During my time as a WWE wrestler, I took a ton of iconic finishers. Which ones were the most painful to take, and which ones were the easiest? Watch the video and find out.
How do they do the wrestling moves on the side rail outside the ropes? Looks like it hurts like hell. Ddt or suplex outside the ropes onto the apron is such an impressive spot. ?? Big fan maven.
100%, like he worked for WWE for 4 years, which doesnt seem like a lot compared to some talent but, the 4 years he was in were WILD and he definitely had his moments. Regardless of him never going back again or not (and as he's said, he was offered it twice...) he still experienced stuff that 99.9% of wrestlers could only dream of and worked with some of the absolute best in history!
@@cankarahan8013 with the walls of jericho there are some different factors that can make it hurt more or less and some of them are in neither persons control. Height plays a factor, flexibility also plays a big factor. I wrestled in indies in Nova Scotia and British Columbia, and taking crabs, walls etc from shorter guys always sucked it hurt the quads so much, but if a taller guy did it, i barely felt it unless they really squatted.
Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho & Kevin Nash have all said that the Big Show was the among the safest wrestlers to work with because he is so strong while being athletic, he even could "save" a wrestler from themselves when a spot started to go sideways.
His chokeslams (Was it called Showstopper) always felt safe to take for wrestlers (as a viewer) since he would hold wrestlers in the back and goes to knee with them while impact was not as great as say from Kane or Undertaker's.
In the more "modern" days, i heard the same about AJ Styles His Styles Clash could have broken numerous necks but he made sure the guy taking it wouldn't be hurt if they screwed up (like Ellsworth for exemple)
@@PowderClaws I always said Big Show is by far the strongest wrestler in history when it comes to people lifting strength, refence his slams of Viscera vs when Mark Henry slammed Viscera... Show may not be the strongest guy on the weight machines like Mark Henry but people strength is different and Show was the best.
I love how Maven gives positive feedback to all of the superstar finishers. So humble and informative, thanks Maven. One of my favorite wrestling moments is when you kicked the Undertaker over the top rope.
It's fascinating hearing input from someone who actually worked with these guys and was in the business for a number of years. You definitely earned a subscription.
@@joeabernathy3113same. I am completely addicted to this channel lol. Especially since he worked with most of my favorites. The attitude/ ruthless aggression era.
In my opinion, Randy's RKO is currently the most iconic finisher. Others are cool too, but Randy is a master of defense and shows his masterpiece every time. Just through his adaptations, like most recently with KO's Stunner... always legendary.
Maven, I just want to say your channel easily has the best wrestling content on youtube. Informative, funny, and with a great charismatic and knowledgeable host. Keep doing what you're doing because I love it. Cheers 🙂!
@@Makai77Agree, so is the undertaker! But somehow Maven is the most entertaining out of all the wrestling personalities, i don’t know what it is. Maybe the home network experience but Maven easily has this format on lockdown.
@@Doubleaspeaks There are tons of really good channels and podcasts from wrestlers from Maven to Shane Douglas. My 3 favorites are Dutch Mantell, Maven and maybe Kurt Angle. But there are a lot of honorable mentions like Ted Dibiase, Jake Roberts and Shane Douglas. I even like Francine's podcast (and no, she's fully clothed lol).
@@kenterminateddq5311 I think you hit the nail on the head on why i like Maven more lol. Ive seen Shane’s and Dutch’s shows and also clips, but i like em as a long format thing. When i want to be quickly entertained they have clips that are short but just don’t mesh well without the longer context, while Maven has specifically geared his thing with shorter content! Sidenote: checking out francine 👀
The superkick has always looked incredibly dangerous to me. Too much force and you make contact, you run the risk of breaking someone's neck, jaw, or both. Always enjoyed Shawn's delivery of it.
As someone who grew up watching WWE but stopped after they went PG, this content is great and you've earned yourself a sub from me! Adds a lot more context to the moves and I'm happy that the pros in the industry go to such lengths to protect each other. Wrestling is one of the things that inspired me to take Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, so it'll always be a part of my life :)
Anyone who doesn't follow wrestling, or shows much interest would probably take a glance at Maven's career and dismiss it as something that simply came and went. But look closely and you'll see that he was in the BEST situation to deliver arguably the best educational and entertaining content in this day and age. He's a modern day wrestling archivist who can speak completely from experience--and be completely credible. A CHARISMATIC, BRILLIANT, WELL-SPOKEN WRASSLIN SCRIBE. He had a long enough career during a golden era and worked with many of the greats. He was trained in both old school and more modern ways, essentially getting the best of both worlds. In turn, he's able to impart knowledge in the most informative and enjoyable manner that we all look forward to. All his content has been a treasure trove of knowledge, and this tier list is just more icing on the layer cake of dropkicks and wrestling know-how. You're absolutely killing it, Mave. Looking forward to more.
@@apk4381He wasn’t a jobber, a jobber is a Gillberg, James Ellsworth, and Barry Horowitz. Guys who were basically a joke and you knew they were going to lose EVERY match. And had no storyline or character. He was a low mid carder with the potential to be a higher mid carder (Example IC champ) he was a guy who had the look but they messed up with the character and storylines, obviously he does have a good personality and can talk. He was also around in an era with a ton of stars and only one major company. He’s definitely a lot better than most the new guys taking up space in WWE and AEW.
For someone who was obsessed with WWE during 05-2011 era this channel has really reconnected me and reawakened my passion for WWE. Keep up the work Maven. The way you show old clips is great
Im a guy that wanted to be a wrestler but realized it wasn’t for me , so seeing your channel and how in depth you are about the business is awesome . You show how difficult it really is to be in that business and I respect you and your time in there man keep up the good work !🤙🏾
The original Walls of Jericho looked incredibly painful. The one where it didn't look like the Boston Crab rather, but the one where you were turned halfway almost on your side. I was really hoping to see where you ranked the Rock Bottom, but then again, I don't recall where you ever took one. Legit list from a legit guy!
Hey, Mave! I'm so glad I found your channel. I actually believe that someday a great wrestler will come because of you and all the valuable information that you share! It's the type of stuff that wrestling fans all wanted to know from the point of view of an actual wrestler. Maybe today or tomorrow or in a year an 11 year old kid will watch some of your videos and be mesmerized. And all the information and advice that you share may help somebody pursuing a career in the business in a vary serious way. Stay healthy and happy, Mave, you're a wonderful human being! ❤
@@apk4381 I wouldn't say he was a jobber at all man. If anything he came up from winning tough enough and people thought he shouldve been jobbing instead of straight to the midcard and THEN working with Taker etc. Plus you don't need to be a jobber to take finishers lol
I know its been said enough in these comments but Maven's channel is just solid content, not a screamsheet clickbait style of wrestling content and its so great to see. Thank you for being a refreshing content creator. And I miss your in ring work.
I worked as a wrestler in the Carolinas in the early 90s. My finisher was a superkick, but I hit it when they rebounded off the ropes much like what Goldberg did. In one match my dance partner was supposed to duck and hit his finisher instead, but when the kick came, he didn't duck in time. Luckily he only got his bell rung and nothing permanent.
In regards to painful splashes, RVD had a reputation for absolutely potatoing people with his 5-Star splash, although tbf it was about as damaging to him as well.😆 And speaking of which, I remember once where Jeff and Matt had to do a cage jump version of their moves. Matt modified his leg drop to land mostly on his opponent so he wouldn't break his tailbone while Jeff just did a normal Swanton from the top of the cage.😮
In the No Mercy 2001 commercial Jeff/Matt do leg drops off ladders thru tables onto people. Matt basically sits on the guy on the table's chest and knocked him out. Jeff landed to the side fell on his back and knocked himself out. Furthermore Matt relates that Jeff was initially willing to do the Swanton Bomb for the shot but he talked him out of it.
Modern day Jeff has a reputation for just landing on guys full force with the swanton lol. Not that he's trying to it's just that he's older and not as athletic and controlled as he used to be.
Maven Huffman's latest video is like a trip down memory lane with those classic WWE finishers. The ranking of the most painful ones got me reminiscing about the golden era of wrestling. Great content!
The other key difference in a safe Tombstone is being taller than the person you're giving it to. It helps a lot with keeping their head off of the mat, which is why he was so stellar at giving them. Few people matched him in height. Owen should have known better and damn near paralyzed Austin for good. Also. I didn't know this as a kid but the reason the super kick sounds so good when Shawn delivers it is he slaps his thigh. At first I thought it was the sound of the boot connecting with someone's face.
The beauty of it was that you never really see the slap. He hid it so well. Other wrestlers make it so painfully obvious whether the motion is too apparent or poorly timed but Shawn had sweet chin music down to an art
There are a couple of sad ironies about the Owen Tombstone: 1) Back when he was in WCW, Austin had performed the sitdown Tombstone and actually injured a Japanese wrestler (I believe it was NJPW legend Masahiro Chono). Supposedly, he warned Owen to not to perform the move with a sitdown. 2) Thing is that Owen used performed the Tombstone with a kneeling bump, which is a ltitle safer than a sitdown. He went against that for that match with Austin and the rest is history
As people have stated, sit down vs standard tombstone changes a lot of the dynamics. Sit down being that there is certainly much tighter window, as when you hold someone vertically you could tell very easily if their head clears your knees for a safe delivery. With regards to the actual comfort of giving it, I think Mark said he was happy to stop doing it as it is a lot of force going to his knees, where as sit down disperses over a wider area.
@@h0m3st4rthat's bullshit, that kid was a demon, the coroner said that poor girl died of a sustained beating. He didn't just piledrive her, he wasn't just playing, he wasn't just imitating WWE. He beat her to death.
Wow! This opened my eyes a little bit. The moves I always thought hurt the least turned out to be the ones you actually felt and vice versa. Glad to know and see why the wrestlers who are icons in the ring, are there for a reason. Big kudos to them in not only making impactful finishers, but also ones that kept their opponents safe 💯
I took a British Bulldog running powerslam, into a sand pit, aged about 12 - didn't hurt a bit. I agree about figure 4s though 😂 it's a genuine submission and very painful. As is the Sharpshooter and Boston Crab - you'd genuinely get choked out, if you were in them too long
As a kid, even knowing it was all theater, I remember watching certain wrestlers and flinching. Looked like they really hurt the other guy. Warrior comes to mind especially
Just been recommended this video, and as such your channel, and I'm really impressed! It's rare to find a former WWE employee who is neither a suckup or holding a grudge. You show great respect, and just the right level of analysis and entertainment. Great work! :)
This kind of content is perfect for people like me who love wrestling but stopped watching some years ago and now have trouble connecting with the new product. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. The fact you entertained me 20 years ago and you're entertaining me now in such a different format is a whole story in itself.
Great video Maven! I'd love to see a video about vice versa: "Which WWE Finishers are the Most Painful to the User?" For example, the leg drop messed up Hulk Hogan worse than the guy he gave it to and Randy Orton's RKO was part of the reason he needed back surgery. I also think moves like the backstabber (Carlito) and codebreaker (Y2J) hurt a lot... especially delivering it anywhere outside of the ring.
alot ....... for the code breaker and backstabber i dont see it hurting much more then a standard suplex or even a ddt anything that involes u falling on your back
Stone Cold stunner causes neck and spine problems because of abrupt drop onto hard surfaces. What a shame Austin did that for us while sacrificing himself. Also, Y2K's finisher was the walls of Jericho. It was a submission type maneuver.
I gotta say between this channel and Stevie Richard's channel, really good insight into the wrestling world and how things "really" work. I've been a wrestling fan for over 40 years now. I was around for when WWF hit it big (and I still remember when Iron Shiek lost the title to Hogan setting off the big explosion for the industry), WWF fell off the map in the early 90s, WCW went through all sorts of highs and lows, WWF's Attitude era to WWE and everything in between. So it's always fun seeing so much discussion involving the business.
@@ohkay2360 Yes, I obviously made my comment all about me. I didn't compliment Maven for his insights and discussion about wrestling at all. All about me me me me. I'm so sorry.
@@ohkay2360 How long have you taken comments out of context and cherry picked just a portion of said comment to somehow come up with your genius statement that I'm making it all about me, and now I'm apparently self-absorbed with myself. Amazing. If you don't mind, I'll just keep enjoying Maven's content (and Stevie Richards etc.). You can keep on compaining about nothing.
I was anticipating hearing your thoughts on the Walls of Jericho. Me and my brother used to play wrestle as kids, and while we never knew what we were doing, we still tried every submission and finisher we could. The Walls of Jericho was the most painful move out of anything in my opinion. He did it once and never again, so I'm glad to hear that child me wasn't overreacting and that it actually is painful lol
I forgot the name of it. Chris had another submission where it was similar to the walls of Jericho, but he would put his knee on your back. My brother put me in that and I almost cried
Bro same! And my sis and I are both from Winnipeg so we were totally gonna try it. Well, she tried it on me and Holy Christ. We were like "Oh those Don't Try This Home warnings weren't lying" 😂😂😂 Jesus
It crazy how some of these moves don't hurt at all when performed well, but can give you a concussion or seriously injure you if done wrong. Really makes you appreciate these professionals and the trust they have to put on one another
He took the first televised one. There's quite a few in dark matches that are online. He definitely took one of the best for sure. Matt Hardy I think took the best. It looked like a video game. But I will say Hardy maven and Orton took the best. And when I say Orton I mean the one he took in 2002 not the crappy ones he took in more recent years.
Also, that has been one of my favorite moves since I was a kid and I have done independent wrestling since I was 18. On and off for almost 20 years and anytime I meet someone who gives the F5 I love taking it. My buddy who is now one of my best friends used to do it and he's about 6'4 300 lbs and at the time I was about 5'11 180. He would absolutely launch me. it definitely has a lot of impact but there was really only one that really hurt.
I can't believe you mentioned Test. That guy was my favourite werestler ever and just got "deleted" from history for no reason at all. God bless you Maven, miss those crazy times watching you on the ring.
I think Kane in his prime was the best fighter in the world. I think he would have killed the UFC worse than Brock did. If Kane grabs anyone or lands a punch, it's game over. I don't care if you're Tyson Fury or Feancis Ngannou
@@MikeB-p1qi often wonder that. There were some wrestlers who wouldve been insane in the ufc but prime kane naturally wouldve been a force even with minimum training.
Good thing to note here: more often than not, the "flashier" a move is, the safer it is to take. That being said, I'd still leave all of these to the professionals, myself XD
If I saw this when I was a kid, I would have hated you for bursting my dreams. BUT as a grown up, I enjoy watching this now. I enjoy rewatching the old wwf / wwe shows now. Keep doing what you do.
0:28 Power Bomb (Last Ride by taker ) 1:38 Leg Drop (Known for Hulk Hogan) 2:45 Figure 4 way lock (Known for Rick Flair) 4:00 Choke slam (Big show ,Kane ) 4:27 Frog Splash (Eddie Gurero) 6:14 Swanton Bomb (jeff Hardy) 6:49 Gore/Spear (Rhino,Edge,Roman Reign) 7:45 RKO (Randy Orton) 9:00 Power Bomb By Batista 10:45 - Walls Chris jericho , boston crab 11:55 Pile driver /Tombstone (Kane/Taker) 13:20 Super Kick, Sweet chin music (HBK) 15:00 Pedigree (HHH) 16:20 DDT 17:20 Hardcore Holly Alabama 18:10 Stone Cold Stunner (Kevin Ovens)
Fun fact: The 'Figure Four' is a double-edged sword finisher where the recipient can reverse the pain by simply flipping over to your stomach and making your opponent do the same. A bit strenuous on the torso, but clutch in avoiding a tense strain in the largest muscle group in the body.
Maven, you’re killing it with these videos. Your TH-cam page along with Cafe De Rene and Stevie’s channels are by far the best wrestling channels on TH-cam. All three of you guys are truly great and knowledgeable people. Keep up the amazing content. You guys help me get through long stressful days. Cheers to all three of you guys 🥂 🍻
I remember the times when Undertaker's Tombstone Pile Driver was considered the most brutal finisher, almost no one kicked out of it, then it turns out it's one of the safest finishers, at the hands of The Undertaker.
If Mavens word on how these feel is to be the gospel, then we can agree RVD had the best frog splash considering he sold it as it hurt him, just as much as the other guy. Awesome video as always, Maven!
The worst move I ever took was the Alabama Slam. Like, it made me never want to get in the ring again. What made me finally give up, was a new guy gave me a DDT and didn't let go. I was trying to do a front bump to sell it more for him and he hung on. "Snapped" my neck and couldn't move for what felt like a half hour. After that, I had to call it quits. Getting a "I'm never gonna walk again" scare was enough for me.
i grew up watching wrestling but slowly fell out of love with it as i grew older but i found ur channel and honestly im starting to feel like that old me thanks to you man! keep smashing it❤
@@rahamanawelenje9955well you decide to not be ghey anymore and eventually you realise .. you can’t make yourself less ghey so just be ghey. Enjoy Wrestling
You are REALLY good at this. You should start a podcast if you don't already have one. Your channel is different. The other guys often go into alot of the backstage drama an fighting that weve heard a million times but you always seem to be the one who answers the most curiosity related questions on how things work. Keep it up!!!!
🙏🏽🙏🏽 I just think the podcast game is difficult. Booking guests, and you have to be current on today’s business. And to be honest, I don’t watch. That’s why use this format.
He wouldn't be able to get any decent guests on his podcast as he is a nobody who was at best a jobber. Earl Hebner would have a better shot at a successful podcast
Hi Mav, I just wanted to say that you're a absolutely amazing & inspirational human being ❤ after finishing up on my military service in the Australian Army, I was going through a bit of depression! After a long time, I decided to follow my other dream... That's to be a professional wrestler. Yes, I'm 41 years old, but I won't let age dictate my new dream! I'm only 2 months in wrestling school, but I'm already visualising myself in the ring! Once again bro, thank you, appreciate you more than you'll ever know ❤
Maven, can you reach out to Nidia and do a video giving her perspective as the first Woman winner of Tough Enough? Would be interesting to see you come together and share stories from the competition, the night you both won in NYC, and how she feels her career shaped out.
those kind words about Test being safe despite his demeanor is actually so respectful considering how they treated him, he was obviously loved by the wrestlers backstage
One of the best wrestling channels on youtube for sure!! always coming out with new interesting topics with great editing. Keep up the good work Maven 😎
Maven you didn't just take your fair share of finishers, you were the "PRINCE OF JOBBERS" and we loved you for it Sir! It's definitely a toss up between you and Steven Richards, both of whom are now, somewhat ironically, the best wrestling content creators on TH-cam 😂
I had stopped watching Wrestling by the time you were in WWE, so missed out on your career 😢. Man, you shared the ring with some absolute legends! Thanks for making the video. It's really interesting to know which moves were the most painful. The sharpshooter always looked incredibly painful. I'd imagine, applied with force, it would be in the "I hate this job" category.
There is 1 more trick to the Tombstone, and it may have saved a life: part of the "hold on for dear life" part guides the receiver's shoulders into the undertaker's lap so his legs help cushion the impact. I used to do security for concerts [now I run lights for them], and at a show in around 2004 I was in the barricade catching crowdsurfers as usual. The normal procedure is to work in pairs, one goes up on the barricade [around 2 feet in the air on a step] and the partner stands behind to the side to put a supporting hand on the back of the catcher, to absorb the impact, then grabs the patron and helps guide then down. This time my partner decided to hold me up by the belt and wasn't paying attention. He held me up long enough for the patron to wiggle into a standing 69 position. that is when my partner lets go suddenly and bails on me to grab his own surfer. I am now in a precarious position, about to lose my balance, only 1 way to go: DOWN. I hold him as tight as I can and perform a controlled fall: tombstone from the bottom rope onto a hardwood floor. I caught his head and shoulders in my lap and he was fine. I'm 6'4, 300+lbs and a lifelong Undertaker fan, anyone else would have injured him by dropping him or spiking him. Medics checked him out and released him back into the sea, I ended up catching him again later and he got kicked out [1 time over the barricade is rock'n'roll, 2 times is trespassing]. I still feel it in my right knee 20 years later.
I remember wrestling as young kids with my brother and the ones most unpopular were the Sharpshooter, Figure 4 and the Pedigree. I think HHH even changed it sometime and let go of the arms while mid-air.
with the right seasoning and packaging, I think Bull could have been great, for a fairly big guy he could move and I agree the leg drop was awesome. I believe he's a Sheriff's Deputy, imagine being pulled over by that 6 foot 7 monster I've also just discovered by going on Wiki that NXT's Brooks Jensen is his son
You are one very great story teller, I feel regret a bit that I didn’t pay attention to you much during your active period. It was the giant’s era and I was like 8. The details, the names from those time like Val Venus really takes me back and clearly you were there, Subbed and wish you the best Maven, I will start exploring your old matches😊
7:38 I heard you mention the RKO (or Diamond Cutter to some) recently on that live you did. As a major OG fan of wrestling (but stopped watching before the PG era), I never knew ppl held DDP's/Randy's finisher in such high regard. It always reminded me of a half-assed/more whimsical Stone Cold Stunner. I mean if you consider it the most popular finisher of all time, and I would've never even thought to add it to the top 100, that gives me pause for thought. So I'll be opening my mind, and lookin' at it from your perspective.
The DDT is still occasionally a finisher for people like Drew McIntyre with his future shock DDT. Although he uses the claymore kick most often, he still uses the future shock DDT as a semi finisher from time to time.
I’d be interested to see someone compare how moves evolve. E.g. Jeff’s original Swanton with how he lands it now. Always looked like he rolled through, but now it looks like it sucks to take. The pedigree seemed to take the opposite journey, because HHH originally didn’t let go of people’s arms.
When Jeff first started doing the Swanton, more often than not he would just barely brush his opponents arm and take most of it himself. But as his injuries and wear piled on his body, it changed and now he lands almost entirely on his opponent most of the time.
Yea, when he said it was a fine move to take, I was wondering what the hell he was talking about, especially with how he placed the Frog Splash. But yea, in those clips, you can see that Jeff's barely brushing the opponent.
Also, deeper dive into how Wrestlers deliver moves differently. Like Kevin Nash Powebomb where he usually let the other wrestler drop compared to smashing them into the mat. I also think that Taker/Kane Tombstone Piledriver is not really comparable to the one that Owen gave Austin or Cactus to Hunter. Obviously, the list was about Maven taking the moves, but I still would appreciate further videos about the in-and-outs (kinda like Stevie Richards)@@greedoshotfirst1
Yeah jeff talked about how overshooting the swanton led to his lower back problems, which is whi he lands crack on his opponents now instead of lightly brushing them like in the early 2000's.
Props for including Rosey's Revolving Leg Drop. It was never featured in a video game and I haven't seen it used by anyone else since. Respect for keeping a small part of his memory alive 👍
@@snipemares I remembered trying find info on 3-Minute Warning when they debuted and the Revolving Leg Drop was listed as Rosey's finisher; I didn't find footage of it, so when he finally used it in a match (maybe one year in?) it was impressive. I'm kind of glad that he didn't do it too frequently; if Hulk Hogan lost height from compressing his spine doing his Leg Drop, imagine the damage a big fella like Rosey would have been doing to himself.
@@wilfred_ho oh my goodness man that’s brutal pain for the big fella to set I didn’t know this information I’ve been a huge wrestling fan since wwf attitude eera thanks for coming to chat with me on this mate
13:16 Very conscious of you to bump up the rating of the Tombstone Piledriver... while you barely felt it, you're still aware of others who were injured by the move
I know you'll never read this comment, but I'm not a big wrestling fan, but I watch your channel because of how great of a presenter and speaker you are. You make everything interesting, whether it actually is or not. Keep up the great work and thank you for the content!
Great list, I've always wondered what moves hurt more than others. One move that I"m really curious about is Finn Balor's finisher. I don't understand how that move doesn't put people in the hospital every night.
A Tombstone and a Piledriver are apples and oranges in terms of fundamental safety. You're either not being supported by the guys knees as well as holding onto him for additional support, or you are. That sit-out variant we used to often see pre-2000 REALLY depends on both guys knowing what they're doing, and even then I don't think it was ever risk-free.
Ya I don't see how you put them in the same category either. They were good with even Linda McMahon taking a tombstone. Meanwhile a top-tier worker in Owen Hart broke Stone Cold's neck with a traditional piledriver. Even to a layman like myself it's obvious the tombstone provides a significantly higher degree of control and safety
Maven love your videos as a person who grew up during the ruthless aggression era. Love your insights! Brings back so many good memories from watching wwe back in the day! Please keep making content on a weekly basis
Interesting ! I almost get every finisher right. Sometimes people don’t understand that doing this moves and to make it look devastating but still protecting the athletes is something that have training behind I was surprised about the batista one, but I thing I get what you say about it, maybe it’s better when he drops too and don’t stays standing while delivering it I wonder what would your opinion be about the F5, the 619, and the destroyer palm of great Kahli New subscriber, I’ll be watching all vids, definitely interesting!! Greetings man !!
I'd love to see a video about how wrestlers prepare the green mist like Tajiri or Great Muta. Always something that interested me as a kid wondering "how does he do that?"
Ditto. They have to either go minutes with those capsules in their mouth or find a way to get it put in their mouth without the audience noticing. I wonder if that secret was hidden from Maven.
I think the common denominator that Maven says, without saying, is WHO is giving the move. The pros protect you. A spear from Goldberg probably hurts more than one from Edge. I also heard that Hogan's leg drop was lighter than light. All the force went on his own hip, which he says is the number reason to all of his health problems. He regretted not just using a sleeper hold, especially since his 24" were such a mainstay of his character. He destroyed his body, to protect his opponent.
surprised by the Walls of Jericho being a scary move. seems like the figure four. I think Hunter changed the pedigree as I think it basically used to be an inverted pile driver, which was much more dangerous than what it became
The Walls of Jericho, like a lot of submission moves, probably depends on how much pressure is being applied, something that Jericho would have some control over (can't make it too loose, though), and something a more flexible person could take more of without feeling pain. I believe the change Hunter made to his Pedigree is that he releases the underhooked arms a lot sooner so the person taking the move has their arms available to help take the face bump.
Damn man this brings me back...i was 14 when i saw Maven debut and now im 36. I remember your matches and i wish you couldve gotten more of a push. I think you had superstar potential for sure.
Maven,, i just want to say thank you so much for these videos!! Ive been watching wrestling for the last 20 years and have so much love for it and all who’ve done it/still do it. And i love that i get to learn so much more from someone who can tell these stories from a place of personal experience. Amazing work dude!! ❤
What did you guys think of the video? Were you surprised by some of my picks? Also, do you want to see more tier-list videos?
One of your most interesting videos
tier list of your greatest of all time.
How do they do the wrestling moves on the side rail outside the ropes? Looks like it hurts like hell. Ddt or suplex outside the ropes onto the apron is such an impressive spot. ?? Big fan maven.
Creative
tier list of taunts next Mave.
Hearing a real professional, who had real experience in taking those finishers, adds a lot to the content.
I thought this was gonna be about how painful the finishers would be during a real fight or on any hard surface
People in the comments still think they know better 😂
@@rorz999 Back in the day ı watched a very popular wrestlin video about the least hurting finishers and walls of jericho was on the lis lol
100%, like he worked for WWE for 4 years, which doesnt seem like a lot compared to some talent but, the 4 years he was in were WILD and he definitely had his moments. Regardless of him never going back again or not (and as he's said, he was offered it twice...) he still experienced stuff that 99.9% of wrestlers could only dream of and worked with some of the absolute best in history!
@@cankarahan8013 with the walls of jericho there are some different factors that can make it hurt more or less and some of them are in neither persons control. Height plays a factor, flexibility also plays a big factor. I wrestled in indies in Nova Scotia and British Columbia, and taking crabs, walls etc from shorter guys always sucked it hurt the quads so much, but if a taller guy did it, i barely felt it unless they really squatted.
Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho & Kevin Nash have all said that the Big Show was the among the safest wrestlers to work with because he is so strong while being athletic, he even could "save" a wrestler from themselves when a spot started to go sideways.
His chokeslams (Was it called Showstopper) always felt safe to take for wrestlers (as a viewer) since he would hold wrestlers in the back and goes to knee with them while impact was not as great as say from Kane or Undertaker's.
In the more "modern" days, i heard the same about AJ Styles
His Styles Clash could have broken numerous necks but he made sure the guy taking it wouldn't be hurt if they screwed up (like Ellsworth for exemple)
I still think Virgil is eating from a straw after Wight delivered it on him in WCW.
Big Show catching Nash while in mid air should show his strength
@@PowderClaws I always said Big Show is by far the strongest wrestler in history when it comes to people lifting strength, refence his slams of Viscera vs when Mark Henry slammed Viscera... Show may not be the strongest guy on the weight machines like Mark Henry but people strength is different and Show was the best.
The "barely feel it" and "noticeable but not bad" shows the skills and prowess of proper professionals legends
I love how Maven gives positive feedback to all of the superstar finishers. So humble and informative, thanks Maven. One of my favorite wrestling moments is when you kicked the Undertaker over the top rope.
It's fascinating hearing input from someone who actually worked with these guys and was in the business for a number of years. You definitely earned a subscription.
Makes you wonder why more guys don't do this so we get to see behind the curtain a lil more. I LOVE THIS CHANNEL
@@joeabernathy3113same. I am completely addicted to this channel lol. Especially since he worked with most of my favorites. The attitude/ ruthless aggression era.
@@joeabernathy3113yah,probably different takes…. I know the Walls of Jericho would be easy for someone like RVD that was super stretchy 😂
In my opinion, the best sell of the stunner was Shane, with a mouthful of beer. The way he flew backwards and sprayed the beer was amazing.
Best recreated on school grounds with a buddy and a mouth full of water 😅
I don't know, that Scott Hall sell 🤣
No one sells it better than the Rock
The best sell of the stunner was Linda McMahon. xD
@@badraa7838 The rock OVERSOLD it. OVERSELLING is NOT good selling
In my opinion, Randy's RKO is currently the most iconic finisher. Others are cool too, but Randy is a master of defense and shows his masterpiece every time. Just through his adaptations, like most recently with KO's Stunner... always legendary.
It is. "Outta no where" is iconic all over the world
DDT is as dangerous as RKO/Diamond Cutter, Pedigree and Piledriver (including Tombstone)
I think chokeslam is first, RKO second
The F5 is better.
@@goryspirit not even a top 10 move🤣
Maven, I just want to say your channel easily has the best wrestling content on youtube. Informative, funny, and with a great charismatic and knowledgeable host. Keep doing what you're doing because I love it. Cheers 🙂!
Stevie Richards is doing some good stuff with his channel as well.
@@Makai77Agree, so is the undertaker! But somehow Maven is the most entertaining out of all the wrestling personalities, i don’t know what it is. Maybe the home network experience but Maven easily has this format on lockdown.
@@Doubleaspeaks There are tons of really good channels and podcasts from wrestlers from Maven to Shane Douglas.
My 3 favorites are Dutch Mantell, Maven and maybe Kurt Angle. But there are a lot of honorable mentions like Ted Dibiase, Jake Roberts and Shane Douglas.
I even like Francine's podcast (and no, she's fully clothed lol).
@@kenterminateddq5311 I think you hit the nail on the head on why i like Maven more lol. Ive seen Shane’s and Dutch’s shows and also clips, but i like em as a long format thing. When i want to be quickly entertained they have clips that are short but just don’t mesh well without the longer context, while Maven has specifically geared his thing with shorter content! Sidenote: checking out francine 👀
Hear!Hear!
The superkick has always looked incredibly dangerous to me. Too much force and you make contact, you run the risk of breaking someone's neck, jaw, or both. Always enjoyed Shawn's delivery of it.
Higly doubt u hitting so.ebody hard
See Goldberg vs Bret Hart
@@gonzalogalvez1604 Precisely.
Now it’s overdone and it looks like crap.
@officegossip I agree, it has lost its aura now that it's just considered a move. Not even a signature move at this point.
I think the spear depends on whos giving it, Edge gave a running hug, Goldberg looked like he snapped you in half.
Difference in backgrounds. Goldberg played football, so he was running through people the way a Defensive Tackle would go through an offensive player.
And Goldberg was known to be stiff and hurt his fellow wrestlers 💀
I never took it from Goldberg. But Rhyno was so good at delivering it
a running hug, that made me actually lol
The move called spear.
As someone who grew up watching WWE but stopped after they went PG, this content is great and you've earned yourself a sub from me! Adds a lot more context to the moves and I'm happy that the pros in the industry go to such lengths to protect each other. Wrestling is one of the things that inspired me to take Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, so it'll always be a part of my life :)
Anyone who doesn't follow wrestling, or shows much interest would probably take a glance at Maven's career and dismiss it as something that simply came and went.
But look closely and you'll see that he was in the BEST situation to deliver arguably the best educational and entertaining content in this day and age. He's a modern day wrestling archivist who can speak completely from experience--and be completely credible. A CHARISMATIC, BRILLIANT, WELL-SPOKEN WRASSLIN SCRIBE.
He had a long enough career during a golden era and worked with many of the greats. He was trained in both old school and more modern ways, essentially getting the best of both worlds. In turn, he's able to impart knowledge in the most informative and enjoyable manner that we all look forward to. All his content has been a treasure trove of knowledge, and this tier list is just more icing on the layer cake of dropkicks and wrestling know-how.
You're absolutely killing it, Mave. Looking forward to more.
I enjoyed and appreciated reading your comment. Thank you for taking the time to write this. I can tell you put thought into it. 👍🏽
Yea jobbers like Maven have the best perspective as they where there to make the talented guys look good.
@@MavenKHuffmanWe appreciate you ❤
@@apk4381He wasn’t a jobber, a jobber is a Gillberg, James Ellsworth, and Barry Horowitz. Guys who were basically a joke and you knew they were going to lose EVERY match. And had no storyline or character.
He was a low mid carder with the potential to be a higher mid carder (Example IC champ) he was a guy who had the look but they messed up with the character and storylines, obviously he does have a good personality and can talk.
He was also around in an era with a ton of stars and only one major company. He’s definitely a lot better than most the new guys taking up space in WWE and AEW.
@@apk4381maven wasnt a jobber imo
Jeff Hardy is my favourite Wrestler to see you speak so highly of Jeff about how he protected his oppenent made me so happy.
For someone who was obsessed with WWE during 05-2011 era this channel has really reconnected me and reawakened my passion for WWE. Keep up the work Maven. The way you show old clips is great
john marston 💪💪
I feel you're the type of celebrity each one of us can talk to comfortably. Thank you for sharing stuff openly!
Im a guy that wanted to be a wrestler but realized it wasn’t for me , so seeing your channel and how in depth you are about the business is awesome . You show how difficult it really is to be in that business and I respect you and your time in there man keep up the good work !🤙🏾
Why? Become you have to touch and hug muscular men?
in an interview, hbk mentioned that the batista bomb was also one of the most painful finishers he had felt
This breakdown is incredible. I love it. Also, REALLY impressed at how skilled Jeff Hardy is. Absolutely love this. Great explanations of the moves.
Jeff Hardy these days flops on the others because he's too beat up
I’ve heard from wrestlers that lately he just drops all of his weight
Finishers come down to how skilled the person deliverying the move.
If they are more skilled, then it hurts less. As it should.
The original Walls of Jericho looked incredibly painful. The one where it didn't look like the Boston Crab rather, but the one where you were turned halfway almost on your side. I was really hoping to see where you ranked the Rock Bottom, but then again, I don't recall where you ever took one. Legit list from a legit guy!
you mean the liontamer?
@@jaydencactus946yh i think thats it. It looks cool. Jericho is one of my favorite wrestlers
The Liontamer
Well as kids giving & receiving the “real” thing lmao in wrestling it always looked safe, was surprised at his answer
I’m curious as to how this differs from the sharpshooter
Hey, Mave! I'm so glad I found your channel. I actually believe that someday a great wrestler will come because of you and all the valuable information that you share! It's the type of stuff that wrestling fans all wanted to know from the point of view of an actual wrestler. Maybe today or tomorrow or in a year an 11 year old kid will watch some of your videos and be mesmerized. And all the information and advice that you share may help somebody pursuing a career in the business in a vary serious way. Stay healthy and happy, Mave, you're a wonderful human being! ❤
With Maven being a jobber he took all kinds of finishers. Most notably the first ever F-5 on TV. He got totally destroyed by it.
@@apk4381 I wouldn't say he was a jobber at all man. If anything he came up from winning tough enough and people thought he shouldve been jobbing instead of straight to the midcard and THEN working with Taker etc. Plus you don't need to be a jobber to take finishers lol
Walk away from a powerbomb unless Sid gives it to you in a War Games match.
@@mitchcapps4878
I know its been said enough in these comments but Maven's channel is just solid content, not a screamsheet clickbait style of wrestling content and its so great to see. Thank you for being a refreshing content creator. And I miss your in ring work.
I worked as a wrestler in the Carolinas in the early 90s. My finisher was a superkick, but I hit it when they rebounded off the ropes much like what Goldberg did. In one match my dance partner was supposed to duck and hit his finisher instead, but when the kick came, he didn't duck in time. Luckily he only got his bell rung and nothing permanent.
Ooof glad he was ok.
Did you work at the Hardy's promotion, Omega?
A move like the ghetto blaster is just as devastating as a super kick
So did you win the match when you weren't supposed to then?
@@user-os7ec4dm8x Yep. Roughly an hour later we did the rematch, teh receits were not fun. ;}
In regards to painful splashes, RVD had a reputation for absolutely potatoing people with his 5-Star splash, although tbf it was about as damaging to him as well.😆
And speaking of which, I remember once where Jeff and Matt had to do a cage jump version of their moves. Matt modified his leg drop to land mostly on his opponent so he wouldn't break his tailbone while Jeff just did a normal Swanton from the top of the cage.😮
Here is Jeff eating all of bump doing a whisper from top of a cage 15 years ago...... th-cam.com/video/ko-9qeRb0Ok/w-d-xo.html
In the No Mercy 2001 commercial Jeff/Matt do leg drops off ladders thru tables onto people. Matt basically sits on the guy on the table's chest and knocked him out. Jeff landed to the side fell on his back and knocked himself out. Furthermore Matt relates that Jeff was initially willing to do the Swanton Bomb for the shot but he talked him out of it.
Modern day Jeff has a reputation for just landing on guys full force with the swanton lol. Not that he's trying to it's just that he's older and not as athletic and controlled as he used to be.
With Maven being a jobber he took all kinds of finishers. Most notably the first ever F-5 on TV. He got totally destroyed by it.
Jeff doesn't take as much off his Swanton's now as he used to.
Maven Huffman's latest video is like a trip down memory lane with those classic WWE finishers. The ranking of the most painful ones got me reminiscing about the golden era of wrestling. Great content!
One of the few times when someone saying your attack was barely noticeable is actually a compliment 😂
The other key difference in a safe Tombstone is being taller than the person you're giving it to. It helps a lot with keeping their head off of the mat, which is why he was so stellar at giving them. Few people matched him in height. Owen should have known better and damn near paralyzed Austin for good. Also. I didn't know this as a kid but the reason the super kick sounds so good when Shawn delivers it is he slaps his thigh. At first I thought it was the sound of the boot connecting with someone's face.
The beauty of it was that you never really see the slap. He hid it so well. Other wrestlers make it so painfully obvious whether the motion is too apparent or poorly timed but Shawn had sweet chin music down to an art
There are a couple of sad ironies about the Owen Tombstone:
1) Back when he was in WCW, Austin had performed the sitdown Tombstone and actually injured a Japanese wrestler (I believe it was NJPW legend Masahiro Chono). Supposedly, he warned Owen to not to perform the move with a sitdown.
2) Thing is that Owen used performed the Tombstone with a kneeling bump, which is a ltitle safer than a sitdown. He went against that for that match with Austin and the rest is history
@@SeiryuuX It gets worse; a young boy accidentally killed his sister doing a piledriver on her.
As people have stated, sit down vs standard tombstone changes a lot of the dynamics. Sit down being that there is certainly much tighter window, as when you hold someone vertically you could tell very easily if their head clears your knees for a safe delivery. With regards to the actual comfort of giving it, I think Mark said he was happy to stop doing it as it is a lot of force going to his knees, where as sit down disperses over a wider area.
@@h0m3st4rthat's bullshit, that kid was a demon, the coroner said that poor girl died of a sustained beating. He didn't just piledrive her, he wasn't just playing, he wasn't just imitating WWE. He beat her to death.
Wow! This opened my eyes a little bit. The moves I always thought hurt the least turned out to be the ones you actually felt and vice versa. Glad to know and see why the wrestlers who are icons in the ring, are there for a reason. Big kudos to them in not only making impactful finishers, but also ones that kept their opponents safe 💯
Made it seem more fake to me. That it don't hurt.
Lets be real. All of us tried these moves as a kid.
Yeah one time I powerbombed my best friend at a water park
I rock bottomed my friend on a pitchers mound and thought I broke his back for a solid 10 minutes since then I haven’t 😂😂😂😂😂
And they awl hurt
I took a British Bulldog running powerslam, into a sand pit, aged about 12 - didn't hurt a bit. I agree about figure 4s though 😂 it's a genuine submission and very painful. As is the Sharpshooter and Boston Crab - you'd genuinely get choked out, if you were in them too long
I choke slammed my brother on our kitchen floor! 😂
As a kid, even knowing it was all theater, I remember watching certain wrestlers and flinching. Looked like they really hurt the other guy. Warrior comes to mind especially
Just been recommended this video, and as such your channel, and I'm really impressed! It's rare to find a former WWE employee who is neither a suckup or holding a grudge. You show great respect, and just the right level of analysis and entertainment. Great work! :)
RIP Test
You just reminded me how underrated this guy was. He had a great arsenal of moves for a guy his size
🙏🏽👍🏽 miss him every day
Always love getting new Maven vids on Fridays. Easily one of the best wrestling channels.
Please never stop this content. 100/10
This kind of content is perfect for people like me who love wrestling but stopped watching some years ago and now have trouble connecting with the new product. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. The fact you entertained me 20 years ago and you're entertaining me now in such a different format is a whole story in itself.
You described my returning interest in professional wrestling perfectly.
Why do you have trouble? Similar boat but outside of bad shticks there’s legitimate talent
This is literally me lol
Exactly! I stopped watching in 2015 I believe, and after that I missed so much. Thanks to Maven and CVV, I catched up pretty good I believe 😅
Ditto
Great video Maven! I'd love to see a video about vice versa: "Which WWE Finishers are the Most Painful to the User?" For example, the leg drop messed up Hulk Hogan worse than the guy he gave it to and Randy Orton's RKO was part of the reason he needed back surgery. I also think moves like the backstabber (Carlito) and codebreaker (Y2J) hurt a lot... especially delivering it anywhere outside of the ring.
alot ....... for the code breaker and backstabber i dont see it hurting much more then a standard suplex or even a ddt anything that involes u falling on your back
Stone Cold stunner causes neck and spine problems because of abrupt drop onto hard surfaces. What a shame Austin did that for us while sacrificing himself.
Also, Y2K's finisher was the walls of Jericho. It was a submission type maneuver.
@@PrimePriusJericho changed his finisher to the codebreaker when he returned in 2007
@@PrimePriusno it doesn’t
That’s false. Rko had nothing to do with orton needing back surgery
Wt about the worm?
The worm would kill men dead! That's why they never let Scotty hit it!
@@XH1927it was too cool to be mentioned
Lmao @@XH1927
😂
The I hate my job category.
I gotta say between this channel and Stevie Richard's channel, really good insight into the wrestling world and how things "really" work. I've been a wrestling fan for over 40 years now. I was around for when WWF hit it big (and I still remember when Iron Shiek lost the title to Hogan setting off the big explosion for the industry), WWF fell off the map in the early 90s, WCW went through all sorts of highs and lows, WWF's Attitude era to WWE and everything in between. So it's always fun seeing so much discussion involving the business.
Way to make it all about you
@@ohkay2360 Yes, I obviously made my comment all about me. I didn't compliment Maven for his insights and discussion about wrestling at all. All about me me me me. I'm so sorry.
@@LordLOC how long have you been self absorbed
@@ohkay2360 How long have you taken comments out of context and cherry picked just a portion of said comment to somehow come up with your genius statement that I'm making it all about me, and now I'm apparently self-absorbed with myself. Amazing.
If you don't mind, I'll just keep enjoying Maven's content (and Stevie Richards etc.). You can keep on compaining about nothing.
@LordLOC you're being extremely narcissistic now as well as glib patronizing and condescending. You need therapy. The world doesn't revolve around you
I was anticipating hearing your thoughts on the Walls of Jericho. Me and my brother used to play wrestle as kids, and while we never knew what we were doing, we still tried every submission and finisher we could. The Walls of Jericho was the most painful move out of anything in my opinion. He did it once and never again, so I'm glad to hear that child me wasn't overreacting and that it actually is painful lol
That and the camel clutch. They're kind of similar but any move which bends your back like that sucks
I forgot the name of it. Chris had another submission where it was similar to the walls of Jericho, but he would put his knee on your back. My brother put me in that and I almost cried
Bro same! And my sis and I are both from Winnipeg so we were totally gonna try it. Well, she tried it on me and Holy Christ. We were like "Oh those Don't Try This Home warnings weren't lying" 😂😂😂 Jesus
@@ninecool11 liontamer
@@ninecool11 The lion tamer
Wrestling may be predetermined but the pain can be real i respect anyone who takes these bumps especially with moves like the styles clash and more
It crazy how some of these moves don't hurt at all when performed well, but can give you a concussion or seriously injure you if done wrong. Really makes you appreciate these professionals and the trust they have to put on one another
You took the FIRST ever and probably BEST LOOKING F-5 in Brock Lesnar’s career (his debut) and you didn’t even rank it??? 🤔😮
He added it in the most dangerous moves video.. and he ranked it pretty weak.. not dangerous at all.
He took the first televised one. There's quite a few in dark matches that are online. He definitely took one of the best for sure. Matt Hardy I think took the best. It looked like a video game. But I will say Hardy maven and Orton took the best. And when I say Orton I mean the one he took in 2002 not the crappy ones he took in more recent years.
Also, that has been one of my favorite moves since I was a kid and I have done independent wrestling since I was 18. On and off for almost 20 years and anytime I meet someone who gives the F5 I love taking it. My buddy who is now one of my best friends used to do it and he's about 6'4 300 lbs and at the time I was about 5'11 180. He would absolutely launch me. it definitely has a lot of impact but there was really only one that really hurt.
I can't believe you mentioned Test. That guy was my favourite werestler ever and just got "deleted" from history for no reason at all. God bless you Maven, miss those crazy times watching you on the ring.
What do you mean deleted? Could you elaborate please
Why he was deleted? please explain
Someone mentioned that Kane was one of the safest people to work with
Just heard Matt Cardona's interview Chris Van Vliet. Matt put Kane over big for always caring about him in every instance they've worked together.
He's also the most caring person in the locker room
I think Kane in his prime was the best fighter in the world. I think he would have killed the UFC worse than Brock did. If Kane grabs anyone or lands a punch, it's game over. I don't care if you're Tyson Fury or Feancis Ngannou
@@MikeB-p1qi often wonder that. There were some wrestlers who wouldve been insane in the ufc but prime kane naturally wouldve been a force even with minimum training.
ABSOLUTELY! Kane was great both in the ring and backstage
Good thing to note here: more often than not, the "flashier" a move is, the safer it is to take. That being said, I'd still leave all of these to the professionals, myself XD
If I saw this when I was a kid, I would have hated you for bursting my dreams. BUT as a grown up, I enjoy watching this now. I enjoy rewatching the old wwf / wwe shows now. Keep doing what you do.
0:28 Power Bomb (Last Ride by taker )
1:38 Leg Drop (Known for Hulk Hogan)
2:45 Figure 4 way lock (Known for Rick Flair)
4:00 Choke slam (Big show ,Kane )
4:27 Frog Splash (Eddie Gurero)
6:14 Swanton Bomb (jeff Hardy)
6:49 Gore/Spear (Rhino,Edge,Roman Reign)
7:45 RKO (Randy Orton)
9:00 Power Bomb By Batista
10:45 - Walls Chris jericho , boston crab
11:55 Pile driver /Tombstone (Kane/Taker)
13:20 Super Kick, Sweet chin music (HBK)
15:00 Pedigree (HHH)
16:20 DDT
17:20 Hardcore Holly Alabama
18:10 Stone Cold Stunner (Kevin Ovens)
Ah, yes. The Stone Cold Stunner, made famous by Kevin Ovens 😂
Im actually gonsmacked here@@HeyJared
@@HeyJared
This anti-climax to this is damn hilarious. Wrong wrestler and still misspelled the wrong guys name. Perfection!
DDT Jake the snake
😂😂😂😂😂 hehe
The Maven dropkick is the most devastating finisher in the history of professional wrestling
That's S+ category.
😂👍🏽
It was devastating to The Undertaker in that Rumble match for sure. 😳
Your appreciation for seemingly everyone you have ever worked with is so sweet ❤
Fun fact: The 'Figure Four' is a double-edged sword finisher where the recipient can reverse the pain by simply flipping over to your stomach and making your opponent do the same. A bit strenuous on the torso, but clutch in avoiding a tense strain in the largest muscle group in the body.
Maven seems like an articulate down to earth guy. I really enjoyed this video.
I can already tell this one is gonna need a part 2! This is a really interesting concept.
Maven, you’re killing it with these videos. Your TH-cam page along with Cafe De Rene and Stevie’s channels are by far the best wrestling channels on TH-cam. All three of you guys are truly great and knowledgeable people. Keep up the amazing content. You guys help me get through long stressful days. Cheers to all three of you guys 🥂 🍻
Yeah both Stevie & Rene have great channels. I watch both guys regularly and am happy we all support each other’s content
@@MavenKHuffmanAny chance of a collab with either guy? Having Stevie do a what went wrong with you when you broke your leg would've been awesome
Maven you're doing God's work honestly. Between you and Stevie Richards I learn so much about wrestling stuff I've always wanted to know.
I remember the times when Undertaker's Tombstone Pile Driver was considered the most brutal finisher, almost no one kicked out of it, then it turns out it's one of the safest finishers, at the hands of The Undertaker.
If Mavens word on how these feel is to be the gospel, then we can agree RVD had the best frog splash considering he sold it as it hurt him, just as much as the other guy. Awesome video as always, Maven!
I won’t argue that one bit. Rob was (still IS) unbelievable!
You and Stevie Richards suddenly have the BEST wrestling content on youtube. Keep on killing it mister Maven🍻
The worst move I ever took was the Alabama Slam. Like, it made me never want to get in the ring again. What made me finally give up, was a new guy gave me a DDT and didn't let go. I was trying to do a front bump to sell it more for him and he hung on. "Snapped" my neck and couldn't move for what felt like a half hour. After that, I had to call it quits. Getting a "I'm never gonna walk again" scare was enough for me.
This video impressed the absolute hell out of me. Maven has great charisma. He should host a gameshow.
i grew up watching wrestling but slowly fell out of love with it as i grew older but i found ur channel and honestly im starting to feel like that old me thanks to you man! keep smashing it❤
Why u fell out
@@rahamanawelenje9955well you decide to not be ghey anymore and eventually you realise .. you can’t make yourself less ghey so just be ghey. Enjoy Wrestling
You are REALLY good at this. You should start a podcast if you don't already have one. Your channel is different. The other guys often go into alot of the backstage drama an fighting that weve heard a million times but you always seem to be the one who answers the most curiosity related questions on how things work. Keep it up!!!!
🙏🏽🙏🏽 I just think the podcast game is difficult. Booking guests, and you have to be current on today’s business. And to be honest, I don’t watch. That’s why use this format.
@@MavenKHuffman Maybe one for special occasions like the channel's birthday?
It would be fun to listen to you and someone talk about the ideas
He wouldn't be able to get any decent guests on his podcast as he is a nobody who was at best a jobber. Earl Hebner would have a better shot at a successful podcast
@@apk4381grow up mate
Hi Mav, I just wanted to say that you're a absolutely amazing & inspirational human being ❤ after finishing up on my military service in the Australian Army, I was going through a bit of depression! After a long time, I decided to follow my other dream... That's to be a professional wrestler. Yes, I'm 41 years old, but I won't let age dictate my new dream! I'm only 2 months in wrestling school, but I'm already visualising myself in the ring!
Once again bro, thank you, appreciate you more than you'll ever know ❤
Maven, can you reach out to Nidia and do a video giving her perspective as the first Woman winner of Tough Enough? Would be interesting to see you come together and share stories from the competition, the night you both won in NYC, and how she feels her career shaped out.
Nah don't Maven.
Yeah do Maven
Yeah do it!
Great idea, would love to see it!
I'm in the don't do it camp for obvious reasons.
Man, i love the way you tell stories and simply loved this episode, such charismatic character you are.
those kind words about Test being safe despite his demeanor is actually so respectful considering how they treated him, he was obviously loved by the wrestlers backstage
One of the best wrestling channels on youtube for sure!! always coming out with new interesting topics with great editing. Keep up the good work Maven 😎
The fact that you guys went all out to protect the partner shows how noble you guys are!
The kinship between wrestlers i think has a lot to do with that trust.
Professional actors
Maven you didn't just take your fair share of finishers, you were the "PRINCE OF JOBBERS" and we loved you for it Sir!
It's definitely a toss up between you and Steven Richards, both of whom are now, somewhat ironically, the best wrestling content creators on TH-cam 😂
Oh nice! I got both of them in my boys stable
Maven was king jobber, he took the first ever F-5 on TV, thrown around like a total ragdoll
I had stopped watching Wrestling by the time you were in WWE, so missed out on your career 😢. Man, you shared the ring with some absolute legends!
Thanks for making the video. It's really interesting to know which moves were the most painful. The sharpshooter always looked incredibly painful. I'd imagine, applied with force, it would be in the "I hate this job" category.
There is 1 more trick to the Tombstone, and it may have saved a life: part of the "hold on for dear life" part guides the receiver's shoulders into the undertaker's lap so his legs help cushion the impact. I used to do security for concerts [now I run lights for them], and at a show in around 2004 I was in the barricade catching crowdsurfers as usual. The normal procedure is to work in pairs, one goes up on the barricade [around 2 feet in the air on a step] and the partner stands behind to the side to put a supporting hand on the back of the catcher, to absorb the impact, then grabs the patron and helps guide then down. This time my partner decided to hold me up by the belt and wasn't paying attention. He held me up long enough for the patron to wiggle into a standing 69 position. that is when my partner lets go suddenly and bails on me to grab his own surfer. I am now in a precarious position, about to lose my balance, only 1 way to go: DOWN. I hold him as tight as I can and perform a controlled fall: tombstone from the bottom rope onto a hardwood floor. I caught his head and shoulders in my lap and he was fine. I'm 6'4, 300+lbs and a lifelong Undertaker fan, anyone else would have injured him by dropping him or spiking him. Medics checked him out and released him back into the sea, I ended up catching him again later and he got kicked out [1 time over the barricade is rock'n'roll, 2 times is trespassing]. I still feel it in my right knee 20 years later.
I remember wrestling as young kids with my brother and the ones most unpopular were the Sharpshooter, Figure 4 and the Pedigree. I think HHH even changed it sometime and let go of the arms while mid-air.
the walls of jericho was banned when i wrestle my childhoodfriend lol
HHH concussed kurt angle with the pedigree, he did it intentionally because he was jealous kurt was taking no1 heel away from him
When I was a kid, me and my brother did "Swanton Bomb" so many times on my parent's bed.
"Please don't try this at home" is a real warning!
I absolutely loved Bull Buchanan's flying leg drop. He got so much air lol
I’ve never seen a dude that size get so much height. Bull was damn athletic, shame he didn’t get much shine outside RTC.
with the right seasoning and packaging, I think Bull could have been great, for a fairly big guy he could move and I agree the leg drop was awesome.
I believe he's a Sheriff's Deputy, imagine being pulled over by that 6 foot 7 monster
I've also just discovered by going on Wiki that NXT's Brooks Jensen is his son
The way you credit the performers you went up against just brings a smile to my face
as a youngest brother powerbomb is indeed hurt..... and it much much hurts because my big bro isn't a pro wrestler
You are one very great story teller, I feel regret a bit that I didn’t pay attention to you much during your active period. It was the giant’s era and I was like 8.
The details, the names from those time like Val Venus really takes me back and clearly you were there, Subbed and wish you the best Maven, I will start exploring your old matches😊
7:38 I heard you mention the RKO (or Diamond Cutter to some) recently on that live you did. As a major OG fan of wrestling (but stopped watching before the PG era), I never knew ppl held DDP's/Randy's finisher in such high regard. It always reminded me of a half-assed/more whimsical Stone Cold Stunner. I mean if you consider it the most popular finisher of all time, and I would've never even thought to add it to the top 100, that gives me pause for thought. So I'll be opening my mind, and lookin' at it from your perspective.
👍🏽 appreciate your feedback and openness
I'm just finding out that it is a variation of The Ace Cutter.
The DDT is still occasionally a finisher for people like Drew McIntyre with his future shock DDT. Although he uses the claymore kick most often, he still uses the future shock DDT as a semi finisher from time to time.
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I’d be interested to see someone compare how moves evolve.
E.g. Jeff’s original Swanton with how he lands it now. Always looked like he rolled through, but now it looks like it sucks to take.
The pedigree seemed to take the opposite journey, because HHH originally didn’t let go of people’s arms.
When Jeff first started doing the Swanton, more often than not he would just barely brush his opponents arm and take most of it himself. But as his injuries and wear piled on his body, it changed and now he lands almost entirely on his opponent most of the time.
Agreed. Those 1997-1999 Pedigrees looked awesome.
Yea, when he said it was a fine move to take, I was wondering what the hell he was talking about, especially with how he placed the Frog Splash. But yea, in those clips, you can see that Jeff's barely brushing the opponent.
Also, deeper dive into how Wrestlers deliver moves differently. Like Kevin Nash Powebomb where he usually let the other wrestler drop compared to smashing them into the mat.
I also think that Taker/Kane Tombstone Piledriver is not really comparable to the one that Owen gave Austin or Cactus to Hunter.
Obviously, the list was about Maven taking the moves, but I still would appreciate further videos about the in-and-outs (kinda like Stevie Richards)@@greedoshotfirst1
Yeah jeff talked about how overshooting the swanton led to his lower back problems, which is whi he lands crack on his opponents now instead of lightly brushing them like in the early 2000's.
Me and my brother used to wrestle. The walls of Jericho was the #1 submission. It hurt like hell.
Body splashes always looked legit to me.
Props for including Rosey's Revolving Leg Drop. It was never featured in a video game and I haven't seen it used by anyone else since. Respect for keeping a small part of his memory alive 👍
Roseys leg drop clip was golden ❤
@@snipemares I remembered trying find info on 3-Minute Warning when they debuted and the Revolving Leg Drop was listed as Rosey's finisher; I didn't find footage of it, so when he finally used it in a match (maybe one year in?) it was impressive. I'm kind of glad that he didn't do it too frequently; if Hulk Hogan lost height from compressing his spine doing his Leg Drop, imagine the damage a big fella like Rosey would have been doing to himself.
@@wilfred_ho oh my goodness man that’s brutal pain for the big fella to set I didn’t know this information I’ve been a huge wrestling fan since wwf attitude eera thanks for coming to chat with me on this mate
13:16 Very conscious of you to bump up the rating of the Tombstone Piledriver... while you barely felt it, you're still aware of others who were injured by the move
Eddie's frog splash looks safest of most frog splash I've seen
I know you'll never read this comment, but I'm not a big wrestling fan, but I watch your channel because of how great of a presenter and speaker you are. You make everything interesting, whether it actually is or not. Keep up the great work and thank you for the content!
Great list, I've always wondered what moves hurt more than others.
One move that I"m really curious about is Finn Balor's finisher. I don't understand how that move doesn't put people in the hospital every night.
I love that the more I watch your videos and learn about WWE and such, the more I love it.
A Tombstone and a Piledriver are apples and oranges in terms of fundamental safety. You're either not being supported by the guys knees as well as holding onto him for additional support, or you are. That sit-out variant we used to often see pre-2000 REALLY depends on both guys knowing what they're doing, and even then I don't think it was ever risk-free.
Ya I don't see how you put them in the same category either. They were good with even Linda McMahon taking a tombstone. Meanwhile a top-tier worker in Owen Hart broke Stone Cold's neck with a traditional piledriver. Even to a layman like myself it's obvious the tombstone provides a significantly higher degree of control and safety
Owen Hart almost ended Steve Austin‘s career with it, and Dlo Brown ended, drooz’s career with it
Maven love your videos as a person who grew up during the ruthless aggression era. Love your insights! Brings back so many good memories from watching wwe back in the day! Please keep making content on a weekly basis
basically all of them hurt A LOT, if not performed professionally or not performed by the signature wrestler for that particular finisher
Interesting !
I almost get every finisher right. Sometimes people don’t understand that doing this moves and to make it look devastating but still protecting the athletes is something that have training behind
I was surprised about the batista one, but I thing I get what you say about it, maybe it’s better when he drops too and don’t stays standing while delivering it
I wonder what would your opinion be about the F5, the 619, and the destroyer palm of great Kahli
New subscriber, I’ll be watching all vids, definitely interesting!!
Greetings man !!
I'd love to see a video about how wrestlers prepare the green mist like Tajiri or Great Muta. Always something that interested me as a kid wondering "how does he do that?"
Ditto. They have to either go minutes with those capsules in their mouth or find a way to get it put in their mouth without the audience noticing. I wonder if that secret was hidden from Maven.
I think the common denominator that Maven says, without saying, is WHO is giving the move. The pros protect you. A spear from Goldberg probably hurts more than one from Edge.
I also heard that Hogan's leg drop was lighter than light. All the force went on his own hip, which he says is the number reason to all of his health problems. He regretted not just using a sleeper hold, especially since his 24" were such a mainstay of his character. He destroyed his body, to protect his opponent.
Rko is unarguably the most popular finisher of all time
what, I thought the cobra was close second 😂
surprised by the Walls of Jericho being a scary move. seems like the figure four. I think Hunter changed the pedigree as I think it basically used to be an inverted pile driver, which was much more dangerous than what it became
The Walls of Jericho, like a lot of submission moves, probably depends on how much pressure is being applied, something that Jericho would have some control over (can't make it too loose, though), and something a more flexible person could take more of without feeling pain. I believe the change Hunter made to his Pedigree is that he releases the underhooked arms a lot sooner so the person taking the move has their arms available to help take the face bump.
Damn man this brings me back...i was 14 when i saw Maven debut and now im 36. I remember your matches and i wish you couldve gotten more of a push. I think you had superstar potential for sure.
Maven,, i just want to say thank you so much for these videos!! Ive been watching wrestling for the last 20 years and have so much love for it and all who’ve done it/still do it. And i love that i get to learn so much more from someone who can tell these stories from a place of personal experience. Amazing work dude!! ❤
Idc what he says, its the Batista Bomb 😂
Last ride and the f 5 look like they would be the most painful like a ten foot power slam