AEW star Johnny TV, formerly John Morrison in WWE, has discussed the origins of his Starship Pain finisher.
When discussing the most impressive or underrated finishers of all time, the former WWE star’s Starship Pain split-legged corkscrew moonsault is often mentioned.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, John explained:
“It’s tricky to say that anyone ever invents anything new, but I’d never seen anyone in wrestling do Starship Pain basically, a split-legged corkscrew moonsault.
“It’s quick and specifically split-legged, because I was doing basically like a Yang Time for a finish at OVW for a while, which is a full twist moonsault from the top rope. The problem is, that’s just a lot of impact.
“Matt Sydal had this problem for a while, a Shooting Star is his thing. Everyone wants to see it, that means he’s got to hit it or miss it a bunch of times every match. For me, that cork off the top was great for a month, until I landed a little funky on my knee once.
“Then another month of landing on my knee made me think ‘Man, I can do this move, but I don’t think I can do it four nights a week,’ sometimes twice a match if you’re going to miss it and then hit it.
“The split-legged corkscrew is a much more difficult skill technically, but less impactful on the body. It’s a really good combo of spectacle because it’s fast, it’s very difficult, but it doesn’t trash your knees as bad as the top rope one does.”
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