8 Devastating Moves Watered Down In WWE

2. Spear

Spear! Spear! Spear! Roman Reigns is the number one guy in World Wrestling Entertainment today, and his spear has put down everyone he has hit with it who doesn’t happen to be a wrestling mortician zombie or Brock freakin’ Lesnar. With the right guy, Reigns’ spear looks fairly convincing, but when you compare it to Goldberg in the late-'90s, you once again have a night and day situation.

Reigns, and Edge before him, sort of jump into the spear, which takes a lot of the impact out of it. Goldberg however, had a tendency to run straight through his opponents, leaving them easy prey for a Jackhammer. Heck, when Old Willie G came over to WWE he still ran through opponents, but in the years since the move has become more of a jumping tackle than a knife through the stomach.

Authored by John Bills

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First Posted On: 8th Jun 2016

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