Devastating Moves Now Common place

[young law]

i also seen cm punk using the falcon suplex and r tuth jus freely doin falcon drops to 1-count kick outs

[video=youtube;9FI5r9INDEs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FI5r9INDEs[/video]

 

[Mally_G]

powerbombs

once feared because you could break someone's back or bash their heads against the mat, is now a normal move.

I think when the cruiserweights started doing all the "big" moves, it cheapened their affect. Look back at old WCW tapes and watch the CW division go nuts using "big" moves to get over on their opponents.

 

[young law]

oh shit,
cruiserweights kinda killed powerbombs for a minute
i member psycosis,juvi,dean mlenko etc using PB's all the time in wcw & ecw

but now they arent jus used all willy nilly

 

[KTULU IS BACK]

dont blame the luchadores for wrestling the way lucha libre is supposed to be wrestled

blame the booker for not telling those guys to sell big moves like americans do

 

[dalyricalbandit]

figure fours and sharpshooter etc......when bret/owen/sting or flair would do them niggas would give up right away (before tapping out became the thing)

 

[Mally_G]

figure fours and sharpshooter etc......when bret/owen/sting or flair would do them niggas would give up right away (before tapping out became the thing)

i remember what is now the "tap out" was just called "giving up". I think the "tap out" became a household name when Pancreas and the UFC were in their infancy in the early 90s. When Ken Shamrock came to the WWF, that's when dudes started to "tap out" to submissions. Rarely do I hear, "he gives up".

I think the Figure 4 became exclusive to Ric Flair. The WWE has a thing with guys recycling moves made uber famous by a well respected wrestler. I think only Shawn Michaels was the last to be allowed to even chop dudes while in the corner because the crowd would do the 'woooo!!!', and since many people compare HBK to Flair, the WWE allowed him to do it but no one else.

I remember when diving over the top rope to someone on the floor was the shit. Remember how Mike Tenay used to pump up Hector Garza and his Corkscrew Plancha? Now every dude under 6 feet has it in their moveset. It's a real spectacle to see a big man do moves like the 450 Splash or the Phoenix Splash. I think those moves still get 3-counts to this day because they are nice to see and not everyone can do them.

 

[Trollio]

the leg drop

 

[DOPEdweebz]

the angle slam

 

[deeroc22]

The Pile Driver.. altho i dont think its used much anymore....

 

[DOPEdweebz]

The Pile Driver.. altho i dont think its used much anymore....

i was gonna say that but then i rememberr back in 09 eric young sorta brought it back for awhile even tho it was "banned" from TNA and pro wrestling for that matter...

The Top Rope Elbow Drop...

 

[young law]

the angle slam

who is jus using the angle slam on a regular basis???

 

[Chi-Town Bully]

who is jus using the angle slam on a regular basis???

Randy Orton

 

[KTULU IS BACK]

the angle slam is just a samoan drop

angle stole that ethnicity's only move

meng should take him out

 

[young law]

wow
i jus youtub'd orton doin the angle slam,
that is regular wwe shit

they allow current talent to use foremer talent moves

 

[young law]

the angle slam is just a samoan drop

angle stole that ethnicity's only move

meng should take him out

its not as bad as john cena passing off the fireman's carry as a finisher

 

[KTULU IS BACK]

isnt cena's move a death valley driver?

 

[dalyricalbandit]

Cobra clutch

 

[young law]

isnt cena's move a death valley driver?

NAH,
how dare you insult perry saturn like that

[video=youtube;lX7YO-HNUiY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX7YO-HNUiY[/video]

cena's FU is a standing fireman's carry

 

[G.R.I.P. Money $$$]

c/s dvd has a lot more impact..

 

[young law]

mally g got a point

i member there used to not be tap outs

the ref would come raise your hand and if you drop it three times then that would a "quit"

and also he would ask the wrestler if they give up or quit and they would verbally respond

thats why you still hear refs ask "do you give up" sometimes,
but
even that was ruined by the wwe because of the "i quit" match being popularized as the match where a wrestler must say "i quit"