10 Most Perfectly Timed Wrestling Spots Ever
When Kenny Omega, Triple H and more make it look like it can't not be real.
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Virtually every dropkick Kazuchika Okada has ever executed deserves a place on this list. The actual physical execution is out of this world. It's always right on the f*cking button. More than that, he doesn't so much spring up but levitate into position to strike. He has to gauge with incredible precision where his opponent is meant to be, and he's hardly working slow, past-it plodders. His opponents can't stagger their runs, either. It all has to look perfectly fluid, and it does. His mastery of timing goes beyond that. He knows exactly when to execute that dropkick - to cut off the comeback, proving himself the master strategist - to elicit maximum drama.
Tomohiro Ishii knows exactly when to fire-up, and when to crumple in agony when his legendary resolve fails him. Zack Sabre, Jr. always finds a way to latch onto a chess move of a submission when it looks as though he's reached the end of his chain of offence.
But what about wrestlers from other promotions...?
10. Bobby Eaton's Worked Punches, Various
Much of this list is drawn from the modern era of pro wrestling.
It's not as if spots just started happening, obviously, but the pre-prepared pursuit of crafting the perfect one is a uniquely late 20th century development. The old approach, of feeling out the crowd, is mostly lost to time - as is the worked punch.
This, incidentally, was just another thing in wrestling that looked cool without making sense. Few sold their hands after launching into a barrage of blows. Why not?
Because it's fake.
It was - just like the Canadian destroyer! - an awesome spot regardless, the timing of which was performed incredibly well by the master practitioners.
But who had the very best working punch in wrestling?
Terry Funk had a cracking, calculated jab on him. Jerry Lawler swung 'em more wildly, and drew mega pops for his haymaker. Butch Reed registered his stopping power to perfection.
But Bobby Eaton's were the most beautiful; whether he was sizing up his opponent or just smashing their faces back at a 180 degree angle, his bunches spot was just so fiery and clean.