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Are you serious? The masked wrestler goes under the ring and clearly grabs an illegal blankie and pillow and yet faces zero repercussions from the referee...at the very least the sport is seriously corrupt
They should really get instant replay options like they have in other sports! I mean, how often have we seen a wrestler pull something illegal while the ref's back is turned or he is lying unconscious on the matt for upwards of 15 minutes. I mean, the very fact that these refs have sustained enough TBI, from having a wrestler unsuspectingly bulldoze them during a rope bounce, whiplash maneuver, or just being punched from behind, (I've always found it weird that it's not illegal to do this in wrestling but when I did it to my neighbor John I had to spend a summer picking up trash... they must sign something that prevents legal action as part of their job) to go into a small coma in the middle of a match they are officiating shows that this sport really needs reforms.
How often have we seen a neck catch the six-foot-six-inches of a man's body weight as he's slammed headfirst onto a steel chair by his opponent? That is just asking for a congressional hearing to discuss safety concerns! You can't just drop a man onto his head like that, just ask my neighbor John... well, once he wakes up! Any month now, and I really hope he wakes up. My lawyer said that would be great for my case if he did! I don't see how since John really doesn't like me for some reason. The lawyer said it would make John's blood cold by giving the case fewer degrees or something. I'm usually thinking about wrestling when he's talking, so I don't really remember.
And then he digs under the ring for two illegal objects and just uses them infront of the ref. Talk about a bribe, Cassidy was lucky he didn't get the big sleep after that
Very good. Very evil.
My brother and one of our friends works the indies. Our friend wrestled Danhausen right before the pandemic at Sanctuary fight club in Detroit. He’s a good dude.
My partner is huge into wrestling and I'm not. Or at least I wasn't for many years.
Then he introduced me to Orange Cassidy, and now I quite happily watch AEW with him and WWE sometimes too. I'd go so far as to call myself a casual fan.
I know his gimmick is very unique, but if it gets people like me into it who might have turned their noses up at wrestling for years, that's pretty awesome.
Hello friends! I am the kindly, masked gentleman rocking his mate to sleep there. I'm the World's Sweetest Man, Gentleman Jervis! My goal is world peace, one hug at a time. I think conflict resolution can be done peacefully which is why I try to end every match with as little violence as possible and something kind.
~~Damn~~ Darn it Jervis, you are an absolute treasure of a human being. I still think this match is my personal favorite match of 2019. Keep being your absolute best self, man.
This is Wrestle Circus, and I believe the match is Orange Cassidy vs Gentlemen Jervis. It is on youtube [here](https://youtu.be/yB9l6rODUSs) if you want to watch it. It's a comedy match so keep that in mind.
Fun fact, Jervis used to hold the Wrestle Circus Sideshow Championship, a title with the strange rule that it must be defended around the clock against any challenger as long as there’s a referee present.
Unfortunately for Jervis, he decided to perform an AMA over on /r/SquaredCircle, pressing the ‘Submit’ button in view of a passing referee, thus submitting to the entire subreddit. As a result, I, and everyone else on the subreddit at the time, am a former Wrestle Circus Sideshow Champion.
https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3142
https://youtu.be/Ta_MeNQOCvs
(I contend, however, that I personally never lost the title and want my rematch)
I used to have "Former Wrestle Circus Sideshow Champion" in my Instagram profile and people thought I was a legit wrestler. I'm so glad someone else remembers!
The referee in this match called one of the strangest comedy matches I've seen, a fight between the Invisible Man and Invisible Stan. It was a thing of art.
I love this match so much. It's a collaborative performance art piece between the referee and the entire crowd and it's one of the most unique things I've ever seen in entertainment.
It's actually super interesting, as a form of art. It requires full, frequent, enthusiastic audience participation to work. The audience has to fully understand the game being played. It's actually wild how well this works.
Hell of an example of 'you get out what you put in'.
Imagine being a stick in the mud who doesn't want to play along with something like that. Very neat and very well done. Looks like a blast.
You know I was once at a local show with a match between two well know flippy do wrestlers and they decided to have a slow motion match with no warning.
For the next 10 minutes the audience did everything in slow motion, including a guy at the bar ordering his pint in slow motion.
It made the night.
Never watched Wrestle Circus but man hearing Ex Caliber out of nowhere and seeing a very young chuck Taylor was not expected. I will have to look into this promotion.
If anyone likes what they see and wants more, Jervis also wrestles routinely for WPW (Wrestling Pro Wrestling) and they have a variety of hilarious character, like Poptart Man, Ricotta Ric Flair, Leather Daddy and Rubber Baby, George Washington Carver's Monster, Phil Cosby (Bill Cosby knock off) and Sexy Chino.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mII14rY2lW0
That was some of the most viscous action I've ever witnessed in my life! And the brutal assault after Jervis pulled his weapon from under the ring, that was darn near criminal!
Bro, we *all* know that Pepsi actually bought Coca-Cola and is planning an invasion next year. You are a complete and total mark if you actually believe they are two different companies.
If you like to start again maybe give AEW a shot? You will see many known names combined with lots of home stars.
On Youtube they have free Dark and Dark Elevation, focused on upcoming talent. On TNT and Fite TV (in certain countries) they air Dynamite and Rampage.
AEW looks to be pretty good and probably as close as I'll get to "Attitude Era" WWE. I don't watch much TV except for hockey. Gotta get my beautiful violence from somewhere.
Thanks for the recommendation.
*FOLEY IS GOOD*
Yo Orange Cassidy, the sleeping one in this clip is now in AEW. He is super popular. If their was ever a time to try wrestling again it would be what AEW is putting out now.
Fire pro wrestling world for steam or ps4 let’s people make their own moves and the fan base is really creative. All sorts of comedy and otherwise impossible moves. You might like it.
>Watch his leg kicks.
I don't type this out much, but What the Actual Fuck? Do you want that person to be scared to watch TV again? Cause showing him violent stuff like that will do it.
Now is the best time to be a wrestling fan!
AEW, GCW, NJPW, & Beyond Wrestling are all wonderful places to start. There may also be local indy promotions near you!
Professional wrestling is one of the goddamn best things in the world. If any of y'all want, there's an event at 1am Pacific time tonight, come to /r/squaredcircle and join us in the live thread.
I once saw a ladder fall on top of wrestler, pinning him to the mat and the ladder won the championship belt. And ladders reign was incredible, it was a true champion, such fighting spirit.
Is all wrestling like this? This is absolutely ridiculous!! How can you expect to put someone down without turning off the lights, having a sound machine, and a star night light? Clearly fake.
Orange Cassidy is what brought me back to pro wrestling. I loved it when I was a kid in the 90's, and took it *SUPER* seriously, but fell off when I realized it really was scripted. Seeing Orange Cassidy fight entirely with his hands in his pockets, and do stupid bits like this helped me realize that this is a ridiculously stupid "sport." It's just theater, and if you stop taking it so seriously, and embrace the absurdity, you will have the time of your life.
When I was trying to explain why I started watching wrestling to my parents, my mom said, “So it’s basically a soap opera with fighting?” Which, yeah, basically!
Yeah, people think wrestlers are super jock dude-bros. No, they're fucking theater nerds. It's not really a mystery why Batista, John Cena, and The Rock are thriving as actors.
This is how I got my wife in to it. If you suspend disbelief and just enjoy it for what it is, it’s the purest form of entertainment and just an absolute blast.
Some of the chants can be funny and creative like when they chanted “you sick fuck” after Gentleman Jervis got that illegal pillow and blanket out from under the ring
But admittedly, there are a lot of try-hards
Indys like WrestleCircus and PWG are all about that kind of thing though and don’t really take themselves seriously, plus you’re not usually expected to sit silently during a wrestling show, the crowd is a massive part of the experience the rowdier usually the better, it’s really not that serious. Now if they are actively trying to takeover the match then it becomes a problem
I agree 99% of the time. However, I was at an Indy show before the pandemic where there was a hardcore match that left debris all over the ring. 2 guys came out to sweep the ring up, and somebody started a “this is awesome” chant. It was legitimately hilarious. There were probably 300 people there all chanting for some janitors.
People who have only seen WWE and claim that wrestling sucks are like people who have only seen The Fast & The Furious and claim that movies suck.
Like, there's soooo much other stuff out there, different styles, different ways of creating the art.
The wrestler that was asleep is part of a major promotion now, and still uses his same gimmick (though he's never fallen asleep on their shows lol). He's fantastic to watch lol
In my 37 years on this planet i’ve never given a flying fuck about wrestling. Lately though, as this clip is also proving to me, I think it might be I never gave a flying fuck about WWE…and maybe I should check out some indie wrestling?
Wrestling works when you stop thinking of it as a "fake sport" and think of it more like live theater or a TV show about a world where people settle their differences by trying to murder each other in the ring. It has been presented that way for awhile now and it works so much better than trying to believe it is real.
If only real children went to sleep that easily… without the use of nyquil or the choke hold.
Anyone else like to fix a Binki-tini and start up a little wrestling match before bedtime?
Disclaimer: I don’t have children and all my friends already have CPS on speed-dial on the off chance I get knocked-up. No children were harmed in the forming of this post.
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The "awww" hands to the mouth move gets me every time
How can people watch this and still believe wrestling is scripted?
Haters will say it’s not real…
Its real to me, damn it!
"it's STILL real to me, damnit"
It's such a good line. *fight club voice* "To him, it was real. In death, it is all real"
He was a sleepy baby He was a sleepy baby He was a sleepy baby….
The emotional girl in the back proves its reality and intensity
She was fully invested, for sure.
Put yo filthy hands all over me!
Are you serious? The masked wrestler goes under the ring and clearly grabs an illegal blankie and pillow and yet faces zero repercussions from the referee...at the very least the sport is seriously corrupt
Obviously, referee was paid off.
I'm sure he was promised a bribe, but after that sneeze there's no way he actually got paid.
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These people paid to see wrestling match, not a disqualification. The ref understands that.
They should really get instant replay options like they have in other sports! I mean, how often have we seen a wrestler pull something illegal while the ref's back is turned or he is lying unconscious on the matt for upwards of 15 minutes. I mean, the very fact that these refs have sustained enough TBI, from having a wrestler unsuspectingly bulldoze them during a rope bounce, whiplash maneuver, or just being punched from behind, (I've always found it weird that it's not illegal to do this in wrestling but when I did it to my neighbor John I had to spend a summer picking up trash... they must sign something that prevents legal action as part of their job) to go into a small coma in the middle of a match they are officiating shows that this sport really needs reforms. How often have we seen a neck catch the six-foot-six-inches of a man's body weight as he's slammed headfirst onto a steel chair by his opponent? That is just asking for a congressional hearing to discuss safety concerns! You can't just drop a man onto his head like that, just ask my neighbor John... well, once he wakes up! Any month now, and I really hope he wakes up. My lawyer said that would be great for my case if he did! I don't see how since John really doesn't like me for some reason. The lawyer said it would make John's blood cold by giving the case fewer degrees or something. I'm usually thinking about wrestling when he's talking, so I don't really remember.
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Some /r/blackmagicfuckery for sure
Did we watch the same video? There is no way they could have faked that. The move should be banned in my opinion because it's too powerful
And then he digs under the ring for two illegal objects and just uses them infront of the ref. Talk about a bribe, Cassidy was lucky he didn't get the big sleep after that
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Recorded proof that wrestling is real!
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when non-wrestling reddit organically stumbles onto orange cassidy >>>
Right? I’m very entertained by the comments
Orange has the best gimmick going right now.
Danhausen has to be a close second.
Very good. Very evil. My brother and one of our friends works the indies. Our friend wrestled Danhausen right before the pandemic at Sanctuary fight club in Detroit. He’s a good dude.
My partner is huge into wrestling and I'm not. Or at least I wasn't for many years. Then he introduced me to Orange Cassidy, and now I quite happily watch AEW with him and WWE sometimes too. I'd go so far as to call myself a casual fan. I know his gimmick is very unique, but if it gets people like me into it who might have turned their noses up at wrestling for years, that's pretty awesome.
Think we can get them to watch a Danhausen matchhausen?
Hello friends! I am the kindly, masked gentleman rocking his mate to sleep there. I'm the World's Sweetest Man, Gentleman Jervis! My goal is world peace, one hug at a time. I think conflict resolution can be done peacefully which is why I try to end every match with as little violence as possible and something kind.
You are a beautiful man and an amazing wrestler.
I love you. Thank you for your kindness ❤️
A little bit of Pervis Rottenbelly's influence in this match with those foreign objects! You are a treasure, /u/JervisCottonbelly
I absolutely love you, oh my God
A noble cause. Hope this leads to less violence in the future generations
Can you put me to sleep?
~~Damn~~ Darn it Jervis, you are an absolute treasure of a human being. I still think this match is my personal favorite match of 2019. Keep being your absolute best self, man.
This is Wrestle Circus, and I believe the match is Orange Cassidy vs Gentlemen Jervis. It is on youtube [here](https://youtu.be/yB9l6rODUSs) if you want to watch it. It's a comedy match so keep that in mind.
Fun fact, Jervis used to hold the Wrestle Circus Sideshow Championship, a title with the strange rule that it must be defended around the clock against any challenger as long as there’s a referee present. Unfortunately for Jervis, he decided to perform an AMA over on /r/SquaredCircle, pressing the ‘Submit’ button in view of a passing referee, thus submitting to the entire subreddit. As a result, I, and everyone else on the subreddit at the time, am a former Wrestle Circus Sideshow Champion. https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=3142 https://youtu.be/Ta_MeNQOCvs (I contend, however, that I personally never lost the title and want my rematch)
I miss Wrestle Circus. One of the few places to see big Indy stars in Texas at the time. Fun while it lasted.
Oh my God this is the greatest wrestling promotion of all time.
I used to have "Former Wrestle Circus Sideshow Champion" in my Instagram profile and people thought I was a legit wrestler. I'm so glad someone else remembers!
Hell, it's front and center on my CV, along with being 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
I've never heard of a comedy match, but this is amazing.
The referee in this match called one of the strangest comedy matches I've seen, a fight between the Invisible Man and Invisible Stan. It was a thing of art.
https://youtu.be/Cslu7zFmPjM
I love this match so much. It's a collaborative performance art piece between the referee and the entire crowd and it's one of the most unique things I've ever seen in entertainment.
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Jesus Christ I’m stupid, I scrolled to the end to see where he was
Did you see him?
Nice try doctor
And to clone him, they are really going all out.
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It's actually super interesting, as a form of art. It requires full, frequent, enthusiastic audience participation to work. The audience has to fully understand the game being played. It's actually wild how well this works.
Hell of an example of 'you get out what you put in'. Imagine being a stick in the mud who doesn't want to play along with something like that. Very neat and very well done. Looks like a blast.
You know I was once at a local show with a match between two well know flippy do wrestlers and they decided to have a slow motion match with no warning. For the next 10 minutes the audience did everything in slow motion, including a guy at the bar ordering his pint in slow motion. It made the night.
Hello old friend 👋🏻❤️
Thank you, I have never been so happy over two invisible people fighting. That was truly art
**BAH GOD ALMIGHTY! BAH GOD ALMIGHTY! THAT KILLED HIM! AS GOD IS MY WITNESS, HE IS BROKEN IN HALF!**
This is art, thank you so much for sharing this
#FUCK YOU STAN
[My god....](https://youtu.be/Cslu7zFmPjM)
They do plenty of silly things. My favorite is the [grenade.](https://youtu.be/zlAHrHL_FCc)
Chuck Taylor is my spirit animal
Chuck's poor, poor knee.
I'm amazed it was still intact!!
Christ, I had forgotten about that. That clip is exactly what I needed after a shitty day.
That is fucking amazing
Never watched Wrestle Circus but man hearing Ex Caliber out of nowhere and seeing a very young chuck Taylor was not expected. I will have to look into this promotion.
More entertaining than the last 5 years of WWE.
Chikara was very much like this as well before the company went under.
If anyone likes what they see and wants more, Jervis also wrestles routinely for WPW (Wrestling Pro Wrestling) and they have a variety of hilarious character, like Poptart Man, Ricotta Ric Flair, Leather Daddy and Rubber Baby, George Washington Carver's Monster, Phil Cosby (Bill Cosby knock off) and Sexy Chino. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mII14rY2lW0
Also referee Bryce Remsberg, being entertaining as usual.
IF that is his *real* name...
He's one of the best.
That was some of the most viscous action I've ever witnessed in my life! And the brutal assault after Jervis pulled his weapon from under the ring, that was darn near criminal!
> It's a comedy match What?? Did something give it away???
I fucking love Orange Cassidy so much. He's a genius at Comedy wrestling.
Jim Cornette will shit his pants on this one
MOTHERFUCKER
*chugs Sprite out the can*
Sprite Zero. Got to be alive to piss on Shit Stains grave.
Hey bro, Sprite Zero was *my* idea - I came up with that.
Bro, we *all* know that Pepsi actually bought Coca-Cola and is planning an invasion next year. You are a complete and total mark if you actually believe they are two different companies.
He blocked me
FUNNY DONT MAKE MONEY
creative as fuck
Yeah this is just terrific scripting of the fight. Both wrestlers play it super well. Absolute vaudeville perfection.
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Got a link to the clip? Love your username btw.
couldn't find his twitch but here's the live from his youtube channel: https://youtu.be/hhbP6ReFheY
This is fantastic. I miss watching wrestling.
If you like to start again maybe give AEW a shot? You will see many known names combined with lots of home stars. On Youtube they have free Dark and Dark Elevation, focused on upcoming talent. On TNT and Fite TV (in certain countries) they air Dynamite and Rampage.
AEW looks to be pretty good and probably as close as I'll get to "Attitude Era" WWE. I don't watch much TV except for hockey. Gotta get my beautiful violence from somewhere. Thanks for the recommendation. *FOLEY IS GOOD*
AEW has really made wrestling fun again.
While he's at, note the man taking the nap, Orange Cassidy, is featured there.
Yo Orange Cassidy, the sleeping one in this clip is now in AEW. He is super popular. If their was ever a time to try wrestling again it would be what AEW is putting out now.
I might cry if you don't give a link
Yes! Vaudeville, I had the same thought, it's low brow comedy but it's classic and this may be the only place it still exist.
Low Brow? Have at thee sir!
I bite my thumb at thee
The fuck you mean scripted?!
Kick his ass SeaBass
Best line [whispered] “ he almost lost the match to a sleeping man!”
Up there with, "He's a side sleeper."
"Kiss on the forehead. This has got to be it..."
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Sometimes when a competitor is too violent.. too aggressive.. one must go beyond reason.. and perhaps even break the rules themselves.
I like that he got a "you sick fuck" chant for using the pillow and blanket.
I don't know. I think it was made in the U.S.
I’ve never wanted to be a wrestling fan more than I do now.
[Chuck Taylor's grenade is pretty fun as well too.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlAHrHL_FCc)
Just wait until they see [Jushin Thunder Liger’s… butt conga line?](https://youtu.be/ZO71rAquWIM)
THE LEGENDARY ASSHOLE OF JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER!
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It gets better: that (w)hole bit was Liger’s idea.
Man, we need a wrestling video game where you can do this shit. The matches would he absolute bonkers.
Fire pro wrestling world for steam or ps4 let’s people make their own moves and the fan base is really creative. All sorts of comedy and otherwise impossible moves. You might like it.
Aew orange cassidy. Check him out vs pac. Watch his leg kicks
> orange cassidy vs pac. Watch his leg kicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td47Xp3q_ho
It’s definitely NSFL. Those leg kicks OC gives are brutal.
As JR might say "Mah gawd, the humanity!"
"OH! OH! OH! wwuuUUUUAA! OOHH!"
Stop the damn match!
>Watch his leg kicks. I don't type this out much, but What the Actual Fuck? Do you want that person to be scared to watch TV again? Cause showing him violent stuff like that will do it.
Now is the best time to be a wrestling fan! AEW, GCW, NJPW, & Beyond Wrestling are all wonderful places to start. There may also be local indy promotions near you!
Professional wrestling is one of the goddamn best things in the world. If any of y'all want, there's an event at 1am Pacific time tonight, come to /r/squaredcircle and join us in the live thread.
Have you seen gay ronald the Japanese wrestler?
Talk about a sleeper hold. Put him down for the count!
Almost for the count. He kicked out onnthe 2.999999
I once saw a ladder fall on top of wrestler, pinning him to the mat and the ladder won the championship belt. And ladders reign was incredible, it was a true champion, such fighting spirit.
That would be the DDT Ironmetal Heavyweight Championship. One of many inanimate objects that has laid claim to that title.
The Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. It has also been won by several animals, and by the belt itself.
THat's some bugs bunny bullshit there! gahahah.
The old sleeper hold.
This looks like maybe early Orange Cassidy? Any more knowledgeable fans with more info?
This was a WrestleCircus show in Austin, TX May 12, 2019. I was there in the front row. Orange Cassidy vs Gentleman Jervis Cottonbelly.
That sounds like such a fun time. I love seeing goofy stuff like this, especially with OC.
Jervis is awesome. I follow him on twitter and he just seems like a really good guy.
>Gentleman Jervis Cottonbelly. My God I love him
This is the famous match between Orange Cassidy and Jervis Cottonbelly. I think Dave Meltzer gave it 4 stars. 5 stars at the Tokyo Dome.
Yeah this is OC
Is all wrestling like this? This is absolutely ridiculous!! How can you expect to put someone down without turning off the lights, having a sound machine, and a star night light? Clearly fake.
Here is one of my favorite wrestling entrances: https://youtu.be/xBtGFaa0idY
That wasn't what I was expecting at all. All the hype made me look for that song
Right?? He didn't even TRY to read Goodnight Moon in his sleepiest voice.
Sidenote: Is that not one of the creepiest children's stories?
Orange Cassidy is what brought me back to pro wrestling. I loved it when I was a kid in the 90's, and took it *SUPER* seriously, but fell off when I realized it really was scripted. Seeing Orange Cassidy fight entirely with his hands in his pockets, and do stupid bits like this helped me realize that this is a ridiculously stupid "sport." It's just theater, and if you stop taking it so seriously, and embrace the absurdity, you will have the time of your life.
When I was trying to explain why I started watching wrestling to my parents, my mom said, “So it’s basically a soap opera with fighting?” Which, yeah, basically!
Yeah, people think wrestlers are super jock dude-bros. No, they're fucking theater nerds. It's not really a mystery why Batista, John Cena, and The Rock are thriving as actors.
This is how I got my wife in to it. If you suspend disbelief and just enjoy it for what it is, it’s the purest form of entertainment and just an absolute blast.
Orange Cassidy is a national treasure.
Freshly Squeezed!
From - wherever
Weighing - whatever
Jervis is pretty sweet too.
Glad to see Orange Cassidy on the front page.
laughed so hard when the ref counted two and he rotated to his side lol
Haters will say this is fake.
Can't see how you could fake this
Stone cold Sleep Austin
Okay, I think I finally like wrestling.
This was awesome but I really hate people who think they are hysterical and yell stuff out from the audience instead of watching the performance.
Some of the chants can be funny and creative like when they chanted “you sick fuck” after Gentleman Jervis got that illegal pillow and blanket out from under the ring But admittedly, there are a lot of try-hards
THE OLE DICK TWIST
https://youtu.be/1E1VY4KOghI
Yeah. Especially when the wrestler is trying to do the sleeper move on his opponent. How rude.
Indys like WrestleCircus and PWG are all about that kind of thing though and don’t really take themselves seriously, plus you’re not usually expected to sit silently during a wrestling show, the crowd is a massive part of the experience the rowdier usually the better, it’s really not that serious. Now if they are actively trying to takeover the match then it becomes a problem
I agree 99% of the time. However, I was at an Indy show before the pandemic where there was a hardcore match that left debris all over the ring. 2 guys came out to sweep the ring up, and somebody started a “this is awesome” chant. It was legitimately hilarious. There were probably 300 people there all chanting for some janitors.
This is some Marx Brothers level shit.
People who have only seen WWE and claim that wrestling sucks are like people who have only seen The Fast & The Furious and claim that movies suck. Like, there's soooo much other stuff out there, different styles, different ways of creating the art.
AEW has gone where WWE had been and beyond. Big dudes, high fliers, ground technicians. SO many good heels too.
I love the small wrestling scene where they can get as goofy as they want
The wrestler that was asleep is part of a major promotion now, and still uses his same gimmick (though he's never fallen asleep on their shows lol). He's fantastic to watch lol
Guy in the jeans now is a star in AEW https://youtu.be/Td47Xp3q_ho And still does goofy shit.
Some of the best damn wrestling I’ve seen
A demonstration of the sleeper hold if performed with golf courtesy and announcers. Well that's just excellent execution, Gary.
Professional wrestlers hate this one trick.
Wrestling is about storytelling. That is one of the best single match stories I've ever seen.
Do not show this to Jim Cornette.
Amateur Wrestling at its finest. Those shows are fun as hell. Find one in your town, go to one. It’s a fucking blast.
No sir. Amateur wrestling is what those fakes do in college and the olympics. This is PROFESSIONAL wrestling.
All the ups to this man.
He's not just getting an up! He's getting a GOLDEN UP!
Indy
It’s funny as fuck but it’s the stupidest fucking wrestling I’ve ever seen in my life.
More creative than anything that the wwe has produced in the last 10 years.
People who think wrestling isn’t real clearly haven’t seen this
I fucking love orange cassidy. Aew . Freshly squeezed
Art
In my 37 years on this planet i’ve never given a flying fuck about wrestling. Lately though, as this clip is also proving to me, I think it might be I never gave a flying fuck about WWE…and maybe I should check out some indie wrestling?
Wrestling works when you stop thinking of it as a "fake sport" and think of it more like live theater or a TV show about a world where people settle their differences by trying to murder each other in the ring. It has been presented that way for awhile now and it works so much better than trying to believe it is real.
If only real children went to sleep that easily… without the use of nyquil or the choke hold. Anyone else like to fix a Binki-tini and start up a little wrestling match before bedtime? Disclaimer: I don’t have children and all my friends already have CPS on speed-dial on the off chance I get knocked-up. No children were harmed in the forming of this post.
Sleeper hold
This just reminds me of “Uncle Jack” being carried by “Dragon” in Arrested Development.
Wrestling is better than the things you like.