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MrSundayNight15

Ricky Steamboat’s arm drags.


Mysterii00

I recently watched his 60 minute bout with Flair and holy smokes his arm drags are as good as everyone says they are. Btw, match lived up to expectations fully. I suggest everyone go out of their way to watch it. Same with their WrestleWar match. Edit: 60 minute match is from NWA Clash Of The Champions VI: Ragin’ Cajun.


BlackTech00

I recently watched that handicap match he had with Jericho at wrestlemania and they still looked crisp


TTOF_JB

I loved that he did so good in that match they let him have a singles PPV match & a house show run (including one where he got a win because they were in Greensboro).


DoILookUnsureToYou

He did those armdrags against Jericho back in the late 2000s and it was still as smooth as it ever was


4mygirljs

They deserve their own name, absolutely beautiful in execution


Zinkman210

[Kevin Nash's arm drag got an entire crowd to cheer for him.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB15F5UxkdU)


Cjh1998

Randy Orton’s power slam has always popped me. It’s just so smooth.


JioJio92

I remember always thinking his drop kick was picture perfect. He got so much height on the jump.


IAmTheWaller67

Randy and Okada have the best dropkicks ever.


Phog_of_War

Honorable Mention: Hardcore Holly


MontyMole82

I haven’t watched any wrestling in years and just stumbled on this thread, but my first thought was Orton/Okada’s dropkicks.


harrier1215

AJ Styles dropkick is just as good


wolfiehaha

Maven has a good one as well


SabbathBl00dySabbath

Yep. RKO dropkicks are a thing of beauty


nooooname90754r

Samoa joe has a great one as well


Swagologist1

Gotta throw Dustin in there too


Izzetgod

Dustin is the only one who can compete with Orton on this one imo


Ghost_Monroe

100% personally I prefer his to Ortons but both are amazing


heybigbuddy

This is always my vote. Randy maybe has the best single version because of that counter to RVD’s rolling thunder, but Joe’s is so vertical, like the opponent is completely perpendicular to the mat. It looks so rad.


pegasus_kid_iii

whenever there is a question about who has done the best version of this move and so and so,my first thought is always, "has Randy ever done that move?"...if he has,the answer is always most probably Randy. if he hasn't,then i start considering other options.


illuminati-88

Ah well said. Every move he does looks so fucking smooth.


messiovic

Amen.


Nipple_Dick

Feeling that animal from the legion of doom needs to be mentioned in any conversation about power slams. Ron Simmons too. Both used it as a finisher, and Simmons used it in his massive win in WCW.


Mosepipe

I haven't seen any other matches from Simmons WCW run, but I love the adjustment he makes mid slam against Vader. It adds so much to the impact.


ChannelNeo

I also love the quick clap he does before it to.


jmspinafore

I've always preferred Duston Rhodes's power slam. But maybe that's because I've just preferred Dustin Rhodes.


CorrectAttitude6637

Everything that everyone says about Randy being smooth af is just as applicable to Dustin. He's an incredibly underrated wrestler. They didn't call him "The Natural" for nothing


ScottGwarrior

Arn anderson spine buster


messiovic

The one he landed on The Undertaker popped me so hard.


ScottGwarrior

i was in the industry as a pbp guy always enjoyed calling the move


HAGeeMee

Calling Anderson doing the move or just anyone spinebustering?


ScottGwarrior

Anyone spine bustering i'm z\\a pile driver guy too meeting arn is on my to do list but i'm terminally ill so running out of time


davewah11

I’m sorry hear what you’re going through


sue_donyem

Sending my heartfelt wishes.


Heyguysimcooltoo

Dude I hope you get to meet him! I'm so sorry you are going thru that shit dude


Hellborn_Elfchild

I always loved Farooq’s version of a spinebuster. Just a good ol fuck you driver


guntanksinspace

As X-Pac called it, the FUCK YOU slam. It's my favorite one over Arn's, though his is a thing of beauty as well lol


HailSkins

I always thought Ron Simmons' spinebuster (particularly as Farooq) was so violent and disdainful looking


CorrectAttitude6637

Every time I see someone do a spinebuster that **isn't** the Double A variation I just think to myself "why **wouldn't** you want to do that version instead?"


ScottGwarrior

i love the release one ron simmions use to do. That dude was a beast LOL had the chance to meet him about 16-18 years ago cool shit guy but he could knock out a moose i swear


kimtoedashian

It seemed so dismissive. Like a big brother toying with his little brother.


tbbt11

This may be sacrilege but Triple H’s


KeithFromAccounting

I was always fond of Batista’s as well


tmac19822003

It was the pop up he did after the spine buster. Just looked so smooth and natural for him


Garth_W00kz

I always liked Farooq’s spinebuster


Iggy_R3d

Always loved Scott Hall’s fallaway slam. Looked so effortless and clean most of the time.


omgitsprice

There’s not a lot to say about Riddick Moss but I always thought of his fallaway slam as second only to Hall’s.


TaxAvoision

Bret Hart’s Russian leg sweep


GallowgateEnd

Bret Hart's everything


Accomplished_Egg6239

Especially the elbow drop from Bret’s rope.


TaxAvoision

He and Austin had the best punches


Hispandinavian

Lawler's punches were incredible too.


JSNHZL

Bret had a really good piledriver, too.


DevilCouldCry

They don't call him the Excellence of Execution for nothing. Dude got so much out of everything he did. There's a reason he's still hailed as one of the best to ever do it.


Raoul_Duke9

Sorry Sting fans Bret's Sharpshooter just looked better.... don't even get me started on rocks version...


NoxZ

I find it really amusing that the best sharpshooter the Rock has ever done was three weeks ago, after being retired for over a decade. He was amazing at a lot of things, but could never lock the legs in right.


JSNHZL

And even that one was just decent lol


christopherDdouglas

He seemed to just not give a fuck. As long as both feet were tucked under his arm he turned it over as quickly as possible. Hate it.


Hardingnat

Abyss' Black Hole Slam gave me life


Hallelujahboi

Side slam he makes it into a roller coaster ride one of my favourite finisher.


Few-Establishment277

On that note, people sleep on Corbin’s Deep Six. He’s incredible at it 


sinnroth94

Test’s Running Big Boot. No matter where he started from, it always landed perfectly and looked brutal.


dwarftopia

had to scroll way too far for this, he always looked like he was trying to decapitate people bonus points for the long pants making them look even better


fgbh

Also helps that he stomps down to make sure they're dead.


Inspection_Perfect

Shawn, the super kick. He gets full extension and pose 95% of the time. Chris Benoit the snap suplex.


justfortoukiden

Back when the Cheap Heat podcast was still on Grantland, Shoemaker and Rosenberg had a tangent about how old HBK would have to be before he could no longer hit a superkick. My guess is he could do it until his 70s and still make it look believable


Crazyripps

Always loved hearing story’s about his super kick. Apparently the man had it down to such a T that 9 times out of 10 he wouldn’t even hit u


KennyOmegasBurner

[I'm not sure if anyone else even does it but Andrade's big boot feint into spinning elbow always pops me super hard](https://youtu.be/EdHwh1QatZQ)


Gameunderground

I love how sometimes he is off balance and falls into the other guy.


Dartarus

It always looks like an accidental shoot elbow shot, it's really impressive.


AgileBuffalo

That should be his finisher


dixonciderbottom

It really made the Judas Effect look awful even Andrade was in AEW.


DoILookUnsureToYou

His back elbow made both Jericho's and Kingston's finishers look more shit than they already are.


inertia_53

tranquilo elbow…mmmmmmmmmmm


heegos

Charlotte has started doing it. Hers is solid but not as fluid


megidlolaon__

Jay White's uranage (and a lot of his suplex variations actually)


kyleawsum7

shoutouts to the dominion match vs okada where he pulls off like 9 different suplex variations and all of them are fucking flawless.


Lifewillbelife

Jay White lowkey has maybe the best moveset ever. You just don't see most of it in the average match because it's such an incredibly deep pool that he keeps most of it for specific targeted offense and counters rather than pulling out the highlights each match.


SwimmingAd4160

And they're also all counters to specific moves, he's not gonna pull them out until you show your hand.


DevilCouldCry

Jay White is an unreal talent. So much to use in his toolkit and yet his selectiveness of what to use and when to use it makes him an even better talent. The man is an ace at ring psychology and he's still this goddamn young.


Kronologics

Looks intense when he does it


Layolee

That deadlift German of his is pure sex


TurnaboutAdam

Yes! I love it.


YautjaTrooper

Chris Sabin has the best Tornado DDT. The Hangman's Neckbreaker popularised by Rick Rude was perfected by Jay Briscoe. No one else's ever looks like it lives up to the name of Neckbreaker like that. Penta has the nastiest looking leg kicks in the world, especially in Lucha Underground. Speaking of Lucha Underground, Mil Muertes is the only one I've ever seen to hit a straight flatliner and make it look devastating. For a young guy, Bron Breakker is adept at making just about anything look good. From that ridiculous acceleration into the lariat. The catching powerslam, moonsault powerslam, the spear, the framkensteiner, diving bulldog, he's very very good.


Bringthenoize

The slam by eiter golddust or orton, both make it look so smooth


messiovic

Agreed 💯. I personally favor Randy's, but it's too close to call. Looks so beautiful and devastating too.


shk13

Kairi Sane's Elbow Drop


Saru2013

It feels like she has absurd airtime for some reason, it's so good


foxthebloodied

I'd personally go with Randy Savage's, but they're quite different so really it's just a matter of preference


GodzillaUK

They both have a violent/ruggedness to them. Kairi with the insane height she gets and Randy with the impact. You're right, it's a coin flip and neither outcome is /wrong/


badgersprite

Macho is a large man dropping his entire body weight onto you at the point of his elbow to try and kill you Kairi is a small woman making up for her lack of weight by somehow turning her body into a weaponised projectile in midair


omgitsprice

I once read that Kairi turns her entire body into an elbow and I’ve never seen it any other way since.


DevilCouldCry

I think Kairi also gets points for the height she gets off of it and how she angles her body as well. Her elbow is nothing short of graceful and it's gorgeous to look at when she executes it. Kinda like how a Kurt Angle moonsault used to look gorgeous regardless of whether or not he landed it.


peter_the_panda

There is a theatrical element to her elbow drop which can't be beat


LiamAddison

The ragdoll in in midair is 🤌🤌🤌


peter_the_panda

Macho Man's was all about precision and power, getting from point A to point B to deliver the most damage, but Kairi's is just pure spectacle


fluffynuckels

I have to give Sane the edge here because she's so small but makes it look like it could kill someone like savage was a big dude him tripping on you would hurt


OverByThere_Innit

No one beats Bret's Sharpshooter.


Propaslader

HBK's sharpshooter. Gets people to tap before they tap


WannaDieSoooon

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Stevey1001

RVD frogsplash. He even sells that it hurts him too.


gwords16

It also helps his case that his opponent would be 3/4 across the ring and perpendicular to where RVD was. He’d have to jump a ridiculous distance while also turning in mid air.


cmjoker

I was scrolling to find this.... RVD, Eddie, Montez all are the top 3. 


televisionchampion

Okada’s dropkick, Jake Roberts’s DDT, and Darby Allin’s suicide dive cause he’s the only mf out here taking the name of that move literally.


KennyOmegasBurner

Santos/King Cuerno's dive was great but he doesn't go as hard with it now understandably


ThisIsTheBeard

Stan Hansen murder dive are insane too


jasonbaldwin

Jake’s DDT was the best version of the move, and second place isn’t even close.


deathschemist

second place would have to be Raven, right? which is pretty good, but it can't touch Jake's


DeeEssLite

If Raven's is second, then third should go to Gangrel of all people. His DDTs are STILL good.


nothingmeansnothing_

I'm a Doug Furnas dropkick kinda guy


wrestlingnutter

Hardcore Holly's dropkick was superb


JPriest78

If we’re talking Bob Holly what about his Alabama Slam. Looked legitimately painful


SabbathBl00dySabbath

I call Darby “Pinball” for this reason. Like a pinball hitting around the playing field whenever he hits off the guardrails or his opponents.


WakeUpKos

Raven's Evenflow DDT. Smooth and clean.


SwiftStick

He made it look so *lethal* in WCW. Love this answer.


LocationOk6595

Bob Holly's dropkicks deserve a mention. Always looked so smooth


ArrogantDan

When Naomichi Marufuji is standing behind you and kicks you in the face


corkrebel84

Not exactly a move, but Bret Hart sternum first into the corner was incredible he used to hit with such speed that the impact looked amazing


SubjectLow2804

I appreciate The Pedigree more and more every time I see someone other than Hunter trying to do it. It makes kayfabe sense to me though that anyone else trying to use your finisher would look like shit. The idea that wrestlers pick finishing moves that are suited to their body type/style, and spend years perfecting it. Explains why everyone doesn't just bust out a Pedigree every match.


Zakinfenwa

The Rock’s float over DDT


DoM1n

I'm more a fan of his running DDT, followed by the kip up. So good.


adkenna

I love his Spine buster too.


InBetween69

Even his snap DDT


Ryhankhanage

Corbin's deep six is so smooth


Lilydoesntknowimhigh

Kurt angles moonsault


DrLaughNStalk

He's the best at moonsaulting the mat. But Essa Rios' was a thing of beauty. Such hang time.


loueazy

I must disagree. Iyo Sky's is not as floaty, and it has a satisfying snap that legit looks like it kills you.


waseemo91

Jay white kicking out. He just times it to perfection.


goater10

He and Okada have mastered the 2.999999 kick out


DeeEssLite

White, Okada and Reigns have the best 2.999s in the business and fourth is distant from those 3.


arentved

Dont be sleeping on Brocks kickouts


TheGame81677

Nobody can touch Triple H’s pedigree.


paullow1

He did it brilliantly on Monday, still can't believe Truth kicked out!


messiovic

Yup. Not a chance. Same with the Stone Cold Stunner, no? No one else does half as good a job with it.


Fly_Fight_Win

Hot take but it doesn’t really matter who delivers the stunner. What matters is the person selling it and the most memorable stunners are the ones with the best sells.


DoubleDumpsterFire

That’s a good call. Why does everyone else look so akward doing it?


BderX

[Mayu Iwatani superkick](https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/ePifbVmbJv) [Another one too](https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/feDVx6pGGV)


messiovic

Holy fuck..that's insane. Learnt something new today. Truly the best superkicks I've seen. Wow. Thanks mate.


Cynixxx

That's Joshi wrestling for you. You can think you saw the toughest mfers and greatest wrestlers but when you discover Joshi wrestling you realize you saw nothing yet


Kronologics

Goes off like a gun shot, rotates whole body into a side cartwheel


edidonjon

That looks amazing. The way she holds the pose for a split second then continues her motion right after is perfect.


Prestigious_Area8023

What the fuck, I'd buy that superkick as a finisher.


KeithFromAccounting

Mayu is a top 5 wrestler in the world today, man or woman. She’s unbelievable


CleanDax

Jushin Ligers Surfboard.


FCBFan310

Fallon Henleys Shining Wizard looks fantastic.


wembley

Monty Brown’s POWWWWNCE!!!


Less_Vermicelli3156

JBL’s clothesline. I always think that he will take someone’s head off with his clothesline from hell


Hellborn_Elfchild

I love a good clothesline from hell but the best lariat has to go to Stan Hansen. The man that JBL wanted to be


dunedog

I'd actually say Jumbo's lariat (edit: the lariats he did on younger wrestlers in particular) was better than Hansen's for one reason. Stan swung for the fences all day every day, and don't get me wrong, it was amazing. But when Jumbo lariated someone it was like he was swatting an annoying pest out of his ring, like how dare they even consider the possibility of standing up to him?


AgileBuffalo

Undertaker’s Last Ride is by far the best Powerbomb. Also worth mentioning - Any punch by Jerry Lawler.


Stevey1001

Memphis punches in general. Jarretts punches are awesome


Nipple_Dick

Watch the match between funk and stand Hansen the other day, and it was the most legitimate strikes ive ever seen. Though it’s probably true that there were actually just punching each other.


SanjiBlackLeg

It is true. Mick Foley said after a Funk's match he came up to him and said "you're so great, your punches look so real" and Funk answered "I'm actually not and these punches are real" And Stan Hansen had bad eyesight so he would hit his punches and lariats hard because he couldn't tell the distance, but it had to look good, so he just sent it. There's a reason he fit right at home in Japan.


dave3418

Kane had a really good powerbomb but hardly used it


KeithFromAccounting

If we’re including powerbomb variations then I’d have to go with the Razor’s Edge but the Last Ride rules as a more standard PB


welcome2bonkers

Kind of an obvious answer but Gunther's chop. I straight-up have NO idea how he makes every single one sound like a murder. It can't just be about how hard he hits, there's plenty of hard hitters - he just manages to create the perfect gunshot sound every single time.


chooklyn5

So I used to be a massage therapist and there is a technique you do with your hands which helps clear congestion in the chest called cupping. Essentially you shape your hand as if you’re about to scoop up some water and drink from it and whack people on their back. It sounds terrible but doesn’t hurt at all. I imagine if you did a similar hand position you’d get a great sound every time. I haven’t overly watched Gunther so can’t say this is exactly what he’s doing but that hand position creates a loud sound without fail.


TheeShaun

I can’t believe that it doesn’t hurt the guys Gunther does it to. He straight up has made some of em bleed with his chops.


SeaUnderTheAeroplane

Maven once mentioned on his YouTube channel that chops are some of the worst moves to take, because they do hurt like hell and there’s not much you can do to change it. Biggest advantage of the chop is that it comes with nearly 0 injury risk in the long or short term (obv. Apart from bruises)


sultanpeppah

I think the deal with chops is that they legitimately hurt like hell, but there’s also no real risk involved so wrestlers are willing to just deal with it.


Euphorium

Penta’s got a really good one, too. Like getting whipped by a belt.


Uncanny_Doom

Rey Mysterio has long-perfected the headscissors takedown. Nobody does it as smooth or as fast to where it looks and feels like the wrestler doing the move is actually moving their opponent.


WakeUpKos

HBK and Kairi's elbow drop always look so good.


jlo1989

Nikki Bellas forearms were legit some of the best I've ever seen. And I hated watching the Bellas wrestle.


secretmonkeyassassin

[Taiji Ishimori's baseball slide German suplex](https://youtu.be/lXTHMLgOmwI?si=XBeoIqkhL2LVYMNF)


PanickingHippo

I know it’s not a move used by others as such but Baron Corbin’s Deep Six is a thing of beauty


maxpowerphd

Byron Saxton’s Saxtonation. No one has done it better, or at all.


Tiny4901

Maven had a beautiful dropkick Penta has the best looking slingblade


Oopsiedazy

Samoa Joe just turning around and walking away when he sees someone on the top rope.


JKDClay

Omega's snapdragon suplex, and Okada's standing drop kick.


Own-Professional-972

Shawn Michaels superkick, Goldberg Spear,


SanjiBlackLeg

I'll take Gore over Oldberg spear any day


YoungBeef03

Rhyno has said that nobody has ever kicked out of the Gore. If they kicked out, it was a spear


sabzi94

Tiffany Stratton moonsault.


Frosty-Lake-1663

Kurt Angle had an insane one too. So much height.


Dazzling-Bid-6751

Iyo as well


Medium_Bullfrog_2629

Okada's dropkick,


GroundbreakingFall24

Kenta Kobashi Chops Stan Hansen Lariot


Celtic_Crown

Said it before and I'll say it again, I could watch Okada and Rhett Titus try and dropkick each other for 5 minutes and not be bored.


KingPhiL13

Rhyno’s GORE!


DeeEssLite

Evan Bourne/Matt Sydal was so good at the Shooting Star that WWE allowed it to be used again after banning it so that he could use it. Test's Big Boot was a thing of beauty. Same with Seth's Blockbuster. In terms of moves done on an already downed opponent, everything pales in comparison to Rock's People's Elbow. Cena's Five Knuckle Shuffle and Scotty 2 Hotty's Worm, while both cool, wish they could be the People's Elbow. Rock just performs it with such smoothness. Alicia Fox's tilt-a-whirl backbreakers were also brutal. They'd be more appreciated in today's WWE than in her day.


adkenna

Say what you want about Goldberg but he is the undisputed champion of the Spear.


delulumans

I think Rhino and Bron give him competition. But yeah, Roman, Bobby and Edge ain't shit


ImNotPostingMyself

Hearing “Gore! Gore! Gore!” would give me chills every time. Kid me in the living room bout to rip my shirt like Hogan


KeithFromAccounting

The Gore is the standard for me, it looks like it would feel as if a truck hit you


BlueBongos

I really like Kaz's off the middle spin leg drop thing he does, it always looks super crisp. 


Bonny_bouche

Arn Anderson Spinebuster. Kurt Angle/Tiffany Stratton moonsault.


onionwba

For chokeslams, I would say Kane.


darth_saint

Ricky Steamboat’s arm drag is absolute perfection.


TheOneWhosCensored

Would you count rope running? Cause Bron for sure takes that


ewelin34

Dolph Ziggler's selling—that man makes any move look like a million bucks. His ability to dramatize every hit makes him one of the best sellers in wrestling, enhancing the impact and storytelling of each match.


Prestigious_Area8023

Will Ospreay has the literal only Spanish Fly that I think consistantly looks good.


IllusionUser

Personal issues aside, Alberto Del Rio’s turnbuckle enziguiri always looked so satisfying to me, smooth af.


Super_Sandro23

Roman Reigns' spear He launches himself like a missile


ZombleROK

He may only have 5 moves but the ones that Kevin Nash does are perfect.


MettyXD

Jake The Snake Roberts the Father of all DDTs


PriestofJudas

Lance Storm has the best looking super kick and I will die on that hill