all the bones in my body go from watching the way that wrestlers attempt to jelly limb their way up a ladder like they were naught but a sack of organs you would think that it was difficult but in wrestling dozens of championship aspirations have been dashed by wrestlers just simply not being able to climb fast enough jeff hardy tries to climb against the undertaker in NUMBER_TOKEN. sure michaels can't climb at no mercy NUMBER_TOKEN a wrestler being able to climb NUMBER_TOKEN feet in less than two minutes is just so unlikely there are instances of course like the north american title ladder match from takeover new orleans where all of the competitors agreed to climb as fast as possible for the whole match meaning that it was someone else's job to stop them that whole thing takes expert timing which is why the slow climb persists to this day number three they just won't go over think of every great royal rumble or battle royal elimination that you can what comes to mind sure mike was going out in NUMBER_TOKEN paul london in NUMBER_TOKEN. kane in NUMBER_TOKEN there are tons to choose from and all of them seem to involve a big larrier or a big finisher being hit it seems like a pretty good strategy if you ask me so why do so many wrestlers spend most of the match just hugging each other in the ropes you can hug a man's leg all you want but he's not going to go over that's just physics sure you could try hugging him for an uncomfortably long time and hope that he just leaves of his own accord but wants to stop someone smarter than you you know eliminating you and it's generally just been accepted that this is what the people not involved in the central spots do during a battle royal to divide their time but when you look closely at it it's like one of those flash mob things where everyone pretends to be frozen a massive waste of everyone's time number two battling in submissions now this is as dramatic as it gets how many incredible matches have been made that much better because of a long heated spot of a baby face battling through the pain while trapped in a deadly submission hold shaw michaels and kurt angle at wrestlemania NUMBER_TOKEN cm punk and john cena at money in the bank the list is genuinely endless and this spot is one of the most effective at creating emotion when done right so then why is it on this list you filthy ginger beggar well because if you spent more than two seconds in a proper ankle lock there's a good chance you would never be able to use that foot again for all of your walking and walking related activities submission holds when applied properly are incredibly dangerous devastating and will cause serious damage to the poor soul unlucky enough to be trapped in them obviously wrestling allows for the more dramatic theatrical side of the sport to be showcased but if you are basing your enjoyment purely on realism there is simply no way that hbk lies in that ankle lock for two minutes and then is able to walk away kurt is killing them cankles number one running the ropes have you ever tried to stop running it's weird how you just sort of you think about it and you just stop kind of like you're in charge of your own legs madness matters i know right but in wrestling there's this mystical thing called momentum which you
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