10 Insane Wrestling Moves Created By Women

Also known as: The Kudome Valentine, Gringo/Cop Killa, Brain Breaker, Double Underhook back-to-back piledriver

Created by: Megumi Kudo

Banned from WWE since 2003 and used sparingly on the independent circuit, the Vertebreaker is easily one of the most dangerous moves ever created. The risk of serious injury is extremely high, considering that the victim is only being held up by their arms, and the user has to have expert timing and sense of awareness to sit down, in the hopes that their opponent’s neck is high enough from the mat to avoid serious injury.

Many wrestlers have used this move over the years, from the Hurricane to Homicide, but none of them possess the same level of skill with the move as its creator, FMW mainstay Megumi ‘Evil Princess’ Kudo.

Kudo made for a rare sight in pro wrestling during the 1990s: a beautiful woman who excelled in death matches. She became known far and wide for her brutal matches, the majority of which featured ring ropes replaced with barbed wire.

Of course, when she wasn’t throwing her opponents into said barbed wire, or competing in ‘no-ropes-200V-double-hell-double-barbed-wire-barricade-double-landmine-glass-crush-death-matches’ (no, seriously, that was her retirement match stipulation), she was dropping women on their heads with her ‘Kudome Valentine’ finishing move.

Without a doubt, she brought a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘she’s hardcore’.