Your Favourite/Most Hated Spot

MitchKoobski · 03-09-2011 9:31pm #1

Just reliving a lot of these again watching the top 50 OMG moments.

Favourite
Big Show and Brock Lesnar breaking the ring with a superplex.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K30gm2OFhY

Just has to be. I remember seeing it on sky one on a saturday morning and shouting OH MY GOD HOLY CRAP so loud my mam ran in to see what happened. I still pretend they legitmately did it.

Most Hated
Mine is Paul Bearer being buried in cement for a number of reasons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzSlDCbeOBs

They never even once pan to the container with Bearer in it.
They never even once pan to the container with Bearer in it because he isn't in it.
It was pre-recorded, for something that would be clearly seen in front of a live crowd.
The crowd could see it was fake.
They didn't even have a dummy in the container, you can see its empty from the ring.
Why couldnt you just bury him alive like the matches!? It would have looked a lot better!
The rehearsal got leaked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8KTSOm1nZE&feature=related

It was the one spot that still pisses me off and how fake it is. Even more than Katie Vick.

So what are yours and why?

steelcityblues · 04-09-2011 1:15am

Has to be Shawn Michaels' fall onto the announce table, during the first hell in a cell. This was when big spots really meant something.

Lawler sold it great on commentary too, with his 'incoming, incoming' line.

Most hated? Any move done today on the announce table. It is not shocking any more, fellas.

Professey Chin · 04-09-2011 1:56am

One of my favourite without a doubt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zEvf_hye7k

Shane really was a crazy bastard at times

Most hated, id have to agree with the Undertaker killing Paul Bearer

Tinie · 04-09-2011 2:07am

Favourite spot is this; not sure why, but it always sticks out in my head...

Most hated, just spots like this in general, especially in recent years, since its obvious they land on a mat, just doesn't have an impact on me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEGSrREk_Uw

parker kent · 04-09-2011 10:24am

I have to agree about the Shawn Michaels spot in the original (and best) Hell in a Cell. It was just brilliantly done.

I hate spots that are ridiculously overblown and take you out of the moment. For sheer ridiculousness, here is this pile of crap from WCW. Anything that is obviously not the actual wrestlers is stupid and the fall that Big Show took at the end, would obviously have killed him. Yet he turned up unexplained at the end of the night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF71kHFzuNA

In recent times, the end of TLC last year where Cena brought down all the chairs on Wade Barrett just looked a bit stupid.

MitchKoobski · 04-09-2011 10:28am

parker kent wrote: »

In recent times, the end of TLC last year where Cena brought down all the chairs on Wade Barrett just looked a bit stupid.

Jaysus I forgot about that. I mean he first covers him with that trolley which protects him from the chairs, and then drops the chairs onto the trolley which is supposedly going to hurt Barrett. Does it hurt his ears from the noise or something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdtCUuxwq9Q

Machismo Fan · 04-09-2011 11:01am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OluLdOIbaQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rQ7zXz9OKc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgz8OPK4ug

Lord TSC · 04-09-2011 11:24am

A more common one I hate is when the wrestler jumps off the top rope towards a downed opponent and gets a boot to the jaw. I hate it cause I always am left asking "What the **** was he trying to do? The way he was coming down, he would have landed on his feet beside the guy!"

gimmick · 04-09-2011 11:40am

When I saw this one for the first time, I went insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6zpPVekrmY

Hated spots, well I just hate when there is "afters" in a match that the bell keeps getting rung as if that is going to stop anything.

parker kent · 04-09-2011 11:48am

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Jaysus I forgot about that. I mean he first covers him with that trolley which protects him from the chairs, and then drops the chairs onto the trolley which is supposedly going to hurt Barrett. Does it hurt his ears from the noise or something?

Yeah that just summed up how to do a spot badly. There had to be a change in the reckless spots seen in 1997-2005, but I mean things where it is blatantly obvious that the guy is 100% safe just look silly. It's a bit like when they clearly land on really soft, bouncy padding. Mark Henry and the Big Show had a spot like that recently at the top of the ramp. Whereas the spot with the 2 of them and steel cage looked awesome (.

Lord TSC · 04-09-2011 2:16pm

parker kent wrote: »

Yeah that just summed up how to do a spot badly. There had to be a change in the reckless spots seen in 1997-2005, but I mean things where it is blatantly obvious that the guy is 100% safe just look silly. It's a bit like when they clearly land on really soft, bouncy padding. Mark Henry and the Big Show had a spot like that recently at the top of the ramp. Whereas the spot with the 2 of them and steel cage looked awesome (.

Ha, yeah, but I loved that spot cause it looked like McIntyre legit got killed :P

johnnycnandy · 04-09-2011 3:04pm

More Shane-o Mac goodness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWyevi9UmE4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIzMYjjriko&feature=related

jaykhunter · 04-09-2011 3:40pm

My favourite spot is wrestling transitions, especially from one submission to another. Just submission showcases. Daniel Bryan does it a lot; submission transitions. Awesome.

One of my massive pet peeves in wrestling is when commentators telegraph the false finish.
eg wrestler A hits a move
Vince McMahon : Oh my God he's definitely going to win he's got him - 1! 2! oh goodness he kicked out!
Of course he ****ing kicked out you just telegraphed he would! Who are you ****ing fooling?! :mad::mad:

:pac:

Cherry_Cola · 04-09-2011 3:46pm

Hard to pick a favourite cos I have so many, but here are that stick out right away:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-2D9sQJSUI

It's from 6.20 on. I remember seeing this on Bravo at about 3 in the morning. I was starting to fall asleep when this happened and I leapt of the couch, had never seen anything like it before. Great spot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMTh6Smzqnw

This one is at the 1 minute mark. I generally love moonsault off the cage spots, but this took it to another level. Laughed so much at it. In fact that whole Cage of Death 6 main event is probably the best spot fest I've ever seen.

Honourable mentions to Kurt Angles moonsaults off the cage also.

Most hated spot is one in TNA where Abyss was thrown off the stage and the black tarp came off and you could see a load of cardboard boxes. Hilarious.

chopperbyrne · 04-09-2011 4:50pm

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMTh6Smzqnw

This guy looks to be one of the unsafest guys I've ever seen.

Cherry_Cola · 04-09-2011 5:07pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

This guy looks to be one of the unsafest guys I've ever seen.

Yeah, he is alright. Not sure if he's still going. If you thought that was bad then you should check out Cage of Death 6. Some ridiculous, unsafe moves but a great watch.

Shocking what some of them will do for a few dollars!

SlickRic · 04-09-2011 9:45pm

easy...it's not even close for me.

commentary, perfect.

execution of move, perfect.

just epic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrjjlXdO39s

chopperbyrne · 04-09-2011 10:12pm

I don't like that spot because of how long it took to set up. Jeff could have just unhooked the belts easily.

This is probably my favourite spot of all time. It was just done so well. Pity the resolution to the story was crap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSdKk_YML3k

Xinkai · 05-09-2011 12:43pm

Cant believe nobody's said the 5 moves of doom yet :pac:

Lads on this one I'd have to say Rock VS Bigshow after the rumble, when both peoples feet hit the floor. It got a good long time rivalry going, good writing, and told a great story that lasted until next years wrestemania

chopperbyrne · 05-09-2011 1:00pm

Xinkai wrote: »

Cant believe nobody's said the 5 moves of doom yet :pac:

Lads on this one I'd have to say Rock VS Bigshow after the rumble, when both peoples feet hit the floor. It got a good long time rivalry going, good writing, and told a great story that lasted until next years wrestemania

Fairly certain that was a botch and completely ruined some of their plans for a while.

Bret/Luger was done properly and perfectly.

johnnycnandy · 05-09-2011 4:36pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

This guy looks to be one of the unsafest guys I've ever seen.

That Thrill to Kill is probably the stupidest, most dangerous move I've ever seen.

Penn · 06-09-2011 9:36am

Xinkai wrote: »

Cant believe nobody's said the 5 moves of doom yet :pac:

Lads on this one I'd have to say Rock VS Bigshow after the rumble, when both peoples feet hit the floor. It got a good long time rivalry going, good writing, and told a great story that lasted until next years wrestemania

Eh? They fought one month later at No Way Out, then Big Show was in the 4-way at that years Wrestlemania. The Rock went on to fued with HHH and Big Show became a face. That was the end of the fued. I mean, when Show returned at the following Rumble he and Rock got into it a bit, but they didn't fued again.

I did like the story, even if it came out of a botch, but it only lasted 2 months.

gimmick · 06-09-2011 11:13am

One which bugs me and happened in EVERY Austin Aries match in ROH at least. His opponent would get him in ahead scissors on the mat. Aries would flip out of it eventually and drop kick the oppo in the face. Every match. Without fail.

SlickRic · 06-09-2011 11:24am

as much as i'm not a Cena hater by any means, the way his opponent ALWAYS swings and misses before his Protoplex and 5-Knuckle Shuffle.

so fúcking stupid.

Jimmy Bottlehead · 06-09-2011 12:17pm

gimmick wrote: »

One which bugs me and happened in EVERY Austin Aries match in ROH at least. His opponent would get him in ahead scissors on the mat. Aries would flip out of it eventually and drop kick the oppo in the face. Every match. Without fail.

Same way someone always missed a clothesline on Cena, and gets powerbombed? Or that someone always goes to backdrop HHH, only to get dropped facefirst on his knee?

It's a part of the character - yes it's predictable, but it's also the guys routine and familiarity is comforting to fans.

GTR63 · 06-09-2011 12:19pm

I hate the identical twin switcheroo with a passion. Also hate the no selling comeback that Hogan, Cena, Sting, Orton & a few others do.

rovert · 06-09-2011 12:54pm

gimmick wrote: »

One which bugs me and happened in EVERY Austin Aries match in ROH at least. His opponent would get him in ahead scissors on the mat. Aries would flip out of it eventually and drop kick the oppo in the face. Every match. Without fail.

DONT POWERBOMB Kidman then :pac:

Otis Driftwood · 06-09-2011 10:50pm

I know CZW has alot of detractors (with good reason in alot of ways) but when I saw this first I was absolutely gob smacked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRGF9A1KiGY

Another Mondo one.

rovert · 06-09-2011 11:11pm

Id love to see either spot be done on Cena only for him to make his comeback and hit Attitude Adjustment 3 minutes later. :pac:

Otis Driftwood · 28-09-2011 8:11pm

Remember watching this on channel 4 live and virtually jumping off the couch at it.

gnfnrhead · 28-09-2011 10:30pm

gimmick wrote: »

One which bugs me and happened in EVERY Austin Aries match in ROH at least. His opponent would get him in ahead scissors on the mat. Aries would flip out of it eventually and drop kick the oppo in the face. Every match. Without fail.

It's part of his arsenal. Just like Flair will go to the top rope nearly every match and never hit anything. Likewise for Bully Ray and his back splash. Triple H, Cena, The Rock and pretty much everyone who has wrestled for an extended period of time has something like that. You know whats going to happen and 99 times out of 100 it does.

Some of the Indy commentators have made a joke about it. Wrestler X puts on the headscissors and the commentator would say something along the lines of "Wrestler X hasnt gotten around to watching that Best of Austin Aries DVD yet if he thinks this is a good idea."

I personally like it, especially when the opponent blocks the first attempt at getting out.

flahavaj · 28-09-2011 11:36pm

gnfnrhead wrote: »

It's part of his arsenal. Just like Flair will go to the top rope nearly every match and never hit anything. Likewise for Bully Ray and his back splash. Triple H, Cena, The Rock and pretty much everyone who has wrestled for an extended period of time has something like that. You know whats going to happen and 99 times out of 100 it does.

Some of the Indy commentators have made a joke about it. Wrestler X puts on the headscissors and the commentator would say something along the lines of "Wrestler X hasnt gotten around to watching that Best of Austin Aries DVD yet if he thinks this is a good idea."

I personally like it, especially when the opponent blocks the first attempt at getting out.

Its good because it always pops the crowd, even if its an ironic cheer.

A spot I love is the reverse rana, always looks like a killer move.

the groutch · 29-09-2011 12:15pm

Hate the 619 with a passion, and the way that his opponent just happens to land on the middle rope in the exact right position for him to do it

one of my favorites was Orton's first ever Hangman DDT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lQwY7DJaX0

Charisteas · 29-09-2011 2:37pm

I'm pretty sure all of my favourite spots are on the OMG DVD, so trying to think of some which aren't on that video.

Favourite - When the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction are pushed. Thinking specifically with Matt Hardy returning to Raw after being fired and going after Edge (2005 I think) after Lita had legit cheated on him with Edge. It really looked real at the time. We got a great Edge heel character from it, and a slutty Lita who i'm still in love with today.

Also the Shawn Michaels promo in Canada when he was feuding with Hogan. 15 minutes of pure genius from start to finish. Just some brilliant one-liners and when he teased the return of Bret Hart, the Canuks really fell for it hook line and sinker.

Hated - Granted I didn't watch it live, but I still hate Bobby "The Drain" Heenan's quote of "But which side is he on?" during Hulk Hogan's heel turn/birth of the nWo. If I was watching that PPV live, I would have been furious for that spoiler. Arguably the biggest heel turn in the history of pro wrestling, and this idiot tries to ruin it and get himself over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHhF843_E_U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCZKzltoMxU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6UAAgcRfcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfDRFCb1dCQ

Charisteas · 29-09-2011 2:39pm

Otis Driftwood wrote: »

Remember watching this on channel 4 live and virtually jumping off the couch at it.

I love the 'see you on the other side' look he gives to the camera at the 12 second mark.

Otis Driftwood · 29-09-2011 7:35pm

Part of why I love it is because of JR's commentary.

Dont do it Raw-keeshi,you'll regret it for the rest of your life!!!!

DM_7 · 29-09-2011 9:58pm

Not the greatest but I loved this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5VLfsJYK4

gnfnrhead · 29-09-2011 9:59pm

It's a shame he sounds like a 12 year old girl. Otherwise he could have been huge for WWE.

Peyton Manning · 29-09-2011 11:21pm

This is one of my favourites.

Driving down to the ring, flipping the bird to the cops and diving over them to attack Vince. Best of all, the smile on his face as he's led up the ramp in cuffs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAgZDZWwgRI

Floppybits · 30-09-2011 9:15am

johnnycnandy wrote: »

More Shane-o Mac goodness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWyevi9UmE4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIzMYjjriko&feature=related

I love that King of the ring match between Angle and Shane-O Mac, I loved it when the glass didnt break they did it again till it did break and then did another one back out through the glass. Ah those were the days.

Worst ones are one involving mark henry, like a few weeks ago when he attacked the sound guy.