Bo Rida
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Post by Bo Rida on Nov 30, 2022 12:21:22 GMT -5
Lots of legendary wrestlers have moves that are now permanently named after them. Tiger suplex, Tombstone, Razor's Edge, Vader Bomb etc.
But what are the contenders for the lowest profile wrestler to have move named after them?
It amuses me to hear Japanese commentators calling a fameasser so I'm hoping there's a lower card example.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Nov 30, 2022 12:22:20 GMT -5
It seems like what you mean is wrestlers who named the move rather than the move being named after them? In which case my pick is Petey Williams
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tafkaga
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Post by tafkaga on Nov 30, 2022 12:27:44 GMT -5
The Fame-asser was Marty Jannetty's Rocker Dropper first, and I think he is probably considered lower profile than Billy Gunn.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2022 12:39:15 GMT -5
Depends on if you consider him low profile (by his WWE run he certainly was/WCW and overseas not so much) but I have always thought it was cool that the 2nd rope outside the ring moonsault was named after Ultimo Dragon... The Asai moonsault A real answer would probably be the mandible claw being named for Sam Sheppard still to this day. Dr. Sam Sheppard is most notable for being basis for "The Fugitive" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Sheppard |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2022 12:50:08 GMT -5
The You're Welcome!
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Post by dangerousdanpotato on Nov 30, 2022 13:36:56 GMT -5
Gory Guerrero? (i.e. Gory bomb, Gory special etc.) I know he's a legend but I'm struggling to think of low profile guys.
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XIII
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Post by XIII on Nov 30, 2022 13:56:14 GMT -5
Not sure how low profile he’s considered but Farooq with the dominator named after the Nation of Domination might be in consideration. That seems to be the accepted name for the move as far as I can tell.
Can’t really think of any really low pro guys, you have to at least have some level of overness/fame to not only get a move named for/after you but then to have it stick as well.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Nov 30, 2022 14:03:53 GMT -5
Tim Irish and Steve Whip together came up with the Irish Whip
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El Pollo Guerrera
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Nov 30, 2022 14:29:37 GMT -5
I guess it depends on your frame of reference... in North America I don't think anyone could pick Johnny Ace out of a lineup if he had a nametag on, but he was well known in Japan... and he innovated one of the most popular moves in the Ace Crusher (aka. Diamond Cutter, RKO, Stone Cold Stunner, etc., etc., etc.).
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Nov 30, 2022 14:31:11 GMT -5
TAKA Michinoku?
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Post by cassonova on Nov 30, 2022 14:33:24 GMT -5
...and yet his driver is technically the second... |
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Post by Ultra Magnus Black on Nov 30, 2022 14:48:07 GMT -5
Rings of Saturn (I’m positive they called it by the same name when Neville/PAC started using it in WWE) and the STO (I don’t think most people know what it even stands for & Ogawa wasn’t exactly super well known outside Japan)
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Post by sungod2020 on Nov 30, 2022 15:04:19 GMT -5
Salvatore Sincere's finishing move was called "Sincerly Yours." Marc Mero called him a jobber, that's how low his profile was.
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Post by Fundertaker on Nov 30, 2022 15:14:18 GMT -5
...and yet his driver is technically the second... ... because the driver is named after the region of Michinoku (that's the old Mutsu Province, part of current day Tohoku region), where Michinoku Pro is located and the owner of said promotion, The Great Sasuke, decided to name it that. |
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Post by chazraps on Nov 30, 2022 15:46:42 GMT -5
Lots of legendary wrestlers have moves that are now permanently named after them. Tiger suplex, Tombstone, Razor's Edge, Vader Bomb etc. "Tombstone" isn't actually named after Taker. It goes back to at least the 70s. There's a Japanese wrestling magazine from the 70s with Andre doing the move and it's referred to as a Tombstone, albeit spelled wrong. |
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Nov 30, 2022 16:54:48 GMT -5
Tommy Hiptoss
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Nov 30, 2022 20:16:06 GMT -5
The Fame-asser was Marty Jannetty's Rocker Dropper first, and I think he is probably considered lower profile than Billy Gunn. Rocker Dropper was slightly different in that Marty did it standing still and also grabbed an arm. |
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Nov 30, 2022 20:35:07 GMT -5
Stevie Kick/ Stevie Bomb
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Post by krozor on Nov 30, 2022 21:54:36 GMT -5
100 years from now, someone in wrestling will still probably be doing the Fargo Strut. Granted, that someone will likely still be Jeff Jarrett...
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Nov 30, 2022 21:56:42 GMT -5
WCW had some f***ing guy called Reno who called the rolling cutter a Roll Of The Dice, and somehow that was the default name for that move for years afterwards.
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