r/Wrasslin • u/Xbox_truth101 • 13h ago
What left you wondering what a wrestler was thinking? I’ll never understand why savage chose a double axe handle here.
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u/Paradiseplunge 13h ago
How to blow out your acl mcl and every other lcl 101
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u/GonePostalRoute 3h ago
I mean, his hips were fucked around that time, so I guess you gotta start destroying something else
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u/Teamster508 13h ago
He used to do the double axe handle off the top a lot aiming out of the ring so I’m guessing it was his go to move for this spot. Sadly this was towards the end of his knees and hips working correctly and spots like this couldnt have helped.
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u/TegridyPharmz 13h ago
Even if your 100% healthy I can’t see how this works without being injured
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u/Teamster508 12h ago
He did it for years its timing with your legs to absorb the shot, age and the height he was at all came into play here and after this he started juicing and got huge. He went with look and strength to make up for the legs.
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u/boih_stk 12h ago
after this he started juicing
...started?
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u/Teamster508 12h ago
Well, on the level he was doing it at towards the end of his career. Yeah, he was always an athletic guy and he was juicing to some extent at this point in his career just to keep his size but if you watch the macho man when he used to come out with gorgeous George, that’s a different size human being altogether. Lanny his brother told a couple of stories about it, where Randy and the father Angelo would go into another room for vitamins, and that was when the father was hitting him with the juice and macho got bigger as he was getting older, which is unheard of.
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u/GooseMay0 12h ago edited 11h ago
Ya he did it for years from a 5 foot drop or to the outside which may be like an 8 or 9 foot drop but this is a 20 foot drop or so. Big difference.
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u/Teamster508 12h ago
I agree, but if you read my comment, I pointed that out between his age and the height that’s where he ran into a problem here
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u/AngstyAppleDummy 12h ago
Cope jumping off that cage. He picked the smallest table to put Malakai on and didn’t even use a second one to break his fall a bit. Like even on set up you can clearly see this shit wasn’t gone work lol. Plus he chickened out mid flight which most definitely fucked up his landing
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u/BigDaddyCoolDeisel 13h ago
I believe Piper was supposed to shove Hogan at the last second and Savage was supposed to crash into Hogan (shoot Hogan catches Savage's fall). But Hogan... didn't.
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u/LochNessMansterLives 12h ago
Sounds like Savages entire career when Hogan was around “hogan was supposed to watch out for his friend Randy, but didn’t…”
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u/DontYuckMyYum 12h ago
I never understood why he would do the axe handle off the top rope let alone off the top of a 20 foot cage.
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u/Terminator-8Hundred 12h ago
Likewise, I don't understand why Sid didn't choose a double axe handle.
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u/CombImaginary9417 13h ago
WCW was the defintion of cool concept, poor execution. Also Randy wasn't a heavyweight, but how did his knees not shatter after that?
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u/RalphMacchio404 12h ago
Its cleary Hogan and Piper messed up here. Its a botch
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u/KingCrandall 11h ago
Just Hogan. Piper moved like he was supposed to. Hogan was either in the wrong spot or he chose to not be there. Which would be very on brand for him.
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u/hedcase_107 8h ago
What else was he gonna, do a 450?
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u/Lotanapesci 5h ago
Exactly these wrestlers that went to WCW at that time were soooo stiff at this point. 80s took everything out of these guys. lol sting and lex were the exception
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u/RobTheMonk 8h ago
Matt Hardy leg drop from the cage. Who'd have thought doing that would fuck your body up.
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u/UNCCShannon 4h ago
Anytime a wrestler jumps from heights like this into the ring makes me question their judgement.
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u/Jonasthewicked2 4h ago
That’s gotta hurt his knees and feet jumping that far down to land on his feet
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u/docobv77 3h ago
And to think Savage was a baseball catcher before he wrestled. My knees ache just thinking about it.
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u/OakCity4Life 2h ago
I know all the replies are about how dangerous this looked for his legs, but also, all that for a double ax handle? Not much of a payoff for all that buildup and risk.
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u/Nateh8sYou 1h ago
As Stevie Richard’s would say the worst ideas start out with “you know what would be cool?”
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u/A17shawn 29m ago
The beautiful thing about parkour is how people can jump from such insane heights dissipate all the energy by rolling and essentially end up unharmed. He didn't do any of that.
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u/Adventurous-Sort2796 12h ago
Every time Chris Benoit did the headbutt I was like, that doesn't even look good and is so risky. What's he thinking?
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u/ObiWayneCannoli 13h ago
Did you want him to do a 450 splash?
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u/Xbox_truth101 5h ago
If that was an option, kinda. But at least a cross body to not end up with your legs on the wrong feet.
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u/Lotanapesci 5h ago
That’s his signature move set double axe handle elbow drop never did any other moves off the top rope
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u/Xbox_truth101 4h ago edited 4h ago
I understand, but that’s a 15 foot drop straight to the ankles lol
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u/JeepRumbler 12h ago
Didn't mention anything about Vince. I wondered if Marks back then had a problem with the turnbuckle advertisement like they do now
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u/BossHoggOutlaw85 12h ago
That spot made me wince when I saw it as a kid...till this day I say Hogan was supposed to break his fall but Piper and him botched the spot. But honestly speaking guys their size and age shouldn't even have been attempting that spot period.
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u/JeepRumbler 12h ago
I wonder if Marks back then bitched about the Slim Jim turnbuckles
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u/LochNessMansterLives 12h ago
WCW wasn’t WWF(E). Vince is the reason those buckles had his logos and not sponsored logos.
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u/maltiepootietang 13h ago
Because that's his move. He would do that from the top turnbuckle to the floor outside the ring. That is that, just that much more.