JRV Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Motherfuckers are sleeping on the capture suplex except on Ishikawa-produce shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Wyatt Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I remember the Complete Shot and the Roll the Dice were the generic finishers given out to every WWE midcarder in the mid 2000's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRV Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 When someone does the complete shot at a show I'm announcing, I'm always so happy I'm there to explain to the fans who actually takes the impact from that. That is not the most legible move in the world, if you will. (edit: Depending on who takes it and how, of course.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVDAD2 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 The shoulder to the ringpost spot is still horribly overused, but not as bad as it was a few years ago. I swear I remember an episode of SD where it was in literally every match. Underused is definitely good old knife-edge chops. No reason a few guys couldn't be dishing those out as signature strikes. Under WWE ordenence wrestlers are not allowed to do the knifehand chops anymore. Yes one of the "banned" moves as per Vince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buy Me a Burrito Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I require more atomic drops on my television. Lift the dude up and drum his ass on your knee. Then he just sort of stands there, hands on his ass and thrusting his hips while doing the "ouchieee" face. Loved that when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 When someone does the complete shot at a show I'm announcing, I'm always so happy I'm there to explain to the fans who actually takes the impact from that. That is not the most legible move in the world, if you will. (edit: Depending on who takes it and how, of course.) Thank you Gorilla Monsoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I require more atomic drops on my television. Lift the dude up and drum his ass on your knee. Then he just sort of stands there, hands on his ass and thrusting his hips while doing the "ouchieee" face.Loved that when I was a kid. Tito Santana did a spot a couple times where his opponent would give him an atomic drop, but he would "block" it somehow and turn it into a figure-four. Rick Rude did the best atomic drop sell, IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dok Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Can't remember the last time I saw someone go for the eyes in contemporary wrestling. No pokes, no rakes, no gouging. Not even getting a guy in a headlock and rubbing his face along the top rope. Heels are just too damn respectful these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Piledrivers are woefully underutilized in this day and age. See the Punk/Cena match where Punk busted it out from out of nowhere and the fans gasped in horror. Used sparingly, it's an absolute death move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Can't remember the last time I saw someone go for the eyes in contemporary wrestling. No pokes, no rakes, no gouging. Not even getting a guy in a headlock and rubbing his face along the top rope. Heels are just too damn respectful these days. I've seen Ambrose rake a guy's face along the top rope. The one thing I hate now is that sometimes an eye poke is treated as a DQ. Could you imagine if that was the case when Flair or Piper were in their primes? Hell, Hogan used to rake the eyes a ton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Piledrivers are woefully underutilized in this day and age. See the Punk/Cena match where Punk busted it out from out of nowhere and the fans gasped in horror. Used sparingly, it's an absolute death move. I thought for sure Sandow was going to bust out a piledriver against Cena. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMDRAGON Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I'd like to see Ryback bring back Sarge's Atomic Noogie as part of his anti-bullying campaign. Bo Dallas and his black glove can bring back the Claw. I think the overused move would be the DDT because everyone has a variant of it. The underused moves are the slingshot suplex and Widow's Peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 As a kid, WWF seemed to be mostly atomic drops, back rakes and double noggin-knockers to me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Has any move gone from overused to underused like the powerbomb? Everyone and their mom had a powerbomb variation in the mid to late '90s, but now you rarely see them. I can't think of a more credible move for a big guy to use. Moves that I wish would be brought back. Crossface Chickenwing It just looks painful, and you can put it on damn near anyone. The Cloverleaf always looked better than the sharpshooter to me, but we see 100 sharpshooters for every one cloverleaf Somebody needs to use a Northern Lights Suplex, I'm a mark for any and all suplexes, but it's a pretty safe bump and always looks good. Is there a reason no one has used the Jackhammer, everyone does a spear no one does a Jackhammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 +1 on the Crossface Chicken Wing, but not the way Backlund procures it. More like this: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Has any move gone from overused to underused like the powerbomb? Everyone and their mom had a powerbomb variation in the mid to late '90s, but now you rarely see them. I can't think of a more credible move for a big guy to use. Michinoku Driver II comes to mind right away. Arguably the hottest move in the world during TAKA's North American stint- even slugs like Balls Mahoney and Cibernetico were doing them. Kind of faded away over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piston Honda Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Did Sheamus stop using the Razor's Edge? Because that's something that should be done more, I want to see Roman or Antonio lobbing jobbers for distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 We need to see more open-handed chops/slaps, ala Wahoo or Ronnie Garvin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 The Rude Awakening. It always looks brutal, surprised someone like Sandow doesn't use it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Did Sheamus stop using the Razor's Edge? Because that's something that should be done more, I want to see Roman or Antonio lobbing jobbers for distance. Yes. IIRC he hurt someone (Tyson Kidd maybe?) with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Has any move gone from overused to underused like the powerbomb? Everyone and their mom had a powerbomb variation in the mid to late '90s, but now you rarely see them. I can't think of a more credible move for a big guy to use. Moves that I wish would be brought back. Crossface Chickenwing It just looks painful, and you can put it on damn near anyone. The Cloverleaf always looked better than the sharpshooter to me, but we see 100 sharpshooters for every one cloverleaf Somebody needs to use a Northern Lights Suplex, I'm a mark for any and all suplexes, but it's a pretty safe bump and always looks good. Is there a reason no one has used the Jackhammer, everyone does a spear no one does a Jackhammer. I've always found it disappointing when someone in WCW or WWE did/does a Northern Lights Suplex. I think it was mainly Benoit who used it. I used to watch New Japan before I had even heard of the WWF, and Hiroshi Hase used the Northern Lights Suplex as his finisher. Only one or twice did I see someone kick out of it. It was a killer move, like it was impossible to kick out of. And then, years later, I saw it being used as a lukewarm near-fall in WCW and WWE. It always hurts me a little inside. WWE, give someone the Uranage (another move you don't see often enough) and the Northern Lights Suplex as signature moves/finishers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 The thing about Hase's NLS is that he would trap both arms, which I don't think anyone else did/does. http://youtu.be/U5Q_JibOEG8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 One of the Divas uses a variation of the NLS I believe, Maybe Alicia Fox. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I require more atomic drops on my television. Lift the dude up and drum his ass on your knee. Then he just sort of stands there, hands on his ass and thrusting his hips while doing the "ouchieee" face.Loved that when I was a kid. Tito Santana did a spot a couple times where his opponent would give him an atomic drop, but he would "block" it somehow and turn it into a figure-four. Rick Rude did the best atomic drop sell, IMO. Speaking of Rick Rude, somebody needs to do a neckbreaker as a finisher and have the announcers sell it as death because that worked on me big time when I was a kid, and when I go back and watch late '80s WWF/early '90s WCW, it still works on me. Also, and unrelated to the topic, Rick Rude is the absolute BEST. EDIT: Oops, didn't see this before I posted. This person is sooooo right though. The Rude Awakening. It always looks brutal, surprised someone like Sandow doesn't use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Did Sheamus stop using the Razor's Edge? Because that's something that should be done more, I want to see Roman or Antonio lobbing jobbers for distance. Yes. IIRC he hurt someone (Tyson Kidd maybe?) with it. That's weird. It's a pretty safe move all things considered so long as you don't end up Awesome bombing a guy or something. One of the NXT Divas has a Rude Awakening like finisher. Actually, isn't it Layla's too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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