Synchronicity

I love Tag Team matches where all four men get in the ring at the same time, and the members of Team A both apply the same hold at the same time, simultaneously punishing the members of Team B.  It seems as if they planned it out earlier:

Partner 1:  “I’ll take the little cute one, you get ahold of the big guy, and we will apply our matching Reverse Rib Crushers.  The fans love that two-on-two stuff!”

Partner 2:  “Aww, but I wanted the little cute one!”

It enhances the sense of cohesion between the Tag Team partners — the apparent strength of their relationship — when they resolve to use the same hold at the same time.

Not only do I want to dress just like him, I also want to behave just like him, doing the same thing he does at the same time.

There is also a sense of naughty transgression when all four men get in the ring at once, which is illegal at least in American-style wrestling.  You are supposed to take turns in the ring. (I’m not sure about Lucha Libre — they battle in groups of three, four, six-at-a-time, and it’s all good…)

But if wrestling is a metaphor for sex, then applying Mirror Image simultaneous holds is akin to two couples knocking boots in the same room at the same time.  We are taught to keep intimate moments private, so it feels dirty and wrong, but exciting at the same time, to cross that line.

And when two partners in matching gear are seen side-by-side — each holding a member of the other team — we interpret that to mean they’ve swapped partners,like swingers.  Partner #1 from Team A is now coupled with Partner #1 from Team B.

I forgot what they call this move, but check out Matt Sydal and Ricochet performing it in perfectly synchrony.  It’s so cool, somebody GIFfed it…

Seeing a wrestler apply your favorite move is always a nice surprise, like you won a raffle.  So it feels twice as exciting (actually maybe three- or four-times as exciting) when two wrestlers apply your beloved favorite hold at the same.  The pleasure multiplies. You feel like: How can my eyes possibly absorb all the greatness that is happening in stereo in the ring right now?!

For example, seeing a wrestler place a chair or ladder over his opponent’s body, then press his weight on the object to crush the poor chump underneath is always exciting to me.  I would’ve enjoyed this image with even just one chubby pale dude in pink-and-black gear standing over one stud in red sweat pants.  Having the scene duplicated, two crushings at once, takes this image from Hot to Awesome.