Who are the folks behind foundational stuff like the powerbomb, piledriver and moonsault, and did they end up receiving their just due for their contributions to the art of pro wrestling? Here are 10 people whose innovative spirit provided the foundation for pretty much every pro wrestling match you see today…. Using his patented piledriver, Longson won the National Wrestling Association World Championship not to be confused with the later National Wrestling Alliance Championship that guys like Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes would win three times, holding the title for more combined days than any other champion.
Longson used the move to dominate almost an entire decade as heel champion, while Taker used it as the foundation of a longer, but slightly more uneven run on top. Of course, technically, Taker uses a reverse Tombstone Piledriver instead of the classic version, so you could be picky and say Longson is still the piledriving king.
Thesz likely innovated the move in the early s , when he unexpectedly grabbed Antonino Rocca around the waist, herked him up, and dumped him on his head. From that point on, Thesz would occasionally break out the powerbomb to deal with a particularly physical opponents. Basically, all wrestling fans should have a little Lou Thesz shrine somewhere in their house.
He invented the superkick and hung out with Norman Smiley? Chris Adams, renaissance man. Chris Adams was a member of the British Olympic Judo Team, before breaking into the world of pro wrestling in the late s. Chris Adams was one of those talented guys whose glories would mostly come second-hand through the wrestlers he helped or inspired.
He may have created the superkick, but, obviously, guys like Shawn Michaels put it to much more successful use. During this period, AJW talents like Yokota, Bull Nakano and the legendary Crush Gals were putting on the best matches in the world and innovating like crazy every time they stepped in the ring. Yokota herself is credited with creating the the Jackhammer and the double-underhook powerbomb.
So far as the naming and popularization of the move goes, Jake certainly deserves a great deal of credit. Where things get complicated is when the name of Black Gordman enters the conversation. However, Gordman is considered by many to be the true innovator of the DDT. He called it the Diamond Twist and, to be honest, it was pretty ugly to watch him pull it off. In fact, the reason that some people dispute the claim that he is the DDT's inventor is because it often looks like he is hitting the move on accident.
Lou Thesz may be an innovative performer who is usually recognized as one of the first major stars of the professional wrestling world, but people would never typically associate him with a move as flashy as the Powerbomb. Thesz was much more of a traditional mat wrestler whose mov eset typically revolved around getting his opponent to the ground via a variety of suplexes and takedowns.
See, in the middle of trying to perform one of his trademark suplexes, Thesz accidentally dropped his opponent Antonino Rocca right on his head. Though the first time was just a very painful botch, Thesz would eventually refine the move and add it to the rotation. There are few moves with a more confusing history than the Sharpshooter. Even when you start to break down the origins of the sharpshooter as we know it, it seems that no two fans can agree if it was Bret Hart or Sting that first performed the variation.
Whenever you hear people talk about Andre The Giant during his prime, they tend to focus on the monstrous size of the man or maybe his larger-than-life personality. What tends to get lost in the conversation is that Andre The Giant was actually a pretty capable in-ring performer in his heyday.
Though he was obviously extremely limited due to the dangers associated with his size, back when Andre was still able to move around with relative ease, he could deliver some truly punishing maneuvers. For those that didn't have the context of Eddie Kingston's promo towards CM Punk on Friday's Rampage, one anonymous wrestler has all the details.
Share Share Tweet Email. Although the DDT was originally used by Black Gordman as something of a transition move, it was Jake The Snake Roberts who used the move as a finisher and gave the drop its famous three-lettered name.
According to Jake, he never actually meant to do the DDT. During a match when Jake had an opponent in a front face lock, his feet were stepped on, causing him to fall backwards. It was the reaction of the fans who gave a collective wince that made Jake use the move intentionally. Wesley Cunningham-Burns hasn't written a bio just yet, but if they had
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