10 Times Wrestling Matches Got Weapons Wrong
5. CINDER BLOCK - Dean Ambrose Vs. Seth Rollins, WWE RAW, August 18 2014
They butchered Dean Ambrose, Christ almighty.
Used variously by WWE, dating back to the Attitude Era, the cinder block was a terrible weapon deployed terribly. Even if gimmicked correctly, it's a terrible idea, on every conceivable level, for a prop. It doesn't produce a viscerally satisfying noise that echoes around the upper bowl. It is cumbersome, or should be sold as cumbersome, so there is no wild, dramatic swing in the event that it doesn't connect.
And they can't gimmick it correctly because a cinder block in reality is meant to withstand 100 years' worth of elemental damage, which is drastically more powerful than, say, a f*cking Seth Rollins Curb Stomp. It's compressed sand, like a table is compressed sawdust, but tables are meant to break, and a table bump isn't sold, in hushed tones, as if it is a concussive shot. We need help out here, guys.
The sand is coarse, and it gets everywhere.
A very promising series, before it was ruined by - what was it again? Oh yes, a ghost, this was an unnecessary WWE enhancement to a believable blood feud that excelled when it was a nasty and human tale of bitter ambition, stripped back to its bleeding heart.