is true, and there isn't a single promotion on the planet that wouldn't benefit from issuing an edict limiting them to just one or two per show, but they can still be great when they look like they belong in scripted combat.
The recent Will Ospreay vs. Hiromu Takahashi clash provides the perfect example. One breathtaking sequence saw Takahashi counter one Sasuke Special into a countered German Suplex and try to toss Ospreay against the ropes, only for Will to somehow adjust, slip back into the ring, dash, dive, and finally take Hiromu out. Simultaneously balletic and impactful, it succeeded because Takahashi was too awe-struck to avoid the second Sasuke Special. The suspension of disbelief was maintained.
This was perhaps the best kind of dive. The worst? Any situation where one or more wrestlers is chilling on the outside, patiently waiting for the attacker to hit their move for a prolonged period of time, thus making it look like the fakest thing in the world.
Catching is critical, obviously, but there's nothing real-looking about cameras focusing on men and women standing around passing time for their cooperative role.