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#1 Posted on 1.11.04 1210.37
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So I'm watching HEAT last night, and there's a match between Chuck Palumbo and Chris Benoit. It's nearing the end of the match, and Chuck hits his apparent finisher, which is a big running kick. And I think to myself, I have a real problem with a kick of any kind, unless it's something damn impressive, being used as a finishing move. Chuck, Tyson Tomko, Test, Albert... all big men who used a kick as their finisher at one point, and I never really bought into it. It always seems anti-climactic; these guys are using power moves all match, and then the end is a random kick that is usually done sloppily.

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#2 Posted on 1.11.04 1218.59
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It's the new powerbomb, and I don't buy it as a finisher any more. It's simply not as impressive as it used to be to see a big guy throw his leg up that high. I liked the set-up Test gave it; it seemd to have more oomph to it. The bicycle kick can work because it allegedly drives the foot under the chin or nose as opposed to the now-standard flat of the foot to the head.

Speaking of finishers, I hope Snitsky isn't going to rely on the pumphandle slam to end his matches. I expect a bit more than the one-time finisher ror Road Dogg.
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#3 Posted on 1.11.04 1222.40
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Test's Big Boot O' Death was an awesome finisher, and I was sad to see him retire it. But as a rule I can see your point-unless you've got some real power or speed behind it (a la Shawn or Tajiri) a big kick will invariably just look lame.

Also, Snitsky seems to have switched to the Meltdown/Pumphandle Powerslam as a finisher, ratehr than just a garden variety pumphandle. It's what he used to finish off Regal last week.
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#4 Posted on 1.11.04 1224.00
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    Originally posted by Matt Tracker
    It's the new powerbomb, and I don't buy it as a finisher any more. It's simply not as impressive as it used to be to see a big guy throw his leg up that high. I liked the set-up Test gave it; it seemd to have more oomph to it. The bicycle kick can work because it allegedly drives the foot under the chin or nose as opposed to the now-standard flat of the foot to the head.

    Speaking of finishers, I hope Snitsky isn't going to rely on the pumphandle slam to end his matches. I expect a bit more than the one-time finisher ror Road Dogg.


Actually, Snitsky's pumphandle slam is the one test used to use as his finisher. The Road Dogg used more of a pumphandle powerslam type thing.
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#5 Posted on 1.11.04 1229.20
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That's not Chuck's finisher, though. He was using the superkick on Smackdown, but I believe he's switched to the move he tried to put on Benoit before Benoit reversed it into the Crossface (holds the guy in front of him, hoists him up into a fireman's carry position to hit a Samoan Drop).

Although, it's been quite some time since my boy Chuck won a match, so I could be wrong.
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#6 Posted on 1.11.04 1235.11
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    Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff
    That's not Chuck's finisher, though. He was using the superkick on Smackdown, but I believe he's switched to the move he tried to put on Benoit before Benoit reversed it into the Crossface (holds the guy in front of him, hoists him up into a fireman's carry position to hit a Samoan Drop).


Fair enough; I don't watch HEAT very much, so I was only going by what the announcers said, which was something like "There's that kick that he put so-and-so away with last week!"
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#7 Posted on 1.11.04 1605.47
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Before you throw me the "this is wrestling" card, what if I punted you in the face really hard? Would you be getting up?

Not instantly.
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#8 Posted on 1.11.04 1640.44
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    Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff
    That's not Chuck's finisher, though. He was using the superkick on Smackdown, but I believe he's switched to the move he tried to put on Benoit before Benoit reversed it into the Crossface (holds the guy in front of him, hoists him up into a fireman's carry position to hit a Samoan Drop).

    Although, it's been quite some time since my boy Chuck won a match, so I could be wrong.


Yeah he has been using the Samoan drop to finish off his wins. And yeas, the kick is an unimpressive finisher. But what do you expect? The WWE seems to have about 30 moves it lets its guys do these days; there's nothing interesting being done by wrestlers right now. If anything, the finishers are regressing rather than evolving. I mean Shelton Benjamin is using a powerslam, Edge is using a spear, and the WWE champion uses a freakin' clothesline to end matches. (and as much as I like JBL, has there ever been a less impressive finisher for a WWE Champ; yeah i know the big legdrop by Hogan sucked, but at least it pooped the crowd.)
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#9 Posted on 1.11.04 1700.53
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    Originally posted by sentonBOMB
    So I'm watching HEAT last night, and there's a match between Chuck Palumbo and Chris Benoit. It's nearing the end of the match, and Chuck hits his apparent finisher, which is a big running kick.


Chuck's used that kick for years since his WCW Saturday Night prelim days. Back then it was called "The Jungle Kick" because he used to come out in jungle-themed attire.

Damned if I know what it's referred to nowadays.
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#10 Posted on 1.11.04 1710.44
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    Originally posted by BigSteve
    and the WWE champion uses a freakin' clothesline to end matches. (and as much as I like JBL, has there ever been a less impressive finisher for a WWE Champ;


It can all be relative depending on who's doing it and how they differ. For me, Bradshaw's lariat is nothing great, but Stan Hansen's lariat was the greatest thing on earth. That's the only time I will attempt to draw any comparison between the two men.

I did like the big boot when Test used it for his finisher. When Kane or Taker use it in the middle of a match as a transition move I could care less about it.
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#11 Posted on 1.11.04 2227.42
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    Originally posted by BigSteve
      Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff
      That's not Chuck's finisher, though. He was using the superkick on Smackdown, but I believe he's switched to the move he tried to put on Benoit before Benoit reversed it into the Crossface (holds the guy in front of him, hoists him up into a fireman's carry position to hit a Samoan Drop).

      Although, it's been quite some time since my boy Chuck won a match, so I could be wrong.


    Yeah he has been using the Samoan drop to finish off his wins. And yeas, the kick is an unimpressive finisher. But what do you expect? The WWE seems to have about 30 moves it lets its guys do these days; there's nothing interesting being done by wrestlers right now. If anything, the finishers are regressing rather than evolving. I mean Shelton Benjamin is using a powerslam, Edge is using a spear, and the WWE champion uses a freakin' clothesline to end matches. (and as much as I like JBL, has there ever been a less impressive finisher for a WWE Champ; yeah i know the big legdrop by Hogan sucked, but at least it pooped the crowd.)


I entirely agree. Aside from Paul London, no WWE superstar in the last year, give or take, has really shown me any new moves that made me say "Wow, that was pretty cool." The last WWE superstar i've seen in the last couple of years with a cool finisher is....Victoria, with the Widow's Peak. A cool finisher or a cool moveset can instantly get a guy over, which is why it bugs me that so many of the big hoss wrestlers that WWE has been pushing (Jindrak, Heidenreich, Tomko, Reigns, etc.) have been using such generic power moves to finish their matches. The so-called stars of the future like Orton and Cena use a diamond cutter and a fucking fireman's slam, for pete's sake.
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#12 Posted on 2.11.04 0034.15
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    Originally posted by orangeman
      Originally posted by BigSteve
      and the WWE champion uses a freakin' clothesline to end matches. (and as much as I like JBL, has there ever been a less impressive finisher for a WWE Champ;


    It can all be relative depending on who's doing it and how they differ. For me, Bradshaw's lariat is nothing great, but Stan Hansen's lariat was the greatest thing on earth. That's the only time I will attempt to draw any comparison between the two men.


I remember reading somewhere that Stan Hansen's lariat had an extra scary component for the recipient. Hansen's eyesight was so bad (he wore insanely thick glasses in everyday life) that he was nearly blind in the ring. So when he threw that vicious shot, many times he missed the mark and just drilled guys in the face. Ouch!
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#13 Posted on 2.11.04 0049.25
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Well, a big guy's running kick to the face I could sort of buy. It'd be more impressive than the Shawn Michaels super kick, at least.
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#14 Posted on 2.11.04 0207.40
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Personally, I hate when Michaels or Test telegraph their kick finishers. They're much more likely to hit a guy without making a big sound first, and that leads to the "stunned/hurt enough for a three count" psychology.

Another kick move I hate is Booker T's scissors kick. It seems very light to me. Tajiri's Kick of Death is my current favorite, for the complete opposite reason: it seems stiff.

Not a single mention of The Barbarian's big boot finisher? For shame. I loved it when he'd pull that off.
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#15 Posted on 2.11.04 0338.35
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I hate the running Big Boot as well. The Big boot that Hogan or The Undertaker would use is a great set up for the finish, but the running big boot is so stupid.

I think Palumbo had to switch to that because of the No Person shall use the same finisher rule the WWE seems to have.

Either way he looks stupid wearing Kaki's and his red wrestling boots with the white bottoms.
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#16 Posted on 2.11.04 0813.33
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    Originally posted by Phantom Lord
    Either way he looks stupid wearing Kaki's and his red wrestling boots with the white bottoms.


Actually, those aren't boots, they're Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers, often called "Chucks," which I assume is a play off of his name, or just the weirdest coincidence ever...
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#17 Posted on 2.11.04 0816.14
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    Originally posted by Phantom Lord
    I think Palumbo had to switch to that because of the No Person shall use the same finisher rule the WWE seems to have.

Unless, of course, the finisher in question is the chokeslam.
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#18 Posted on 2.11.04 0847.36
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    Originally posted by Texas Kelly
      Originally posted by Phantom Lord
      I think Palumbo had to switch to that because of the No Person shall use the same finisher rule the WWE seems to have.

    Unless, of course, the finisher in question is the chokeslam.


Or the frogsplash.

Kudos by the way for the thread that apparently cursed Test and Albert.

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#19 Posted on 2.11.04 1643.20
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