10 Terrible Wrestling Moments (That Were Almost Even Worse)
4. The Ding Dongs Were Bad, But Not As Bad As...
You're not meant to think about the logic gaps in pro wrestling.
That might scan as a bit f*cking rich, coming from the man who has spent six years of his professional career campaigning against the evils of the impromptu match, but the more one pulls at wrestling, the more it unravels. There's actually a logic behind the Irish whip, but it's still wrestling logic. It wouldn't happen in a real fight, and its existence makes regular people think wrestling is dumb. The worked punch doesn't break hands nor bruise faces. Certain impact moves involve those executing them taking a bump. These are things one simply has to accept to make wrestling work in your head.
Legendarily inept WCW executive Jim Herd was weirdly hell-bent on focusing on these flaws and trying to circumvent them. On every single measurable level, he just didn't get it.
Notorious for getting the Ding Dongs on telly - a woefully stupid tag team with bells attached to their gear - he was at least bartered down to "whacky" instead of "incredibly stupid, but actually makes too much sense when you think about it". This description summed up Herd's pitch of a hunchbacked tag team who would enjoy success because they couldn't be pinned.
Jim Herd was essentially your a*sehole friend you're afraid to watch wrestling with, and WCW put him in charge.