100 Best Wrestling Moves EVER
48. Scott Steiner | Frankensteiner
Wrestling fans tuning into WCW back in the early-1990s couldn't believe their eyes when they witnessed athletic freak Scott Steiner flying around the place like he was half the size. Well-muscled and known for hitting sweet sit-out powerbombs and a variety of suplexes, Scotty also had one hell of a party trick: His finishing Frankensteiner was one of a kind, especially for somebody with his bulk and upper body.
Truthfully, unless the person taking it was switched on, the move could be dangerous. Sure, that could be said for pretty much every wrestling move out there, but this was a 270lbs monster with thighs that'd crush steel effectively spiking someone else's head into the mat. It took some serious flexibility and precision for opposing wrestlers to make the bump look gnarly without taking a post-match trip to the hospital for concussion checks/facial injuries.
Check out the bump one of The Beverly Brothers took at the 1993 Royal Rumble over on the WWF side, if you want to see how menacing the Frankensteiner could look. In years to come, Steiner took umbrage when people started calling his move a hurricanrana or something else - to him, it was always the Frankensteiner or nothing. Holla' if you hear that!
Scott's agility for someone who'd packed on so much muscle was undoubtedly impressive. Of course, he'd use the move less and less as the years rolled on and he got even bigger, but it was legit one of the industry's most eye-popping finishes during the late-80s and into the early-to-mid-90s.
Nobody was kicking out.