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 Ай бұрын

I actually LOVE the Skullcrushing finale

@jamesreece9502 Ай бұрын

😂

@CapySlappy Ай бұрын

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN

@jamesreece9502 Ай бұрын

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

@Its_C4M117 Ай бұрын

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

@zanethind Ай бұрын

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

@captaincurtis9829 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 Ай бұрын

Becky Lynch's man handle slam 🥱

@SimpaticoReal 29 күн бұрын

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

@mindinthepsandqs 28 күн бұрын

Her jump kick on the ropes in the corner thing

@DragonHeart613 28 күн 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 5 күн 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.

@jessebradley1617 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 26 күн бұрын

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

@michaelhines3330 Ай бұрын

John Cena's version of the STFU 😂

@JLWprime10 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 29 күн бұрын

Cena has applied it well a few times.

@riotd.r.8363 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.

@johnofthenorth6653 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 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.

@TheApache101 Ай бұрын

I still pop for tower of dooms

@mightybk Ай бұрын

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

@calebmaybin6896 Ай бұрын

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

@danmount9462 Ай бұрын

John Blud's favorite finisher

@brewswayne9027 Ай бұрын

Primetime did, Primetime did

@thatbrianblaze Ай бұрын

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

@nocturnalreclamation4427 Ай бұрын

Pin this persons comment

@BlaxkSun Ай бұрын

What you mean, it’s a sharpshooter

@SkunkApe407 Ай бұрын

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

@BlaxkSun Ай бұрын

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

@SkunkApe407 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.

@brayanarmenta18 Ай бұрын

Skull crushing finale is under appreciated smh.

@jamesreece9502 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@haloman5230 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.

@MessianicJewJitsu Ай бұрын

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

@ev14304 29 күн бұрын

Great catch

@robw5741 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 Ай бұрын

It's WhatCulture these guys are tripping half the time

@DragonHeart613 Ай бұрын

Gareth will never do these lists as well as Simon.

@Segwo Ай бұрын

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

@robw5741 Ай бұрын

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

@DragonHeart613 Ай бұрын

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

@stingrey1571 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 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...

@pepito2847 Ай бұрын

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

@dmthomas6056 29 күн 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.

@artirony410 Ай бұрын

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

@killingragethrowback 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.

@TheVampireAzriel Ай бұрын

I've always hated Christian's Unprettier. It seems like the weakest move to get caught in. Just pull your arms away and push him.

@WaywardBrigand 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 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

@zaphod100 Ай бұрын

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

@jaesh9306 Ай бұрын

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

@josephrojas4265 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.

@SimpaticoReal 29 күн бұрын

Glad someone called out Punk's awful elbow drop.

@TheThird1977 29 күн 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.

@MoneyHoneyBunny 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.

@furiousd36 29 күн бұрын

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

@carrastealth 27 күн 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.

@JohnnyGoodBehavior 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.

@patricknoll81 29 күн 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 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 Ай бұрын

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

@patrickmcgavin2245 Ай бұрын

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

@killingragethrowback 29 күн 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.

@rannublh678 Ай бұрын

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

@BlaxkSun 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

@nocturnalreclamation4427 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 Ай бұрын

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

@Heavymetallord1 Ай бұрын

How is the Bronco buster not on this list?

@Raccido Ай бұрын

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

@TheRockingRoller 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.

@Midgley86 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 Ай бұрын

Even as a child I thought the same thing lol

@ScarredCore1 Ай бұрын

Skull Crushing Finale on the list? Seriously?

@kevinhousen2791 Ай бұрын

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

@akunwanneprosper7016 Ай бұрын

People's elbow? The Rock sharpshooter?

@tramonhampton1425 23 күн бұрын

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

@Mzhbk Ай бұрын

How isn’t ObLIVion here? lol

@garrymclaughlan6433 Ай бұрын

Punk's flying elbow has always looked terrible.

@factorydiamonds 28 күн бұрын

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

@deathshot4427 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 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 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 28 күн бұрын

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

@ForDaverAfter 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

@mansamutd Ай бұрын

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

@nukingitout7591 Ай бұрын

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

@andrewclough9717 Ай бұрын

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

@MCRoll09 Ай бұрын

Okada’s rainmaker not making it 😂. Literally a ripcord lariat that finishes a match when he’s suppose to be the best Japanese wrestler currently…

@zonadedescanso4342 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.

@dougwitus 28 күн бұрын

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

@ianbowden9496 Ай бұрын

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

@abscinding 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.

@kwfranchise 28 күн бұрын

Claudio Neutralizer is the 1st move i thought of lol

@zanethind 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

@jackchong5324 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.

@yankeegrey2810 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

@JLWprime10 Ай бұрын

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

@jamesreece9502 Ай бұрын

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

@JLWprime10 Ай бұрын

@@jamesreece9502 lmao it was a typo my fault

@bryanmorrison2396 Ай бұрын

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

@MasamuneShinto 29 күн 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…

@GoramYako Ай бұрын

Agree with all af but Skull Crushing Finale

@jamesreece9502 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@MoxHalite 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

@azrael557 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.

@scotthallinan4609 Ай бұрын

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

@joenobody5631 22 күн бұрын

Easily one of the dumbest spots in wrestling.

@giovanniaroca5755 29 күн бұрын

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

@ggguNeck Ай бұрын

A Town Down = F5 + GTS

@zanethind 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 29 күн 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…

@prawdanieznana 26 күн 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.

@wethepeoplewolfpack4233 Ай бұрын

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

@kc8589 Ай бұрын

I hate the Backslide Pin, it is so complicated to do and I feel like the opponent has to try to not fall out of it.

@LHC2112 Ай бұрын

Ospreay doing Kawada kicks.

@JamesSmith-uc8tk 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

@11sdownie Ай бұрын

I love the skull crushing finale

@cmoney8029 26 күн бұрын

Roseplant is so underrated

@ashtonkusher433 21 күн бұрын

Roman should’ve adopted the pedigree

@Sta99er 28 күн бұрын

Crossroads finisher is a yawnfest

@BerylliumGold Ай бұрын

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

@xPOOPx 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?

@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 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. 🤷‍♂️

@JFirecracker 29 күн 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.

@keenonmyers620 29 күн бұрын

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

@kellibradley Ай бұрын

Shane Mcmahons lameo punches and yes the double stomps!!

@iankelly4008 Ай бұрын

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

@RealElMaximo Ай бұрын

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

@mybatteryisdying1001 29 күн 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…

@richardclark1127 Ай бұрын

Man Handle Slam by far the worst finisher

@OneManCast 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 Ай бұрын

Drew McIntyre did that!

@pepito2847 Ай бұрын

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

@user-pm2io5pn5u Ай бұрын

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

@ianfeuerhake1859 28 күн бұрын

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

@jackperry4366 Ай бұрын

I came here for the bear hug 🐻

@GeeklyVideos 24 күн бұрын

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

@Emper0rH0rde Ай бұрын

TILT-A-WHIRL HEADSCISSORS

@mblair5327 25 күн бұрын

Punks GTS looks bad too.

@BurnerChannel01 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 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 26 күн бұрын

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

@Raccido 26 күн бұрын

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