11 Most Overused Moves In WWE

Until the mid-'80s, wrestling was a surprisingly quiet affair. Wrestlers would stamp whenever they wanted their punches and kicks to carry more of an impact, but it was obvious to the crowd that this was the ring shaking and not the strike.

Then came the Superkick, where a striker performs a high-angled side thrust kick while simultaneously slapping their own thigh. That crack of flesh on flesh sounded like an explosion in arenas, and the difference was night and day for fans. First introduced to the then-WWF audience as a "Russian Kick" by Shawn Michaels, it was later changed to "Sweet Chin Music" and used to great effect as his finisher.

Since then, it seems that everybody in the locker room has their own superkick (even Yokozuna used a particularly sweet one), although none hit with the same protected impact as Sweet Chin Music. Just looking at the main roster, we have Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler, John Morrison, Xavier Woods, Carmella, The Usos, Luke Harper, Tajiri, Tamina... The list goes on.

This isn't to say that superkicks have nothing inventive left to give, as shown in the following spot.

But, like everything extraordinary that WWE gets their hands on, something that once wowed the crowd been has rubbed in our faces until it's normal, boring, and just another strike.