10 Absolute Best Moves In Wrestling Right Now
5. Bianca Belair's KOD
There's just something really cool about the torture rack set-up.
Because it is applied when the recipient is caught from behind, any move executed from this position feels significantly less contrived. The posting is more easily obscured. When mounted on the shoulders back first, the set-up narrows most lines of pedantic questioning. It's a lot harder to reverse by, for example, frantically jabbing at somebody's gut when you can't see what you are aiming at.
And again: while wrestling has only very rarely approached realism in its very long history, it should make sense within its own, ultimately daft context. Unless the aim is meta parody, piss-taking should be kept to a minimum. The KOD enables that, and because Bianca Belair is so impressively strong, it's also logical from a character perspective. She registers it very well for dramatic effect, and when you put yourself in the shoes of the person taking it, it feels like a very disorienting journey towards a wincing, face-first collision with the canvas.
Bianca's ability to execute it against the likes of Doudrop and really sell the struggle positions it highly on the list, as do her creative, opportunistic attempts to deliver it when dazed opponents are straddling the top turnbuckle.