The Codebreaker: Y2J's new finisher.

[GaTechGrad]

I picked "Wrestlecrap approved" because I thought it was crappy compared to his other finishers. It would have been better if Carlito hadn't been using it as a finisher for over a year now.

[Lionheart]

gitcommand said:

I picked "Wrestlecrap approved" because I thought it was crappy compared to his other finishers.

I think we need an "official" clarification of whether "Wrestlecrap approved!" was supposed to mean we like it or we think it's wrestlecrap.

[Sir Nintendo]

Well it doesn't really matter, because the Jericho marks would like it if his finisher was him prancing around the ring and fingerpoke of dooming the person.

The move looked weak and sloppy. But whatever.

[Slammywinner]

Some one needs to get it in gear and post this to dailymotion or youtube....

[Lionheart]

slammywinner said:

Some one needs to get it in gear and post this to dailymotion or youtube....

The whole Jericho vs. Marella match is already on DailyMotion, just search for Chris Jericho and sort of them by most recent.

[Daemon]

thatloserguy said:

At least it's better than the GTS...

I never understood why Punk started using that instead of the Anaconda Vice. To me personaly it just doesn't look like a finisher. The Code Breaker looks like it hurts though I've only seen it one time but the GTS has always looked really sloppy to me no matter what.

[Avalanche Alvarez]

A striking move as opposed to a submission.
I dig it.
And I do believe he'll pull out the Walls of Jericho eventually.
I guess he felt he needed to add something to his repetoire.

[Go 2 Sleeeeeeeeeep!]

I like it.

I think people may have went OMG NEW FINISHERZ as part of the Jericho hype, and expected a spinning corkscrew 720 moonsault of death.

[Mr T L Wolf]

Last night on RAW Chris Jericho returned to the ring for his first WWE match in over two years. Jericho defeated Santino Marella and appeared to be in good ring shape. Jericho finished Marella off with his new finisher, which he later dubbed "The Codebreaker". Jericho stands in front of his opponent face-to-face, grabs him from behind the head and drops back, crushing the opponent's face into his knees. The move is similar to Carlito's "back cracker" move, except it's inverted. Jericho learned the move while training at Lance Storm's wrestling school. Several other wrestlers have used the move before, including Gregory Helms and TNA's Shark Boy (he calls it the "Shark Blast"). Jericho has said in recent radio interviews that he will be introducing several new moves into his arsenal, so expect more from Y2J in the coming weeks.
credit: rajah.com

[a1TheEnigma1a]

Didn't like it at first, sorta just sat and thought...thats it!?!11

But now I see it again it is a snappy, painful looking finisher. So YAY *claps*

Am liking the new Jericho, at least he is inventive enough to come up with something new...(not looking at 3/4 of the roster).

[Slammywinner]

lionheart said:

slammywinner said:

Some one needs to get it in gear and post this to dailymotion or youtube....

The whole Jericho vs. Marella match is already on DailyMotion, just search for Chris Jericho and sort of them by most recent.

Ahhh, so it is.

I think it's a good finish. Part of seeing a wrestler return most of the time is the nostalgia of seeing something that we haven't seen in a while. So when he doesn't hit his most famous moves, it's a little disappointing. But I have faith in Y2J's ability to entertain. It couldn't be a new finisher if he didn't start finishing matches with it, right? The other moves will come by and by.

[Mozenrath]

chainsawiscaw said:

psychotideman said:

He should his step enzugiri (sp) again, that was a good move. I didn't catch him using the Codebreaker, but it will undoubtedly be on wwe.com soon enough.

I agree, the enzuguri would be a good choice, as would a Shining Wizard, but this is a fine alternative for a high impact move.

It also seems like a lot of wrestlers are using knee to body part moves now. Punk has the GTS, Noble's been using the double knee gut crusher, and Carlito's been using the Backstabber forever. Seems like an interesting trend, probably because it's easier for an opponent to sell.

Don't forget the Elijah Express!

I dug the move.

[Mozenrath]

daemon said:

thatloserguy said:

At least it's better than the GTS...

I never understood why Punk started using that instead of the Anaconda Vice. To me personaly it just doesn't look like a finisher. The Code Breaker looks like it hurts though I've only seen it one time but the GTS has always looked really sloppy to me no matter what.

I guess it's because WWE is reluctant to use many submission finishers, since I guess tapping out is more damaging to your image than being pinned.

[poi zen rana]

coksf said:

So, what is a lungblower? Educamate me prease!

i enjoy walters' straightjacket lungblower because of the ease hitting two, three or however many he wishes before releasing them.

[SSP]

poisonrana said:

coksf said:

So, what is a lungblower? Educamate me prease!

i enjoy walters' straightjacket lungblower because of the ease hitting two, three or however many he wishes before releasing them.

Yeah, basically a lung-blower is the back-cracker. John Walters invented it around, what, 2003 or something, and it has became one of the most raped moves in indy wrestling (Although some have come up with creative way to tweak the move).

[poi zen rana]

it is a very raped move. i always sort of wish carlito would move to the straightjacketed version though.


while searching for that lungblower pic i came across a gif of a diving code breaker.

[derrtaysouth95]

that finisher sucked.

I think either Stevie Richards or Elijah Burke did it on an episode of ECW once but I'm not sure.

hopefully his other moves are more creative and have better names.

"the codebreaker" smh

[Error]

derrtaysouth95 said:

I think either Stevie Richards or Elijah Burke did it on an episode of ECW once but I'm not sure.

It was Steve in his series against Thorn. Also Helms used it as his finish before going out with injury.

[Aaron E. Dangerously]

It's a good move, but not for a finisher. Better as a pre finisher, like how Jeff Hardy uses the Twist of Fate before the Swanton.

Jericho should do the Codebreaker to get the guy on the ground, try to pin him, he kicks out, then do a Walls of Jericho or Lionsault.

[Mozenrath]

aaronedangerously said:

It's a good move, but not for a finisher. Better as a pre finisher, like how Jeff Hardy uses the Twist of Fate before the Swanton.

Jericho should do the Codebreaker to get the guy on the ground, try to pin him, he kicks out, then do a Walls of Jericho or Lionsault.

Well, he DID say he's got a few new moves at his disposal, so maybe this is just move number one.