The Tombstone Piledriver - Who Did It Best?

1. The Undertaker

The Undertaker is the one that gave this move its namesake...

There’s a reason why wrestlers, fans and commentators all over the world call it the ‘Tombstone Piledriver’ and not the ‘kneeling belly-to-belly Piledriver’ or ‘reverse piledriver’. That is because this move is more synonymous with the Undertaker than anyone else in the entire wrestling industry.

For almost thirty years, the Undertaker has been dropping people on their heads with his terrifying Tombstone Piledriver. Even though it’s a safe move to take (as long as your head is high enough from the ground to not actually hit it on impact), there’s something devastating in seeing a near-7-foot monster pick someone up and drop them head-first into the ring canvas.

But what makes ‘Taker’s Tombstone the best was how he executed it. In most cases, he would bend his knees for a split second and then quickly straighten them, creating the illusion that he was putting even more force into the Tombstone’s impact.

In other cases, he put in a little delay before dropping to his knees, which gave the eventual impact more drama. And in other rare occasions, he did a leaping Tombstone which, while probably causing immense pain to his knees, made his Tombstone look even more devastating than normal.

Even though many more awesome, complicated, more aesthetically-pleasing and dangerous wrestling moves have come up since 1990, for millions of wrestling fans around the world, The Undertaker’s Tombstone Piledriver will be etched into their memories as the greatest finisher in WWE.

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