10 Most Perfectly Timed Wrestling Spots Ever

8. Randy Orton Catches Evan Bourne

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This was wild in its ambition.

Randy Orton doesn't do a great deal, insofar as content. He has his moves of doom, in the same order, and the fact that he has executed those moves of doom in the same order for practically two decades at this point has done much to draw those "boring" accusations. The pace of his matches hardly helps either. What's better: 20 years of ***1/4 to ***3/4 matches, or a shorter, more indelible run of classics?

Is consistency good, or is it a better measurement of broth than pro wrestling?

In any event, Orton does what little he does with incredible execution. He isn't quite the most excellent at it, but everything has such snap to it. The draping DDT is a concussion of a move, his scoop power slam a gorgeous momentum shifter. What's that one other move he does?

Oh aye: the RKO.

A great cutter, the driving element is fantastic, but he barely had to drive Bourne; all he had to do was catch him in the millisecond-long gap between the rotation of the head and the impact on the canvas. His timing was frightening here, and this one spot alone justifies the praise he receives from his awestruck peers.

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