10 Secrets To A Guaranteed POP In Wrestling
1. Performing A Rare Inter-Gender Spot
This isn't a defence nor criticism of inter-gender wrestling.
It is pointless entering into that debate. It would be preferable to discuss Dax Harwood, William Regal, the ethics of art and Chelsea Green, what Disco Inferno has to say, or whether or not Top Dolla or the Young Bucks wear cooler sneakers. It's impossible to talk about the form without somebody booting off.
It's all risky. Simulated man-on-woman violence is something sponsors will not tolerate, and when the roles are reversed, the conversation takes a phenomenally bleak turn by those who could do with developing meaningful relationships to grasp a better understanding of how the world actually, sadly works.
All that stated, it is a guaranteed pop.
Rhea Ripley is more over than most WWE acts outside of the top stars, and she frequently takes out men. On the November 28, 2022 Raw, Mia Yim executed a body slam on Finn Bálor to an ultra-rare eruption of a Monday night pop. For whatever reason, done sparingly, an inter-gender spot wakes up the dead.
Perhaps that's the point, and something the business can take on as a lesson, even if it isn't applied literally; wrestling is so excessive, in every area between gimmicks, returns, and back and forth high-end action, that something the audience hasn't been exhausted by elicits something loud from them.