10 WWE Superstars Who Performed The Perfect Elbow Drop

2. Shawn Michaels

tumblrtumblrFew men have stepped through the ropes and had the career (or careers, depending on how you look at it) that Shawn Michaels has had. He already was regarded as one of the greatest of all time while he still was competing on a weekly basis. His ring work is regarded as top-notch €“ a few years from now, there will be a generation of wrestlers coming up who got into the industry because of guys like Michaels. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFg8ozg5Wvs One of the things that make him stand out is the arsenal of moves he can hit on opponents seemingly at any time, in any place. Sure, Sweet Chin Music is the move that everyone points to, but Shawn€™s diving elbow drop from the top rope is just a thing of beauty to watch. He could hit it from any side (he would use either arm to deliver the elbow). And there was something about the way he€™d almost look like he was flipping off his opponent on the way down when he cocked the elbow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwiH8WHPB2s Michaels€™ rival, Bret Hart, referred to himself as the €œExcellence of Execution,€ but HBK always looked crisp and convincing when hitting moves like the elbow drop. Watch Michaels deliver that flying elbow off a ladder and through a table and you€™ll start rubbing your chest having sympathy pains for Vince McMahon.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.