What are some of the best move by current wrestler or what moves by current wrestlers make you go WOW or DAMN? 

Acey Romero's pounce he hit Jake Crist with it last night on Impact and it made me go DAMN. I cannot find that one yet but here are some of the others

O.V.E's all seeing eye looks pretty cool. Sadly the only one I see on youtube wasn't one of the better ones.

Kenny Omega’s V-Trigger is unmatched as far as strikes go. I don’t know how he does it without murdering his opponents. I think he’s let up a bit since leaving Japan because they all have death wishes over there but when he gets a good running start it still looks great.

Keith Lee’s powerbomb looks devastating too. I forget what it’s called though. Spirit Bomb? Is that it? Anyway it’s an old school move that he made great again.

I am a sucker for the RAINMAKER~!

Also Ospreay's weird shit and Jack Sabre Jr's locks.

he's been doing it awhile but Michael Elgin's buckle bomb, Elgin bomb combo. Just the buckle bomb alone makes me go damn, then to fallow it up with another bomb. Its a hell of a combo.

Tetsuya Naito - Gloria



My favourite non-finisher. Kenny's V-Trigger is a close second. Both brutal.


Zack Sabre Jr. - Orienteering with Napalm Death



Japanese announcer says the name of the move at 30 seconds. Full version locked in at around 45 seconds.


Zack Sabre Jr. - Jim Breaks Special



Poor Tanahashi. Not having a good time, is he? Unfortunately this isn't my favourite version, where he uses his foot to push down on the exposed wrist.

Kenny Omega - One Winged Angel



Easily the best move of the modern era. Original. Super protected. Looks amazing. Great name. Can be done on almost anyone.

Mar 27, 2020 17:10:03 GMT Emperor said:

Easily the best move of the modern era. Original. Super protected. Looks amazing. Great name. Can be done on almost anyone.

Think one day that move will become a common move.

Because back in the day DDT was a finisher then became common.

Then there was the superkick now everyone does them multiple times in the same match.

And the latest one is the Canadian Destroyer which was also super protected. You could stop it before he finished it but if it hit it was over. Now it is just a common move as well.

Anything that Walter does because it looks very impressive.

Mar 27, 2020 18:38:33 GMT X-zero said:

Mar 27, 2020 17:10:03 GMT Emperor said:

Easily the best move of the modern era. Original. Super protected. Looks amazing. Great name. Can be done on almost anyone.

Think one day that move will become a common move.

Because back in the day DDT was a finisher then became common.

Then there was the superkick now everyone does them multiple times in the same match.

And the latest one is the Canadian Destroyer which was also super protected. You could stop it before he finished it but if it hit it was over. Now it is just a common move as well.

don't forget the cutter

The Stormbreaker. 

I like dropkicks. WALTER & Okada have very different, but very good dropkicks.

Also Allysin Kay's backwards Tombstone thingy.

Thought of another one. Whatever Buddy Murphy’s finisher is called.

It’s a little convoluted but I mean what finisher isn’t these days. He makes it look amazing and it’s smooth as fuck.

Also I have to give the Young Bucks some props because More Bang For Your Buck is a great double team move.

Mar 28, 2020 0:41:54 GMT Baker said:

I like dropkicks. WALTER & Okada have very different, but very good dropkicks.

Also Allysin Kay's backwards Tombstone thingy.

Cosigned on Allysin Kay's backwards Tombstone thingy.

Mar 28, 2020 1:21:02 GMT 🤯 said:

Mar 28, 2020 0:41:54 GMT Baker said:

I like dropkicks. WALTER & Okada have very different, but very good dropkicks.

Also Allysin Kay's backwards Tombstone thingy.

Cosigned on Allysin Kay's backwards Tombstone thingy.

That move really needs a name.

Mar 28, 2020 1:21:44 GMT Baker said:

Mar 28, 2020 1:21:02 GMT 🤯 said:

Cosigned on Allysin Kay's backwards Tombstone thingy.

That move really needs a name.

I'm good with backwards Tombstone thingy.

:meh:

You mean this thing?



I always thought that move was dumb as fuck. Why would you do a Tombstone in such a convoluted way? The regular Tombstone is a much more controlled way to drop someone on their head. It also looks a lot better.

Mar 27, 2020 17:10:03 GMT Emperor said:

Tetsuya Naito - Gloria



My favourite non-finisher. Kenny's V-Trigger is a close second. Both brutal.

This looks like he's gently setting people down to me. I don't get Naito at all.

Mar 28, 2020 14:43:12 GMT Emperor said:

You mean this thing?



I always thought that move was dumb as fuck. Why would you do a Tombstone in such a convoluted way? The regular Tombstone is a much more controlled way to drop someone on their head. It also looks a lot better.

Nah, that looks terrible. Adam Page/AEW sux. Allysin Kay's backwards Tombstone thingy is entirely different, looks WAY better, and has a much catchier name than dumb ol' "Dead Eye"

Mar 28, 2020 15:11:40 GMT PB said:

This looks like he's gently setting people down to me. I don't get Naito at all.

Some Glorias are better than others, but it's far from gentle. It's like a sidewalk slam, but a higher angle and more of a sheer drop.

There's not much to get about Naito. He's the best wrestler in the world. The first double IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion in history. He's Tranquilo. He's Ingobernable. He is the king.

Mar 28, 2020 15:13:39 GMT 🤯 said:

Nah, that looks terrible. Adam Page/AEW sux. Allysin Kay's backwards Tombstone thingy is entirely different, looks WAY better, and has a much catchier name than dumb ol' "Dead Eye"

Alison Kay's finisher is so unremarkable that I can't even find it on YouTube. I can't imagine what a backwards Tombstone thingy would be if not Dead Eye.

Could be a 🤯 troll post where in fact Alison Kay does exactly that.

Mar 28, 2020 1:21:44 GMT Baker said:

Mar 28, 2020 1:21:02 GMT 🤯 said:

Cosigned on Allysin Kay's backwards Tombstone thingy.

That move really needs a name.

Generally called as a Backdrop Driver before people started to call every Belly to Back suplex a backdrop driver.  Now reverse tombstone is used.

Alison Kay does a backdrop driver? Sweet!

Fade To Black is dope.

Wtf is a "Dead Eye?" Every mid 2010s ROH viewer knows Adam Page's sub-Allysin Kay finisher is called The Rite of Passage.



It's the Impossible Pin that really makes Kay's finisher. Nobody should ever kick out of this. Huge lack of Impossible Pin in Page's version btw. 

Kay's finisher is nothing like Dr. Death's Backdrop Driver.

Also, Naito's Gloria is basically just a glorified Pumphandle Slam. And not even a good one with snap like Test or Wrath used to do! 

Using AEW as an example again it is Trent's Dudebuster. And AEW has way too many version of piledrivers as finisher

Mar 28, 2020 16:55:35 GMT Emperor said:

Mar 28, 2020 15:11:40 GMT PB said:

This looks like he's gently setting people down to me. I don't get Naito at all.

Some Glorias are better than others, but it's far from gentle. It's like a sidewalk slam, but a higher angle and more of a sheer drop.

There's not much to get about Naito. He's the best wrestler in the world. The first double IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion in history. He's Tranquilo. He's Ingobernable. He is the king.

I mean, I imagine some of his best ones are in that video, but the way he cradles the guy like you would a child or your bride to carry her over the threshold, releases the trapped arm long before they get to the mat, and does it from a still position just makes it look like the safest lamest move I've seen. It's like a sidewalk slam with all of the impact taken out of it. Only one guy in that video landed at a high angle that made it look almost painful, but the rest looked so soft. Are there better examples than this video?

There may be better examples, but that video has a pretty nice collection and I'm too lazy to seek out more.

Probably just a move I like that nobody else likes. I can live with that. Maybe.

PB, Emperor likes safe and tame wrestling. What's wrong with that? Don't you remember his passionate letter writing campaign in 2003 to get Cena to modify the Death Valley Driver he was toying with as a new finisher into more of a fireman's carry gentle putdown?