Loose Morals and Looser Ropes
By Scott Keith on 9 December 2018
I was down a youtube rabbit-hole last night and couldn’t help but notice – especially when Hogan beat the Sheik for the title – how loose the ropes were. Likewise, if you watch the old Rocky movies, the ropes there were also extremely
loose.
loose.
Around when were they tightened up? And which came first, the chicken or the egg? Was it to aid aerial maneuvers or did they follow as wrestlers took advantage of the new norm?
I'd be lying if I said I ever noticed it before, but ring construction tended to vary from arena to arena anyway so I don't think it would have some kind of global loose rope conspiracy or anything.