The Superkick has a long history in professional wrestling and remains one of the best finishing moves around. It's a versatile offensive weapon - you can either hit someone with a Superkick out of nowhere or build up the move against a staggered opponent to pump up the crowd - and when done properly it looks vicious.
"Gentleman" Chris Adams created the Superkick in the '80s, but WWE legend Shawn Michaels will forever be remembered as the master of the Superkick. Michaels re-named the move "Sweet Chin Music," and as a finisher it was on par with the Stone Cold Stunner and the Rock Bottom.
In 2016, however, everyone does the Superkick. It's become a normal move, popping up in matches at nearly the same frequency as a DDT. Dolph Ziggler won the main event on SmackDown Tuesday after hitting AJ Styles with a Superkick, but in Ziggler's defense he at least uses the Superkick as a signature move.
In other matches, the Superkick is used as a generic momentum-changer. Fuctionally, the Superkick is the new spinebuster. Instead of being reserved for a single star's finisher or a guaranteed match-ending move, it's not unusual to see two or three superkicks in an average episode of Raw.
Here are a few of the people out here doing Superkicks:
- Kevin Owens
- Xavier Woods
- The Usos
- Luke Harper
Luke Harper has done multiple Superkicks. Imagine, if the move wasn't banned for people not named The Undertaker, a world in which 50 percent of the roster was doing tombstone piledrivers. Make the Superkick great again, WWE.
