10 Wrestlers Who Are The Worst In The World At Exactly ONE Thing
6. Kelly Kelly: Running The Ropes
The ring ropes being somewhat elastic allow a wrestler to propel themselves into an opponent with varying degrees of velocity.
Think of Shingo Takagi. The man is an explosive beast who seems capable of removing a man's head from their shoulders with his lariat. Dustin Rhodes in early '90s WCW was absolutely sensational at launching his burly frame across almost the entire breadth of the ring with a stunning flying attack. Giant dudes who can beat people up with awesome propulsive force: that's the magic of pro wrestling. It's not what ropes were invented for, per se, but it's what they're for now.
Unless you're Kelly Kelly.
Kelly Kelly didn't treat the ropes as a platform on which to launch attacks but rather a sticky web that would ensnare her, were she to have come in too close proximity to them. They acted more as a starting block from which she would begin her runs into glaringly choreographed, glacial headscissors attempts.
Kelly Kelly ran the ropes in her prime like Vince McMahon selling the Stunner at WrestleMania 38.
On the subject of which...