What's your favourite wrestling move?
 

I could watch Arn Anderson and Ron Simmons do spinebuster's all day long. Arn's was pure finesse, absolutely beautiful in terms of style and impact. Ron Simmons' spine buster is one of the most powerful and cool moves ever used to show strength in a dominant wrestler.

The Rock has probably the worst spine buster in the history of wrestling and I remember getting pissed off that a man his size and athleticism couldn't perform it nearly as well.
I think maybe it's a centre of gravity thing.

I'm also partial to a well executed powerslam. If anyone wants to see the best powerslam in the world look out for Kaientai in Over The Edge 1998, Dick Togo snaps off a beast of a slam on Taka.

Lariat

Was it only Stan Hansen that called it the lariat?

Nah a lariat has forward momentum. A clothesline is just a guy putting his arm out. When you see a lariat done right you know it.


Ones violent and the other is just there.

Powerbomb. Hate when someone kicks out of one. It's just stupid.

That rings a bell. So would a lariat be the thrower's momentum whereas a clothesline would be the recipient's momentum?

Like I can throw a clothesline just by sticking my arm out and letting the gut run into it but if I want to lariat the guy I have to run at him and throw my arm forward?

I suppose I could look this up...

Yes, absolutely. We know that powerbombs fuck people up in MMA to the point where they are KO'd.

You dont have to run but yeah. The lariat is a clubbing strike..the arm is swinging at you. The clothesline youre arm is stretched out. Even a short clotheline vs a short arm lariat. Youre mostly stationary in both. You pull him into your outstretched arm for a clothesline. In a short arm lariat you pull him in and at the same time swing through him.


Theres a difference in violence. But its not about the feet so much. Benoit had the best clotheline ever but he charged at you. It wasnt a larait. The arm didnt swing. Its a subtle difference but once you know it you cant unsee it.

Big fan of spinebusters to. Got to see an Arn one at All Out, was great.

Alabama Slam also because every time Hardcore Holly hit it they yelled Alabama Slam.

I fucking loved the Alabama Slam.
Feels like they renamed it at some point and I didn't like it.

Did Bob Holly innovate that move? He got some force on it which seems like a hard thing to do.

Bob Holly has to be a top 20 wrestler for me. I really did like him a lot growing up. Only after that Feud with Al Snow though, I remember thinking it was cool a guy would start matches with weapons.

On AEW a few weeks ago Excalibur called it a wheelbarrow slam or something. JR had no idea what he was talking about.

Piledriver.

I like any piledrivers done with a bounce.

Orndorff's was pretty perfect.

I like powerbombs. Also I like Darby Allin being double arm ddt'ed from the middle rope by Jon Moxley.

True.

But Taker's Tombstone is kinda lame.

I meant the classic piledrivers.
Of all piledrivers my very favourite are the bouncing classics and Foley's "pull their trunks" piledriver because they look legit. Foley's just seems right to me though, even if it's not "devastating".
I might catch massive flack for this but I honestly preferred Taker using The Last Ride to his Tombstone. I prefer tombstone piledrivers when lighter wrestlers use them. It's so much better when done quickly.

Clothesline From Hell all day

I think Taz was doing it in ECW before. It was called the Concrete Crunch/Crash or something like that

The Eclipse, it is a thing of beauty.

Clothesline and lariat.

Can get some pretty great brutal looking hits when done perfectly especially with the recent trend of guys adding a little flip after getting hit by one.

The 450 splash. Just some thing about it i love.

Petey Williams' execution of the Canadian Destroyer

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Yeah but what's a regular move you really like?

To be fair the Canadian Destroyer has become a regular move these days.

It's a ridiculous move that I have probably never seen before I started posting here.

I never saw it growing up anyway.

This is why I listen to Gertner and Dale with the classic wrestling advice. It makes more sense.

I liked it when Petey Williams started using it. It was his finish and hardly anyone kicked out of it. Now it's used multiple times in matches and I can't recall the last time it ended a match.

Silly as fuck, but looks cool.

Superplexes should kill

Yokozuna's Superkick should kill

"Yokozuna's Superkick" is a good name for the phenomenon of moves used by wrestlers in their set that should be a match ender.

Does anybody still use Ron Simmons "Dominator"?

That was fucking great too.

It's gonna be my stage name when I start my pop music career.

The gig ender

Big fan of the chokeslam

I never understood the chokeslam.

It don't make no sense.
A choke trip would have been good.

Like an inverted Russian Legsweep or something

I thought of a pretty sick tag finish today. Stalled brainbuster + superkick combo. Very possible I've seen it in a Bucks match but I think it could be a pretty sweet finisher.

Triple H’s variation of Arn Anderson’s spinebuster.

I really liked the way Moxley sunk in that STF on Darby.

Now that's a really great shout.

I completely forgot how good Triple H's spinebuster was.

Also Benoit’s snap suplex.

I also love a good powerbomb.

Scott mother fucking Norton baby!

Lesnar's powerbomb is highly underrated

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It's a good thing that he doesn't do it anymore

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The Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gradunza

Seldom used to these days but I enjoy a good double axe handle.

There's an old claim of strength that men used to have where particularly strong men could lift another single handed onto a horse.

I can see it now.

I love inverted Suplexes and the super plex version of it

Gordon Solie says "Suplay" and it feels right

I always loved the Rings of Saturn, mainly because I thought it looked viscous in WCW/nWo Revenge for the N64. (And because of the game appreciated it more on TV as well)

Was very glad when THE BASTARD PAC brought it back

The rings of Saturn is a legitimate submission maneuver. Perry Saturn was my favourite of the Radicalz. Such a beast.

https://whatculture.com/wwe/10-thing...saturn?page=10

Good story about the Rings Of Saturn as a legit submission.

Was thinking about this and remember the crazy corkscrew piledriver Scott Steiner used to do, which was crazy, especially the early ones.




Also, just because I didn't have a chance. Yesterday

That Scott Steiner piledriver was nuts, how have I never seen that thing before?
Maybe I have and I just forgot.

I dunno. Seems like back then that should have been a match ender and a week in hospital.
WCW was always really weird with what could be used as a finish though, it wasn't just when the luchadores showed up either. I remember various rope drop finishes which seem as ludicrous as an original Irish Whip.

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Any variation of the Stunner is cool. From the Stone Cold to the Eclipse.

Stunner or Shawn Michaels superkick.

Seems like we're all kind of leaning towards the more core, realistic moves here. In that vein I'd have to say my favorite would be a good old high impact DDT, specifically the Evenflow from Raven. Honorable mention to the Nash Jackknife Powerbomb and anybody doing an Emerald Fusion.

If we're talking ridiculous moves? Top rope Spanish Fly.

The correct answer is of course the spinebuster which is always an excuse to post this gif of the perfect spinebuster

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C.W Anderson had a really good Spinebuster

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Mongrovian Spike.

Also, since it has finished some MMA fights, I would like to see the heart punch make a comeback.

Since when has a heart punch ever even been used in MMA let alone successfully?

I need details here.

I've seen the solar plexus punch but I've never seen it end a fight.
A liver shot will do it a lot quicker.

Either Macho's elbow, Kurt's belly to belly, or Bret's backbreaker/double elbow off Bret's rope (@Fignuts)

This is the most beautiful thing in the world

Snap power slam is pretty cool.

Powerbomb (not a sit down)
Piledrivers
Texas Cloverleaf

Unfortunately nowadays none of these seem to work as a finisher.

Also, hasn't been a real finisher in years but a good normal DDT always looks great.

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Defies physics

Orndorff had the best piledriver.

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I was watching an old TNA PPV last night and there was a 4 man tag. Some dude tried to come into the ring and go after Konnan and Konnan threw his shoe at him.

that's a great move.

Orndorff was an idiot doing that to people.
Do it like this, son. Safe as houses.

http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.co...Piledriver.jpg

Hands on the feet for safety!

Then just slowly sit down

Benoit's execution of the crippler crossface was top notch

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His execution of his wife and son was pretty spectacular

Owen Hart's Big Splash is a killer move.

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Gertner told me Bill Apter believes the conspiracy stories about Benoit.
I wonder if he ever put him in a figure four?

Big Boss Man put Mountie away with it at Summerslam 91. Then Rougeau got buggered in jail.

Although Arn wrote the book on a textbook spinebuster, I always like Batista's variant where he popped himself back up after. Like the force of the move pushes him back to his feet. Looked both brutal and fluid.

Personal favorite move? Perfect Plex. Especially the bridging pin variety. Followed closely by either a bridging German or a perfectly executed Northern Lights (like Alicia Fox's)

And I will never not mark out for a Regal Stretch.

execution bad word choice

Nah. Ideal.

Bret Hart's Sharpshooter
Jake Robert's DDT
Glam Slam

Swede Savard's Broad Street Cutter is definitely on the list!

Oh man, I think I need to go and watch some Goldust matches from when I wasn't watching wrestling because that "final cut" move is cooler than hell.

Speaking of Goldust he had a nice snap on his powerslam.

True but if you watch a compilation you'll notice every now and then the recipient will essentially dive into the slam before he has his hand on them so the crowd dies and it looks and sounds awful.

I think Stone Cold said that was his favourite powerslam though.

How about DiBiase?

His are the classic style I think. Hauling someone around using your own power rather than purely their momentum.

Goldust's looks better if it's done perfectly I reckon. The best powerslam I ever saw was Bradshaw and Taka vs Kaientai at Over The Edge 1998. I think Dick Togo does it on Taka.

I seem to remember Farooq having a good old school powerslam but he was so strong it looked absolutely ridiculous. Pretty much everything Ron Simmons did should have been a finisher.

I HATED Farrooq's powerslam. He just kinda picks him up and drops him.

Love DiBiase's. Brock Lesnar had a really good one early in his career.

I don't really care for Orton's and Goldust. Not a fan of the snap powerslam.

Too quick to really appreciate it?

It just looks better visually to me.

There was no licking involved with Farooq's powerslam.