|
|
Post by James Fabiano on Dec 23, 2020 14:32:29 GMT -5
It's not a big boot. Especially if it's running. YAKUZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! The Mafia has nothing to do with that kick! |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 14:34:13 GMT -5
As for favorite moves, for whatever reason, moves that are Japanese-named or Japanese to English translated always sound cool as hell.
-Ganso Bomb
-Northern Lights suplex
-Burning Hammer
-Emerald Flowsion
-Shining Wizard
etc.
|
|
petef3
Don Corleone
Posts: 1,783
|
Post by petef3 on Dec 23, 2020 14:40:20 GMT -5
I was thinking the other day about how Damien cross calls it the Razor’s edge and how cool it was that that move is forever associated with Razor Ramon. It’s like no over name stuck, and nobody did it as memorable as Scott hall. Same as a belly to belly piledriver is forever going to be a Tombstone piledriver. If you and your finisher are iconic enough, you just sort of end up owning the name of the move by default, it seems. Tombstone as a name predates the Undertaker. He was given the finish because of the name, not the other way around. |
|
|
|
Post by Jaws the Shark on Dec 23, 2020 14:56:58 GMT -5
Orienteering with Napalm Death.
|
|
Bad Moon
Unicron
for reasons known only to the goblins that live in my brain
Posts: 3,091 
|
Post by Bad Moon on Dec 23, 2020 15:18:10 GMT -5
Back when Kevin Owens was on the indies he would sometimes bust out an F5 and call it the Final Stage Diverticulitis.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 16:42:46 GMT -5
Welcome To Chicago Motherf***er
It's a combination of awesome and ridiculous.
|
|
Ben Wyatt
Crow T. Robot
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
Posts: 41,477
Member is Online
|
Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 23, 2020 16:44:28 GMT -5
Boston Knee Party. It just flows.
speaking of flow..... Evenflow DDT
|
|
Totorob101
Hank Scorpio
Glob Glob Glob
Posts: 5,570
Member is Online
|
Post by Totorob101 on Dec 23, 2020 17:09:16 GMT -5
The Uncle Slam, the Patriots full Nelson slam finisher, cheesy but I loved that name!
|
|
|
|
Post by sdoyle7798 on Dec 23, 2020 17:43:49 GMT -5
The Small Package Driver, but only when Seth Rollins uses it.
|
|
|
|
Post by TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out on Dec 23, 2020 17:59:35 GMT -5
What's the mistranslation on Northern Lights suplex? Edit: "Northern Right Suplex" is the actual mistranslation. Hiroshi Hase came up with the move while he was in Stampede, hence the name. Ok, fine. That said, please be nicer to people for posting something as innocuous as a wrestling move name. Roaring Elbow was originally an ECW translation mistake for rolling elbow and that's where a lot of people first saw it and commentators and wrestlers still refer to it as the roaring elbow. It wasn't a transition mistake, it was Joey Styles doing a shitty "Japanese" accent |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 18:05:19 GMT -5
Ok, fine. That said, please be nicer to people for posting something as innocuous as a wrestling move name. Roaring Elbow was originally an ECW translation mistake for rolling elbow and that's where a lot of people first saw it and commentators and wrestlers still refer to it as the roaring elbow. It wasn't a transition mistake, it was Joey Styles doing a shitty "Japanese" accent Shrugs. L's and R's are commonly swapped. Liger's not even Liger, it's Raigā. |
|
The Ichi
Patti Mayonnaise
AGGRESSIVE Executive Janitor of the Third Floor Manager's Bathroom
Posts: 37,274
|
Post by The Ichi on Dec 23, 2020 18:14:06 GMT -5
Being that it references my favourite video game, you know I loved the One Winged Angel.
|
|
|
|
Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 23, 2020 20:02:15 GMT -5
It wasn't a transition mistake, it was Joey Styles doing a shitty "Japanese" accent Shrugs. L's and R's are commonly swapped. Liger's not even Liger, it's Raigā. Yeah, Doctor Light in Megaman was called Doctor Right... in the manual for MM 1 and 2. L's and R's are commonly mistranslated. |
|
|
|
Post by Triangle Lancer on Dec 23, 2020 22:43:27 GMT -5
"This one's for the Body!" Muraco's Tombstone piledriver, dedicated to Jesse Ventura.
|
|
Mozenrath
FANatic
Foppery and Whim
Speedy Speed Boy
Posts: 121,034
|
Post by Mozenrath on Dec 23, 2020 22:51:10 GMT -5
I think that, unless you're a Hart, Canadian, or specifically calling back to Hart like Rock probably was since he was something of a mentor, I prefer people call it the Scorpion Hold or variations thereof. It predates it, actually describes what's happening, and isn't gimmick specific like the Sharpshooter is (Hitman). Personally I prefer the IndyTaker to the Meltzer Driver, though I get why they might choose the latter. They're actually separate (...if barely distinct) moves. IndyTaker is the one on the floor, and IIRC Nick doesn't flip for it. Yeah, I think IndyTaker is also what it is in the ring if Nick doesn't flip, they just don't bother doing the IndyTaker in the ring anymore since the Meltzer Driver is just a straight upgrade. |
|
|
|
Post by Starshine on Dec 24, 2020 2:10:24 GMT -5
Meteora. Yeah, it's named after CIMA's whole Greek obsession thing, but the way he comes down on his opponent like a meteor, it works as a play on the word so it fits really nicely.
Nice German. Cause Don Fujii does a very nice German Suplex, duh.
Tiger Driver. It kind of rhymes, and it just feels nice to say.
Go 2 Sleep. Pretty self explanatory, you get hit, you're out, very to the point.
Burning Hammer. This is like the ultimate Final Fantasy supermove of names. You see that and expect some gigantic animation to play before the fiery impact razes the surrounding land.
King Kong Lariat. Probably the most beefy-big-boi name for a move out there.
|
|
|
|
Post by Kyle Butler on Dec 24, 2020 12:07:03 GMT -5
It's not a big boot. Especially if it's running. YAKUZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! The Mafia has nothing to do with that kick! He hit him with the Sicilian Elbow! |
|
|
|
Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 24, 2020 15:05:38 GMT -5
I always liked the Rough Ryder. It's got the ego thing of being named after himself and it's got the Long Island connection as it's a reference to Teddy Roosevelt.  |
|
|
|
Post by Savage Gambino on Dec 24, 2020 17:16:46 GMT -5
Being that it references my favourite video game, you know I loved the One Winged Angel. Speaking of Kenny Omega finishers named for video games, V-Trigger is one that sounds cool even if you don't know what he's referencing. I love all the "from Hell" variants (Kane's Chokeslam from Hell, Bradshaw's Clothesline from Hell). Calls back to their insidious roots, storyline-wise, as well as shows you how vicious those moves are. In the latter case, it also telegraphs what separates his finishing clothesline from a standard, transition clothesline. |
|
|
|
Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 24, 2020 17:21:04 GMT -5
God's Last Gift
|
|
