The Coolest Names For Wrestling Moves/Holds

[DEAN]

I was thinking about how much cooler Dynamite Kansai's name for her finisher, DIE HARD KANSAI, cooler than the usual name for it, Splash Mountain and it made me think of this topic.  My top five:

Best- DIE HARD KANSAI.  Lamest- Splash Mountain

Best- Suwa's FUCKING FUCKING FUCKING.  Lamest- Spinning Pedigree

Best- Lioness Asuka's K-DRILLER.  Lamest- Greetings From Asbury Park

Best- EVEREST German Suplex. Lamest- Deadlift German Suplex

Best- Tomoko Watanabe's Screwdriver. Lamest- I don't think anybody else does this move.  It's that awesome.

[BobbyWhioux]

BEST - Tombstone Piledriver
WORST - That's Incredible

 

[odessasteps]

Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex 

[Curt McGirt]

Moonsault Doublestomp! 

[The Natural]

Bret Hart's Sharpshooter was the first that came to mind. Fitting name. Nobody does the move as well as Bret does.

Edited March 19, 2021 by The Natural

[Curt McGirt]

Okay maybe I got it backward

 

[DEAN]

1 minute ago, The Natural said:

Bret Hart's Sharpshooter was the first that came to mind.

Oooo, but Scorpion Deathlock is about as cool.

[ka-to]

Strong Zero is the best name.

I thought that Die Hard was Splash Mountain from the corner and Kansai used both? Razor's Edge is the lame name.

[DEAN]

2 minutes ago, ka-to said:

Strong Zero is the best name.

I thought that Die Hard was Splash Mountain from the corner and Kansai used both? Razor's Edge is the lame name.

I thought Splash Mountain was always from the top corner.

[Curt McGirt]

Sometimes the simplest names are the best. Case in point: Brainbuster. Would also be a killer name for a hardcore band. 

[AxB]

Not sure which is best, out of Cop Killa, Vertebreaker or Reverse Gory Special Bomb. 

[Curt McGirt]

Let's keep it real for the board...

Missile Dropkick

I've always been partial to Stuff Powerbomb too.

[DEAN]

Oh shit, STEINER SQUARE DRIVER.

[Curt McGirt]

Released Dragon Suplex

Falcon Arrow

EDIT: Goddamn now I got two more with animal names -- Crossface Chickenwing and Cobra Clutch

Edited March 19, 2021 by Curt McGirt

[DEAN]

4 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:

Released Dragon Suplex

Falcon Arrow

EDIT: Goddamn now I got two more with animal names -- Crossface Chickenwing and Cobra Clutch

That reminds me- CATTLE MUTILATION.

[Spontaneous]

I always liked Tamon Honda's "Dead End" German Suplex.

Doug Williams diving knee drop be being called The Bomb Threat was dope.

Akiyama and the Sterness Dust Alpha and Gamma.

[Curt McGirt]

Olympic Hell! 

[DEAN]

2 minutes ago, Spontaneous said:

Akiyama and the Sterness Dust Alpha and Gamma.

That reminds me of Kensuke Sasaki's STRANGLE HOLD GAMMA, which sounded so much cooler than the STRETCH PLUM.

[odessasteps]

Gourdbuster

Dreambuster > The Stroke > whatever the miz calls it 

[Zimbra]

K-Driller is good, but I'm still partial to the good old Fire Thunder Driver

Last Rites > Roll The Dice > Cross Rhodes

Bull's Poseidon is cooler than Beach Break but they're both cool

[AxB]

Remember that time in the old, non-formatted board where someone asked what move the Spider German was, and someone else misread "move" as "Movie" and started wondering if it starred Ralph Feinnes or something?

Edited March 19, 2021 by AxB

[DEAN]

Of course, Etsuka Mita's DEATH VALLEY BOMB and DEATH LAKE DRIVER.

Also Japanese use of made up English words:  EXPLOIDER SUPLEX and EMERALD FROZIEN.

[Spontaneous]

BURN-ING HAM-MAH!

[DEAN]

Note that NIAGRA DRIVER is also a cooler name than Splash Mountain.

[For Great Justice]

Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gradunza

 

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