WWE Moves that Aren't Banned but Probably Should be

These WWE wrestling moves are dangerous but haven't been banned despite how risky they are and, in some cases, disturbing history.

[@TapOutCorner]

Do you think any of these moves should be banned?

[@dualshock3462]

Your channel should be banned, like we don't have enough stuff in pro wrestling banned and cancelled you PG woke snowflake.

[@prabhasharma9755]

@@dualshock3462 you should be banned

[@Jacob-qm5me]

@@dualshock3462Bro these moves cause life changing issues like getting paralysed but you think this is ok? You are so ignorant calling him woke is unrelated he is just saying his opinion no need to get mad and call him woke also you think he should be not pg? He needs to feed his family since youtube is kinda dumb when it comes to unfamily friendly content but you call him pg bro what do you want him to do show raw videos with mature images get a life.

[@isaiahmaestas5261]

@@Jacob-qm5me you are soft people like you are the reason why wwe sucks and why I watch AEW instead

[@Jacob-qm5me]

@@isaiahmaestas5261 You can't accept opinions that's sad also shut up about aew we don't care

[@bigchubbs2704]

Bad bunny doing the Canadian destroyer was satisfying to see a non wrestler executing a hard move

[@alexflynn5580]

That is what I had thought as well when they saw him hit it. As a non wrestler, he did pretty damn well for himself

[@18idlesuggest]

Bad Bunny's gotta be my favorite celebrity in wwe right now

[@TERPJERKZ710]

It’s all on the the person taking the Destroyer tbh.

[@juliensk]

@@TERPJERKZ710 yh it’s a pretty easy move to execute just hold on tight and let the wrestler taking it do all the work

[@TERPJERKZ710]

@@juliensk Facts, they gotta do a half backflip with your body weight on them.

[@ryanofficialyt4998]

I'm legit bout to sleep but lowkey had to watch this

[@agentnine3973]

Howd you sleep?

[@Foxy-r5g]

Same

[@Ritiox]

Same🤣

[@ryanofficialyt4998]

@@agentnine3973 quite good ngl

[@fadedchicken43]

same 💀

[@infinity9129]

Agreed that the Styles Clash Shouldn’t be Banned AKA The Faithbreaker

[@hrishikeshtalukdar6843]

Michelle McCool Reference

[@Jay-we2ek]

I'm not surprised the shooting star press isn't banned. It CAN be done well and quite safely, for example with a lighter weight guy onto a heavier guy. What I am surprised at is that Billy Kidman was ever allowed to do them.

[@snakeeyes2551]

It was banned but since Evan Bourne performed it well they let him use it as his finisher.

[@luisvelez1952]

Evan Bourne like AJ is less than six feet that the move is comfortable for him not for Brock because he is a big and heavy man witch is hard

[@snakeeyes2551]

@@luisvelez1952 That is true. Wrestlers such as Evan Bourne, Billy Kidman, Neville, Paul London, and Ricochet are around 5'8, 5'9, and 5,10 where as Brock Lesnar is 6'3.

[@batmansdad3195]

The one time it didn't work for Brock was when he had to outstretch. If angle was 5' closer that move would have had a different outcome.

[@ShinyMew76]

We also just saw a 250 pound man (one of the creed brothers) do it at NXT in your house recently

[@NickCamokidVisneski]

WWE: *bans move* AEW: "check THIS out!" Is probably why a lot of things go unbanned by WWE

[@MManmithaW]

Styles is the most trusted to perform the Styles Clash cos he does it so safely. Even in the Ellsworth incident, styles' reflexes was so fast that he put his feet down to the ring a millisecond before Ellsworth's head hit.

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

He does but the other guy still has to sell it and get in position properly. I'm sure they do this backstage or in training many times before doing it in the ring.

[@Michael-zt8rk]

If the person taking the clash knows how to take it, it's safer than a body slam

[@neosname1074]

Benoit should've stopped that flying headbutt before it was too late.

[@spookykid6666]

Well it’s toooo late lollll

[@jasontodd1896]

Headbutt wasn’t the issue

[@Oscarus4250]

​@@jasontodd1896 It kinda was. Not the only one, but it heavily impacted Benoit's brain.

[@EpicAndrew97]

@@jasontodd1896it was one of the many issues that lead to his demise

[@IntoxicatedGhost1]

The chair shots to the head didn't help either. It's all hindsight. People didn't think about it back then

[@fullmontymayhem]

Honestly, the destroyer is more safe than a regular piledriver, also the shooting star was banned for a few years until Evan Bourne (matt sydal) showed them how perfectly he hit it. Now wwe has a rule that you can only use some moves if you can hit it flawlessly 10 times in a row in a practice ring

[@markula_4040]

Really? If AEW had the rule there would be zero high flying moves at all.

[@fullmontymayhem]

@@markula_4040 it was after the Kidman kneeing chavo thing, that and I think juventud botching the 450 and hurting someone made them ban both moves for a few years (Lesnar being another major factor in the SSP)

[@jasontodd1896]

Piledriver is more safe than a destroyer. Regular piledriver is one of the safest move

[@Oscarus4250]

​@@jasontodd1896 If done correctly and both wrestlers cooperate. Look at Oven Hart vs Steve Austin in 1997

[@markmorabito1643]

What baffles me is why WWE allows the Canadian but not a traditional pile-driver. The recipient lands in pretty much the exact same position in both. As far as the diving headbutt, I've always hated the move. It just really looks unintelligent. I used to think it made Chris Benoit look bad that his move hurt him more than it hurt his opponent. I really wish Brock's shooting star press would have worked out at WrestleMania. If only Kurt were a bit closer, it could have been such an amazing moment, rather than the disaster it ended up being. He had done the move correctly several times in his early career.

[@Jay-we2ek]

You can roll out of a Destroyer, a normal piledriver, you can't really do that so much. Normal piledriver IS a higher risk to be spiked on your head, as the opponent sits downwards, a Destroyer, you're flipped into it and not spiked downwards.

[@markula_4040]

@@Jay-we2ek Makes sense but piledrivers started being banned after Austin's neck was compressed by Owen Hart but that was a sitout Tombstone no one was really using. I'm curious if normal piledrivers were also banned as a precautionary or is there a history of people being hurt by that version too.

[@jasontodd1896]

Exactly

[@himalsinjali7402]

SSP should not be banned it’s a beautiful move if done correctly

[@TophDaGreat]

What confused me about Austin Aries was he never used the brianbuster in his NXT run (used a spinning forearm), so I assumed they must have told him not to do the move, but I've seen the move used by others in NXT and NXT UK. Never really got that.

[@fuvkjeremiah]

because the brain buster was overused in nxt so he didn’t use it as a finisher

[@zenos02]

Plus Aries is a small guy (as far as WWE Talent Standards) so I guess they didn't trust him to pull off the move after long matches

[@kodiak1984]

It was banned while Aries was in WWE. If i remember rightly, WWE banned any and every move that meant you would land on your head or neck or thereabouts as a prevention for head and neck injuried. WWE had a few too many of them at the time! They even banned Seth Rollins Stomp for a little while too for the same reason

[@huffy6192]

AJ actually makes sure the recipient, is safe. Before, executing.

[@Jay-we2ek]

You can't really make sure of that, it's the type of move that's totally reliant on the opponent placing his chin in the right place (it's just usually the opposite of where you place it, normally you tuck the chin on a lot of moves). Maybe it's that fact that makes it dangerous. If you don't opposite do what you'd normally do, you may f*ck up your neck.

[@terrorazeing]

True, plus I think the "impact" once both men land on the mat is focused more on the legs/lower body of the recepient instead on the upper body

[@brandonsettle8089]

On the Styles Clash move it's not just done by AJ, Michelle Mccool has used it just under the name of the Faith Breaker

[@snakeshadows6993]

I had forgotten that she also used it. It's definitely a move that requires exact precision to ensure wrestler safety.

[@brandonsettle8089]

@@snakeshadows6993 it's probably why AJ saves it for PPV matches nowadays, but I have a feeling he didn't use it in the match with Edge

[@snakeshadows6993]

@@brandonsettle8089 I know, in a lot of cases, wrestlers will adopt other finishing maneuvers when their current move it deemed too dangerous to be used safety. The Undertaker did use The Last Ride as his primary finisher for a while. Even though he and Kane were allowed to use their Tombstone Variant. The piledriver was banned after Stone Cold suffered a neck injury at the hands of Owen Hart.

[@jimmyhitmewiththatgame]

well it's not even faith breaker, its underhook pancake or air crash.

[@EirinYagokoro]

Shooting star press was banned in the mid 2000s. It was only unbanned after Matt Sydal/Evan Bourne performed it flawlessly in late 2000s. Canadian destroyer isn't banned because Vince actually loves that move

[@kodiak1984]

I think it was banned at one point. WWE banned the piledriver and as the canadian destroyer is considered to be a flip piledriver, all the more reason to have it banned. Then again, wwe didnt have anyone who could take the move well and do it safe. But i like thay they use it in select spots, to make the move feel special and not to over use

[@adryanfifa7966]

I think the stomp from Alberto del Rio should be banned, because some wrestler still uses the move and it’s very dangerous.

[@donovanbradford8231]

So here's the thing about the diving headbutt it was kinda of a low key ban for a while after Beniot's death. The only person who I think used it was Umaga. I know in the games for a few years he was the only person who could do the move. But after Beniot's death was no longer fresh in people's minds they let everyone start using the move. Hell the crippler cross face was the same.

[@airocanivel]

The bridging German Suplex always looks so dangerous to me. It’s as if the user of the move would break his/her neck upon execution.

[@Deathpool_04]

I sill wondered if German Suplexes, especially the bridged versions, had played a part in Benoit having CTE.

[@Tsunderebolt]

@@Deathpool_04 some of the suplex landings did look pretty brutal on his end

[@Deathpool_04]

@@Tsunderebolt Yeah, not much protection doing those moves. The persons your doing it on has land almost above his head and you’ll most likely hit your head doing it, especially the German Suplexes. Similar to the diving headbutt, he was doing crazy stuff with the Germans. He was doing it off of ladders and steel cages.

[@guywith37subs]

You do that in IRL to someone. They dead right away

[@ajye8935]

@@Deathpool_04 Benoit does the German suplex safe even Kurt Angle who has history of neck injuries trust him to do it too Kurt multiple times. Diving headbutt and his mental health issues triggered his CTE

[@squizzy3617]

0:47 it was a signature for Benoit, not a finisher.

[@tripleo4255]

3:25 I'm a medical health professional with a specialty in geriatric lobotomy and I 100% agree with your assessment here 2 more inches and Taker would have passed away instantly upon impact in front of all the fans omg pray for Taker

[@Shad0wPh0enixXx]

The Kevin Owns bump in the war games match was narly, I know its 'fake' but his head I swear bounced off the metal sheet in the middle. Surprised the guy even got up after that

[@taurokhun1014]

I love how efficient your videos are and not stretched to 10-20 mins

[@shonmoody1706]

It always looked like the ring had extra bounce to it toward the prime days of ECW. That's why I think many wrestlers could get away with more dangerous moves. In Japan they seem to use many more dangerous moves. That's why I always liked Kenny Omega in New Japan since he could use his whole move-set. I often wonder why other wrestling organizations never used a more trampoline type ring so more dangerous moves could be used safely. I think That's why Tazz was buried in WWE since Taz-plexed Angle on his head. I think it ws harder for him to be able to execute his suplexes safely in WWE due to his height, and WWE wrestlers being taller than the ones he worked with in ECW. I've never seen his front capture suplex being used in WWE since.

[@eclipse619_]

Shooting star press should only be used by experienced high flyers who know how to do the move properly such as ricochet

[@ShinyMew76]

I still wish the piledriver was safe and not banned. It’s my favorite move type in all of wrestling. It looks cool and funny. I wish there was a safe way to perform it. Speaking of, if the Tornado DDT is allowed (which looks a lot more dangerous than a piledriver) is allowed but not the piledriver

[@raybajamunde]

I can't believe that despite the fact that piledrivers are banned in WWE (except for the tombstone), they allow the most dangerous variation of it which is the Canadian Destroyer.

[@alexflynn5580]

How is it "the most dangerous"?

[@nwodmf]

@@alexflynn5580 its not.. in fact its probably safer overall as most of the time whoever is doing the move just takes a back bump and the person taking the move just lands on them.....half of this list is just bullshit lies.... brain busters only as dangerous as a supxlex....

[@elhadj3475]

@@nwodmf ikr

[@markula_4040]

I'm still amazed to this day that people fail to mention just how far Kurt was from Brock on that shooting star press. He was over half the ring away. Usually that move is done with the downed opponent much closer to the corner and if Kurt was, Brock may not have botched that move. Look how far he has to jump while rotating in the opposite direction.

[@reideley4398]

I feel like if Yoshi had not said anything the Styles Clash would have been used more often in WWE

[@snakeshadows6993]

I've honestly never been that impressed by the brainbuster move. I don't even use it in 2k22 when creating a wrestler. But I can see why it would be dangerous. It definitely takes precision and strength to pull it off. I definitely agree with the flying headbutt being banned. Especially after the incident with Chris Benoit. As for the Styles Clash, I would probably only trust Styles to use it over anyone else since he's being doing it for years and knows how to do it safely.

[@snakeshadows6993]

Also remembered that Michelle McCool used the Styles Clash during her career. She called it The Faith Breaker.

[@jamiemacmillan8834]

The muscle buster by Samoa Joe literally ended Tyson Kidds career

[@samac4323]

Tyson is still with WWE but not as a wrestler anymore ( because of the muscle buster incdent). He's a producer for the company now .

[@OG_DouG]

​@@samac4323 he meant career as a wrestler. but that neck injury was much worse than a career ender. Tyson Kidd's lucky to be alive and walking

[@matthewradford7504]

I love you vids keep up the good work

[@jaemajor]

0:42 “Bah Gawd I Don’t Know Who Got the Worse of it”

[@d.a.5161]

I heard Evan Bourne Made the shooting Star press more than 60 times before he was allowed to use it as a finisher. And it's funnier after watching his AEW Botch. Bye the way i'm surprised by the Canadian Destroyer isn't Used a finisher and by the way Finn balor and aj Styles 1916/bloody sunday is not a brainbuster. It's a single lifting ddt

[@KeeperOfPoops]

As much as i'd like to watch the list of wrestlers who died on TV i can't becuase it's blocked on copywrong grounds, what a shame because i bet it's a great video

[@TahishaArvo]

the diving headbutt was not Benoit's finisher, but a signature of his

[@numpty7320]

I think if Kurt wasn’t so far from the corner lesnar may have been able to successfully perform his shooting star. He almost had it. I believe having to put so much distance on it hindered his rotation ability. Not blaming Kurt, it’s all an unfortunate accident.

[@kodiak1984]

Brock used to do the SSP in OVW at distance. He slipped on the top rope slightly which meant he coukdnt gain thw right momentum to reach angle. Brock might be the reason why WWE dont let their big guys do flippy shit

[@ECHOKINGXD]

Both companies need to ban some of these we don’t want wrestlers to retire early or maybe even die

[@odysseus2k1]

I've never tried wrestling, but the move that I would hesitate to take would definitely be the german suplex. Imagine accidentally landing at the back of your neck.

[@remcoverstrepen7222]

Michelle mccool used the “stiles clash” just resently, but she did it first in WWE as the “faithbreaker” ;) I honnestly enjoy hers more

[@newboss2476]

Wow right time to post DO BELL TO BELL WITH THE MCMOHON FAMILY DO TRIPLE H AND THE REST IN LIVE STREAM

[@middlifekrysis4750]

That was all morrison with the bad bunny destroyer. He lifted him and flipped into it 100% on his own.

[@Footy_Fan]

Is the Vertabreaker banned? I would certainly think so. That finisher scared me to death everytime Helms hit one.

[@kodiak1984]

Yes, ita banned. The Hurricane used it once and that was the one and only time it was used in WWE.

[@Gamer_kill124]

The Canadian destroyer It’s like a Front flip and piledriver bro

[@dasking8922]

Id never do a diving headbutt even for a mill

[@Tsunderebolt]

I'd do it once but i wouldnt make it a regular staple of a moveset

[@kodiak1984]

The shooting star WAS banned for many years after Billy Kidman severely injuried Chavo Guerrero, landing on his head! It was reintroduced once Evan Bourne proved he could do the move safely. As for the stylez clash, its a safe move. If it goes wrong, its the fault of the person recieving it!

[@masterofbloopers]

I thought the Diving Headbutt was banned. I can't believe it's not, especially after seeing what it did to every person who used it for years on end.

[@billymelia8751]

Keep doing these videos they are so great

[@codyeble0713]

When Brock did that shooting star press... that poor ring

[@rightlibertarian8355]

Diving headbutt caused a lot of concussions in pro wrestling. Also Seth Rollins curb stomp should be on the list

[@some_shitposting_idiot3023]

Why should the curb stomp be on the list? Seth performs it safely

[@thesilentsociety3252]

Apron Powerbomb always scares me whenever it's busted out, 1st time I ever saw it done was Moose did it in ROH, gotta suck for the person on the receiving end

[@owenchapman8320]

Mans said Goldberg did a botched Brainbuster when it was actually one of the more truer displays of the move. half the time people aren't even hitting Brainbusters they're just doing vertical suplexes

[@patrickkanas3874]

In all fairness to the diving headbutt wrestlers today do it differently so that they can protect their heads. Noone actually makes head to head contact and sometimes their heads don't even hit anything

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

Yea, they generally lead in with their shoulder if you look at some of them on this video. One move the WWE has banned is the simple piledriver, the move that really hurt Steve Austin.

[@agentorange1156]

The diving headbutt should 100% be banned Harley race did it as safe as you could neck issues and not a good life as an old man Dynamite kid did it more recklessly and became a shell of himself and confined to a wheel chair Chris Benoit did it without any self preservation and eventually lost his mind.

[@damonsghost9235]

Anything is dangerous when you add tables ladders and chairs(oh my!). The norwinski foundations guidelines have so many moves are already banded. Sigh Goldberg was concussed and performing in hundred degree weather. The move was a botched jackhammer.

[@vobic13]

i remember back when no one would take a Canadian destroyer, now everyone and their grandmother does it making the move boring as shit just like the super kick. also the Styles Clash was banned in wwe, it only got unbanned thanks to chris jericho when aj and himself had a match, chris jericho pushed and pushed vince to unban the move. would of thought someone who does videos like this would of known that.

[@lebronjamesfan5566]

Love your videos

[@TimothyRoberts-l4t]

This is another great one

[@arianjamali6183]

A video on the banned moves?

[@infinity9129]

imma be honest, The BrainBuster always looked like a suplex, except that they jump

[@ez9966]

Best promo of all time

[@infinity9129]

Diving Headbutt Should just not be used, not banned

[@elhadj3475]

makes no sense

[@Keerat-Batter-every-Day]

Man How you pick your last. Line And Easley Relat too your old Video.

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

I will never forget Goldburgs botched Jackhammer. Have hoped he’d not step foot in a ring ever sense.

[@samac4323]

It's funny, Because he's wrestling Roman at Elimination Chamber next week

[@princevageta4932]

My favourite move is brain buster

[@Plumbing.repairs]

I always thought the worst shooting star press was when billy Kidman performed it and his knee slammed right into Chavo’s temple

[@DFusions_]

The Styles clash isn't banned cause no one in wrestling does It other than AJ I've only seen a few people do it and two of them only did it once and Christopher Daniels did it against Adam Cole in tribute too AJ

[@cwfqayin]

For me, moves that give the impression of brain trauma risk like the piledriver, the DDT, the brainbuster, the curbstomp is what makes me like to watch wrestling. I really love to imagine what kind of brain and neck damages these moves would cause.

[@gibsonusa2]

Kinda feel like Billy Kidman blowing our his ear drum on a botched shooting star may be a little more worse than Lesnar's.

[@firstblood400]

Couple of things: 1. You pointed out Daniel Bryan and Lars Sullivan use the move in WWE (both of them arent even signed anymore). No current WWE star uses that move. 2. Goldberg was supposed to do the Jackhammer to the Undertaker. Not a brainbuster

[@bermanmcknighttv9427]

wait you made a video about fighters almost dying

[@nathanchristman6660]

the fact that brock almost got that while exhausted shows just how athletic he is

[@varunaeeriyaulla]

Finn Balor was doing his 1916 in NXT. It is only banned on the main roster.

[@abhijitmore4769]

Goldberg didn't botch the brainbuster, he botched the jackhammer slam....

[@vernermattiasnikeborn5474]

What about Piledriver?

[@SpudMcKeegan]

I loved Billy Kidman as a kid. Watching him doing the Shooting Star Press now is so cringey.

[@deveshbhambhani8896]

I think you should do a video on the miz vs dolph ziggler rivalry

[@edmundonene8803]

Really, diving Head butt is very Cool.

[@BrianHallmond]

Didn't Paul London or his tag partner give Chavo a serious concussion off a shooting star press on smackdown back in the 2000s? Maybe it was a 450. It was pretty horrible though! Chavo was out cold.

[@donovanbradford8231]

Yes, Billy Kidman sadly botched the move back in 2004 where he clipped Chavo around the head area and Chavo was legit taken off tv to recover. Kidman did feel terrible about to the point of WWE turned it into a full blown heel turn story between Kidman and London.

[@pokesprout7469]

Billy Kidman shooting star press was horrible

[@Yoshwayy]

Seth has literally injured 3 people with the buckle bomb…dude isn’t safe.

[@rickwroten145]

listen brock and angle one no know has ever thought of this but angle was to far away from brock

[@Jay-we2ek]

Wouldn't matter, even if Angle was perfectly in place, Brock under rotated. He'd have landed on Kurt in the same way he landed on the mat. Ie, on his neck, on top of Kurt.

[@Jay-we2ek]

Not enough rotation regardless of Kurt's position basically.

[@Deathpool_04]

@@Jay-we2ek We don’t know if he would’ve hit it if Angle was closer but he really was so far away for Brock to hit it properly on him though.

[@sameerkashyap1750]

Diving Headbutt is just stupid. Like it's actually just not worth it. The man who made the move regrets making it.

[@zanethind]

Wait I thought the Diving Headbutt was Benoit's Signature not Finisher?

[@JonnyDollars]

Banned moves aka “Seth Rollins move set”

[@cyrex6519]

Not sure if anyone still uses it but Steiner driver?

[@jasontodd1896]

Banning moves has always been stupid. Any move in wrestling can kill you. Someone got injured by a basic hip toss (cena). Or a simple back bump. Ban dangerous wrestlers not moves

[@greghuffman3061]

thank god undertaker was undead otherwise he woulda never survived that brain bustah

[@mohamadqtr9753]

Big e spear

[@jasontodd1896]

The regular piledriver shouldn’t be banned. It’s one of the most safest move . More safer than the destroyer. One of the many reasons why wwe is a joke with banning moves

[@travistravieso7344]

Worst shooting star press was Hayabusa whi landed on his head and was paralyzed

[@infinity9129]

Shooting Star Press Shouldn’t be banned for lighter wrestlers

[@huffy6192]

The video with Kidman and Chavo, doesn’t really prove your point.

[@FungiRy91]

Have of these aren't used anymore in wwe

[@sebastiianfelipe]

michelle mccool does the style clash

[@todaysik]

추억의 ECW.

[@krazah-killa8504]

I think a 300lbs Brock Lesnar shouldn't have done that in the first place

[@EnnardZL]

To be fair the shooting star press and brainbuster isn’t that bad can it cause a serious injury? Yes but those moves don’t really have a bad legacy the brainbuster is a modified suplex, the shooting star obviously has to be in perfect position but these days wrestlers hit it to perfection so I don’t think it needs to be banned

[@walker819sfigurewrestling6]

The only move I agree should be banned is the diving head but. Nothing else is anymore dangerous than wrestling it’s self. The head but causes damage each time it’s performed. These moves when done properly also do damage but not on a scale larger than most other wrestling moves. They’re dangerous because it’s wrestling. They’re not dangerous because they’re dangerous.

[@Deathpool_04]

The thing about it is that if Chris was actually hitting people with it. Angle said that Benoit’s didn’t really hit. His head would connect but not enough force would make it so that it would hurt Benoit. Angle also went on to say that it might’ve because of the whiplash that came from the diving headbutt along with how Benoit had neck issues which would mess with the brain as well. However, it’s possible that Benoit did hit people with it since back then, it was a badge of honor to work while hurt.

[@marukoamv2424]

The diving headbutt is plain stupid. Logically how is that gonna damaged your opponent more than urself?

[@Stingray2256]

Never doubt AJ🙂🙂

[@notlocjones6081]

Common now.... This show already has a hard enough time coming up with a decent story line. Don't take the moves away. Then they'll have absolutely nothing