10 Wrestlers Who Do The Same Spot EVERY TIME They Wrestle Each Other
Playing the hits...
In the mid-2000s, Ric Flair and Bret Hart engaged in something resembling a spat due to lingering comments in interviews and books about one another, relating mostly to their work between the ropes.
Their matches were never bad, nor were they the best they'd have in incredible careers, but the criticism specifically were somewhat puzzling. Each man accused the other of not being able to do much beyond the same few spots, citing the repetitious nature of said moves as evidence.
It was befuddling to a fanbase of outsiders that couldn't work out what either of them were getting at. Flair had his go-to's and 'The Hitman' was given the "five moves of doom" tag years before John Cena, but "having a moveset" isn't a crime against the industry. Flair and Hart were two of the - if not the - best to ever do it, knowing just how to incorporate their greatest hits in some of the richest and most dense contests in wrestling history.
There's an art to make a spot work once, let alone if you've seen it every match or a hundred other times before. This isn't a hit piece burying the incredible athletes listed, but a celebration of just how well they utilise what works best.
10. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn - Fists & The Furious
A spot that's always popped live crowds and effortlessly drew on over a decade of history between the pair outside of the organisation, the sight of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn throwing right hands at each other with reckless abandon became a staple of just about every interaction they had between NXT and the main roster.
Partly because it looks believable but also because there's a certain unspoken comedic element to the fury of it all, there's a real charm attached to something otherwise rooted in hatred and violence.
As of this writing, the pair have somehow been kept apart from any significant conflict since 2017 when, having been blown off by Shane McMahon, the 'Underdog From The Underground' turned heel to join 'KO' for an on-screen friendship that was buried by backstage politics. It's reached a point where seeing those flying fists from the pair of them would almost be welcome again, not least with both so firmly entrenched in opposing sides of the heel/babyface camp.