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How to be an Indy wrestler

By Scott Keith on 26 May 2019

Has wrestling just passed me by, or are a startling number of these young Indy/AEW guys wrestling exactly the same way? I enjoyed DoN, but it seems the movesets/psychology are the same:
1 – shitty looking karate kick combo like it's Virtual Pro Wrestling
2 – some kind of stiff looking quick knee or boot to the head that looks brutal and knocks the guy out for a second but otherwise does no lasting damage
3 – totally unnecessary added flip to a basic move like a suplex or fireman's carry
4 – Pele kick delivered either after eating a bunch of strikes in the ring or while standing on the apron
5 – insta-recovery finisher after taking something devastating
I think wrestling has passed you by.

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