The Phoenix Splash - Who Did It Best?

#3 Seth Rollins

Seth Rollins is one of the tallest wrestlers to use the Phoenix Splash as a regular move. Because of his build, his rotations are more pronounced as he flies through the air. Because of all of this, Rollins looks like he’s hitting the move more slowly than his smaller wrestling brethren.

Because of this seemingly-slower rotation, you get the chance to view the move in greater detail and appreciate the rotations and motions more than you would with someone smaller and faster.

Furthermore, Rollins is one of the few wrestlers that does the full rotation while in the air, whereas some wrestlers do the spin into the 450 Splash the moment they push off the turnbuckle. It takes an exceptional amount of skill to pull off a Phoenix Splash under normal circumstances.

But it takes, even more, to pull off so many rotations while in mid-air, and especially when you’re at a heavyweight level.