Max Caster and his tag team partner, Anthony Bowens, were initially told not to use their signature move, scissoring, in their matches. The scissoring, which involves one wrestler holding their opponent in a seated position while the other applies pressure to their chest with their legs, has been a staple of The Acclaimed’s arsenal and has helped establish them as a formidable tag team.
Matt Hardy opened up about this on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy.” It seems that AEW wasn’t too keen on the scissoring at first.
“The scissoring thing, there was one point where they were told they shouldn’t be doing that, but they still kept doing it, and then it got over organically on its own in the most incredibly huge way possible.
It speaks volumes about them, and I love that they did it. It reminds me of when I was doing the ‘V1’ hand sign and Stephanie McMahon said, ‘You really shouldn’t do that, it’s never going to get over.’ I still kept doing it, and it worked, it got over, and it’s still around now. Good for them for sticking to their guns.”
Matt Hardy on The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy
Despite the prohibition, The Acclaimed continued to use scissoring in their matches, and it has since become one of their most recognizable and popular moves.
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