10 Secret Genius Details Behind Wrestling Finishers
1. Toshiaki Kawada's Ganso Bomb
The secret is incomparable pro wrestling danger!
The move is performed much like every professional wrestling move executed by every professional wrestler not named Nia Jax: with the full knowledge and cooperation of their opponent. But it doesn't look that way. That's the genius aspect of a move, quite rightly perhaps but leave the memories alone, that you'll never see in wrestling again. The move developed such a disturbing aura that Toshiaki Kawada, the most ornery of the Four Pillars of All Japan Pro Wrestling, hid its working magic in plain sight. It looked like he hoisted men into the air and, just as they flailed with total helplessness, their arms not locked around his waist to protect their fall, he drills them head-first to the mat. It looks so cruel and sadistic (read: the f*cking t*ts).
Scrutinised closely, and you'll notice that his opponents did have (a degree of) control. They wrap their arms around his calves and push off his knees to get into position. This isn't a dead lift that relied solely on Kawada's strength. He was able to drop his opponents head-first with a bit of a head-start.
It was therefore less insane, merely crazy.