10 Wrestling Moves So Awesome They're Actually Unbelievable

9. Shooting Star Press

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A magnificent display of aerial artistry from those brave enough to attempt it, the Shooting Star Press belongs in the pantheon of all of life's great first because your personal original really is unforgettable.

There's some dispute on precisely when it was invented, with 1950s and 1960s wrestler Ricki Starr generally credited as the first. It was popularised and thus often credited to Jushin Thunder Liger, and his remains one of the most stunning executions of it, but you never forget your first experience of it regardless.

Something the brain can't quite work out as the eyes see it, the move's inversion is fascinating regardless of the body shape or form of the particular performer pulling it off. Brock Lesnar's terrifying bump at WrestleMania XIX reimagined it too - now the inherent danger has been revealed, the risk has only intensified.

 
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