Talents repeatedly kicking out of finishers is discussed by Michaels.
Going into NXT Stand & Deliver, Shawn Michaels is making the media rounds to promote the event and he guest appeared on The Bobby Bones Show.
As the conversation was ongoing, Michaels was asked about talents repeatedly kicking out of finishers and at what point would he start to reel that in as the finisher is supposed to signal the conclusion of the match.
Within in his response, Michaels stated that he now understands that a superkick is one thing but his Sweet Chin Music is a finisher.
So look, I think we go through phases and peaks and valleys in that to where you’re looking to give your fans the most for their entertainment dollar and nine times out of 10, that’s excitement, that’s movement. Certainly from an NXT standpoint, we don’t have the equity in our superstars that a main roster, a Raw or a SmackDown has. A viewer might not watch an NXT upstart who’s been doing this for six months as long as they’re going to watch a Kevin Owens and so, that young superstar will probably have to move faster and do more exciting things to keep that viewer invested. But at the same time, you wanna teach them and keep the integrity of the business so, look, you might begin to give them a little leeway and usually what happens is we do that but then after a while, it goes too far and then we reel and have to rein everybody back in, and so that’s just something you have to keep your fingers on the pulse of and that’s something I think that’s going on now. I think everybody, especially my finisher, the superkick or — again, I’m now understanding that a superkick is one thing but Sweet Chin Music, that’s a finisher so, I think when you get into those types of things, if you wanna keep the integrity of the move, obviously, we always want that to be noteworthy. But, I think you have to kind of call those as you see ‘em and hopefully the fan base appreciates and understands that.
Stand & Deliver is taking place on April 19th and the post-Stand & Deliver edition of NXT on The CW will emanate from Las Vegas, Nevada as well.
If the quote in this article is used, please credit The Bobby Bones Show with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription.
