Noted Five-star match haver MVP weighs in on five-star matches
MVP on a subject he's very familiar with, 5 star matches:
>I tell guys: know your audience. As me and Shelton would say—’don’t raise the economy.’ If these people came to have a good time and they want to be entertained, then entertain them. Don’t feel the need to go out there and think, ‘I’ve got to have a five-star match.’ Yeah, you can have a five-star match, but in a different way.
Don’t wrestle for the internet or for the douchebags that are going to give their opinion online. Wrestle for the people you’re performing for. Wrestle for the fans in attendance who bought a ticket, or the fans watching at home. Know your audience. Where you are dictates how your match should be.
That doesn’t mean take a night off—it means change your structure a little bit. You don’t need as many false finishes, because sometimes you can hear it. I tell guys: ‘Listen, you had all these cold false finishes plugged into your match. Did you notice how, on the third false finish, the crowd didn’t pop as much? The reaction started to decline instead of increase. You already had them at their peak—you’re not going to get them any higher than that. Take it home.’
You have to know how to please your audience, and that comes with experience. Younger wrestlers want to go out there and put on a five-star masterpiece every night, and kudos to them for that—you should always try to do your best. But also keep in mind your ‘bump card,’ the wear and tear you’re putting on your body.
>I tell guys: know your audience. As me and Shelton would say—’don’t raise the economy.’ If these people came to have a good time and they want to be entertained, then entertain them. Don’t feel the need to go out there and think, ‘I’ve got to have a five-star match.’ Yeah, you can have a five-star match, but in a different way.
Don’t wrestle for the internet or for the douchebags that are going to give their opinion online. Wrestle for the people you’re performing for. Wrestle for the fans in attendance who bought a ticket, or the fans watching at home. Know your audience. Where you are dictates how your match should be.
That doesn’t mean take a night off—it means change your structure a little bit. You don’t need as many false finishes, because sometimes you can hear it. I tell guys: ‘Listen, you had all these cold false finishes plugged into your match. Did you notice how, on the third false finish, the crowd didn’t pop as much? The reaction started to decline instead of increase. You already had them at their peak—you’re not going to get them any higher than that. Take it home.’
You have to know how to please your audience, and that comes with experience. Younger wrestlers want to go out there and put on a five-star masterpiece every night, and kudos to them for that—you should always try to do your best. But also keep in mind your ‘bump card,’ the wear and tear you’re putting on your body.
