Wolf's real wrestling inspirations

Here is a list of Wolf's moves (VF5 vanilla) and the wrestling moves they were inspired from.

Guillotine Drop : Hulk Hogan's Leg Drop


F5 : Brock Lesnar's F5


Pedigree : Tripe H's Pedigree


Toe Kick Stunner (hit): Steve Austin's Stunner


Thrust Kick : Shawn Michael's Sweet Chin Music


Smackdown Bottom :The Rock's Rock Bottom


Piercing Elbow : The Rock's People's Elbow


DDT : Jake the Snake's DDT


Jackhammer : Goldberg's Jackhammer


Clothesline : JBL's Clothesline from Hell


If I've missed any, please let me know. One that was mentioned on eventhubs thread below but wasn't sure which move this corresponded to was the RKO. Not sure about Kurt Angle's slam either.

Inspiration for this list came from:
http://forums.eventhubs.com/viewtopic.php?f=221&t=11134&sid=8da925f0662444986b3effe9281c51bf

 

Ash will likely come and blow this thread up. There are tonnes of his moves inspired by Japanese wrestlers!

 

It's Ash's time to shine! Let's see. When 4 came out, he was using a lot of Western moves, but since 5 (and even more in FS), they've moved back to the East for their moves. Hell, he's mostly a mix of two Japanese wrestlers who's moves you see him using. Those two being Kenta Kobashi and Mitusharu Misawa.

Burning Hammer, Burning Driver, Half Nelson Suplex, Grand Sword, Burning Sword (low side throw in R/FS), most of the chop moves and the Shotgun Chop (probably) are all Kobashi's.


All Emerald Frosion variants, most of Wolf's elbow strikes, and the Tiger Driver versions (low throws in old games and FS) are Misawa's.


Hiroshi Hase may not have invented the Giant Swing, but he's very well known for it (and doing it for minutes at a time in matches too).

The Shining Wizards are Keiji Mutoh's (the Great Muta).

Falcon Arrow was Hayabusa's.

Backdrop Driver was Dr. Death Steve Williams' finisher.

Final Cut was used by the Big Show briefly.

Frankensteiner and S.S.D. (Steiner Screwdriver) were Scott Steiner's.

Calf Branding was made famous by Dick Murdoch.

I'll update this post with more vids and other moves if I remember to do so tomorrow.

Finally, a short note. His clotheslines are more likely to be Stan Hansen than JBL. Hansen was one of the biggest Gaijin wrestlers in Japan at the time (along with Brody and Vader). The Western Lariat is still one of, if not the best lariat in the history of wrestling. Bradshaw himself has stated that he modelled his style on Hansen.

 

R.I.P. Stan"The Lariat"Hansen

 

Stan Hansen isn't dead.

 

While there isn't much more that I can add here, I would suggest that Wolf's low dropkick was also inspired by Keiji Mutoh.

Also the Dragon Screw Leg Whip from the Ultimo Dragon.

 

I'm not sure the command, but he has the Hellevator by Matt Morgan...and, I swear I've heard Japanese announcers even refer to it as such:

 

Yeah, as Arstal has said, Hansen's still alive. He's retired. Ironically, Dr. Death is dead though.

Also, the Exploders (normal and Wrist Clutch) are Jun Akiyama's.

Fire Arrow? Never heard of that one. There's a "Falcon Arrow" which Wolf does have (+ from Front Face Lock in FS), but it's greatly different from the Ascension/Hellevator. The only difference between Wolf's and Matt Morgan's is that Morgan does his as a Rock Bottom style ending, whereas Wolf does a sitout one.

Also, the command is +. It replaces the old Turbo Drop which was Jim Steele's move, a man who incidentally played Wolf Hawkfield in All Japan Pro Wrestling for a period of time.

 

Stan Hansen died 5 years ago, but as soon as the death saw him with the elbow pad, he decided that maybe it wasn't stan's time yet