Scott Norton’s was criminally underrated. The fact that he’s a walking redwood trunk just made the mechanics so utterly brutal: short drop and a sudden stop.
Scott Hall, Nash (when the person taking it did it right) Sid Vicious, Mike Awesome, Jushin Liger. jericho's 3 bombs. Kawada DRIVER. it's in the name, but also could be a kneeling jacknife powerbomb
I know it's not his finisher or even signature, but i loved Dean Malenko's powerbomb; especially on smaller guys like Rey Mysterio and Ultimo Dragon. The torque he got on it was insane, and it always looked impactful.
Scott Norton had a great powerbomb it had a lot of force behind it. Akira Taue had a nice sitout powerbomb and it was cool when he sometimes used the Nodow Otoshi before it.
If Nash was on here, Gunther should be an honorable mention at least. He’s so good at adding a little touch that makes them look brutal. His were way better than Nash or
4:03 HOLY FUCK I GASPED OUT LOUD The velocity on that border toss, and knowing there is just zero give to that six sided ring to the extent that all the old TNA veterans mention how painful that ring was to bump in, Jesus.
The Blonde Bombshell was one of the craziest moves I'd ever seen. Although the Border Toss is a move I dont know if zi would ever take. Its such a freefall, no protection at all.
I get putting the Ganso Bomb on here, but I do love the Soul Powerbomb, especially the way Kawada lays on the folded-up opponent, some glorious arrogant character work.
Not a move that gets talked about nowadays for obvious reasons but Benoit's snap powerbomb is one that always gets a reaction out of me. I think he only ever did it against Eddie and every single time Eddie took one, his entire body bounced back up off the canvas like he'd just dropped from some balcony
Back on the old smackdown HCTP I created a masked wrestler that I called The Lord Of The Bomb and gave him every power bomb variation for his move set if applicable. His finishers were the Last Ride and A-Trains choke bomb. lol
I love the Doctor Bomb as utilised by Dr. Death Steve Williams, but I remember Juventud Guerrera using it to devastating effect on Rey Misterio Jr. during their amazing 2 out of 3 Falls match in ECW.
There’s nothing quite like a good Powerbomb, is there? I think I’d have to say my favorite is the Razor’s Edge, purely because I can appreciate the mystique of it technically being the most effective powerbomb, since nobody ever kicked out of it. Granted, that’s because Scott Hall would conveniently “forget” to do the move during matches where he was booked to lose, but still.
When they first added the Running Liger Bomb to the Smackdown games it became one of my favorite moves to give to my created wrestlers. It's great as an unofficial third finisher.
batista will always have the best power bomb to me there’s just a way he does it where it actually looks like he’s driving the guy down instead of just kinda dropping them which a lot of power bombs look like
The "border toss" is basically a razor's edge with more height looks like it sucked too take. Surprised no one has used the doctor bomb as it's unique as it's just a gut wrench powerbomb
I like your narration during this one, it feels like you dont read off of a long, epic narration text, like it feels in your long doc videos. This feels more like youre just having fun, looking at powerbomb compilations and commenting on it. Lovely video, very fun and you keep our attention very well.
Oh and then you said it at the end of the video, I caught that well then:) When it comes to new video ideas similar to this and the Lariat video, how about best suplexes? Another classic and theres so many versions, especially in puro, whether its Kings Road or joshis.
I love seeing so many powerbombs and so many wrestlers getting the spotlight that they deserve, please continue to showcase all of these glorious wrestlers and their glorious moves❤❤❤
Thanks for highlighting Jerry Lynn’s sunset flip power bomb. First time I saw it was in a match between him and RVD. I literally had to rewind like 6 times to try and figure out what I had saw, kinda like when you see the Canadian destroyer for the first time.
Great video! If anything this has taught me that if you have or had a cool powerbomb, you are one of my favourite wrestlers. Would love to see a similar video on the German Suplex. Another common move many do but few have truly mastered
Big guys like Undertaker, Kane, Diesel, Sid Vicious, Razor Ramon and Vader could really make the powerbomb look so tremendous and explosive, but some of the lightweights deserve credit for being able to pull it off and make variantions of the move work so well. I'd say that Scott Hall's Razor's Edge/Outsider's Edge is my personal favorite. How about the neckbreaker for a future video? The ones I know most are the Honky Tonk Man, Rick Rude, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Diamond Dallas Page (The DAAAAIMOND CUTTERRRR, as Bryan Zane, AKA Wrestling with Wregret would put it) and Randy Orton. but I'm sure you'd be able to find more wrestlers that got a lot out of that move.
What an amazing video!! I love when you do these formats like this. Similar to the "Top 50 Puro Finishers" the quick in and out cuts arw great. Also I like how you just flowed off the cuff 👍 👍
Unsubscribing if you don't mention Dean Malenko and Eddie Guerrero's PowerBomb... Don't know what it is, for such small guys, their PowerBombs just looked so brutal! It's those and Brock Lesnar PowerBombs to Spike Dudley, I still don't understand how they weren't killing those guys, putting them through the mat! 💣 💥
You had my favourites there (Soul Powerbomb + Kawada Driver, Tiger Driver, Doctor Bomb, Liger Driver, Orange Crush, Blue Thunder - it's hard to pick just one favourite!), and gave some useful information about the origins of the bomb (and variants), but you also introduced me to the Splash Mountain (I had seen it in games of course, but not the wrestling that inspired it) and that's definitely being added to my list of favourites.
18:48 I was wondering why the BT Bomb was not here LOL... one of my favorite powerbomb variants mainly because I put it on a (GBA) Fire Pro CAW as it essentially was one of two bombs in the game that looked the closest to the Crucifix (the other being the Kouya Otoshi)
My favourite finishing finishing manoeuvers have always been those quick high impact strikes you can pull out at any moment, such as lariat, superkick, spear, or a knee strike, but the only move that breaks this formula in my all time top 5 is the powerbomb. There is just something so poetic about how you set it up, how you magically flip the opponent to your shoulders, and how unceremoniously you dump them from a great height. A fantastic and visually appealing setup followed by a ring collapsing impact that would believably end any fight. It's like a fantasy anime move in real life.
If I had to say my top 3 finishers of all time, it would probably be Clothesline from Hell by JBL, Jackknife by Kevin Nash, and Boma Ye by Shinsuke Nakamura.
Suwama's version of the Last Ride (especially when Suwama was the guy in All Japan) is especially nasty to the point GAORA uses it in the opening package for the AJPW they upload on TH-cam.
In 1990 WWF, one of the first version of the team Orient Express, member Sato had a snap sit-out powerbomb that ended with Sato's legs over the victims shoulders for an instant pin as part of the move. They used it as the team finisher for awhile.
I'm sad PAC isn't in this video, his Liger bomb is one of the most vicious thing i've ever seen (i mean he literaly concuss people with it). And Hayashishita as well, her crucifix powerbomb is great
First time I saw a powerbomb was from a Japanese wrestler in 80s wwf (maybe genichiro tenryu or from one of the Japanese woman's tag teams) Lord Alfred Hayes called it the 'Drip Dry'
With a lot of Powerbombs here, you can see a lot of these still being used today. Willow Nightingale uses the Doctor Bomb, Liv Morgan uses the Jerry Lynn Sunset Bomb on occasion and of course Razor’s Edges, GUNTHER’s Powerbomb and Tiger Driver ‘91s for Will Ospreay.
Scott Hall's Crucifix Powerbomb (Razors/Outsiders Edge) will forever be my favorite finisher. Strength, height, opponent hanging helplessly, ability to choose time and angle of drop; no one ever kicked out. He learned it from Dan Spivey, and it's considered the most protected finisher in wrestling history.
those mike awesome bombs though.. often they land on their upper back but the velocity is so big that their neck muscle can't stop their heads from smashing into the mat..
For old-time Japanese fans, powerbomb means Tenryu. His match with Randy Savage was the pinnacle of Japanese-American pro wrestling. 往年のジャパニーズファンにとってはパワーボム＝天龍です。 ランディサベージとの試合は日米プロレスの究極でした。
My old Powerbomb Mt. Rushmore: Batista, Bradshaw/JBL, Undertaker, Kane, Brock Lesnar My new Powerbomb Mt. Rushmore: Keith Lee, Oba Femi, Wardlow Note: Gunther is awesome, but his powerbomb can be hit or miss. Double note: I've never grown to watch Vader, Psycho Sid and Kevin Nash so I won't pretend that I can judge. Kevin Nash's Jacknife powerbomb to Randy Orton in 2003 was extremely awesome though.
Thank you for giving credit to Kane's Powerbomb. I always liked it. It made him look like a monster and I liked how he had a similar move to the Undertaker yet agian keeping them with the similar move set. My only gripe with it is that on that very Smackdown game you reference, he did that VERY SUS looking pin right after. All in all, you did leave me off the list. It's forgiveable, but ask my brother, I can give a pretty mean powerbomb that made him cry to my mom and get me in trouble on more than one occasion.
Ahmed Johnson was also the first user of the tiger driver I saw growing up but I would have gave a mention to William Regal, his version he rarely did was so clean.
Of course I love the Orange Crush and it would totally make it on my list. But if I'm thinking about Kobashi, there's no way I could put it over his Turnbuckle Powerbomb. It's so fun and brutal with the way people sell it all slumped over in the corner. Honorable mention would also be that classic 90's Powerbomb + Jackknife Pin combo he used. Other standouts: - Yuji Hino's Fucking Bomb - Chris Benoit's Wild Bomb - Super Dragon's Running Liger Bomb into the turnbuckle (that he would usually transition into an STF) - Brock Lesnar's Triple Powerbomb from the early 2000's (and a shoutout to the innovator, Tatsuhito Takaiwa) - Kensuke Sasaki's Tornado Bomb - EVIL's Darkness Falls (Fireman's Carry Powerbomb) - Toru Yano's Oni Koroshi (Spinebuster Kneeling Powerbomb) - Roman Reign's Schoolboy Powerbomb Team moves: - Killer Elite Squad's Killer Bomb - The Shield's 3-man Powerbomb - The Dudley Boyz's 2nd Rope Sitout Powerbomb
I definitely wouldn’t wanna be on the receiving end of that border toss, Liv Morgan used to use a pretty awesome version of the sunset bomb on occasion.
When talking about great Power-Bombs my mind immediately goes to D-Lo Brown's version. Not only was his one was the most pleasing aesthetically, but I also believe that his execution of it was always done in the safest way for his opponent-- oh no wait...MOSTLY always done safely for his opponent, my bad Droz!😬
WWE's Boogeyman had a nifty double choke lift fall out powerbomb that he used sometimes. Also, the Hardy Boys in their earlier run in the Attitude era sometimes performed a sitout powerbomb that started with the opponent held above shoulder like an airplane spin except face down, and as the Hardy dropped, they lever flipped the opponent to land on his back between their legs. Might be more accurate to file it under a body slam variation, but the sitout part is what makes me lean towards bomb.
Kim, I love all your videos. I've been a wrestling fan since the early 80s. Honestly, some of these moves should only be used by their creators. Example - the Liger Bomb.
Who's got your favourite Powerbomb? Have a shout about it here in the comments, and thanks for watching! :)
Scott Norton’s was criminally underrated. The fact that he’s a walking redwood trunk just made the mechanics so utterly brutal: short drop and a sudden stop.
I just remembered but kevin owens!
Why no Tenryu??
Scott Hall, Nash (when the person taking it did it right) Sid Vicious, Mike Awesome, Jushin Liger. jericho's 3 bombs. Kawada DRIVER. it's in the name, but also could be a kneeling jacknife powerbomb
Check out Chikara
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Missile Launcher in the corner turnbuckle power bomb
17:07 If you don't love Sid Vicious, then you have half the brain that he does.
AND DESERVE TO BE POWERBOMB BY THE MASTER AND RULER OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!
Which would equate to having a quarter of the brain that Kevin Nash or Scott Hall’s has.
When I was a kid and he was doing the escaped convict gimmick he literally terrified me. Him and Papa Shango lol
Kevin Nash,Sid Vicious and Big Van Vader has the best Powerbomb
I know it's not his finisher or even signature, but i loved Dean Malenko's powerbomb; especially on smaller guys like Rey Mysterio and Ultimo Dragon. The torque he got on it was insane, and it always looked impactful.
+1🍄🆙
I hate to mention it, but you reminded me of Chris Benoit. He had a wild snap powerbomb.
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Scott Norton had a great powerbomb it had a lot of force behind it. Akira Taue had a nice sitout powerbomb and it was cool when he sometimes used the Nodow Otoshi before it.
I'd watch an entire series of this kind of content. Nice video!
He’s new but the rookie Oba Femi of NXT has an amazing pop-up kneeling powerbomb. That commentary calls the fall from grace
Oba’s a fucking MENACE, dude. He’s got a bright future ahead of him.
Oba's Powerbomb is really fucking sick, Oba in general is so fucking good for someone who's only in his 20s and hasn't been wrestling for too long.
@@Kaltagstar96 he could be this generation's Batista
His pop-up powerbomb is more convincing than that of Kevin Owens considering his powerful build.
He’s definitely my favorite new wrestler to watch, the sky is literally the limit for him cant wait to see him and breakker mix it up.
I like Gunthers kawada style powerbomb he also puts his body weight into the pin as well
If Nash was on here, Gunther should be an honorable mention at least. He’s so good at adding a little touch that makes them look brutal. His were way better than Nash or
4:03 HOLY FUCK I GASPED OUT LOUD
The velocity on that border toss, and knowing there is just zero give to that six sided ring to the extent that all the old TNA veterans mention how painful that ring was to bump in, Jesus.
That's how The crucifix powerbomb should be like razor did it kinda softly, but hernandez just let's physics take over.
Nash’s powerbomb must feel like someone threw you off a second story window.
The Blonde Bombshell was one of the craziest moves I'd ever seen. Although the Border Toss is a move I dont know if zi would ever take. Its such a freefall, no protection at all.
I always cringe seeing the Border Toss being done.
@@DrkLrdK You are cringe in your weeb blankets clown 😂
Crediting the creators who cumulate all those clips together is a baller move and you have my respect. Wish more people did that
ECW Mike awesome was so fun to watch growing up. Dude was a heavyweight and doing cruiser weight things.
I get putting the Ganso Bomb on here, but I do love the Soul Powerbomb, especially the way Kawada lays on the folded-up opponent, some glorious arrogant character work.
Those little stick figures powerbombed my brain! I spend SO MANY HOURS with Pivot Animator making doofy little fight scenes.
Rest In Peace, Sid Vicious, The Master and Ruler Of The World
He was twice the man you were with half the brains...😉. RIP great star
Not a move that gets talked about nowadays for obvious reasons but Benoit's snap powerbomb is one that always gets a reaction out of me. I think he only ever did it against Eddie and every single time Eddie took one, his entire body bounced back up off the canvas like he'd just dropped from some balcony
It's the Wild Bomb. From when he was Wild Pegasus
The "release powerbomb" is the greatest version of the powerbomb, hands down.
You just enjoy watching CTE grow 😂
Ospreays flip over powerbomb and DDPs spinning variation are great versions as well. The powerbomb is easily one of the coolest moves you can have.
The fact that you highlighted Kawada in the thumbnail pulled me. I think he might be overlooked by most people.
I always associated the powerbomb with Psycho Sid, Nash’s jackknife was also a thing of beauty
Back on the old smackdown HCTP I created a masked wrestler that I called The Lord Of The Bomb and gave him every power bomb variation for his move set if applicable. His finishers were the Last Ride and A-Trains choke bomb. lol
I love the Doctor Bomb as utilised by Dr. Death Steve Williams, but I remember Juventud Guerrera using it to devastating effect on Rey Misterio Jr. during their amazing 2 out of 3 Falls match in ECW.
And your half the man that he is 😂😂
Man Taker, AJ, Kobashi and Misawa in one video? That's awesome
There’s nothing quite like a good Powerbomb, is there?
I think I’d have to say my favorite is the Razor’s Edge, purely because I can appreciate the mystique of it technically being the most effective powerbomb, since nobody ever kicked out of it.
Granted, that’s because Scott Hall would conveniently “forget” to do the move during matches where he was booked to lose, but still.
When they first added the Running Liger Bomb to the Smackdown games it became one of my favorite moves to give to my created wrestlers. It's great as an unofficial third finisher.
It's in WWE 2k24, even called the Liger Bomb'
I think the running liger bomb has been in the smackdown games from the beginning, sd1
Love the Fire Thunder Powerbomb from Onita, Sasuke and Hayabusa.
Rina Yamashita does a great version of the splash mountain bomb as a finisher
"Are all of the parts of it strictly necessary? Maybe not..."
Perfect way to describe 2000s indie finishers lol
I want a "Masters of the Standing Wristlock" video for my own personal amusement 😂
batista will always have the best power bomb to me
there’s just a way he does it where it actually looks like he’s driving the guy down instead of just kinda dropping them which a lot of power bombs look like
Terry Gordy🤘
The "border toss" is basically a razor's edge with more height looks like it sucked too take. Surprised no one has used the doctor bomb as it's unique as it's just a gut wrench powerbomb
Jack Swagger used a Gutwrench Powerbomb as his finisher.
I like your narration during this one, it feels like you dont read off of a long, epic narration text, like it feels in your long doc videos. This feels more like youre just having fun, looking at powerbomb compilations and commenting on it. Lovely video, very fun and you keep our attention very well.
Oh and then you said it at the end of the video, I caught that well then:)
When it comes to new video ideas similar to this and the Lariat video, how about best suplexes? Another classic and theres so many versions, especially in puro, whether its Kings Road or joshis.
You've got great taste in powerbombs.
Edit: I actually forgot that Vader had a moonsault. Great memories of that one.
Another super satisfying move to watch. Good list.
My favorite type of wrestling move of all time. These are all so awesome.
Many masters of the powerbomb blessed to see all from 1980-Now
So glad to see Sid and Awesome in this thumbnail
I love seeing so many powerbombs and so many wrestlers getting the spotlight that they deserve, please continue to showcase all of these glorious wrestlers and their glorious moves❤❤❤
My favorite finish
The powerbomb is probably my favorite move in wrestling history.
great video :) happy that youtube recommended this one
Kawada's first "ganzo bomb," on Misawa was circumstantial. The second one was clearly with intent.
Thanks for highlighting Jerry Lynn’s sunset flip power bomb. First time I saw it was in a match between him and RVD. I literally had to rewind like 6 times to try and figure out what I had saw, kinda like when you see the Canadian destroyer for the first time.
Great video! If anything this has taught me that if you have or had a cool powerbomb, you are one of my favourite wrestlers. Would love to see a similar video on the German Suplex. Another common move many do but few have truly mastered
The title reminds me of the infamous Sid Vicious vs Kevin Nash match over who is The Master of the POWERBOMB!!!
Wasn't that Sid Vs Vader instead? Or Sid and Kevin Nash also had a powerbomb master feud?
@@paolopasaol9700 Sid and Nash had a powerbomb feud that ended in a Starrcade match with a really crappy finish.
@@fayezfawzi3255 Oh alrighty then.
So their powerbomb feud was WCW, whereas Sid Vs Vader powerbomb feud was WWF.
Gotta love seeing a big man do a powerbomb.
Wrestling wouldn't be the same without the Powerbomb. Great video like always KJ.
Big guys like Undertaker, Kane, Diesel, Sid Vicious, Razor Ramon and Vader could really make the powerbomb look so tremendous and explosive, but some of the lightweights deserve credit for being able to pull it off and make variantions of the move work so well. I'd say that Scott Hall's Razor's Edge/Outsider's Edge is my personal favorite.
How about the neckbreaker for a future video? The ones I know most are the Honky Tonk Man, Rick Rude, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Diamond Dallas Page (The DAAAAIMOND CUTTERRRR, as Bryan Zane, AKA Wrestling with Wregret would put it) and Randy Orton. but I'm sure you'd be able to find more wrestlers that got a lot out of that move.
What an amazing video!! I love when you do these formats like this. Similar to the "Top 50 Puro Finishers" the quick in and out cuts arw great. Also I like how you just flowed off the cuff 👍 👍
Fantastic video and love you mentioning the inventors of moves or the different versions.
I'm always got a soft spot for powerbombs. So much so I learned how to use it as a takedown defense and used it in my MMA debut. Great video as usual
One of my favourite wrestling moves and Sid's powerbomb was my favourite.
Hell yeah! Just discovered this, I see 20-minute video about the PowerBomb? SUBSCRIBED. 😁👍
Unsubscribing if you don't mention Dean Malenko and Eddie Guerrero's PowerBomb... Don't know what it is, for such small guys, their PowerBombs just looked so brutal! It's those and Brock Lesnar PowerBombs to Spike Dudley, I still don't understand how they weren't killing those guys, putting them through the mat! 💣 💥
You had my favourites there (Soul Powerbomb + Kawada Driver, Tiger Driver, Doctor Bomb, Liger Driver, Orange Crush, Blue Thunder - it's hard to pick just one favourite!), and gave some useful information about the origins of the bomb (and variants), but you also introduced me to the Splash Mountain (I had seen it in games of course, but not the wrestling that inspired it) and that's definitely being added to my list of favourites.
Max Smashmaster’s crucifix to sitout powerbomb truly is something to see live
18:48 I was wondering why the BT Bomb was not here LOL... one of my favorite powerbomb variants mainly because I put it on a (GBA) Fire Pro CAW as it essentially was one of two bombs in the game that looked the closest to the Crucifix (the other being the Kouya Otoshi)
You're so... Back, Kim
Really missed ya videos so much ❤️
Powerbombs are probably my second favorite basic wrestling finisher, just behind the DDT.
Never knew that Sid did a version that he drops down on one knee. That’s pretty bad-ass.
My favourite finishing finishing manoeuvers have always been those quick high impact strikes you can pull out at any moment, such as lariat, superkick, spear, or a knee strike, but the only move that breaks this formula in my all time top 5 is the powerbomb. There is just something so poetic about how you set it up, how you magically flip the opponent to your shoulders, and how unceremoniously you dump them from a great height. A fantastic and visually appealing setup followed by a ring collapsing impact that would believably end any fight. It's like a fantasy anime move in real life.
If I had to say my top 3 finishers of all time, it would probably be Clothesline from Hell by JBL, Jackknife by Kevin Nash, and Boma Ye by Shinsuke Nakamura.
Jun’s Blue Thunder Bomb was also called the Kentucky Bomb at one point
Kentucky Bomb was Kobashi’s pump handle into a sitout bomb
What about Quentin Rampage Jackson? First dude to land a powerbomb in an official MMA bout?
Suwama's version of the Last Ride (especially when Suwama was the guy in All Japan) is especially nasty to the point GAORA uses it in the opening package for the AJPW they upload on TH-cam.
In 1990 WWF, one of the first version of the team Orient Express, member Sato had a snap sit-out powerbomb that ended with Sato's legs over the victims shoulders for an instant pin as part of the move. They used it as the team finisher for awhile.
@thewrestlingroad Where's Judy Martin?
I'm sad PAC isn't in this video, his Liger bomb is one of the most vicious thing i've ever seen (i mean he literaly concuss people with it). And Hayashishita as well, her crucifix powerbomb is great
First time I saw a powerbomb was from a Japanese wrestler in 80s wwf (maybe genichiro tenryu or from one of the Japanese woman's tag teams) Lord Alfred Hayes called it the 'Drip Dry'
With a lot of Powerbombs here, you can see a lot of these still being used today. Willow Nightingale uses the Doctor Bomb, Liv Morgan uses the Jerry Lynn Sunset Bomb on occasion and of course Razor’s Edges, GUNTHER’s Powerbomb and Tiger Driver ‘91s for Will Ospreay.
Sid is the Master of the Powerbomb. The way he performed the move was perfection.
Would love to see more of these type of lists
Thanks for including indie guys like Ric Blade!
Spent the whole video going "cool but when's Vadar?" Him being the top mention is fitting!
Haa! 12:28
"What are we doing Lou?"
"Just let me pick you up from the waist and we'll figure it out then."
😄👍
Was just saying to a friend the other day how awesome this move can be. The high angle powerbombs are seriousssss stuff
Scott Hall's Crucifix Powerbomb (Razors/Outsiders Edge) will forever be my favorite finisher. Strength, height, opponent hanging helplessly, ability to choose time and angle of drop; no one ever kicked out. He learned it from Dan Spivey, and it's considered the most protected finisher in wrestling history.
This became my favorite move as a kid due to how Tony Schiavone said “It’s the POWERbomb!” in one of those old PS1 WCW games 🤣
those mike awesome bombs though.. often they land on their upper back but the velocity is so big that their neck muscle can't stop their heads from smashing into the mat..
Surprised you included Sid without mentioning Danny Spivey.
For old-time Japanese fans, powerbomb means Tenryu.
His match with Randy Savage was the pinnacle of Japanese-American pro wrestling.
往年のジャパニーズファンにとってはパワーボム＝天龍です。
ランディサベージとの試合は日米プロレスの究極でした。
Honorable mention to both Tomasso Ciampa and SHO with their powerbombs on the knees. Especially SHO who did a last ride version.
When Vader does it off the right shoulder that's always been my favourite, but Splash Mountain is a close second.
My old Powerbomb Mt. Rushmore: Batista, Bradshaw/JBL, Undertaker, Kane, Brock Lesnar
My new Powerbomb Mt. Rushmore:
Keith Lee, Oba Femi, Wardlow
Note: Gunther is awesome, but his powerbomb can be hit or miss.
Double note: I've never grown to watch Vader, Psycho Sid and Kevin Nash so I won't pretend that I can judge. Kevin Nash's Jacknife powerbomb to Randy Orton in 2003 was extremely awesome though.
Thanks for the amazing ❤
Thank you for giving credit to Kane's Powerbomb. I always liked it. It made him look like a monster and I liked how he had a similar move to the Undertaker yet agian keeping them with the similar move set. My only gripe with it is that on that very Smackdown game you reference, he did that VERY SUS looking pin right after.
All in all, you did leave me off the list. It's forgiveable, but ask my brother, I can give a pretty mean powerbomb that made him cry to my mom and get me in trouble on more than one occasion.
That little stick figure powerbomb animation for the Hall of Fame!
Loved the unscripted take on this - very different but it really worked with this video
Ahmed Johnson was also the first user of the tiger driver I saw growing up but I would have gave a mention to William Regal, his version he rarely did was so clean.
My neck is sore just watching this. What a move it is!
My favorite Keith Lee Spirit Bomb is his match on the indies against Johnny Silver. Johnny gets friggin AIR on that bomb!
Of course I love the Orange Crush and it would totally make it on my list. But if I'm thinking about Kobashi, there's no way I could put it over his Turnbuckle Powerbomb. It's so fun and brutal with the way people sell it all slumped over in the corner. Honorable mention would also be that classic 90's Powerbomb + Jackknife Pin combo he used.
Other standouts:
- Yuji Hino's Fucking Bomb
- Chris Benoit's Wild Bomb
- Super Dragon's Running Liger Bomb into the turnbuckle (that he would usually transition into an STF)
- Brock Lesnar's Triple Powerbomb from the early 2000's (and a shoutout to the innovator, Tatsuhito Takaiwa)
- Kensuke Sasaki's Tornado Bomb
- EVIL's Darkness Falls (Fireman's Carry Powerbomb)
- Toru Yano's Oni Koroshi (Spinebuster Kneeling Powerbomb)
- Roman Reign's Schoolboy Powerbomb
Team moves:
- Killer Elite Squad's Killer Bomb
- The Shield's 3-man Powerbomb
- The Dudley Boyz's 2nd Rope Sitout Powerbomb
They don't belong on the list unless they could powerbomb Kidman
Great video as per usual. If you wanted to do top rope moves I’d love to see one on shooting star variants.
I definitely wouldn’t wanna be on the receiving end of that border toss, Liv Morgan used to use a pretty awesome version of the sunset bomb on occasion.
In America before Sid vicious the power bomb was almost exclusively done by women wrestlers. Specifically Judy Martin of the glamor girls.
When talking about great Power-Bombs my mind immediately goes to D-Lo Brown's version. Not only was his one was the most pleasing aesthetically, but I also believe that his execution of it was always done in the safest way for his opponent--
oh no wait...MOSTLY always done safely for his opponent, my bad Droz!😬
Awesome Kong. Looks great and pretty safe.
20:02 My favourite indy wrestler Trent Acid getting his flowers 💐 🙏 the greatest wrestler never making to mainstream wrestling
WWE's Boogeyman had a nifty double choke lift fall out powerbomb that he used sometimes.
Also, the Hardy Boys in their earlier run in the Attitude era sometimes performed a sitout powerbomb that started with the opponent held above shoulder like an airplane spin except face down, and as the Hardy dropped, they lever flipped the opponent to land on his back between their legs. Might be more accurate to file it under a body slam variation, but the sitout part is what makes me lean towards bomb.
Kim, I love all your videos. I've been a wrestling fan since the early 80s. Honestly, some of these moves should only be used by their creators. Example - the Liger Bomb.