10 Wrestlers Who Couldn't Do Their Own Moves
2. Billy Kidman's Shooting Star Press
The Shooting Star Press might be one of wrestling's most beautiful moves. The end-over-end rotating flip from the top rope requires grace and precision to hit perfectly.
On the one hand, there are those that believe that Billy Kidman was one of the most entertaining acts of his time. He was also one of the first men to bust out a Shooting Star Press on TV, instantly creating conversation amongst fans.
And sometimes it looked incredible! But only sometimes. Quite a lot of the time, it looked like Kidman had beef with gravity. He barely got any air, his rotations were late and his landings were sloppy. If you can't pull off a move time-after-time and make it look picture-perfect, especially in Vince McMahon's clinical sports entertainment world, then you should perhaps reconsider it - doubly so if it has the potential to be dangerous.
Unlike other entries in this list, Kidman "couldn't do" his move for more reasons beyond his own inconsistency.
In an August 2004 episode of SmackDown, Kidman hit one of his worst attempts at the Shooting Star Press on Chavo Guerrero, landing wrong and with some serious velocity. This drove his knee into Chavo's head, legitimately concussing his opponent. As such, the SSP was blacklisted at the company, meaning that both Kidman and his tag partner Paul London had to find new signature moves.