"Flair goes to the top rope" moves

[Burst]

What are some other moves or set-ups to moves that seem to exist solely to be dodged or countered anymore?

I don't think anything can top Ric Flair going to the top rope for... something... (maybe a double axe handle?) and inevitably getting countered into a slam or crotched on the ropes.

The one move that comes to mind in WWE nowadays that fits that criteria is the Lionsault; I think you can count with one hand the number of times the Lionsault has actually been hit in the past few years, even if Jericho lands on his feet before running into another attack.

Nowadays it seems like the more common thing to do is to give us the set-up to a finisher like Kofi clapping or Orton pounding the mat and the immediately counter that instead.

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Any finishing move where someone panders before hand.

[thecrusherwi]

Scott Hall always used to set up the Razor's Edge much too close to the ropes and much too early in the match, and would always get backdropped over the top rope. Must've happened to poor Razor Ramon every ppv match he had as a babyface.

[A damn road sign]

Bubba Ray Dudley's diving senton.

[Wrestling Curmudgeon]

Lionsault.

[A damn road sign]

Kurt Angle's moonsault, and Big Show's Vader bomb.

[Magnum Opus]

Swagger's Vaderbomb. I think he hit it twice last year.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

May 27, 2012 12:47:29 GMT -5 Magnum Opus said:

Swagger's Vaderbomb. I think he hit it twice last year.

The fact he ever hit it amazes me.

[mrjl]

Doesn't Miz usually miss the first time he tries his running low big boot and gets rolled up?

[Crappler El 0 M]

DiBiase's diving double axe handle.

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Whenever someone throws someone off the ropes to set up a backdrop

[Famous Rocking Chimes]

May 27, 2012 12:57:53 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

DiBiase's diving double axe handle.

DiBiase's falling back elbow off the top rope as well.

[Kev The Omniscient]

Didn't Del Rio used to attempt a top rope senton? I don't think he ever actually connected with it.

[stuart minkus]

Heel Daniel Bryan's diving headbutt. Until his OTL match with Punk, I'm fairly certain that he missed every single attempt.

Hell, I'm not so sure if he even hit the thing when he was a face.

[Famous Rocking Chimes]

May 27, 2012 13:14:58 GMT -5 Kev The Omniscient said:

Didn't Del Rio used to attempt a top rope senton? I don't think he ever actually connected with it.

I've seen him hit it a couple of times. He hit it on Rey last May and on Cena at Night of Champions.

[mcstoklasa]

Stone Cold trying to piledrive somebody outside of the ring. He got back-dropped every time, apart from that one time he got Angle with it on concrete.

[deancubed]

Throwing a punch at Cena after being hit with a shoulderblock. Everyone does it, and it never works. Always lets Cena hit the proto-bomb.

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When Hogan would Hulk up everyone always tried to punch him instead of getting the hell out of there and taking a countout or something.

[A Platypus Rave]

May 27, 2012 14:35:55 GMT -5 deancubed said:

Throwing a punch at Cena after being hit with a shoulderblock. Everyone does it, and it never works. Always lets Cena hit the proto-bomb.

In the same sequence the AA after the Five Knuckle shuffle is usually blocked as well.

[Metalheadbanger Man]

Mark Henry's sitdown splash.