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Post by eDemento2099 on Dec 18, 2007 16:04:07 GMT -5
Who is the greatest High-Flying wrestler you've ever seen? I'm not asking about who you think is the best cruiserweight, or which high flyer you feel can put on the greatest matches: I'm simply asking which high-flying wrestler has pulled off the most impressive high-flying spots you've ever seen, even if the spots aren't done on a consistent or regular basis.
My top two choices would have to be Jack Evans and Teddy Hart. Evans pulls off the most complex flips and ariel attacks I've ever seen, and does so consistently in his matches. Hart can pull off impressive flips as well, but it's also worth mentioning that a lot of hart's regular moves feature an ariel aspect (for instance, first Hart will launch them in the air, and as they're coming down, he'll nail a flying cutter).
Before I got into indy feds like CZW and discovered Evans and Hart, I was always impressed by the flips that Kid Kash tended to take to his ECW opponents when they were outside the ring. Kash's flips were fairly simple, but MAN OH MAN, the height that Kid Kash got out of his jumps was unparalleled. Bret Hart may have declared Psychosis ("Hypnosis") "a high-flyer of the highest magnitude," but I have to wonder if Hart ever saw some of the dives that Kash took from the top rope on his dazed opponent situated on the arena floor.
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Post by Joekishi on Dec 18, 2007 16:11:53 GMT -5
Rey Mysterio Jr. circa 94-98
After him...um...probably the Rockers, Scorpio, and/or Sasuke
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Dec 18, 2007 16:19:11 GMT -5
2 Cold Scorpio. In ECW, Scorp was probably around 230/240 lbs or so, which made his moves look a hell of a lot more impactful than when a 195 lb human rake is doing them. Plus, his "Dropping the Bomb" moonsault into a legdrop is one of the coolest moves ever.
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Post by The Wrestling Rambler on Dec 18, 2007 17:17:53 GMT -5
Jody Fleisch. Really opened my eyes to the British scene. He was at his best in 2002, wrestling in ROH, FWA, CZW, retired for a year or so and never quite came back as the same wrestler.
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Post by Samoa Kenny on Dec 18, 2007 17:26:19 GMT -5
Ricochet... double moonsault man...
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Post by samachine on Dec 18, 2007 17:27:40 GMT -5
Dragon Kid
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Post by DASH 243✅ on Dec 18, 2007 17:51:59 GMT -5
Shane O' Mac he had some of the bset spots out there.
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Post by Flo360 on Dec 18, 2007 17:55:08 GMT -5
Pac anyone?? He's great.
Also Evans: "BOOOOM!"
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Post by redbull on Dec 18, 2007 17:56:25 GMT -5
Pac for me, seeing him live is amazing.
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Post by Tha Kid Joker on Dec 18, 2007 18:08:10 GMT -5
Ricochet... double moonsault man... That was Ricochet that did that? I was wondering... And I'm going with Jack Evans, with people like Jody Fleisch, Teddy Hart, and Takuya Sugi (a.k.a. El Blazer/Shanao/Yosh*tsune/Mini CIMA/Little Dragon/Kamen Ranger Red/Michinoku Ranger Gold/AHII/The★ZEST/Catfish Man) definitely occupying the high positions of my list. |
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Post by The Line on Dec 18, 2007 18:15:13 GMT -5
Currently, Evans is up there for me. As is Matt Cross(M-Dogg 20). As are Dragon Kid and CIMA(exept he's not as much of a high-flyer as he is an all around guy, but I still put him here. Eh, if I get chastised for it, I'll know why)(their brief work with ROH in the past year and a half has been awesome). As far as all time, Mysterio from ECW/his early WCW days is there. Psychosis, Super Crazy. Probably plenty of others I'm forgetting.
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Post by eDemento2099 on Dec 18, 2007 18:18:31 GMT -5
Shane O' Mac he had some of the bset spots out there. Really? I never really regarded Shame McMahon as a 'high-flyer.' To me, he was just someone who took dives off of insane heights. To call Shane McMahon a 'high-flyer' would necessitate in calling New Jack a 'high-flyer' as well. There's a difference between using athleticism to get one's self off the ground and using gravity to bring one down from a great height. |
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Post by KLRA on Dec 18, 2007 18:19:07 GMT -5
Super Crazy for me.
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Post by eDemento2099 on Dec 18, 2007 18:19:12 GMT -5
Pac for me, seeing him live is amazing. Who is Pac, and what feds has he wrestled for? |
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Post by Jimichiro Likes Erick Rowan on Dec 18, 2007 18:20:28 GMT -5
Blitzkreig
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Post by Munkie91087 on Dec 18, 2007 18:20:43 GMT -5
Hayabusa. Could work a match, and was an amazing high flyer. It was such a shame that he broke his neck.
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Post by shiranui on Dec 18, 2007 18:22:47 GMT -5
Pac for me, seeing him live is amazing. Who is Pac, and what feds has he wrestled for? He's a young British guy who I have seen wrestling for PWG. He's a really talented high-flier (his nickname is "The Man Gravity Forgot") but I really think he needs to find himself a better ring name. "Pac" just made me think of X-Pac when I first heard it without seeing the guy or knowing anything about his work, and that made me a bit confused. Pac's match with Jack Evans at Battle of Los Angeles 2007 is a high-flying spectacle of the highest magnitude. |
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Dec 18, 2007 18:26:41 GMT -5
The microscopic bit of Blitzkrieg that I saw in WCW (what'd he wrestle, like, three matches?) there has to be some of the best aerial work I've seen. 'Tis a pity. |
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Post by KLRA on Dec 18, 2007 18:27:04 GMT -5
The only thing I don't like about PAC is that he's friggin' small as all hell. He's the man Muscle forgot as well.
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Post by Flo360 on Dec 18, 2007 18:30:56 GMT -5
Who is Pac, and what feds has he wrestled for? He's a young British guy who I have seen wrestling for PWG. He's a really talented high-flier (his nickname is "The Man Gravity Forgot") but I really think he needs to find himself a better ring name. "Pac" just made me think of X-Pac when I first heard it without seeing the guy or knowing anything about his work, and that made me a bit confused. Pac's match with Jack Evans at Battle of Los Angeles 2007 is a high-flying spectacle of the highest magnitude. His match against El Geneerico from All Star Weekend 5 is even better. El Generico seems like the perfect opponent for Pac. They also had a great bout in wXw this year which I saw live. |
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