Straight out of Japan, the Kinniku Buster is what you get when you take an already impressive move, in this case, Samoa Joes Muscle Buster, and make it even more insane. In this case, instead of having the recipient fall onto the mat, with the damage being done to the neck and shoulders, the user either sits down or kneels, driving their victims neck into their shoulder. The extreme risk in this move is twofold. First, the recipient suffer serious neck damage from their neck being compressed into the users shoulder; and second, if done into a sitting position, the user risks serious damage to their tailbone, due to the combined weight of the user and recipient coming down on the users lower back. There is also a risk in the user hurting their knees for the kneeling variation, but that doesnt compare to the risk for the sitting version. The Elevated Cradle Neckbreaker (as its officially called) has never been used in a WWE ring. Yet it has somehow been seen in several generations of WWE video games, going as far back to at least SmackDown: Here Comes the Pain, and as recently as WWE13 (Im not sure if its in WWE 2K14). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf-5tZZ9kQQ Apart from Mohammed Yone, the man in the video above, the only known users of the move were Ron Killings (who called it the Consequence), and Sonjay Dutt (who called it the Indian Summer). Considering the Kinniku Buster has its origins in the Kinnikuman manga, in which the main characters goal actually is to injure his opponents, it makes sense that it stay there. As impressive as it is, its one move that Vince is highly unlikely to approve in the WWE.
Alexander Podgorski is a writer for WhatCulture that has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was 8 years old. He loves all kinds of wrestling, from WWE and sports entertainment, to puroresu in Japan.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in Political Studies and French, and a Master's Degree in Public Administration. He speaks English, French, Polish, a bit of German, and knows some odd words and phrases in half a dozen other languages.
