Sammo~! Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 48 minutes ago, AxB said: Not sure which is best, out of Cop Killa, Vertebreaker or Reverse Gory Special Bomb. I think we can agree Din's Fire is the worst name for that move though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Joey Styles' habit of taking a Japanese move name and sticking someone else's name in it was just horrible, in retrospect. Space Flying Kronus Drop? No, lad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 La Mistica, when done right, both sounds and looks awesome. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, AxB said: Joey Styles' habit of taking a Japanese move name and sticking someone else's name in it was just horrible, in retrospect. Space Flying Kronus Drop? No, lad. Oh yeah, SPACE FLYING TIGER DROP might be the coolest move name 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Spontaneous said: La Mistica, when done right, both sounds and looks awesome. That reminds me of Chapparita Asari's SKY TWISTER PRESS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I grew up without cable so there was a lot of wrestling stuff I was interested in before I was able to see it. I don't know if I first heard of this move on the back of an action figure or in a wrestling magazine, but when I heard that Lex Luger's finishing move was called the Human Torture Rack, I knew I needed to see it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 The original AIR RAID CRUSH is a better name than any of the alternatives. Kryptonite Krunch is the drizzling shits. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) I may be the low vote on this and anything involving the word 'torture' immediately makes something cooler, but there is just something about calling it the Argentine Backbreaker. It's classy and vicious at the same time. Burning Hammer might just be our winner. It's irrational, broken English, involves fire, involves a tool that can be used as a weapon, and it ended one of my favorite puro matches like a door slamming in the depths of Hell (to steal from Discharge). And that would be Kobashi vs. Akiyama, 12/23/00. That move even involves a Torture Rack position! Northern Lights Bomb is really cool too... Edited March 19, 2021 by Curt McGirt 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, AxB said: Not sure which is best, out of Cop Killa, Vertebreaker or Reverse Gory Special Bomb. Where do people stand on the Gringo Killa? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Speaking of Joey Styles/ECW, THE GORE, GORE, GORE!! And on a different note, the Phoenix Splash is both an awesome name and move. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Oh and my current favorite: PUMP-ING-BOM-BAH! Edited March 19, 2021 by Spontaneous 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordi the former AEW fan Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Spontaneous said: Oh and my current favorite: AXE-BOM-BAH! Axe Bomber > Crooked Arm Lariat which leads to: Lariat (because Stan Hansen) > Russian Sickle > Swinging Clothesline > Clothesline from Hell (because what's so "from Hell" about it?) Camel Clutch = la de a cabello > Steiner Recliner > The Colossal Clutch > The Accolade STF >>>> STFU Discus Punch > Spinning Punch > Tornado Punch And just so Japanese names don't always win here: I honestly think Spinning Back Fist > Uraken Edited March 19, 2021 by El Gran Gordi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jimbo_Tsuruta Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Dragon Screw Leg Whip (especially when said by Dusty) Meltzer Driver -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, El Gran Gordi said: Swinging Clothesline > Clothesline from Hell (because what's so "from Hell" about it?) That reminds me of the best old school move name, SWINGING NECK BREAKER. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, supremebve said: I grew up without cable so there was a lot of wrestling stuff I was interested in before I was able to see it. I don't know if I first heard of this move on the back of an action figure or in a wrestling magazine, but when I heard that Lex Luger's finishing move was called the Human Torture Rack, I knew I needed to see it. And then he went to the WWF, where the move was briefly known as the Rebel Rack. Just awful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Best: Koko B. Ware - The Ghostbuster Worst: Koko B. Ware - The Birdbuster I honestly don't know why it ended up being called "The Ghostbuster" there for awhile, but I love it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Hero Morganti Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Ok so my favorite move name hasn't been mentioned. Best: Dropping the BOMB! (Willie Richardson's top rope leg drop) Worst. Tennessee Jam. Also. POUNCEEEEE. period. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 Another cool old school move name, the INDIAN DEATHLOCK. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Sudanese Meat Cleaver will always be my favorite name for a move. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 3 hours ago, DEAN said: I thought Splash Mountain was always from the top corner. Same. 3 hours ago, Spontaneous said: BURN-ING HAM-MAH! Winner. The man using the move, Kenta Kobashi. The move itself nobody kicked out of. The name of said move and how it was very rarely used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 minute ago, The Natural said: Same. Winner. The man using the move, Kenta Kobashi. The move itself nobody kicked out of. The name of said move and how it was very rarely used. I was thinking about that concept. I would say TIGER DRIVER 91 sounded cool because Misawa was reluctant to use it unless everything else wouldn't work. I love that shit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 3 hours ago, DEAN said: That reminds me- CATTLE MUTILATION. I have to share Daniel Bryan's brilliant story about it in his must read autobiography, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of Wrestlemania. Bryan popped seeing The Great Muta use it so began using it himself. Bryan described it as his double arm chickenwing thingy but Christopher Daniels said it was the Cattle Mutilation and that name stuck than the double arm chickenwing thingy. Bryan wanted to explain why he's use a move called that as a lover of animals and sometimes a vegetarian. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, DEAN said: I was thinking about that concept. I would say TIGER DRIVER 91 sounded cool because Misawa was reluctant to use it unless everything else wouldn't work. I love that shit. I do as well. A move you rarely see and when it's hit, there's no kickout. Both that and the Burning Hammer are rightly protected. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 Actually, EL MARTINETE is the best name for a Tombstone Piledriver because El Martinete means you've used an illegal move and you are automatically disqualified. Which makes it a more EVIL move. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) I think Kenta Kobashi used the Burning Hammer six times from 1998-2013: Two to Mitsuharu Misawa in tag matches. The first was the move's debut in October 1998, AJPW. vs. Mitsuharu Misawa for Misawa's GHC Heavyweight Championship in NOAH, 1st March 2003. vs. Jun Akiyama for Kobashi's GHC Heavyweight Championship. NOAH, 10th July 2004. vs. Akira Taue for Kobashi's GHC Heavyweight Championship. The debut of the Wrist Clutch Burning Hammer. NOAH, 10th September 2004. vs. KENTA. Wrist Clutch Burning Hammer. NOAH, 5th March 2006. Edited March 19, 2021 by The Natural 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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