1. The Canadian Destroyer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YBs3I8kDuw The Canadian Destroyer is an extremely flashy move, perhaps one of the most innovative to come along ever in professional wrestling. Let's add another award to the move's history, as it's also one of the best examples of a wrestling move which just looks utterly ridiculous. It's cool, yes, but there's no way Petey Williams is hitting that thing if his co-worker doesn't co-operate. The move requires the person taking it to first get into position for what looks like a routine Powerbomb, or maybe even a Piledriver, before flipping their opponent backwards over their head, quickly performing a backflip of their own at the same time. They then land on their head, spiked into the mat, giving the impression that they may have broken their neck. It's an awesome looking finisher, one of the best, but would also only work on a select group of wrestlers - if the performer on the receiving end can't do a backflip, with Williams holding onto them no less, the Canadian Destroyer simply isn't happening. More modern guys, like Adam Cole, have helped make the move famous again, but Petey Williams brought it to mainstream attention through extended use in TNA. Let's hope he bought his rivals a beer afterwards, for helping make it look so good.
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