Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The Best Moves Ever: Davey Boy Smith's Running Powerslam

The powerslam is one of the oldest and most common moves in wrestling. Most people do it out of the Irish whip, but there are a few that do it out of a scoop grapple, with the victim resting over the shoulder. "Dr. Death" Steve Williams is said to have innovated the running variant of this move, but I grew up on another guy making it famous, that being the "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith. Smith was one of the greatest big men wrestlers of all-time, but he was also one of the many tragic figures lost to drug abuse. Still, even today, this move looks damn impressive.