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Post by Pooh Carlson on Nov 27, 2016 0:54:43 GMT -5
Somehow they STILL call it the Five Knuckle Shuffle.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Nov 27, 2016 1:03:46 GMT -5
How many of these are less "The move name sucks" and more "Michael Cole should never be saying some of these words"? I feel like the venn diagram of these two things is basically a circle.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Nov 27, 2016 1:07:34 GMT -5
The Pedigree. Yeah, I said it. Doesn't really make sense even as the blueblood. What does somebody's pedigree have to do with a double underhook face buster? And it reminds me of dog food. Makes even less sense as DX member and The Game. Should have been renamed, "The Push Killer."
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Nov 27, 2016 1:23:43 GMT -5
For like one match, The Vaudevillains' "Whirling Dervish" was the far superior "Gentlemen's Congress." No matter the name, it's a pathetically shitty move. Fits their team actually. Oh, it's fine; spinning neckbreaker is a perfectly serviceable finisher; adding the combo just makes it better. However, calling it the Whirling Dervish just shows how lazy they or the bookers are about them. They're the gimmickiest gimmick on the roster, and their finisher doesn't even have a theme name. Jeez Louise.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 27, 2016 4:10:09 GMT -5
I still remember Rollins' in NXT calling the curbstomp the Blackout. Even ended a few promos with "Sooner or later everyone blacks out" which easily would have ended up on a shirt if they did NXT merchandise back then. His standing sliced bread was also called the Skywalker for a time. I remember them calling it the Sethwalker.
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Post by Big Bad Kahuna on Nov 27, 2016 6:17:11 GMT -5
I swear I wanted to slap Vince and Cole/JBL out of their empty skulls when I first heard that bs
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Nov 27, 2016 7:55:20 GMT -5
I love them, but..... Shatter Machine.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Nov 27, 2016 8:45:58 GMT -5
I love them, but..... Shatter Machine. Shatter Machine sounds bad-ass, and it's one of those names where it sounds good in commentary.
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Nov 27, 2016 8:54:28 GMT -5
He calls that the You're Welcome!!!!!
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Post by Dub H on Nov 27, 2016 9:03:35 GMT -5
BADABOOMSHAKALAKA!
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Nov 27, 2016 9:07:41 GMT -5
God's Last Gift. Not the Small Package Driver, but the face plant DDT, which was also apparently called that.
Also Heath Slater's Sleeper Slam which he called the Ginger Snap on Twitter but it never got on TV AFAIK
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Nov 27, 2016 9:08:02 GMT -5
Remember when Brodus Clay first debuted as the Funkasaurus, and they had Cole shout "awww funk it!" For a few weeks. It was terrible.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Nov 27, 2016 9:10:15 GMT -5
Remember when Brodus Clay first debuted as the Funkasaurus, and they had Cole shout "awww funk it!" For a few weeks. It was terrible. It was also called "What The Funk?" for like a week or two. In fact, they might have been two separate moves, the King Kong Bundy-esque avalanche and the running crossbody.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2016 9:19:21 GMT -5
Big Show's Hog-Log that he used in 2003 for a short while. IN all fairness, Hog Log sounds like what Big Show probably leaves in the toilet.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Nov 27, 2016 9:43:36 GMT -5
the Wackyline has to be the single worst name for a move I've ever heard and I've been watching wrestling for 26 years. ever. whoever came up with it should be sacked (yes even if it was Vince).
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Nov 27, 2016 9:48:50 GMT -5
There was one time in 2001 where JR said that Christian would like his finishing move to be called "I'm Prettier." It didn't last, partially because JR never could even remember which move was the Unprettier and which one was the nameless Reverse DDT. the Unprettier was originally the Impaler and then the "I'm Prettier" but JR's super-thick drawl ended up turning it into something nonsensical which is where Unprettier came from.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2016 11:35:16 GMT -5
I think Edge's implant DDT was called the Buzzkill or Buzzkiller for a couple weeks in 2001 before being renamed the Edgecution.
Also, there's Sheamus' Celtic Cross/Pale Justice/High Cross, which alternated seemingly at random.
Additionally, there was the period of a couple months where Barrett's Bull Hammer was called the Souvenir.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Nov 27, 2016 11:37:45 GMT -5
I still remember Rollins' in NXT calling the curbstomp the Blackout. Even ended a few promos with "Sooner or later everyone blacks out" which easily would have ended up on a shirt if they did NXT merchandise back then. His standing sliced bread was also called the Skywalker for a time. I remember them calling it the Sethwalker. I think that's also the name used for the move in the WWE 2K games.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Nov 27, 2016 12:51:25 GMT -5
I think Edge's implant DDT was called the Buzzkill or Buzzkiller for a couple weeks in 2001 before being renamed the Edgecution. Also, there's Sheamus' Celtic Cross/Pale Justice/High Cross, which alternated seemingly at random. Additionally, there was the period of a couple months where Barrett's Bull Hammer was called the Souvenir. I liked that name better but Barrets description implied that the "souvenir" he was giving you was a concussion, so I can understand them changing it.
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Post by Adam Black on Nov 27, 2016 13:55:23 GMT -5
Didn't Natural Selection used to be called "Bow Down to the Queen" or something like that? A lot of people didn't like the name change actually
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