Tag Team matches

[BIG RED]

Tom I was wondering what you do if you think a tag match ends to quickly I do a restart what do you do?
D.G.

[Tom]

No, I don't do a restart. It's frustrating sometimes, but I try to think of a reason why a match ended so fast and sometimes a creative reason makes for a great storyline.

For example, I had a match tonite where Yukon Eric beat Killer Kowalksi very quickly with a chop. I justified it by saying that Killer Kowalksi was turning his back and berating the crowd and just wasting time instead of wrestling. Suddenly Erik came up behind him, tapped him on the shoulder, and gave him a signature move, the Woodsman's Chop, and got a quick pin sending the crowd into hysterics! Killer Kowalksi recovered and of course kicked the ropes and had a hissy fit.

Now it's a bigger feud instead of just a disappointing match.

Anyway, that's how I handle it. I hope that helps.

[robmoore]

When life (or, the roll of the dice) gives you lemons, make lemonade.

[BIG RED]

Thanks Tom! Yes that helps doing a card tonight and my juices is flowing for my Fed .

DG

[Big Bri]

robmoore said:

When life (or, the roll of the dice) gives you lemons, make lemonade.

...but if for some reason life (or, the roll of the dice) gives you limes, make margaritas instead.

[canadianpittbull]

I do the same thing Tom does, I take the result and try and make the best of it. Sometimes your matches are long and exciting and sometimes they are short and sweet. Not much you can do if you get screwed on it.

[jsanudo]

canadianpittbull said:

I do the same thing Tom does, I take the result and try and make the best of it. Sometimes your matches are long and exciting and sometimes they are short and sweet. Not much you can do if you get screwed on it.

I hate it when the matches are really long and boring. Sometimes it seems like neither opponent wants to try to pin the other. I hate those matches. Sometimes, I just quit in the middle because its to boring. I usually make up an excuse, like a time limit draw.

[nelson]

i like them long its more exciting than a one move pin match. jmo

neil

[Tom]

For me some long matches are very exciting, like ones between two superstars (or more for tag matches) where there are lots of tokens and the drama is high. I love these matches and they are often four and five-star matches.

Some long matches are less exciting and if they are midcard or opening matches, I'll impose a time limit, which works well also. At some point I'll simply decide that only ten more moves will be allowed before time expires. A time limit draw is a good thing. It builds up what might otherwise be an uneventful pairing of wrestlers. I might even make the rematch a special match....and voila, a new feud!

[Big Bri]

savvas said:

At some point I'll simply decide that only ten more moves will be allowed before time expires. A

I impose a time limit, and when the time limit expires, THEN I do 10 more moves. If there's no winner crowned by the tenth move, then it's a draw. I like the occassional draw every now and then too. I remember seeing them as a kid and getting excited that the face would somehow beat the heel just before the time limit expired, but it was never meant to be. I still fell for it every time though.

[thefamoustommyz]

If I'm hating a match so bad I'm calling a draw, I usually don't want to see the rematch....=)

[R.A.T.M.]

it's harder to explain with tag matches but sometimes the surprise of one quick move can end a match....Real life example, a few days ago in Japan Pro Wrestling Noah ran a six man tag match pitting Jun Akiyama(the next challenger for their title) and 2 partners against the champ Akira Taue and his 2 partners...Taue and Akiyama started the match which ended in 12 seconds when Akiyama grabbed Taue as soon as the bell ran with an exploder then hit a high knee and pinned the champ...in this case they did a restart to help rebuild Taue's credibility, but it depends on the situation at hand.

[tystates]

Once the champ gets pinned in 12 seconds, how do you build his credibility back up?

[gwffantrav]

Just curious, was it a bad count? Why did they restart it? The ref screw up?

[offspring515]

THEY FUDGED IT! A real life fudging!!!

[gatekeeper]

tystates said:

Once the champ gets pinned in 12 seconds, how do you build his credibility back up?

Well the HonkyTonk Man lost to The Ultimate Warrior in like, 30 seconds, but he was still a big deal when he wrestled. Like Tom said, use a storyline. If the champ is a heel, he could say the face cheated or the ref used a fast count or..insert your heel excuse here.

A face would be harder, but it can be done.

[thefamoustommyz]

Have the heel attack before the match with a chair shot, then order the match to "start" and go for the pin.

That's the beauty of it...it's not live TV.

[nelson]

or else just use your imagination.

neil