Kevin Nash comments on work rate.
Work rate has been a common topic in the world of wrestling for years now, especially with some promotions focusing on in-ring action over stories. Some fans argue that work rate should be prioritized when it comes to matches, while others think that the moves matter way less than the story being told between the wrestlers.
On the latest edition his Kliq This podcast, Nash talked about the meaning of work rate, saying that it means you're able to tell a story or have a routine.
"Work rate doesn’t mean doing a bunch of moves. Work rate means telling a story. One of the best workers of all time was [Hulk] Hogan. He had a formula. You fucking knew his formula. It was like Paint By Numbers. You watch him against The Rock in Toronto, and that’s working. That’s the work. The work isn’t whether or not you can land a moonsault. That tells me that you either spent time on a trampoline, time in one of those rooms with a trampoline that you jump on foam cubes, because when I broke in, guys didn’t do that shit. [Shawn] Michaels would do the flip off the top rope, but he would go up and just say, ‘Catch me. Get a hand on me.’ You didn’t know where the fuck he was going. But this fucking shit of it being a six-man tag and a guy gets stopped and the other four guys are outside fighting and a guy ends up on the top rope and just happens to [flip] onto the other four guys, bye. I’m gone."
Elsewhere in the podcast, Nash talked about Logan Paul, casting doubt on 'The Maverick' being able to work "without a net". Check out his full comments by clicking here.
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