10 Wrestlers Who Couldn't Do Their Own Moves

3. Eva Marie's Sliced Red

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Marie’s move-set rarely got more complex than running sentons and back elbows. However, in 2015, All Red Everything returned to the company after a hiatus with a surprising new move passed onto her by her trainer Brian Kendrick.

Sliced Bread #2 demonstrated the beauty of fluid wrestling drilled down to one perfect second. Kendrick would run almost vertically up the turnbuckles with his opponent in tow, rotating over them and forcing them onto their back. It was a move that exemplified the cruiserweight’s agility and finesse.

Now, credit where credit is due, it’s not an easy move to pull off because in order to look good it requires a lot of confidence and careful footwork. These are things Marie rarely managed to demonstrate as it felt like WWE were always shoving her onto TV well before she was ready. So, this is very much a case of running - up the ropes in fact - before you can really walk.

Marie's Sliced Red had all the flat-footedness of a baby deer and looked like someone climbing a particularly imposing staircase in roller skates. It was clear that her opponents were doing most of the work to make sure everyone got out of it safely.

It’s probably not surprising that her next gimmick had her finding excuses to wrestle at all, and we were all the better for it.

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