Curt McGirt Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Dude, the Terry Funk/Harley Race bump where they hang by their feet by the middle rope then drop to the floor on their head. That's a killer bump for the '70s/'80s. The Greg Valentine/Flair face-first bump is the Johnny Valentine bump and none of you forget it! Speaking of old guys, Gorilla Monsoon's bump where he got knocked over the top rope, flipped back and hit the floor was pretty wild for a 400 lb. person. 3
J.H. Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) World Class had a very specific bump for Kevin Von Erich's suspended bodyscissors move, it was where Kevin would get whoever was his opponent in the hold for an extended period to the point that the opponent would stagger to the ropes and spill over the top to the floor with both he and Kevin. I remember it in a match with Kevin and Gordy, Kevin and Race and Kevin and (of all people) Brian Adias. It was really something that sticks out to me because no one, and I mean NO ONE has ever done the suspended bodyscissors since KVE James Edited June 25, 2021 by J.H. 2
Technico Support Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 41 minutes ago, John from Cincinnati said: My number one Flair bump is the funky way he’d take backdrops, which is occupying similar space as his bump off the top. Holy shit yes. Really, any Flair back bump. See the press slams he'd take from guys like Luger, for example. I guess it was because he'd broken his back early in his career, but he never took a flat-back bump. He'd always roll and kind of take it on one shoulder, then across one side of his back in a really weird way. Ted DiBiase took a perfect "grab the ropes with both arms straight out and flip completely backwards out of the ring" bump. He'd always sell like he hit his face on the apron. *chef's kiss* Edited June 25, 2021 by Technico Support 3
Wyld Samurai Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 What I'm seeing in these responses is that today's wrestlers don't really stand out with their bumps. They're all basically flat back bumps and go straight into the next move. Who today has a signature bump? 1
AxB Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Everyone has signature spots, hardly anyone has a signature bump. The last one I can think of is Kurt Angle always doing the shoulder into the ringpost thing, but I think that's less of a signature bump and more of an "I only know two ways to get my opponent on offence as a heel" thing. Kurt was limited, in his craft.
PetrolCB Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 25 minutes ago, AxB said: Everyone has signature spots, hardly anyone has a signature bump. The last one I can think of is Kurt Angle always doing the shoulder into the ringpost thing, but I think that's less of a signature bump and more of an "I only know two ways to get my opponent on offence as a heel" thing. Kurt was limited, in his craft. Kurt had a pretty cool "getting clotheslined out of the ring" bump. 1
John from Cincinnati Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 48 minutes ago, Wyld Samurai said: What I'm seeing in these responses is that today's wrestlers don't really stand out with their bumps. They're all basically flat back bumps and go straight into the next move. Who today has a signature bump? Darby. Vs the guardrail. 3
J.H. Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Has anyone brought Foley's Cactus Clothesline over the top rope with an opponent? It'sa bumpo that Foley had to have the trust of the guy he was working ith as it put them both at risk if done wrong. James
Ryan Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Kota Ibushi's signature land on his neck for everything for 15 years bumps surely have to count as part of this. 4 2
Curt McGirt Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Darby has the corner bump where he is upside down with his chin not tucked, which is terrifying. 2
Eivion Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ryan said: Kota Ibushi's signature land on his neck for everything for 15 years bumps surely have to count as part of this. There has been talks of Mayu Iwatani having this signature as well. It may or may not be part of the reason she also forgets things like her hotel keys and when to leave for show on time.
elizium Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: The Greg Valentine/Flair face-first bump is the Johnny Valentine bump and none of you forget it! I immediately thought of OSJ and Johnny Valentine as soon as that bump was mentioned. He would have been screaming at the screen that it was Elder Valentine's move 4 5
Wyld Samurai Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Does Kevin Sullivan leaning his forehead into every punch count as a bump?
The Green Meanie Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) The Greg Valentine "Timber!" bump. (Not as good as the Flair Flop, but not too bad.) Edited June 25, 2021 by The Green Meanie
Shane Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Rikishi’s inside out clothesline bump is up there for me.
supremebve Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 1 hour ago, J.H. said: Has anyone brought Foley's Cactus Clothesline over the top rope with an opponent? It'sa bumpo that Foley had to have the trust of the guy he was working ith as it put them both at risk if done wrong. James I think the craziest recurring Foley bump is either the elbow to the floor or the sunset flip that was him going splat on the concrete while his opponent gingerly tipped over. The elbow was cool looking, but not worth the risk. The sunset flip was just idiotic from start to finish.
Shane Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 5 minutes ago, supremebve said: I think the craziest recurring Foley bump is either the elbow to the floor or the sunset flip that was him going splat on the concrete while his opponent gingerly tipped over. The elbow was cool looking, but not worth the risk. The sunset flip was just idiotic from start to finish. Foley also had the gnarly bump he took when whipped into the steps where he would slam into them knees first and use the momentum to flip over. 2
clintthecrippler Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Road Warrior Hawk taking his shoulder-first bump through the middle turnbuckles into the ring post was always gnarly and is grossly underappreciated, with the only "through the turnbuckles shoulder post bump" topping that being Psicosis charging into the turnbuckles, his opponent moving, Psicosis flying through, hitting the post shoulder first, but then following that up with a flying header to the floor.
Custos Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) I don’t know if Waltman’s corner ‘jumping up penis to the face at head-height then back flipping off the top ropes’ is one of the greatest, but it’s certainly a signature. It’s also one of those ‘diving nothing’ moves where you’re thinking, what the hell is he going for anyway? Edited June 25, 2021 by Custos 1
DangerMark Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Shane said: Rikishi’s inside out clothesline bump is up there for me. It looks cool, but having seen enough other people doing the flip out of the Lariat, it seems to take the sting out of the move a bit, compared to just getting smacked; like it's shifting the emphasis from the person doing the move to the victim. Give me a smack that's going to send someone to the floor regardless of whether the victim is stepping through it or not.
zendragon Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Foley would also take that bump where his opponent would throw him head first backwards into the guard rail, also HBKa head to the turnbuckle where he launched himself backwards off the the bottom rope 1
J.H. Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Michaels also did a pretty great over the top turnbuckle bump that he kind of stopped doing when he went fulltime face. How have we not brought up the Jerry Estrada bump? It was one of those things that got talked up in early DVDVRs and reading about it made me want to see it! James
PetrolCB Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 The Ted DiBiase back bump, where he'd do a semi-head stand while rolling backwards. Which, I'm sure didn't help him in the long run.
GodzillaPerez Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 I remember Chris Masters crazy flat back bump from the apron to the floor during his great 2010-2011 Superstars run. I don't know whats crazier to me: the fact that he took that bump regularly or the fact he was doing it on Superstars that no one but 10 people from the board were watching at the time 1
Zimbra Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, J.H. said: Michaels also did a pretty great over the top turnbuckle bump that he kind of stopped doing when he went fulltime face. How have we not brought up the Jerry Estrada bump? It was one of those things that got talked up in early DVDVRs and reading about it made me want to see it! James Oh, it came up back at the start of the conversation. This is still the DVDVR after all. I remember Val Venis taking a pretty good headstand bump off a DDT but I'm not sure if it was a regular enough thing to count.
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