10 Things Missing From WWE Today
6. Variety In The Ring
It is one of the reasons the Cruiserweight division isn't really working on Raw right now, and it has become increasingly apparent to anyone paying attention over the last few years. As pro wrestling has evolved it has evolved out of control, and somewhere along the way the desire to see more and more 'moves' from our wrestlers has led to those moves being devalued.
People malign John Cena for his Five Moves of Doom or whatever it is, but those moves all matter. Superkicks and suicide dives should be exciting, but they no longer are. Why should the audience care seeing Sin Cara perform a suicide dive if Luke Harper and Dean Ambrose are going to do them later in the night? If Dolph Ziggler uses the superkick as a finisher is it not dulled by the fact Rusev, Kevin Owens, and The Usos are already using it as a transitional move?
Years ago moves were synonymous with performers. The DDT was used by Jake Roberts and Jake Roberts alone. If someone used the Sharpshooter it was a mark of disrespect to Bret Hart. Now that the scope of pro wrestling moves has grown there is no reason why the performers can't have different move sets in the ring to add some sort of variety to the shows.