10 Terrible Wrestling Moves That Have NEVER Looked Good

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Horrendous punches, frustrating spots, and other terrible moves that have always been bad.
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@SacredBlaziken 2 ай бұрын

I actually LOVE the Skullcrushing finale

@jamesreece9502 2 ай бұрын

😂

@CapySlappy 2 ай бұрын

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN

@jamesreece9502 2 ай бұрын

@@CapySlappy It doesn't look half as good as Jeff Jarrett's Stroke

@Its_C4M117 2 ай бұрын

It's really not as bad as people say it is.

@zanethind 2 ай бұрын

Same especially when Miz tried the Avalanche version at Wrestlemania 34. And if done super right it can look pretty devastating

@captaincurtis9829 2 ай бұрын

You really can’t drag Miz for protecting his coworkers from getting concussions. As for Theory, he should just go back to using the original A-Town down that he used in NXT.

@carldowney330 2 ай бұрын

Becky Lynch's man handle slam 🥱

@SimpaticoReal 2 ай бұрын

I'd argue the Dis-arm-her is worse, at least on the main roster. The move looked incredible in NXT though.

@mindinthepsandqs 2 ай бұрын

Her jump kick on the ropes in the corner thing

@DragonHeart613 2 ай бұрын

There's nothing wrong with Becky's Man-Handle Slam. Bayley's Rose Plant however looks lame & weak. She deserves a much better finisher than that.

@justinlynch3 Ай бұрын

@@DragonHeart613 At the end of the day it's just a Book End/Rock Bottom. If there is any problem with it it's not the move itself, it's either (A) Becky is too small to get a lot of opponents up high, or (B) a lot of opponents just refuse to jump high for the slam. But as for the move itself, if you don't mind Booker or Rock's move, then you shouldn't mind Becky's. But yeah Rose Plant is terrible. The arm hook part of it just makes it arkward and clunky. While we all cloned on Dean Ambrose when he used a Headlock Driver for a finisher, honestly Bayley would be better off just doing that. Cause in hindsight a Headlock Driver looks much better than this Arm Hooked Headlock Driver that Bayley can't even pull off properly most of the time. Get of of the arkward arm lock Bayley and just do a basic Headlock Driver, it'll look much better.

@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780 Ай бұрын

@@SimpaticoReal no it didnt

@michaelhines3330 2 ай бұрын

John Cena's version of the STFU 😂

@JLWprime10 2 ай бұрын

Dude cena version of the STF is legendary cena said that he had to change it up because edge was literally getting choked out by cena unforgiven 2006

@TheThird1977 2 ай бұрын

Cena has applied it well a few times.

@johnofthenorth6653 2 ай бұрын

The reason Darby's dives look so good is that you're never quite sure if he is trying to end himself in a match.

@killingragethrowback 2 ай бұрын

Yes, this. Darby was the first guy I though did this move right. It probably helps that he's not that big so he really looks like he can fit effortlessly through those ropes, but his gimmick is that he has no self preservation instinct and he lives it.

@jessebradley1617 2 ай бұрын

The Cody cutter. Makes no damn sense. I'm gonna jump back into my opponent, and then they are gonna fall forward.

@smac919 2 ай бұрын

Ospreay does it better, usually sets it up better too.

@riotd.r.8363 2 ай бұрын

Speaking on the Tree of Woe Double Stomp, Low Ki used to grind his foot on the knee of his opponent causing them to sit up to try and stop the pain. His made sense.

@TheApache101 2 ай бұрын

I still pop for tower of dooms

@thatbrianblaze 2 ай бұрын

Ummm, where is the Rocks terrible sharp shooter????

@nocturnalreclamation4427 2 ай бұрын

Pin this persons comment

@BlaxkSun 2 ай бұрын

What you mean, it’s a sharpshooter

@SkunkApe407 2 ай бұрын

@@BlaxkSunum, do your eyes work? It's the worst sharpshooter in the business.

@BlaxkSun 2 ай бұрын

@@SkunkApe407 it’s the fuxk looks like any other, from Bret to Sting to Natalya

@SkunkApe407 2 ай бұрын

@@BlaxkSun no, it doesn't. It's sloppy, slow, and isn't at a high enough angle to look painful. Even Rocky admits his is kinda trash.

@calebmaybin6896 2 ай бұрын

Primetime Elix Skipper is the only man that can make the Overdrive look good. SAY IT, SAY HIS NAME ... PRIMETIME BABY!

@danmount9462 2 ай бұрын

John Blud's favorite finisher

@brewswayne9027 2 ай бұрын

Primetime did, Primetime did

@brayanarmenta18 2 ай бұрын

Skull crushing finale is under appreciated smh.

@jamesreece9502 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@mightybk 2 ай бұрын

Suicide dives look especially dumb when 3 or 4 wrestlers conveniently grouped together to break the fall of the diver.

@stingrey1571 2 ай бұрын

my biggest issue with the tower of doom spot is the person at the bottom is somehow obliterated as well when they shouldnt be. i understand the wrestler at the top. they should be selling the most. but the person at the bottom should be relatively okay.

@abadenoughdude300 2 ай бұрын

They're exhausted after having to lift 20 dudes on their back, I dunno. I always thought the spot was particularly contrived but what do I know...

@haloman5230 2 ай бұрын

I’ve never seen Eddie Kingston beautifully execute a move so.. the machine gun chops are on par for him as far as I’ve seen.

@robw5741 2 ай бұрын

The video title is a bit misleading... moves that NEVER look good, yet you give examples of people who do them well ...

@trevorlahey4178 2 ай бұрын

It's WhatCulture these guys are tripping half the time

@DragonHeart613 2 ай бұрын

Gareth will never do these lists as well as Simon.

@Segwo 2 ай бұрын

@@DragonHeart613I like Gareth tho. Him and Jules are my favs if Simon isn’t around

@robw5741 2 ай бұрын

@@DragonHeart613 of course not. Simon is the goat!

@DragonHeart613 2 ай бұрын

@@Segwo Jules? Didn't he leave WC a long time ago? I haven't seen him on the channel in ages.

@MessianicJewJitsu 2 ай бұрын

The Rock and Natalie's Sharpshooter. They cross the legs incorrectly which eliminates the turning mechanism of the technique.

@ev14304 2 ай бұрын

Great catch

@SimpaticoReal 2 ай бұрын

Glad someone called out Punk's awful elbow drop.

@pepito2847 2 ай бұрын

Tower Of Doom is such a boring and uninteresting spot, glad I ain’t the only one who feels that way

@dmthomas6056 2 ай бұрын

Swerve strickland is awesome but the swerve stomp is terrible. His opponents literally have to sit up and watch him set up the move.

@Heavymetallord1 2 ай бұрын

How is the Bronco buster not on this list?

@Raccido 2 ай бұрын

Probably because you were never meant to take the Bronco Buster seriously. It was intentionally stupid.

@artirony410 2 ай бұрын

10:06 "CM Punk's GTS" KENTA would like a word

@killingragethrowback 2 ай бұрын

Punk's never been a technical master. Just about all his moves are awful. His best work is on the mic and in his selling of taking moves, not in executing them.

@jaesh9306 2 ай бұрын

Big punk fan here but deff the worst elbow drop in the game

@josephrojas4265 2 ай бұрын

The skull crushing finale has more to do with how opponents take the finisher and less how to do with what Miz can control. He does everything right to make it look good.

@TheThird1977 2 ай бұрын

"NEVER" is quite a definitive statement that leaves you open for a single example refuting the claim. Case in point, Seth Rollins hitting the Pedigree to counter Roman's spear looked great.

@zaphod100 2 ай бұрын

Bayley a member of Damage Control. How long does it take to get a video posted?

@WaywardBrigand 2 ай бұрын

I'd like to add that Low Ki doing the hanging stomp always looked like it made sense because he would grind on his opponents knee with his foot prompting then to rear up to stop him, then he'd stomp them.

@abadenoughdude300 2 ай бұрын

Almost as if wrestling moves are supposed to have a certain logical flow and not just be a random mess of tangled limbs lol

@JohnnyGoodBehavior 2 ай бұрын

Cheers for crediting a Reddit post and community for inspiring content. I regularly see other creators ripping off Reddit posts and comments and passing them off as their own lists and ideas and the simple act of shouting them out in the intro is all it takes to make it cool.

@MoneyHoneyBunny 2 ай бұрын

The womens division has often had awful finishers sadly. But Charlotte Flair's pin finisher, Natural Selection, is just the dumbest thing Ive ever seen. Charlotte takes all the impact, does a flip while touching the opponents head for a half second, enough to tickle them maybe. Its just so bad, I would refuse to take a pin to that trash.

@patricknoll81 2 ай бұрын

"8 times we picked crappy moves that WWE wrestlers do, along with 1 generic pick and 1 obvious AEW pick to fend off the people who claim we favor AEW" 😂 Seriously, though, as soon as I saw the list was going to call out specific wrestlers and the first two were WWE guys, I thought to myself "They can't make a list like this without calling out Eddie's chops or some of the sloppy lucha crap that's on Dynamite every show." Then they did the bare minimum to wave away criticism. Effing golden.

@patrickmcgavin2245 2 ай бұрын

The flying elbow looked good when Macho Man Randy Savage and Shawn Michaels did it. Then CM punk had to use it, and ruined the move.

@killingragethrowback 2 ай бұрын

We need more of Kairi then, her version is also very good.

@patrickmcgavin2245 2 ай бұрын

@@killingragethrowback I'd say Kairi's is actually better. Bc Kairi's looks more devastating.

@killingragethrowback 2 ай бұрын

@@patrickmcgavin2245 Didn't say it wasn't. The reason I went looking for Kairi Hojo matches before WWE even expressed interest in her was because I heard she had that best elbow drop in the business. It lives up to the hype.

@carrastealth 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, Seth Rollins not using the Pedigree as a finisher is beginning to put it in Superkick territory. It's a finisher that never finishes matches and is "The finisher the opponent kicks out of for a false finish" Every time now. I don't know why anyone buys that a Pedigree is going to end a match at this point with how often it's used to just be a near fall these days.

@furiousd36 2 ай бұрын

The Rock’s Sharpshooter should’ve been on this list.

@dougwitus 2 ай бұрын

I feel like it’s a meme to just hate on the Skull Crushing finale it’s an awesome move

@BlaxkSun 2 ай бұрын

Ive allways said, Bayley needs to do a powerbomb as her finisher. Preferably a sit down powerbomb like a Batista Bomb. Hell the name is there, Baley Bomb

@rannublh678 2 ай бұрын

The only way a suicide dive looks good is when Samoa Joe moves.

@nocturnalreclamation4427 2 ай бұрын

Bayley can bust out a pretty nasty DDT, maybe a variant on that could be a believable finisher. Gotta build it a la the Evenflow DDT

@DG_Raizen 2 ай бұрын

What about if she used Ambrose's old headlock driver? The Rose Plant is more or less a worse version of that.

@ScarredCore1 2 ай бұрын

Skull Crushing Finale on the list? Seriously?

@prawdanieznana 2 ай бұрын

No! SCF is good finisher, but not maybe now. But when The Miz was real Main Event superstart (09-11) and this Finisher was like counter move… it was good. Best of course when he counter RKO and won WWE title. It also looked very good when Miz pushed someone into the corner, pulled them towards him and performed the Scull Crushing Finale, but I don't remember who it was on.

@Midgley86 2 ай бұрын

Now, I love The Undertaker, and he has some of the best finishers in the business, but I’ve always found “Old School” to be ridiculous. Like who is really gonna stand there and let someone climb a turnbuckle and walk a rope like that while mildly holding their arm 😂

@ThatOneDude219 2 ай бұрын

Even as a child I thought the same thing lol

@kevinhousen2791 2 ай бұрын

Skull crushing finale is not that bad. I actually like it.

@nukingitout7591 2 ай бұрын

Give Bayley the Brain Buster and call it the Bayley Buster so you can have Michael Cole scream “Bayley-Busssttttaaa”

@TheRockingRoller 2 ай бұрын

I’ve never liked Edge’s spear. I’d be okay with it if it were just a signature move, but it looks to weak to be his finisher. Also, it kind of looks like a self DDT.

@GeeklyVideos 2 ай бұрын

I don’t get the hate for the skull crushing finale!! There’s nothing wrong with it… it gets too much hate

@ForDaverAfter 2 ай бұрын

I have seen SO MUCH Skull Crushing Finale hate recently and I don't get why, the move looks fine to me. Don't get me wrong, the move isn't great but it certainly isn't bad, it is perfectly fine

@andrewclough9717 2 ай бұрын

That's because CM Punk isn't very good. He's never been a good worker.

@ianbowden9496 2 ай бұрын

The hanging stomp and tower of doom are my absolute pet peeves. Really take you out of suspending disbelief.

@akunwanneprosper7016 2 ай бұрын

People's elbow? The Rock sharpshooter?

@tramonhampton1425 2 ай бұрын

The people’s elbows isn’t bad at all compared to ultimate warriors finisher

@jackchong5324 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! The machine gun chops that Eddie does look so lame. Jay White actually had better looking/sounding machine gun chops than Eddie does.

@RealElMaximo 2 ай бұрын

Reddit...you'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

@azrael557 2 ай бұрын

At Fastlane 2016, Del Rio hit a really good double stomp that was preceded by a counter of throwing Kalisto’s legs into the ropes. Probably the only time the move actually seemed effective.

@deathshot4427 2 ай бұрын

I honestly don't see the issue with safer suicide dives, nor do I see the problem with the Tower of Doom spots and while I agree with some things on the list like the A-Town and rose plant being terrible finishers a lot of this list is still nitpicking.

@trevorlahey4178 2 ай бұрын

Yea their lists have really fallen off in quality and credibility for awhile. I think they probably get most of their shit from Reddit

@abadenoughdude300 2 ай бұрын

The bit about dives was so dumb, of course you'd want to not end yourself and the person you're diving at. What kind of backyard mud show aficionado wrote this part?

@MudSluggerBP 2 ай бұрын

GTS always looks like it does nothing and Brocks F5 is just dropping your opponent from about 6 feet onto their front.

@scotthallinan4609 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I'm sorry but the Tower of Doom thing gets a pop from me every time. Lol

@joenobody5631 2 ай бұрын

Easily one of the dumbest spots in wrestling.

@factorydiamonds 2 ай бұрын

How is John Cena's STFU or 5 Knuckle Shuffle not on here?

@zanethind 2 ай бұрын

I actually love the Suicide Dive. And whoever can do it should keep on doing it tbh. Also Seth Rollins suicide dive looks pretty amazing ngl. And CM Punk's diving elbow tbh isn't the worst. It's not the best sure but I like it. I think it's good enough

@JLWprime10 2 ай бұрын

The A town down looks awful the fact that WWE booked theory to beat cena is wild and disrespectful

@jamesreece9502 2 ай бұрын

Umm, Cena lost that match due to a low blow, unless you are talking about a different Austin/Cena match

@JLWprime10 2 ай бұрын

@@jamesreece9502 lmao it was a typo my fault

@MasamuneShinto 2 ай бұрын

CM Punk’s body positioning of the Macho Elbow may be intentional. He often lands in Open Scarf: a position common in Jujutsu and BJJ which, with a quick scissoring of his legs and the appropriate arm entanglement, allows him to transition into the Anaconda Vice if he so chooses. Admittedly, it doesn’t look very pretty, but that may indeed be the reason why. Just a thought. Also; while the Skull-crushing Finale might not live up to its name, you can’t blame the performer taking the move for attempting a front break fall to protect themselves, especially given the legislation surrounding concussions and CTE these days. I mean you never see people getting mocked for break falling a steel steps spot, do you? It’s the same principle. Again, just saying…

@abscinding 2 ай бұрын

Id say Logan's knock out punch. I mean it does look good, but really doesn't seem like a finisher, for someone like Big Show yes, but for Logan Paul against people who have wrestled for years as well as a bunch of people bigger than him? Nah. It's also tiring hearing about the titanium screws in his knuckles to try to sell it to be dangerous. Also yeah agreed with Shane McMahon too, the punches just don't look good for someone like him to be doing them.

@11sdownie 2 ай бұрын

I love the skull crushing finale

@zonadedescanso4342 2 ай бұрын

Another awful move is when a wrestler jumps from the top rope while Many wtestlers are standing there waiting to be hit in a lame way.

@bryanmorrison2396 2 ай бұрын

Rose plant defo better than bayley to jelly. She needs a perfect finisher

@giovanniaroca5755 2 ай бұрын

Theory should do a TKO as his finisher...By the way Bayley vs Banks at Brooklyn was my favorite Bayley match

@kwfranchise 2 ай бұрын

Claudio Neutralizer is the 1st move i thought of lol

@wethepeoplewolfpack4233 2 ай бұрын

Agreed Gareth, thanks. Also, please bring back AEW Collision ups and downs, thanks.

@OneManCast 2 ай бұрын

What's ironic about the corner double stomp, is that the fix is really easy: Change the sequence of events. Rather than hold on and wait for your opponent to hit the stomp on you, wait until the person delivering the stomp is almost there, set yourself up there as if you're Mufasa getting killed by Scarr in the first Lion King movie, then STOMP! Such an easy fix and its silly.

@ParadiseDB7 2 ай бұрын

Drew McIntyre did that!

@mansamutd 2 ай бұрын

Cena's STF and the overdrive/playmaker should've been on here

@BerylliumGold 2 ай бұрын

I don't understand why wrestlers don't just play WWE 2K and check the movesets for finosher ideas

@ggguNeck 2 ай бұрын

A Town Down = F5 + GTS

@GoramYako 2 ай бұрын

Agree with all af but Skull Crushing Finale

@jamesreece9502 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@MoxHalite 2 ай бұрын

This dbag replying to everyone who likes the SCF as if he is somehow smarter than people who like it. Basement loser. @jamesreece9502

@SerkeysTV 2 ай бұрын

No sharpshooter yet we have skull crushing finale here??

@JFirecracker 2 ай бұрын

Okay yeah I'm not a fan of the machine gun chops tbh; I know Kingston has an _ironclad reason to use that,_ and I'm not gonna knock the sentimentality of it-- but man I kinda wish he'd retire it because correct, his 'one heavy shot' always looks rougher than his machine guns.

@droiddadful 2 ай бұрын

The fact that you poo-poo'd the Tower of Doom leads me to believe you aren't about Goofy Wrestling for Life. Do better.

@yankeegrey2810 2 ай бұрын

That stupid rebound clothesline that Dean Ambrose used to do. I dont watch AEW much, so not sure if he still does it, but his opponents always look like idiots standing there waiting for it

@xPOOPx 2 ай бұрын

Personally I don't understand all the hate for Theorys ATL, I love the Ataxia as much as the next guy but whats the point of having a finisher if you can only hit it on Carmelo Hayes?

@zanethind 2 ай бұрын

Austin Theory should switch back to the Jumping TKO he had at one point. Also his current finisher is borrowed from Shawn Spears when he was Tye Dillinger

@mybatteryisdying1001 2 ай бұрын

Tye Dillenger had to adjust to that version of his finisher upon his callup to Smackdown because AJ Styles was using Tye’s NXT finisher as a set up…

@user-pm2io5pn5u 2 ай бұрын

The Clutch slam thing Jinder does, with a good finisher he could have been more convincing during his push.

@christopherbaker9676 9 күн бұрын

I'm a big Punk fan. But i think I could hit a better elbow off the top rope. Used to jump off my stairs onto a big couch. I got good at it

@BurnerChannel01 2 ай бұрын

I’m surprised the 619 didn’t make the list. It would look so much better without Rey going to the other side of the ring before executing it

@Raccido 2 ай бұрын

It would look trash without the run-up. Half the reason Dom's doesn't look as good is because he's too tall and has to slow down and duck before he goes for the swing. If Rey didn't get the speed from crossing the ring he wouldn't be able to swing so cleanly.

@BurnerChannel01 2 ай бұрын

@@Raccido with the run-up, it looks incredibly contrived.

@Raccido 2 ай бұрын

@@BurnerChannel01 "Contrived" is better than "weak". 99% of wrestling moves look contrived if you start looking at them cynically.

@JamesSmith-uc8tk 2 ай бұрын

Styles Clash Shining Wizard Judas Effect Kingston's spinning back fist Meltzer Driver Anytime there's a group of wrestlers waiting to have another jump on them

@cmoney8029 2 ай бұрын

Roseplant is so underrated

@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, 1:56 This move would look way better if the person taking it didn't pull themselves up so early, they should be acting stunned or knocked out until the other person is up. The person delivering the move should be the one waiting for the other person to try and pull up, either that or it should be a quick spring board maneuver. 🤷‍♂️

@DaveyBlade13 2 ай бұрын

To be fair, there are plenty of wrestlers you guys put over allll the time where everything they do looks phony as hell. I realize this is just a standard top 10 video but still. Eddie’s chops are bad, but 98% of wrestling punches today look terrible.

@LHC2112 2 ай бұрын

Ospreay doing Kawada kicks.

@jackperry4366 2 ай бұрын

I came here for the bear hug 🐻

@pepito2847 2 ай бұрын

My favorite Bayley match was the Hell In A Cell match against Sasha in 2020

@garrymclaughlan6433 2 ай бұрын

Punk's flying elbow has always looked terrible.

@ashtonkusher433 2 ай бұрын

Roman should’ve adopted the pedigree

@mybatteryisdying1001 2 ай бұрын

How is SCF on this list… butt THE REAR VIEW isn’t? The rear view is the dumbest move not openly treated ridiculous that i’ve ever seen…

@kellibradley 2 ай бұрын

Shane Mcmahons lameo punches and yes the double stomps!!

@BAYABOUM 2 ай бұрын

Austin Theory had a pretty good finisher in nxt but they've changed it because it was too similar with the RKO ...quite sad

@iankelly4008 2 ай бұрын

I would add brauns power slam to this. When compared to british bulldogs it just doesn't measure up

@TimHendrickson 2 ай бұрын

Mercedes and her Gory Bomb setup into an arm drag should be on this list.

@tomseville2345 2 ай бұрын

That she and Kairi botched *completely* upon it's *debut?* 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

@keenonmyers620 2 ай бұрын

Becky's manhandle slam should arguably be top 3 on this list. It's awful

@ianfeuerhake1859 2 ай бұрын

I never liked the grapevine. Looks like the wrestler executing it is knocking the wind out of himself

@xavierwilliams3118 2 ай бұрын

Favorite match Bayley v Bank in Brooklyn

@richardclark1127 2 ай бұрын

Man Handle Slam by far the worst finisher

@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 2 ай бұрын

To be fair 5:56 Sometimes the move really does look like someone just giving their opponent an "all mighty Push" into the barricade, but when Darby goes he literally pings and ricochets off his opponents. Sometimes it works and sometimes he hits Satnam like a fly and falls to the ground. 😄👍

@ev14304 2 ай бұрын

I have always said, if you can do it AND land on your feet, that's the only way the move should be done. It makes the move more powerful and reduces overuse

@karol.gorski99 2 ай бұрын

What I hate about wrestling is that wrestlers generally don't bother to sell bumps if it's them who is delivering the move. I can't stand it when, for example Iyo Sky hits a top rope dropkick and shrugs the impact off. It gets even funnier when you realise that the same wrestler nosells a bump from the top rope after delivering a superplex, but once they are in the middle of a tower of doom, they are dead for the next few minutes after taking the bloody same bump.

@s0biektywnie 2 ай бұрын

That's why RVD's 5 star frog splash was always the best frog splash in my opinion, he always sells the move by clutching his ribs\stomach

@tomseville2345 2 ай бұрын

IYO nearly killed herself at Mania to make the Rose Plant look good; and if a fan (likely many) aren't aware of Bayley's first ring name, the name of the *move* doesn't make sense, either...

@Vinceras 2 ай бұрын

Not mad at any of the entries. I would also put Dijak's Feast Your Eyes in there as well...sorry...just doesn't look impactful or cool or anything remotely near a finisher to me. Dude is so big, strong, and athletic...but that move just looks so weak and nonsensical.