10 Wrestling Moves So Awesome They're Actually Unbelievable

5. The Shopping Mall Dive

Wiser and older heads often note that high spots should be saved for the big occasions, but in recent years the process has worked in reverse - the wilder the idea, the wider its spread.

P.J Hawx experienced the benefit of the method in February 2020 when he dove from the second floor of a shopping mall into the ring below. It naturally exploded beyond the wrestling world and rewards multiple rewatches for just how impressive it is that he times and lands it so flawlessly.

The only thing working against him was the when of it all. Just weeks after he flew through the recirculated air of the shopping centre, the whole world was brought to a standstill due to the pandemic.

Hawx was frozen out of wrestling for the rest of the year and by the time he returned in 2021, the buzz had criminally vanished. Consider this something of a tribute, because it looked cool as f*ck.

 
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