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Post by Lance Uppercut on Jun 19, 2023 14:23:05 GMT -5
that you appreciate?
Sky Blue and her Code Blue.
At first I was like "oh man, another Code red? Zalina, Roxanne, and I think someone else does it all the time" but I do enjoy how she just from the side and kind of twists into it. it just looks a lot smoother and somehow less contrived because there's so much speed and impact.
Moonsaults.
Only Io Shirai and Tiffany Stratton does good one that I believe hurt enough to be a finisher. For completely different reasons. Io hits it from a Low Angle like LIta but she's so fast. Tiffany hits it from a high arch angle like Charlote but the BME set up is so smooth and somehow she does it where it looks like she just drops splat after a certain angle like a ton of bricks. Charlotte's is too pretty but feels really slow and soft somehow.
Bron Breaker hits the spear like an actual foot ball player and has the best one since Goldberg. Roman Reigns actually said "Yeah I don't do it like Goldberg because I don't to kill the guy" but weirdly in character like he's proud that his spear looks so bland.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Jun 19, 2023 14:26:49 GMT -5
Jon Moxley's Orange Crush barely looks like an Orange Crush, which is probably a good thing. He just kind of starts from the suplex position, then his opponent sort of flips from that to the powerbomb setup in the air without him doing the delayed vertical suplex bit. So it's closer to a straight powerbomb, but I can't call it not an Orange Crush because it's definitionally still a vertical suplex setup into a powerbomb.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Jun 19, 2023 23:44:55 GMT -5
I was watching a bunch of Bruiser Brody matches, and noticed he has his own way of a doing a vertical suplex. When the opponent is straight up in the air, he does a half-turn so he's almost facing the opponent and both throws the guy down and takes his feet off the ground to increase the impact.
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Post by discoelysium on Jun 20, 2023 12:09:06 GMT -5
Pretty much everything Sting does especially his strikes. So much of what he does feels quite specific and unique.
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Post by tirtefaa on Jun 20, 2023 13:30:37 GMT -5
I always loved in the old Smackdown games, certain moves had a little extra tidbits, like the Russian Legsweep had the character slap the ground afterward, or the headlock/punch would have the character hold up their hands in a "whoops" motion.
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Post by sdoyle7798 on Jun 20, 2023 13:32:33 GMT -5
Pretty much everything Sting does especially his strikes. So much of what he does feels quite specific and unique. I've noticed that ever since I was a kid. His promos even seemed to have a different...style? Cadence? What I mean is, when you hear a wrestling promo, you know it's a wrestling promo. But Sting's never sounded like wrestling promos to me, and not in a bad way. I hope that makes sense. |
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Post by pinja on Jun 20, 2023 14:09:17 GMT -5
I'm sure it's the textbook execution of a short-arm clothesline, but Finlay placing his other arm behind his opponent's head on impact looked great and certainly saved some wrestlers from whiplash.
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Post by sdoyle7798 on Jun 20, 2023 14:19:12 GMT -5
I'm sure it's the textbook execution of a short-arm clothesline, but Finlay placing his other arm behind his opponent's head on impact looked great and certainly saved some wrestlers from whiplash. I wasn’t sure what you meant, so I looked it up and found this:  Along with what you said, it almost looks like he also used it to make the slap sound, doesn’t it? |
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Post by pinja on Jun 20, 2023 14:34:35 GMT -5
I'm sure it's the textbook execution of a short-arm clothesline, but Finlay placing his other arm behind his opponent's head on impact looked great and certainly saved some wrestlers from whiplash. I wasn’t sure what you meant, so I looked it up and found this: Along with what you said, it almost looks like he also used it to make the slap sound, doesn’t it? Didn't think about that, but very possible! |
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Post by eudypfohl on Jul 10, 2023 20:13:44 GMT -5
I remember I loved Bret Harts unique leg drop. He didn't hang in the air or anything, just bounce off the ropes and then drove a very quick, almost no leap at all leg down lightning fast
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Post by MrElijah on Jul 10, 2023 20:22:25 GMT -5
Brad Armstrong's smooth as silk Russian Leg Sweep into float over cover. Nobody can do like he did
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Post by HMARK Center on Jul 10, 2023 22:47:28 GMT -5
I remember I loved Bret Harts unique leg drop. He didn't hang in the air or anything, just bounce off the ropes and then drove a very quick, almost no leap at all leg down lightning fast Speaking of which, Bret's punches were just fantastic. Obviously worked, obviously very safe, but in the context of watching a match they just felt so impactful and you found yourself forgetting the guy was stomping the mat to make the impact sound. Dude was the Excellence of Execution for a reason. These days, I appreciate the way Powerhouse Hobbs takes really basic offense and makes it look like absolute death. He's been using a basic spinebuster as a finisher (obligatory "nobody did it like Arn Anderson" comment, but that's a given), but it's totally believable when he uses it that way. |
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Post by JasonVoorhees1988 on Jul 11, 2023 3:13:59 GMT -5
I remember I loved Bret Harts unique leg drop. He didn't hang in the air or anything, just bounce off the ropes and then drove a very quick, almost no leap at all leg down lightning fast Speaking of which, Bret's punches were just fantastic. Obviously worked, obviously very safe, but in the context of watching a match they just felt so impactful and you found yourself forgetting the guy was stomping the mat to make the impact sound. Dude was the Excellence of Execution for a reason. These days, I appreciate the way Powerhouse Hobbs takes really basic offense and makes it look like absolute death. He's been using a basic spinebuster as a finisher (obligatory "nobody did it like Arn Anderson" comment, but that's a given), but it's totally believable when he uses it that way. I love Arn, but I prefer Ron Simmons spine buster. |
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Post by buckethead on Jul 11, 2023 3:38:19 GMT -5
Barry Windham - Lariat
Paul Orndorff - piledriver
Dusty's elbow
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Post by The Lach is very tired on Jul 11, 2023 6:16:03 GMT -5
Claudio's European Uppercuts just look like death.
I have always loved Randy Orton's backbreaker.
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Post by tafkaga on Jul 11, 2023 10:05:26 GMT -5
Harley Race had a very unique cadence and execution for all of his moves. His execution and bumping just looked so text book. A guy I work with and I always joke about the hang time he would get on his falling headbutts, like he would just drop off that second rope and it seemed like he was being lowered via invisible strings.
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Post by repomark on Jul 11, 2023 12:59:24 GMT -5
Steamboat’s armdrag is an obvious one. Much imitated never duplicated.
Dynamite Kid’s snap suplex and Davey Boy’s delayed vertical suplex are in a similar category.
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Post by eudypfohl on Jul 12, 2023 22:18:37 GMT -5
Also I loved old school Undertakers main punches...which were really sort of gloved uppercuts chops to the throat. Adjust the glove, long pullback, and them a chop to the throat...then adjust the glove again, pullback etc. There was this ritual to it and it always seemed dangerous.
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Post by James Fabiano on Jul 13, 2023 9:49:42 GMT -5
Cactus Jack's wedgie piledriver.
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Post by Big BosskMan on Jul 13, 2023 10:45:25 GMT -5
Steamboat’s armdrag is an obvious one. Much imitated never duplicated. Dynamite Kid’s snap suplex and Davey Boy’s delayed vertical suplex are in a similar category. Just coming in here to second Steamboat's arm drag. It was very snug and smooth. I'd also suggest Curt Hennig's PerfectPlex. |
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