The standard belly-to-back Piledriver is one of the most dangerous moves in all of wrestling; just a slight misplacement and you can get a broken neck. So how do you make such a risky move even more dangerous? By adding a flipping motion to it, and this is exactly what Petey Williams did in ROH and in TNA. Though not a practical maneuver by any stretch of the imagination, as the victim has to do a back flip at the exact same time as the user executed a forward flip, its a very impressive maneuver that can easily lead to a serious, possibly career-ending injury if executed improperly. The move brought Petey Williams quite a bit of success during his TNA run, including two X Division title victories. But perhaps the greatest tribute to this impressive move is how the maneuver was adopted by DDT mainstay YOSHIHIKO (a.k.a. the wrestling blow-up doll), who uses multiple Flipping Piledrivers and calls it the Infinity Destroyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfA_9qkEw3E
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.
