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I'm getting very bored of Canadian destroyers and their varients, especially Adam Cole's really stupid version of it which makes literally zero sense.
I'm a big proponent of protecting moves, especially finishers, and think that you shouldn't bury someone else's finish by using it early in a different match on the card for a 2 count.
If Adam Cole could do it without his feet touching the ground in a smooth motion it would be godly...but he's it looks dumb as is. I'm also going to say the BOOM is kinda meh because he has those tiny baby knees.
I totally get what your saying, I loved when Osprey tried to use the OWW and Kenny IMMEDIATELY got up off the one count and was just like no fuck that and fuck you. Not a burial but yes finishers should be protected unless part of the story.
Haha, I meant to say shouldn't.
Ospreay / Omega is an example of when it was done well. Ospreay was doing it to mock Omega, as it isn't a move he has ever done before so he didn't "do it right" and so Omega didn't "take much damage". That's fine.
What annoys me most is when someone takes a finisher and uses it as a transitional move, especially one that looks like it should be a killer.
This is where I think Ospreay has improved a ton, he used to be the king of flippy shit - which is great as a spectacle - but is now much better at the psychology of his matches.
I agree and maybe I'm just old, but it's crazy to see it become a transition move everyone and their mother uses, when almost 20 years ago it was the most innovative finisher out there.
I know this is far from the only case of a finisher becoming a regularly used move, but at least with something like the DDT, the execution looks pretty simple.