5 WWE Superstars who used banned moves

#2 Rey Mysterio - Canadian Destroyer (WWE SmackDown)

The Canadian Destroyer is a variation of a piledriver that was made famous by Impact Wrestling’s Petey Williams. Due to WWE’s piledriver ban, the move was not allowed by the company’s Superstars until Rey Mysterio used it on Andrade during a tag team match on a January 2019 episode of SmackDown.

Speaking to Wrestling Inc. later in 2019, Mysterio admitted that he did not even know that the move was banned, which is why he executed it on Andrade without receiving permission.

"I don't ever recall asking if I could do it or not. I've always laid out what I wanted to do and there's no 'but' or 'and' unless something is limited because it's unsafe. With that move, it's funny because when I did it, everybody was shocked that I was able to do it. I'm like, what's wrong with it?"

From that moment on, Mysterio used the move sporadically in his matches on WWE television. He added in the interview that he will continue to use it until somebody tells him that he is no longer allowed.