100 Best Wrestling Moves EVER
27. Vader | Moonsault
Vader might still be the best working big man ever.
He didn’t need to hit the moonsault. Watching him cauliflower a dude’s ears with those bear paw strikes was painful to watch. He was the wrestler to best capture the feeling of being fenced in with a wild, magnificent beast. You could only hope he got bored before ripping you to shreds.
The moonsault was a ridiculous flex, in that the risk-taking element was all but pointless - but at the same time, the momentum and force behind a flying wall of mass was so immense that it also made perfect, horrifying sense. Vader didn’t need to do it - but he was such a phenomenal piece of work as a heel that he enjoyed it.
It wasn’t the most majestic, clean arc, but the awkwardness put it all the way over. He was ungainly up there, and it never seemed like he was going to complete the full rotation, but it had the look and effect of an avalanche. It looks like it’s never going to happen. And then it does, and then you’re dead.
With no exaggeration, only until you saw the guy survive with your own eyes, it was legitimately hard to watch Vader’s moonsault without worrying about the recipient’s innards exploding out of his a**ehole.