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The Many Pro-Wrestling Moves of Virtua Fighter

Discussion in 'News' started by MadeManG74, Mar 18, 2017.

By MadeManG74 on Mar 18, 2017 at 1:36 AM
  1. MadeManG74

    MadeManG74 Moderator Staff Member Tournament Manager Silver Supporter

    BURNING HAMMER! What has become Wolf's most iconic throw, and the most damaging move in the game of Virtua Fighter, is the Burning Hammer. While many people know this is based on a real professional wrestling move, there are probably a lot more signature moves in the series than you'd think!

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    Not all of them immediately obvious to non-wrestling fans. Even characters like Kage Maru and Jacky Bryant find themselves borrowing manoeuvres from real pro wrestlers! I want to take a look at some of the iconic moves of Virtua Fighter, and reveal some of the little nods, winks and straight out tributes to some cool Puro, Wrestling and Lucha moves from the world of professional wrestling!

    Kage Maru - Praying Rope Walk
    (Opponent back to low wall)[6][6][P]+[G]

    This flashy low wall throw is actually based on a signature move by Japanese pro wrestler Jinsei Shinzaki (AKA Hakushi). After getting his opponent into an arm-bar, he walks the rope in a praying stance, then will either come down with a flying chop, or an arm drag.

    Check out the real life version of the move in this match against the Great Muta (9m 55s):


    El Blaze - Space Rolling Elbow & Flash Elbow
    (Rocket Discharge) [9][K]+[G], [P]
    (Downed Opponent) [3][P]+[K]

    One of the true legends of pro wrestling is Keiji Mutoh, or in this instance, The Great Muta.

    Keiji Mutoh was the 'face' (good guy) persona, and The Great Muta the 'heel' (bad guy) persona. Known for many of his trademark and signature moves, he's been imitated and paid tribute to in a lot of video games.

    Two of his iconic strikes have been featured in Virtua Fighter through El Blaze's moveset; His Space Rolling Elbow is an iconic attack used by both personas through his carreer, a handspring into a diving elbow, usually to an opponent couched in the turnbuckle, a perfect move for El Blaze's Rocket Discharge!




    Another move that people often don't pick up on as a tribute, is one of El Blaze's down attacks. The Flashing Elbow is one of Muta's most used techniques. It's basically just an elbow drop with some theatrics, but it's instantly recognisable as belonging to Muta;





    Wolf Hawkfield – Burning Hammer
    [8][4][2][6][P]+[G]

    I had to include this one in my first installment! Doing a devastating 100 points of damage, and even more in the backturned 'Burning Driver' variation, the Burning Hammer is the single most damaging throw in the game Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown.

    Like many skills of Wolf's move set, it's a tribute to the legendary Kenta Kobashi, who innovated the Burning Hammer.

    In the world of Pro Wrestling, the move is considered extremely dangerous to perform as the person receiving it cannot roll into the fall. There is a lot of risk of injury as the receiving wrestler falls onto his neck without much room for error. As such, the move has only been used by Kenta Kobashi seven times in his career. The move is reserved as a 'super finisher'; something brought out only for the biggest and most high profile matches for opponents that are notoriously tough.

    The backturned variation of the move is Kobashi's 'Wrist Clutch' variation of Burning Hammer, used even more sparingly than the regular version, and reflected in the game by being even more devastating!

    The debut of the Burning Hammer:



    The Wrist Clutch Burning Hammer (Burning Driver):



    Watch this space, as I'll be updating with more moves on a regular basis! There are a TON of moves with real-life counter-parts in the Virtua Fighter series, and I hope you'll enjoy seeing a few more of them over the coming weeks.


    PART 2


    Kage Maru & El Blaze – Sliced Bread #2
    Kage (Wall Behind)
    [6][4][P]+[G]
    El Blaze (Wall Behind Opponent) [6][6][P]+[G]



    Originally known as the 'Shiranui', but commonly known as Sliced Bread #2 in the west after it was popularised by Brian Kendrick, the technical name is 'reverse springboard three-quarter facelock facebuster'. The move is used by Kage Maru as one of his unique wall throws (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOl1eY-UW-U&t=8m15s). El Blaze also has a variation of this move which he uses against walls.

    This awesome looking manoeuvre has been used as a finisher by a multitude of cruiserweight wrestlers, but notably by WWE star Brian Kendrick.


    He also once did it from the top of a ladder:



    Jeffry McWild – Go To Sleep
    [6][2][4][P]+[G]


    I'm guilty of yelling this move name every time I see Jeffry land it, usually met with confusion by my non-wrestling fan friends. NO MORE!

    Jeffry McWild takes this move from KENTA, not to be confused with Kenta Kobashi, KENTA (spelt in all capitals, real name Kenta Kobayashi) is the protégée of Kenta Kobashi. He innovated the move and uses it as a finisher. The technique of lifting the opponent over his head, and dropping them into a knee lift seems perfect for Jeffry's moveset!

    The move was later picked up by CM Punk who also used it as a finisher in the WWE.

    This video is worth watching for the incredible Japanese Puro commentary

    GO TO SLEEEEEEEEEPU!



    Wolf Hawkfield – Burning Chops
    (Opponent's back to wall) [6][P]+[G]

    We all know and love Wolf's 6P+G wall throw, where he delivers some devastating chops to the opponent's chest.

    But, did you know that this move is a direct tribute to the legendary Kenta Kobashi? Yes, the same one who innovated Burning Hammer!

    Right down to his double fist pump; the motion is Kobashi's signature 'Burn Up' taunt he delivers before going into Machine Gun Chops!





    PART 3

    El Blaze – Code Red/Canadian Destroyer
    (From Rocket Discharge) [6]+[P]+[G]


    This spectacular looking move, while rarely seen in the game, is based on the move innovated by Petey Williams. Known as Code Red or the Canadian Destroyer, it's a high impact forward flip piledriver!

    Running towards a crouching opponent, the wrestler will flip forward and, bringing his opponent with him land in a seated position to drive the opponent's head into the mat. It doesn't look very realistic, truth be told, but it does look very cool!





    Wolf Hawkfield – Shining Wizard
    (After Low Punch Cut)[6]+[P]+[G]
    [9]+[P]+[G]




    Another move that was innovated by Keiji Mutoh, the Shining Wizard has since been adopted and modified by many different wrestlers over the years.

    Originally used as a replacement for his first finisher, the Moonsault, because Mutoh's knees couldn't take the impact from a Moonsault in his later years.

    With multiple ways to set it up, it's an explosive and fast move, with Mutoh performing a step-up inside leg kick. It can be (and has been) set up in multiple ways, off of the opponent's knee, off a chair, a ring rope or even someone else's back!

    Later years saw variations like Shining Black, Shining Dark and Shining Enziguri come into existence, but Wolf Hawkfield uses two variations of the Mutoh original!





    El Blaze – Poison Mist
    (Back turned) [P]+[K]

    A true 'heel' (or villian for non-wrestling fans) move, this mysterious attack involves spitting poisonous mist into the opponent's face!

    Innovated by the Great Kabuki, but popularised by Japanese pro wrestlers The Great Muta and Tajiri in the west, Poison Mist or Asian Mist often leaves the opponent stunned, or with burning eyes! Some variations, like Red Mist are particularly dangerous in wrestling canon (kayfabe) and have been known to end matches immediately.

    Always a shocking move that turns the tide of a match!





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    VFDC User Contributions!

    I want to acknowledge all the cool contributions made by the VFDC Members in the thread below!
    Special thanks to:
    @Jason Elbow :
    Go to Sleep
    Super Kick/Sweet Chin Music
    Toe Kick Stunner
    Diamond Cutter
    Crucifix Powerbomb
    Clothesline from Hell
    Spear Tackle
    Super Rana

    @Modelah
    Dangerous Backdrop
    Nodawa

    @Blitzball Champ
    Sol Naciente
    Sling Blade
    Handsome Scratch Rush
    Buzzsaw Kick
    Hellevator
    Shiranui/Sliced Bread #2

    @DemonicMindz
    Emerald Flowsion

    @Parasite_eveNZ
    F5

    @SNAKE BOSS
    Jackhammer

    @PKGJimmy
    Machine Gun Chops

    @Ash_Kaiser
    Shouten Kai
    Giant Swing
    German Suplex
    DDT
    Olympic Slam
    Exploder
    Pole Shift
    Yoshi Tonic
    Super Kick
    Muso
     
    Last edited: Apr 9, 2017
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Discussion in 'News' started by MadeManG74, Mar 18, 2017.

    1. Blitzball Champ
      Blitzball Champ
      Jeffry McWild - Buzzsaw Kick
      [P][+][K][P] (counter hit) [P][+][G]

      One of the most brutal strikers in the pro wrestling business passes the deadly Buzzsaw Kick onto Jeffry's move list. Shoutout to the Japanese Buzzsaw himself, Yoshihiro Tajiri!
    2. Jason Elbow
      Jason Elbow
      Oh that match is off the chain!! Definitely a top ten!!
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    3. Blitzball Champ
      Blitzball Champ
      He is still supposed to be making his return to WWE at some point. Even at 40, brotha can still go!
    4. Parasite_eveNZ
      Parasite_eveNZ
    5. Jason Elbow
      Jason Elbow
      WOLF HAWKFIELD - TOE KICK STUNNER
      [4][K][+][G](
      to opponent's back)[P][+][G]

      Although the application is performed differently, this is indeed Stone Cold Steve Austin's Stone Cold Stunner!! Fun Fact: Austin wasn't the first to use this finisher. That honor goes to John Laurenitis a.k.a "Johnny Ace". Who called it the "ACE CRUSHER". Which is basically a Stunner without the gut kick setup. And while we are on the subject of cutters....

    6. Jason Elbow
      Jason Elbow
      WOLF HAWKFIELD - DIAMOND CUTTER
      [6][6] [P][+][G]

      I don't think this move needs any introduction.
      A finisher used by the great wrestler Diamond Dallas Paige. This was one of his many variants of his finisher. As he had so MANY ways he could land it!! He also the reason this particular move (a front facelock chancery) is called a "cutter". Very similar to Randy Orton's "RKO"!! NOICE!!
      Last edited: Mar 22, 2017
    7. Jason Elbow
      Jason Elbow
      JEFFRY MCWILD - SPLASH MOUNTAIN
      [2][K] then [2][3][6][P][+][G]

      Ok let's all agree: Jeffry's Splash Mountain in FS has been greatly weakened. But even so, this move is still a viable threat!! It was used by the wrestler Razer Ramon a.k.a. Scott Hall and was called "THE RAZOR'S/OUTSIDER'S EDGE. Although Scott ends his with a layout slam and Jeff with a sort of powerbomb, they both are still Splash Mountains!! Devastating!!

      Last edited: Mar 22, 2017
    8. Blitzball Champ
      Blitzball Champ
      Wolf Hawkfield - Heaven's Impact
      [6][3][2][1][4][P][+][G]

      Not a fan of the name they used, but this is pretty much the Vertical Suplex Side Slam. The Blueprint Matt Morgan used this as a finisher for a while before changing it to the Carbon Footprint! The move was then called The Hellevator! Hirooki Goto used this finisher as well (Shouten), but not sure who came up with the move first.
    9. Blitzball Champ
      Blitzball Champ
      Kage-maru - Hagakure-ryu In Shiranui
      (back to wall) [6][4][P][+][G]

      El Blaze - Tope Invertida
      (opponent back to wall) [6][6][P][+][G]

      Both characters have the same throw, but Kage's does a little more damage. Usually called the Shiranui or the Sliced Bread #2 (DUMB NAME). I always thought this move was flashy and great for any high flyer. Wrestlers such as Alex Shelley, The Brian Kendrick, and Naomichi Marufuji have used this as a finisher many times in their career!
    10. SNAKE BOSS
      SNAKE BOSS
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    11. PKGJimmy
      PKGJimmy
      My favorite throw in VF5
    12. Jason Elbow
      Jason Elbow
      WOLF HAWKFIELD - WOLVES' LARIAT
      [4][6][6] [P]


      Although I don't see Wolf players use this move more often it's still pretty fucking cool to see!! This is basically a "CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL". A finisher used by Bradshaw a.k.a JBL. One of the most toughest wrestlers to ever wrestle! When JBL used The Clothesline from Hell I thought he had knock the wrestler receiving it straight out! He also was one of the main components of the "Attitude Era" of WWE. (The BEST era of the World Wrestling Entertainment period!!!). Sometimes I get this move by accidently by unknowingly buffering for it!! Lol.
    13. Jason Elbow
      Jason Elbow
      VANESSA LEWIS - LIGHTNING LANCER TACKLE [6][6] [P][+][G]

      This is pretty much a Goldberg spear. Especially the specific way she thrusts her body into the opponent to tackle then into ground. Just like Goldberg! Man ain't nothing like a good ole' Goldberg spear!! Vanny should have another follow up where she jumps up and down like Goldberg, but on the opponent! And shouts "YEEAH!!" Lol
    14. MadeManG74
      MadeManG74
      Wow! The additions to this thread are amazing, I'm surprised!
      I already had some extras written up, so I'll keep powering on with my own contributions, apologies for double ups!

      ---------------------------------------------------------------------'
      I'll also acknowledge the contributions from the other members in the OP!

      Check out the first post for the new additions:
      Sliced Bread #2
      Go to Sleep
      Machine Gun Chops
      Last edited: Apr 2, 2017
    15. Jason Elbow
      Jason Elbow
      EL BLAZE - SUPER RANA [2][P][+][G] (during Rocket Discharge)

      Another gem from EL Blaze this move was used by the wrestler named Suicide/Manik in TNA. Suicide/Manik was a really cool character! He actually started out in a video game, then TNA decided to make him into a actual wrestler!!
      *note* He called this move the "DOA".
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    16. MadeManG74
      MadeManG74
      ^Oh man! I remember Suicide! And the whole 'Who is suicide?' lead up (which was hijacked by the imageboard /wooo/ who trolled the life out of them).

      ALSO; Updated the first post to mention the contributions by all the members in this thread!
      Myke likes this.
    17. Ash_Kaiser
      Ash_Kaiser
      A few I can think of off the top of my head.

      Wolf
      63214P+G is the Shouten Kai of Hirooki Goto and not the Hellevator. The former ends in a sitout side slam while the other ends in a sitout Rock Bottom style move. Also, on a random side note, Matt Morgan was known as "The Blueprint" and "The DNA of TNA", yet if you're going to have that as your character, surely naming your finishers the "Hellevator" and "Carbon Footprint" is dumb because they have no relevance to your nickname. Just a thought.
      Giant Swing is Don Leo Jonathan or Hiroshi Hase (most likely Hase due to Sega's links with All Japan in the 90s).
      German Suplex is Karl Gotch.
      DDT is Jake Roberts.
      Side P+G is the Olympic Slam of Kurt Angle and Takashi Sugiura.
      4P+G and Side 46+P+G are the Exploder and Wrist Clutch Exploder of Jun Akiyama.
      I want to say low wall 64P+G is Dean Malenko, but it will probably be someone in NJPW or NOAH in 2011.

      If we're going back through other games, you can have Scott Steiner's Frankensteiner and Steiner Screwdriver, Misawa's Tiger Driver variants, Rock Bottom and Pedigree are obvious ones, Schwein from CIMA, Excalibur which is the Michinoku Driver, Dragon Suplex which is Tatsumi Fujinami's, Billy Gunn's One and Only which is the sleeper drop. Also, his vanilla VF5 63214P+G was a variation of Jim Steele's Turbo Drop, a man who in the late 90s in All Japan went by the ring name... Wolf Hawkfield.

      El Blaze
      Pole Shift (41236P+G) is Marafuji's.
      El Blaze's Rocket Discharge 2P+G is actually called the Yoshi Tonic and was innovated by a wrestler named Super Shisa.
      The Superkick/Sweet Chin Music/whatever it gets called was indeed made famous by Shawn Michaels, but it was innovated by Chris Adams (and taken to ridiculous yet awesome extremes by the Young Bucks).

      Jeffry
      Side P+G (if it's still what I think it is) is Takeshi Rikio's Muso.

      I can't remember who innovated the Splash Mountain though, but it was probably someone Japanese. It was probably Megumi Kudo. She invented a ton of stuff, but I can't ever see the Vertebreaker/Cop Killa entering anyone's moveset.
    18. MadeManG74
      MadeManG74
      I still dream that Sega will introduce a Joshi character sometime, and their most damaging throw is the Vertebreaker.
      BOOK IT!
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    19. MadeManG74
      MadeManG74
      OP Updated with Part 3!
      Canadian Destroyer/Code Red
      Shining Wizard
      Poison Mist
      Myke likes this.
    20. Jason Elbow
      Jason Elbow
      EL BLAZE- DARKNESS FLAME [P][+][G][+][K] [K] (on hit) [P][+][G]

      This is Kofi Kingston's finisher "TROUBLE IN PARADISE". A variation on the super kick manuver. I always liked this finisher from Kofi. And I think it went well with his whole "island dude" theme!! Pretty cool!
      MadeManG74 likes this.

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