Posted May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751041 So, instead of hating on everything as usual, everywhere on the interwebs basically, I thought some positivity would be nice. I'm asking myself, are there moves that are generally loved, or almost generally? What moves do you specifically love seeing, or hearing sometimes? For example, the first one that comes to my mind is the, as it is now called, Phenomenal forearm. I loved seeing it back in TNA, soved it ever since and am SO hyped that it has now become his finishing move, although I really liked the Styles Clash as a visual as well.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751076 I've always loved Barry Windham's float over suplex and Tully Blanchard's slingshot suplex. I've always liked the 'special occasions only' type move. Kobashi's burning hammer springs to mind.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751082 Really well executed gut wrench suplex. Harley has a sweet one. Iron Sheik has a cool one too.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751091 Jumbo Tsuruta's Dropkick, Bret Hart's Back breaker and I must admit i've always' enjoyed Kurt Angle's run up top rope belly to belly.
May 4, 20169 yr Author comment_5751093 I gotta admit I love Sweet Chin Music. But I've always been a huge HBK mark anyway, so no surprise there.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751101 Cannonballs into the corner. If anybody who is heavy or explosively athletic does this move it is awesome to watch.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751114 I think there are few moves more satisfying that a proper, knock-you-out-your-boots lariat.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751117 Couple of classics here that never disappoint -- Arn's spinebuster and Jumbo's lariat. Hansen's gets a lot of love, but Jumbo always seemed to punctuate his in such brutal fashion. Just terrific impact. Not sure that I'd attribute it to any particular wrestler, but I always pop for a suplex that follows a real struggle to execute the move. Whether German, buttefly, vertical or otherwise it almost doesn't matter. Teasing the block before finally getting an opponent up for great impact on the bump is just a great visual and hopefully audio as well.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751121 I'm a huge mark for a brainbuster. If you have a dope looking brainbuster, I'm probably a fan of yours. Someone brought up the slingshot suplex, I want the next hot, young blue chipper to come in and use a slingshot jackhammer as a finisher. Too bad he'll use a spear or another version of the complete shot.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751223 I'm a sucker for Paul Orndorff's piledriver. Bret's is good too but Paul's in his a class of his own.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751233 Current favorites: Chris Hero's quick piledriver Sabre's Breaks Special Matt Riddle's anklelock
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751242 Pretty much every Midnight Express finisher. Veg-o-Matic > Double Goozle > Gravedigger > Rocket Launcher > Flapjack.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751244 Pretty much every Midnight Express finisher. Veg-o-Matic > Double Goozle > Gravedigger > Rocket Launcher > Flapjack. This is probably a ridiculous request, but can you describe those? I've watched plenty of Midnight Express, but other than the Rocket Launcher and Flapjack I don't think I can name any of their finishers.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751260 A good DDT is the greatest move I've ever seen. Jake, Arn, Raven, and Zayn's through-the-ropes tornado DDT are things of beauty.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751265 Cattle Branding. There were a few wrestlers who used to do it but Dick Murdoch is the guy I saw do it the most. Someone should have stolen that and used it in the 2000s while everyone else was busy stealing moves from Japanese wrestlers.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751266 ^ That. Cattle Branding is so awesome. I love Tiger Mask's German Suplex. He gets such a high arch on it. It's very graceful, yet has a lot of impact at the same time. A good Northern Lights Suplex is a sight to behold. That move doesn't get used nearly enough anymore. On the suplex tip, I've soured on Tiger and Dragon suplexes. Too often, the victim kinda slides into the bump and it just doesn't look as nasty as those moves should be. Arn's Spinebuster is a thing of beauty, especially when it's used as a cutoff move.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751277 Butterfly suplex Indian deathlock Frog splash (when done by anyone other than Eddy Guerrero)
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751288 Cattle Branding. There were a few wrestlers who used to do it but Dick Murdoch is the guy I saw do it the most. Someone should have stolen that and used it in the 2000s while everyone else was busy stealing moves from Japanese wrestlers. Hiroyoshi Tenzan does that move all the time. Akiyama does a variation of it as well. Maybe some other japanese wrestlers I'm forgetting do it too.
May 4, 20169 yr comment_5751293 Cattle Branding. There were a few wrestlers who used to do it but Dick Murdoch is the guy I saw do it the most. Someone should have stolen that and used it in the 2000s while everyone else was busy stealing moves from Japanese wrestlers. Hiroyoshi Tenzan does that move all the time. Akiyama does a variation of it as well. Maybe some other japanese wrestlers I'm forgetting do it too. What kind of post-modern shit is that when Japanese wrestlers steal moves from the Americans? That's not how it's supposed to work.
May 5, 20169 yr comment_5751352 I'm a sucker for Paul Orndorff's piledriver. Bret's is good too but Paul's in his a class of his own. Those are both great, but Bob Backlund's piledriver is the true "Holy Fuck he just killed that guy" piledriver
May 5, 20169 yr comment_5751365 As a joshi fan, I'm contractually obligated to mention Kairi Hojo's top-rope elbow drop. Also, Moonsault Footstomp!!!
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