100 Best Wrestling Moves EVER
15. Young Bucks | Meltzer Driver
The Meltzer Driver - later renamed the TK Driver to infamous effect - is a spectacular tag team finish with next to zero margin for error.
Matt Jackson positions his opponent for a Tombstone piledriver. His brother Nick springboards from the top rope and adds the spike - after performing a front flip.
Now, the Bucks have used this sensational finisher for years and years at this point, so it’s difficult to recall just how mind-blowing it was the first time. To put it into perspective, though, Ricochet - who, whether you can abide him or not, was the most extraordinary aerielist on the planet at the time - literally could not believe what he was seeing when the Bucks first practised it.
It was a perfect finisher, in that this weapon allowed the Bucks to dual wield. The Meltzer Driver enchanted their fans and enraged their critics by design. It was an exercise in winning a match and building a brand.
The flip element of unnecessary flash, just to piss people off, was the very essence of the Bucks in this disruptor role.
Or, it was a spectacular flourish for those who outright loved the excitement and just wanted to lose their minds.