Back in 2017, veteran trainer Rip Rogers posted a mocking description of “every Indy match now.” It started a whole lot of conversation in the wrestling community, and turned into a Twitter feud between Randy Orton and pretty much everyone associated with independent wrestling (and Bully Ray).
The thing most people remember from the whole flap is Roger’s sign-off - “...dive”
It was at the center of The Viper’s beef with Bubba. Will Ospreay made a shirt out of it. And Orton put his own spin on it with a mocking apology he ended with “...headlock”
Now he’s back with a follow-up. This time he’s “reviewing” NXT’s latest event, June 7’s TakeOver: In Your House, and taking aim at another modern wrestling trope - the superkick sound effect known as the leg slap.
Heard #WWENXT #TakeoverInYourHouse was great! Slappin my leg for you guys. Sincerely #legslap
— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) June 8, 2020
Not sure how Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, or any of the other NXT Superstars who utilize the leg slap will feel about this. But a former NXT Superstar and Orton ally’s made his feelings pretty clear on it recently.
Things you probably won’t see in our debut match with @AEWrestling:
— Dax FTR (@DaxHarwood) June 7, 2020
Jumping knee strike
Hand prints on our thighs
Jump off the top, miss, land on my feet & do a roll
Superkick
Bicycle kick
Diamond cutter variation, but call it “(fancy name) Cutter”
Canadian Destroyer
Dive https://t.co/bHXoi3bV0S
FTR’s Dax Harwood is unsurprisingly completely behind Randy on this one.
Yas King https://t.co/PjcOI0x3bA
— Dax FTR (@DaxHarwood) June 8, 2020
I give it about three hours before someone puts a #LegSlap shirt up on ProWrestlingTees.com.
UPDATE: Tommaso Ciampa offered a retort.