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Originally Posted by True North
I can’t believe more people didn’t get legit KTFO’d by the Hansen lariat.
If we’re talking moves by one specific guy, then for me it was Savage’s top rope elbow. I don’t think anyone ever delivered a move as well as Savage did that elbow. The pose, the height, the gracefulness, everything.
Another thing about Savage's truly iconic flying elbow is just what a garbage move it looks like when almost anyone else does it (and yes I'm thinking about CM Punk when I say that, but really only because he drew extra attention to it by plainly making it a Savage tribute). Shawn Michaels is the only other one I can think of who threw a very decent-looking flying elbow, at least of that variety. Obviously Bret Hart's measured elbow off the second rope was well-executed also, but it feels like it's a different move.