Intangibles

Eras and Styles Evaluated:

(Golden) – Golden Age of pro-wrestling from the 1950s into the early 1980s

(Cable) – After pro-wrestling went national with the WWF, JCP/NWA and WCW

(SE) – Sports Entertainment style from the “Monday Night War” era to now

(Puro) – Japanese pro-wrestling 1970s to now

(Lucha) – Lucha Libre (Mexico, Japan, etc.)

(Euro) – European style from the 1970s to the 1990s

ENTERTAINMENT

• Communicating with audience

• Creative and effective on the mic

• Entertaining in all situations

SELLING

• • Body Language

  • Facial Expressions

  • Progresses Match

  • Believability

  • Appropriateness

  • Selling Body Parts

BUMPING

• • Frequency

  • Quality

  • Meaningfulness

  • Logic

CARRYING

• • Behavior creates a coherent story to the match

  • Sells to advance opponent’s offense

  • Bumps to advance opponent’s offense

  • Offense advances the story of the match

  • Use of gimmicks

  • Ability to work with other styles

HEAT

• • Appearance Pop

  • Announcement Pop

  • Intensity of Heat

  • Duration of Heat

  • Consistency of Heat

  • Fans' Perception of Wrestler

LEGACY

• • Casual fan perception

  • Hardcore fan and media perception

  • Peers' perception

  • Baggage