Maybe It Isn't So Absurd After All

The Canadian Destroyer has gotten a rap from me of being contrived and such. Well, it has something on a few more "realistic" moves... it's been done in a shoot.



Yep, that's a Russian sambo match, and yes, that's a kid pulling off a Canadian Destroyer. There's one big difference. The kid who performed the move did it out of a counter. Still, it's pretty amazing. Maybe it's not that bad of a move after all?

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Highspots Have Come to Amateur Wrestling

Long has the sport of amateur wrestling influenced the artform of professional wrestling. Just look at guys like Rick Steiner, Kurt Angle and even now, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger. But the staged thing could never inform the real thing, right? Right?



In all seriousness though, that is one majorly athletic move there. I'm even more impressed that he was able to get him in a mock Karelin lift out of it as well.

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