Most supprizing move?

[greenman]

Kind of hard to descibe in 1 one line but what I mean is what is.....

What move has really impressed you considering the wrestler that exicuted it?

My top 3 would be

1.Vaders moonsault - just amazing for a guy his size plus he could do a complete 360 and land on his feet
2.Hakushi's(shinsaki) space flying tiger drop - granted its not as good as sasukes but hes about 50 pounds heavier
3.Kanes enziguri - Was the first time iv seen it done by someone so big

[BurningSpirit]

Kanes hurricanrana against albert....
Billy Gunn gorrilla pressing Eddie with one hand
Bam Bam Bigelows Moonsault
Any high flying from the headhunters
Buff Bagwells rear chinlock ()

[Devilchild]

The first time I seen the "Shining Wizard" my jaw dropped.

The "Vertabreaker"

The "Shooting Star Press" from the middle of the top rope to the outside of the ring. This has been performed by various wrestler's but when it is done right, it is a thing of beauty.

[emlyn]

Blitzkrieg's sky twisting moonsault. He was the first person I saw execute it, even though it was probably done before.

The Poisoned Frankensteiner,
Benoit's Diving Cage Headbutt and Angle's Cage Moonsault,
TAKA's springboard flypress(?!),
Any Huracanrana Combo is great but Dragon Kid's Dragonrana rules!
Hayabusa's 450 Splash,

These arent really the wrestler is surprising but just moves that I marked out for big time when I saw them.

[Luds]

Basically, the first time that saw these moves (in no particular order):

1) Benoit's Headbutt from the top of the cage on Thunder against Horace Hogan (I think)
2) Vertabreaker!!!
3) Kidman (in the flock)'s "7 year itch" (shooting star press)
4) Juvi's 450 splash
5) Muta's perfect moonsault... a beauty...
6) Rick Rude's drop kick from 3rd rope vs Warrior at WM 5
7) Lance Storm's drop kick...
8) Pretty much any of Blitzkrieg's high flying move...
9) Hashimoto's fisherman brainbuster finisher... (WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT MOVE???)

[ElGringo]

I believe the move to which you refer, Luds, is called a vertical drop brainbuster.

Most people won't have seen this tape becase it's really not worth having unless your a New Japan collector (like me), but on the Wrestling World 2002 Tokyo Dome show, Manabu Nakanishi does a plancha suicida to Gaint Silva; it gets the biggest pop of the night, and it totally surprised me.

Kenzo Suzuki's top rope (avalanche style for the more Puro-only fans amogst us) hurricanraanas are amazing because they look smoother, crsiper and more high impact than Gran Naniwa's, and Suzuki is the third tallest New Japan worker ever (behind the former volleyball player now in training, Koji somebody, and Seiji Sakaguchi)

Hiroshi Tanahashi did this really insane corkscrew moonsault splash thing, like something Dragon Kid would do on Tenzan in the recent IWGP tag team tournament, and I loved that.

The German suplex Nakanishi gave Singh is incredible to behold.

[TDinDC]

This might sound stupid, but at the last ppv, Hogan superplexed Undertaker. That shocked the hell out of me.

[The Great Gouki]

1. Tajiri using the mist in the WWF(E)
2.Megumi Kudo's Spinning Kudo Driver (Vertebreaker) on Toyota in her retirement match
3.The Phoenix splash
4.Kane's Hurricanrana
5.Chyna's top rope Pedigree
6.AwesomeBomb to the floor on Spike Dudley
7.any Kaientai tag move
8.lol Austin WRESTLING
9.Hayabusa II Fire Thunder on H (ow I jumped up on that)
10.Togo's Senton Bomb (beautiful)

[OldSchoolFan]

I think the finish that makes me say wow the most has to be RVD's (yes I realize he is the next incarnation of the devil to most) Split Legged Moonsault. It's just a thing of beauty. Now granted he hasn't finished with that in 5 years but still, it's easily one of the post impresive moves out there.

[Luds]

Thanx ElGringo. That Vertical Drop Brainbuster looks so devastating! Hashimoto did beat everyone with that move... It's one of those moves that if the guy hits it, the match is over... (unlike pretty much every WWE finishing move...) Well, the pedigree is of course an exception...

Also, I've always loved good tag team moves... Recently, many will remember the German Suplex / STO that OH Gun used on Norton on the Tokyo Dome show... That was sweet!

[ElGringo]

Yeah, that move ruled. I'd like to see No Fear (Misawa's breaking them up really shocked me) do something similar, a union high-angle German suplex/Axe Bomber. Takayama's high-angle German rules, and, everybody knows my views on the Axe Bomber.

Other double team moves I'd like to see:

Chono/Kannemoto: Union Yakuza kick/Tiger suplex hod
Lyger and Kakihara: Union ameateur style German suplex/shotei
Nakanishi/Nishimura: Nakanishi's German suplex hold into Nishimura's surfboard neck bridge.

[Dr Feelgood]

- Bull Nakano's legdrop off the top of the cage on Monster Ripper at the WrestleMarinepiad 91.
Insanely dangerous both for herself and for Ripper.
- The Ganso Bomb: you really see it coming but you're like "No... He won't dare... Will he?"
- Kane's hurricanrana (talk about a surprise )
- Kuishinbo Kamen's Cancun Tornado.
Ridiculous outfit and mask + spectacular move= big
- Manami Toyota's counter of the Doomsday Device into a Victory Star drop.
- Dragon Kid's Bermuda triangle
- Super Porky's Plancha Atomico (though it might be disgust rather than surprise)

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

Originally posted by Dr Feelgood
- Bull Nakano's legdrop off the top of the cage on Monster Ripper at the WrestleMarinepiad 91.
Insanely dangerous both for herself and for Ripper.

It was Aja Kong, right? Bull might have done the same to Ripper, but the one I remember from WrestleMarinepiad was against Aja.

Man, I miss those days when "heels" ruled the scene. It was also right before the interpromotional cards became the main thing in joshi puroresu.

[Dr Feelgood]

You're right, Bull Nakano first did that move on Aja at the WrestleMarinepiad 90. She then did it on her own teammate Ripper during the WrestleMarinepiad 91 match against Jungle Jack.
I mentioned this one because it was the first one I saw... and I still cringe when I see it today. In post match footage. Bull is bent over and can hardly walk.

True about the heels, too. They kinda disappeared from AJW after the interpromotional era (Hokuto gets the biggest pop at the Dreamslams) and after Aja and Hokuto...

[Hijo de Carlos]

Suzuki is the third tallest New Japan worker ever (behind the former volleyball player now in training, Koji somebody, and Seiji Sakaguchi

What about the giants?