10 Main Eventers Who SUCKED At Great Moves (But Did Them Anyway)
1. CM Punk - Flying Elbow
It's worth considering that CM Punk's inclusion of the flying elbow in his repertoire came as part of an adoration-soaked homage to Randy Savage (along with a gorgeous adjustment to his gear to reflect the Macho Man's 1988 vintage), but the elby-supper should have gone the way of his one-night tribute tights.
Punk - a performer only exposed as fully graceless after his crushing UFC defeats - foreshadowed those clumsy tumbles with a version of the move that perhaps only betters flying potato Jerry Sags flailing from the top strand at the wrong end of The Nasty Boys' run.
Savage was a tightly compacted bullet to the heart of his opponent. He soared like an other-worldly aerialist, landing with believable force that never betrayed the sheer beauty of the act. Shawn Michaels was perhaps the only other North American performer to grasp the importance of both the artistry and execution, but the flailing mess of arms and legs that was CM Punk's attempt profoundly failed to achieve either.
Punk's permanent inclusion was particularly bewildering considering the importance of his "Best In The World" mantra. Other arguments were salient, but his flying elbow was by far the most inexcusable contradiction.