Brock Lesnars taken the title of man most famous for botching the shooting star press now his Wrestlemania match with Kurt Angle is infamous for the failed high risk move, in which he landed on his head and had to be led through the final seconds of the match by the hand. Back in the day, it was a different story. Billy Kidman was notorious for it. His shooting star press was crooked, sloppy and a danger to anyone within spitting distance, including himself, as you can see from this match with Steven Regal on July 12th 1999 on Nitro. That same year at the Fall Brawl pay-per-view, Kidman would team with Rey Misterio Jnr and Eddie Guerrero against Vampiro and the Insane Clown Posse, a couple of rap metal stars who dabbled in pro wrestling. This time he cleared the ropes, but landed with a hard knee to the side of Vampiros face, reportedly breaking his nose and his orbital bone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O0J8KoYrEk Years later Kidman would botch the move on Chavo Guerrero and Paul London in the WWE, hurting them both. His inability to pull it off consistently without putting other people in danger caused the company to ban the move outright.
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