Not everyone is a fan. Selling is one of the most important parts of a wrestler’s abilities as otherwise, almost nothing that happens in a match matters. A wrestler has to make the fans believe that they are seeing some drama taking place. Seeing someone not exactly in any trouble or suffering any damage in a match is not going to make things work. Some wrestlers were not thrilled with the selling of a legend earlier this week.

The big story on this week’s Monday Night Raw saw Shawn Michaels confronting Randy Orton over Orton attacking Ric Flair the previous week. This resulted in Orton attacking Michaels and laying him out with the RKO into the Punt. Drew McIntyre ran out and chased Orton off before taking an RKO of his own to end the show. Michaels stayed in the ring throughout McIntyre and Orton’s showdown and it did not go so well.

WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray and former Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky both criticized Michaels’ selling on this week’s Monday Night Raw. Both Ray and Sky felt that Michaels should have stayed down on the mat after taking the Punt. After being Punted, Michaels pulled himself up in the corner and checked on McIntyre to end the show, but did not do anything physical with Orton. Michaels was also checked by medics and seemed out of it from the Punt.

Michaels took a beating this week. Check out how it went down:

Opinion: I’m not sure on this one. It’s true that Michaels didn’t stay down after the Punt, but at the same time, Orton hit the RKO and followed with the Punt almost immediately. He didn’t set it up as he usually did and that could be the reason why it didn’t have the same impact. Also, the focus was on Orton attacking him in general and it’s not like Michaels grabbed a chair and chased Orton off. It wasn’t a big deal and Michaels sold it well enough to get the point across.

What did you think of the angle? Did Michaels sell it well? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. Get the latest and greatest in professional wrestling news by signing up for our daily email newsletter. Just look below for “GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES” to sign up. Thank you for reading!

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