Does the Canadian Destroyer look legit?

[TomSmithUK]

Jesus Kfabe, theres nothing like taking something personally is there.

Personally I prefer moves that aren't dependant on both people for it to be pulled off, and I have as much right to that opinion as you do to yours. You were the one being critical of everyone who dislikes the move, I merely pointed out, but some people enjoy the product from a different slant, and this is one of the moves that is going to cause discussion, like this one. But obviously, this isn't a board for discussion, this is a board for you to broadcast your views as the one and only acceptable view.

And I was merely pointing out that, in the beginning, the 619 was as lauded as the CD, but now people have grown sick of it. By the same token a lot of moves have had the same question asked of them, at various times, and depending on how long they have been used when the question was asked got different reactions.


And, as I have no doubt at all you have a smart alec answer brew, put it this way, did you ever think the Hurricane using the chokeslam was lame, when he clearly couldn't deliver it without so much of the other guys help? Same deal.

 

[HellBoundPower]

I like the Canadian Destroyer. It's a cool looking move, and it seems devastating. The move looking good, and legitimate really depends on who it's done too, and how it's sold. If he does it to a smaller, X-Division guy who sells it really well, it looks legit. If the guy does like 6 backflips and flies out of the ring, not so much. And if he does it to someone bigger than him, it doesn't look legit.

 

[Gelgarin]

It's quite hard for me to give an extensive answer on a question I find so obvious.
Essentially, my view on the question can best be summerised by asking one of my own.

Does a vertical suplex look legit?

The Canadian Destroyer is over; therefor, it is a good finisher regardless of what anyone thinks.

 

[africonda]

here is my view i dont know if anyone touched upon it, but i think the canadian destroyer is one of the sickest finishers in the business, my only problem with it is that he cant do it to any of the big men, keeps him stuck in the x division where those guys can perform the move. i remember murdoch from cade and murdoch tried to pull it off a while ago on raw and it looked terrible. overall questioning a finisher if it looks legit or not is weird, there are a lot of finishers in the business right now that i think look stupid, for instance the FU and the angle slam, those are 2 of the weakest looking finishers.

 

[ref_cameron]

As an indy referee, I have been in the ring with a wrestler using the Canadian Destroyer, and I have to agree that it's a sick move. If you have a smaller guy that can pull it off (like we do), even from that close it looks devastating.

 

[wakeupandrage]

a credible finisher should be able to be applied to anyone, at any time, anywhere.

the flip piledriver will eventually be relegated as a dumb over choreographed move once the novelty wears off. did everyone forget how people completely lost their shit when moves like the van-terminator or vertebreaker or 450 splash were "new" ?

 

[Afro-Ameri-Spawn]

The Canadian Destroyer used to be one of the most devastatingly sick moves in professional wrestling. Notice I say USED to be. And I say this because I remember when guys used to sell it better. The flip has never been the problem. Guys have landed that flawlessly. But they impact is where the true sell comes. And I hate to say it but guys like Black Machismo just aren't making it look like an impactful move anymore. Not sure why, but it's looking sloppy and generic. But hey, that's just my two cents.

 

[FromTheSouth]

I think the Canadian Destroyer is a sick move. I also think that it IS a legit finisher. In a day and age when a fucking spear is considered a main event finisher, I am more than willing to buy a move that requires the cooperation of both guys, two circus clowns, three call girls, and thirty four midgets wearing liederhosen singing la cucaracha on an ice floe.

Half the guys in wrestling spear someone at some point in the match, yet for Edge it's a finisher? And yet, you question lil Petey Pump?

Jay Lethal uses an elbow drop as a finisher, HBK uses it as a setup move. Y2J uses the codebreaker, the entire X-division adds a springboard and does it every match.

Originality should not be called on the mat, but applauded.

 

[Slave To Petey]

It can go either way if you ask me. The receiver and the giver both do half the work. The receiver helps the move around while the giver makes it look as destructive as possible. Receiver needs to be willing to take the move because I've seen it a few times with Petey trying to give the move to someone and just barely made it around because the other person didn't want to help him.

If you have to break it down and look at it frame by frame so to speak ya people will say it's not legit and about as scripted as a movie in Hollywood. But people need to stop looking at it that way and just see it as the destructive, and painful flip piledriver that it's meant to be. It's meant for you to not get up once you've taken it.

 

[kieran_devlin]

It looks cool and is a modern twist on an old classic, it also has that he got creamed style, thats it match over when he does that move. Then again recently the guys who get it done to them dont sell it as well as they should. I mean its over in a flash and your out, hmmmmn some guys get up to quick or try and oversell.

Its a good finisher just dont expect him to be able to do it to Samoa Joe because that would be unrealistic.