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Hi there! Once a month, we'll talk about a wrestling move and the wrestlers that do them. This month's move: the lariat. quote:In wrestling, a lariat is performed when an attacking wrestler runs towards an opponent and wraps an arm around the opponent's upper chest or neck, forcing him / her to the ground. This move is similar to a clothesline, the difference being that in a clothesline the wrestler's arm is kept straight to his / her side during the move, while in the lariat the wrestler strikes the opponent with his arm often in a swinging motion and sometimes dropping face first besides the opponent. Lariat discussion questions: - Who has the best lariat in wrestling history? - Can a lariat be a convincing finisher? Do you always buy it or does it take a specific wrestler to buy it? - In your own words, what's your definition of a lariat vs a clothesline? - What are lariat variations that you enjoy? Who does a lariat variation that you enjoy? And whatever else comes up in your mind! Share a video if you please. Have all the fun in the world. It feels disrespectful to not have the obvious choice here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18HucZx6as
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Nov 1, 2019 07:00
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Kobashi had a pretty great Lariat too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xah4D08faE
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Nov 1, 2019 07:07
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shingo has the best current lariat for sure. spinning and discus lariats are also, the best.
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Nov 1, 2019 07:14
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Jumbo Lariat. I love the way he plants his feet. I love the way he sort of turns his head down like he is throwing a huge haymaker. https://i.imgur.com/fPmbnw6.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/2XbAuLh.mp4 and I feel it's unfair to post but here is one of him lariating kikuchi https://i.imgur.com/fPmbnw6.mp4
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Nov 1, 2019 07:42
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Best modern lariat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y96K9laTygc
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Nov 1, 2019 09:39
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do variations count. good sell here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JAptFiLAVE
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Nov 1, 2019 09:57
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The difference between a Lariat and a Clothesline is if you kill a mother fucker with it's a Lariat.
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Nov 1, 2019 10:23
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Clotheslines turn people inside out while lariats knock people cold
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Nov 1, 2019 10:48
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VJKwX8nZyU PUMPING BOMBER
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Nov 1, 2019 11:01
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The Lariat is like the Spear in the sense that the only way to make it look good is to give no fucks about the welfare of your opponent. So either be blind like Stan Hansen or a dickmunch like JBL
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Nov 1, 2019 11:07
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AXE BOMBER! is one of the best names for this the most perfect of strikes
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Nov 1, 2019 18:02
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Nov 1, 2019 18:05
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i get that i'm the YOSHI-HASHI fan on this forum but i unironically think he has one of the best lariats in the business https://twitter.com/KVR216/status/1152164384208297984 https://twitter.com/MrLARIATO/status/789411293979549696 i love how he angles it upwards like a european uppercut, it looks like he loving decapitates people. i wish he'd use it as a finisher instead of karma
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Nov 1, 2019 19:39
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Nikita Koloff's Russian Sickle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PdW-gOJobc Also, this whole promo. Nikita's facial expressions as David Crockett argues with Ivan Koloff (and the in ring reactions of The Barbarian and Paul Jones at the end)
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Nov 1, 2019 19:49
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Tomohiro Ishii. Close thread.
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Nov 1, 2019 19:49
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close this poo poo up. we've got a lot of things to cry about
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Nov 1, 2019 20:02
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Low Desert Punk posted:i love how he angles it upwards like a european uppercut, it looks like he loving decapitates people. i wish he'd use it as a finisher instead of karma It looks like hes giving himself a fist bump for doing an awesome lariat. Would this be considered a "crooked arm lariat"? I see that name thrown around occasionally like for Hogan's Axe Bomber but I'm not seeing the difference with other lariats
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Nov 1, 2019 20:21
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Ringo Roadagain posted:Jumbo Lariat. I love the way he plants his feet. I love the way he sort of turns his head down like he is throwing a huge haymaker.
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Nov 2, 2019 04:54
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Hangman Page's Buckshot Lariat is really good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mATMMnGR9BQ
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Nov 2, 2019 05:02
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Rotation is an important part of any lariat. If you want a good lariat you need to study the master.
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Nov 2, 2019 05:13
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Drake Younger used to do a super gnarly counter lariat that Bray Wyatt smartly stole
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Nov 2, 2019 05:14
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Nov 2, 2019 05:16
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Since apparently this variation was super interesting to ONLY me because I can't find a way to find it, my favorite version of the Buckshot Lariat is this one time on Being the Elite where I saw him set up two chairs so he could do the flip beforehand. I wish I could remember the context or episode so I could share it, but gently caress it.
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Nov 2, 2019 05:17
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No Irish Need Imply posted:good lord!!! I meant to post this one too instead of the Kikuchi one twice https://i.imgur.com/wyNkhXK.mp4
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Nov 2, 2019 06:25
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if I recall, JBL's Clothesline from Hell is a lariat and I quite liked that. but i think mine has to be Hansen or Kobashi. though now Jumbo's is up there for me. that's one dude i really need to watch more of. i wanna say Takeshi Morishima had a pretty nasty lariat too but i haven't watched a match of his in forever to say. Honorable mention to my guy Nigel. When the setup looked goofy, he still delivered the goods and when his setup was good, oh my god, he murdered dudes. Baffles me how lazy Moxley made his at times. 
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Nov 2, 2019 08:30
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is there a reason why nobody in wwe uses the lariat as a finish? (that i know of at least, i can't think of anyone) seems like a very wwe-friendly finisher because you can hit it on anybody and it's such a visceral, visually appealing move
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Nov 2, 2019 09:47
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I think Luke Harper's discus lariat is a finisher, but i don't remember the last match he won to actually say. Ariya Daivari does a hammerlock lariat iirc. but as far as i know, no one uses a straight up lariat. if i had to guess why, maybe because they wouldn't be able to differentiate on commentary what makes someone's finishing lariat special vs. a clothesline everyone else does because they have no faith in the viewers whatsoever. so instead everyone will just have some variant of an STO.
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Nov 2, 2019 09:55
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Kensuke Sasaki had a pretty nasty one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVGVhf82HVY
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Nov 2, 2019 11:19
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Huntman posted:Honorable mention to my guy Nigel. When the setup looked goofy, he still delivered the goods and when his setup was good, oh my god, he murdered dudes. Baffles me how lazy Moxley made his at times. Always good to be reminded that Nigel McGuinness was literally the best wrestler in the world when he was in his prime 
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Nov 2, 2019 12:02
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Nigel rules. Watching him grow and improve has been one of the best parts of watching through old ROH.
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Nov 2, 2019 12:13
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Ok, Nikita Koloff used the 'Russian Sickle'. Was that a Lariat or a Clothesline?
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Nov 2, 2019 18:01
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ChrisBTY posted:Ok, Nikita Koloff used the 'Russian Sickle'. Was that a Lariat or a Clothesline? A lariat too many people were afraid to take (seriously, watch vids of him hitting it and you'll see guys bumping before he connects. Like a lot. He was really strong, really green, and really stiff.) Davros1 fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Nov 2, 2019 |
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Nov 2, 2019 18:31
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Low Desert Punk posted:is there a reason why nobody in wwe uses the lariat as a finish? (that i know of at least, i can't think of anyone) WALTER has been using it on WWE shows.
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Nov 2, 2019 19:13
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Sickle
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Nov 3, 2019 04:14
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that gif seems to disprove this postProkhor Zakharov posted:Clotheslines turn people inside out while lariats knock people cold
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Nov 3, 2019 05:09
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Nikita's was more his own unique thing where he kept his arm wrapped on your head and tried to remove it from your neck
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Nov 3, 2019 16:39
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Davros1 posted:Sickle  also a top-notch ref sell
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Nov 3, 2019 22:58
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I'm pretty sure an Ax Bomber is specifically a rising crooked arm lariat. Im torn between Shingos pumping bomber and Kobashis pickup burning lariat for my favourite.
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Nov 5, 2019 17:38
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No Irish Need Imply posted:It feels disrespectful to not have the obvious choice here:
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Nov 5, 2019 18:47
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Delayed double post
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Nov 5, 2019 19:25
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