10 Wrestling Clichés You Can't Ignore
1. The (Arena) Floor Is Lava
Tried, true, and tested, this is one of those questions best not asked lest it pull apart the entire fabric of the presentation.
Beyond a fan making excuses for the moment, what stops Wrestler A in the ring from attacking Wrestler B residing on the arena floor outside of the regular confines of a match?
Nothing, is the answer. And yet, wrestlers will shout threats across the top rope as if the bottom and middle ones were electrified, made of barbed wire, or six times as wide as they actually are? It ties into another entry in this list, in that it forces a blockade of activity until next week when - if they're lucky and/or not f*cking thick - they can get their hands on their opponents once again.
There are ways to do this artfully or at least within the confines of believable characters. A babyface can sell injury while in the ring, for example. Alternatively, a heel can use the outside as a standing start should the face actually give chase. WWE's "he stole one!" mentality has seen a criminal reversal of this, where the heel rages in the ring at a roll-up while the babyface grins like a mug and sits on their a*se scarcely able to believe they've won.
Naturally, it's this one that completely exposes the non-obstructive fresh air between the combatants, but then it would, wouldn't it?