Hot Wrestling Takes So BAD They'll MELT Your Brain
1. Andy Murray Gives Himself Enough Rope
Usually, Andy Murray of WhatCulture Wrestling is a Good Taste Haver.
He's a bit of a snob, yes. You should see him make a cup of coffee. Guy thinks he's Heston Blumenthal.
But he knows what he likes, is erudite about it, and if he doesn't like something, he distances himself from that conversation. He has the ability to recognise that something is successful even if it is not to his tastes. Or at least, he does now. He prefers Tomohiro Ishii to melodrama, which might explain why, in 2018, he referred to Hangman Page as a "double serving of unbuttered toast washed down by a glass of room temperature tap water. Fine in a pinch, but dull. So, so dull."
"Page is comfortably Bullet Club's least interesting member," the Disco Inferno of Gateshead continued.
Fast-forward just two years later, and Hangman Page had evolved into the main character of All Elite Wrestling: the first serious competition to WWE in the 21st century.
Page became an explosive tour de force in the ring, with an ability to both crush abdomens with a God-tier Asai moonsault and layer his stories with the subtlest and most rewarding beats. He was also hilarious with his self-deprecating comedy - his lower third chyrons became a weekly hidden gem highlight of Dynamite - and in general, was so effective at getting over that countless people developed a parasocial relationship with him.
Look at the Full Gear 2021 buy rate and cry into your Aeropress.