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Making an Impact?
Topic Started: Feb 13 2008, 10:17 PM (338 Views)
L69
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From all the promotions in USA, UK and Japan, which finishing or signature move of one wrestler is the most impactful in a match.

For me, it is Burchill's Curb Stomp, the foot to the back and drives his opponent head down from a surfboad.
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Well not to burst your balls, but Superdragons curb stomp is so much sicker then Paul Burchills curb stomp.
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Kame

Masato Yoshino's Lightning Spiral, hands down.
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L69
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Lightning Spiral looks absolutely sick.
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Nubochanozep
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Sweet Chin Music, cause it can come from anywhere at anytime, and it looks and sounds pretty awesome.
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Cybrus
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Are we talking about any finisher or just active wrestlers? If we are talking about any, then the Stone Cold Stunner gets top notch. It could come at any point in the match, was a believable finish to any match, and never (and mean never) failed to get a reaction from the crowd. Austin could stun some poor little kid from the make-a-wish foundation and the fans would still have loved it. :lol:

If we are talking about current finishers only, then, uh, I'll have to get back to you on that one. :uhoh:
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Stunner for a non active myself too. :grin:

As far as active, I've always thought the angels wings was good.

Also Muta's Shining Wizard in this Tribute video.

It's a simple move but he just does it with lots of power behind and quickness...or use to.
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There was one problem with the stunner I always noticed, and it had nothing to do with Stone Cold himself. Some people took that move like shit - they couldn't manage to take it beleivably, which is unfortunate because as you said, it's a fantastic move. Specifically, I'm thinking of the people who didn't drop down to their knees when they took it, or who crumpled unrealistically upon impact. The way HBK took it (that sounded gay) at Wrestlemania XIV should be the template as far as I'm concerned. People like Scott Hall or John Cena who don't drop to their knees make the move look like crap, and Vince McMahon had an unfortunate habit of crumpling a bit too much and becoming limp which destroyed the flowing nature of the move.
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Worst Stunners were the ones involving Linda and Trump.

The Stunner can also look ridiculous when people like The Rock roll around like a jackass and makes the move laughable. Or also, see Santino Marella, he salutes while falling to the ground...
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Yeah I remember The Rock doing "backflips" when he took the stunner. "He" speaks about his "backflips" as if they looked awesome. Frankly, as MY85 said, they make the move laughable, as well as making it look unrealistic (considering it's a stunner) and distracting from the flow of the move.

lol. Linda McMahon totally missed the stunner, didn't she?
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Kraul

Stone Cold Stunner as far as a specific finisher goes.

In general, I'm a big fan of the DDT. It comes in many forms and when done right, it looks really affective to me. Being snapped to the ground head/face first is believable enough to me as a finisher. I'm not even saying that because it's Raven's finisher, just to make that clear. :lol:

I think what I like most about the DDT other than the believable effectiveness of it is that it's simple and could potentially happen in real life and still be effective. Also, a good DDT can come out of nowhere.

On the "come out of nowhere" department, I must say I also like the Diamond Cutter. I have never seen one move that could be pulled out of so many scenarios as that one. And DDP performed it so that it seemed fast, yet strong. Randy Orton's cutter isn't very good, meanwhile. It can look nice, but it doesn't look effective.
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Admittedly, the Rock sells alot of Finishers, Stunner and Angle slam are just two.

I have to say that another impact move has to be the Clothesline from Hell by JBL, just the sheer force of the move makes it powerful!
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I guess another good measure of a finisher is how much it hurts in real life. If it's a pain in the ass (or head) to take, like I imagine JBL's clothesline is, it's probably not a good move in that regard.

Regarding the DDT, I've always loved that move too. Looks great, it's believable and it can come out of anywhere. I guess the most unfortunate thing about it is that it's used by so many wrestlers as a non-finishing move, that some might find it not so credible as a finisher anymore. :(

Kraul
 
I have never seen one move that could be pulled out of so many scenarios as that one.


Sweet Chin Music? :grin:
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Kraul

I suppose.

But the Diamond Cutter happens faster, usually (unless someone is running at him, then Michaels wins that one). Michaels usually needs to take an extra second or two to draw back and plant it. Also, a lot of Michaels "suprise buttsecks sweet chin music!" moments mostly rely on him being out of frame and thus out of the mind of most viewers to make his sudden jump into the shot more of a "holy moses fucking my grandma, where'd that come from" reaction.
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Eh, sometimes it's like that but there have been quite a lot of instances where he's been in the fram and it comes out of nowhere. I'm thinking that time Shelton Benjamin jumped off the ropes into HBK's foot, or the time HBK ran up the steel chair to kick Mankind in the face. They're pretty good examples of how it can be used for surprise while he's still in the frame, although admittedly I'm sure a lot more of his surprise moments come when he's out of the frame.

I like both moves almost equally I suppose, as they both share the same merits of surprise, quickness and looking cool. I guess I prefer Sweet Chin Music because it's HBK, it makes a cooler sound, and because it's got one of the coolest names ever. :P
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I have a question regarding the aura of Sweet Chin Music. When HBK does it, then people pop loud for the move. They love it. Yet, when guys such as Lance Storm, James Storm, Matt Bentley, or any other less-over guys did the exact same finisher it never (ever) got the same type of reaction. So my question is is the superkick to the face really an impactful move or is it just HBK's version that makes it look so grand? I honestly don't think I've ever seen anyone but HBK truly get the move over.
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I'd say it's only HBK based off that, but I'd also say that it's more or less the same for any move that the audience has seen before. Only new moves that people have never seen before, like that move Burchill used last week, would ever get a surprise reaction from a no name wrestler.
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It's the same in any company. Whatever a top face uses as his finisher, gets over. HBK has been using it for decades and now people love him and his move anytime he uses it.

In Memphis, Brian Christopher used it as a finisher. The crowd used to chant "super kick" during his matches. So, I see it as HBK's version is over, not the move.
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