10 Wrestling Secrets Hiding In Plain Sight
3. Chatty Faces
We can largely thank Kevin Dunn - and his birdbrained camera work - for the reveal of this secret.
If there is ever one f*cking time for him to rest his camera on a moving image, he should probably do so when capturing the full, spectacular arc of an aerial manoeuvre. This way, WWE fans could marvel at the true audacity behind the move and the awe-inspiring agility required to execute it.
Instead, the insufferable, sickness-inducing pervert instead aims his camera directly into the mouths of the performers as they relay instructions to one another, during a rest hold, to map out the subsequent sequence. It's almost as if Kevin Dunn hates wrestling, hates wrestling fans, and has set himself a cruel lifelong mission to punish our willingness to suspend disbelief.
Calling spots is a necessary and sensible practise - but an odd one on WWE RAW specifically; the matches are often so routine (and repeated, on both the the live event loop and the 50/50 TV grind) that it seems judicious, if pointless. What could Jinder Mahal possibly be whispering to his opponents, as he snares them under his veiny bicep?
"Make sure you hit those ropes hard, brother, you'll need the momentum to take my running destroyer."