Today I present to you a match with an abrupt 'turn' when a fighter flips the match sideways and suddenly unleashes that big heel energy.
Mitch Styles v Bull Lopez (nrwrestling.com)
SPOILER ALERT: I highly recommend viewing this match in its entirety before reading this post.
The BackstoryI discovered nrwrestling years ago. The guys were hot, the action focused on said hot wrestler bodies, and frankly it was the gayest non-gay wrestling studios out there. One of the main draws for me was the very scripted and exaggerated styles of wrestling. The guys would essentially take turns trashing each other instead of fighting which honestly was fine by me. Especially when we're talking about guys like Madman Mitch Styles...
Say what you will but the guy goes balls to the walls in every match.
The Action
In typical fashion, Mitch comes charging the bull like some wild animal. I love that the scene can't fully contain Mitch and that the cameraperson struggles with trying to capture everything in frame.
I'm sure the direction was like 'pretend to be overpowered' and Mitch was like 'I'll pretend alright...'
Bull Lopez: That's right. You're not so mad anymore are you?
Bull Lopez: Not such a big man after all?
The Moment
It's hard to miss where the turn happens. They do change scenes after all, and our two sweaty fighters reposition things back to where Mitch is the alpha. It all gives the impression like this was some cosmic fluke with Bull Lopez on top and then the universe righting itself with Mitch dominating in the ring.
Lopez taking Mitch's lifeless body to the ring ... huge mistake. Should've left the fight on the mats.
Mitch: I'm going to break you!
This moment is brought to you by nrwrestling's trade mark abrupt transitions. Like I said, the whole Bull Lopez 'winning' the fight was really the universe messing with us. You see the wrestling ring brings out the animal (or the mad man) in a man and to see said man in his element dominating another is clearly worth a moment.
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