The Brainbuster - Who Did It Best?

#3 Jushin 'Thunder' Liger

Liger is and was an outstanding wrestler who could do anything and everything in a wrestling ring

Jushin Liger was – and still is – one of the most exciting wrestlers of all time. He has been wrestling for over thirty years, and has managed to stay fresh and change things up without getting stale.

A big reason for his success and the respect fans and peers have for him is his ability to have dramatic and unpredictable matches. And a big part of this is the ability to end a match with a wide variety of believable finishing moves.

Although most people associate Liger with his Shooting Star Press and Powerbomb, Liger also used the Brainbuster as a finisher many times over the years. Liger would mostly use the Fisherman-style version, i.e. a Fisherman Buster whereby he hooks one leg before dropping them head-first.

But he also used the traditional ‘sheerdrop’ version which is a vertical suplex straight down into a DDT-style head spike. Liger used this on opponents either his size or smaller, and used it a lot more after his brain surgery since he couldn’t do as much flying as before.

Oh, and he also like to hit both Brainbuster variations from the top rope, because Liger was just that good at hitting wrestling moves without injuring his opponents.