10 Wrestlers Who Are The Best At Precisely ONE Move

5. Canadian Destroyer

Penta Orange Cassidy
AEW

With all due respect to Petey Williams - whose influence over wrestling practically rivals Rikidozan - his innovated Canadian Destroyer looks a little bit more contrived than some of the countless versions that are executed today.

That may read as pedantic. The move itself - to exhausting, never-ending discourse - is contrived in and of itself. Then again, in wrestling, what isn't? It all looks searingly fake to anybody who doesn't "get it". Why not embrace the giddy thrill of a flipping somersault piledriver that still looks cool as all hell and futuristic all these years later?

Penta El Zero Miedo has the best Canadian Destroyer going today. The Lucha Bros. both have a great Destroyer, and have created several incredible variations that allow them to drill opponents onto aprons or through tables, often from the top turnbuckle, but Penta's "traditional" Destroyer is just great. A neck-jammer of an impact, his jump into it, combined with a tight head scissors, makes it look somewhat credible. And if it isn't credible, so what. It looks class.

Taiji Ishimori's sprinting variation also rules, and Dustin Rhodes is a sentimental favourite of an honourable mention - even after four years, his version has still retained the "What are you doing lad, you're in your 50s!" charm.

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