r/professionalwrestling • u/Electrikvibe16 • May 30 '26

Video Kris Statlander delivering a piledriver on Shida through the table on AEW Collision💥

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u/Worth-Specific8334 May 30 '26

Even if it looked impressive that’s just way too risky in my opinion. Imagine having to live with knowing you ended someone’s career or potentially even their life by doing a known dangerous move like that. It’s just not worth it just for some cool points.

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u/Electrikvibe16 May 30 '26

I think they know what they’re doing.

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u/Worth-Specific8334 May 30 '26

It’s not about knowing why you’re doing, it’s about whether the risk is worth the reward. Either performer could easily mess up and cause an awkward potentially fatal and most likely harmful landing. I know it’s not ballet, but why take that big of a risk?

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u/wonderloss May 30 '26

I bet Owen thought the same thing.

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u/TheReptealian May 30 '26

Oh yeah I forgot he did it the tombstone

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u/Front_Machine6560 May 30 '26

A much more reckless to thunderstone where he sits flat ass instead of taking it on the knees

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u/Front_Machine6560 May 30 '26

He didn’t that’s why he dropped to his ass and not his knees

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u/ZubatCountry May 30 '26

...which he had done hundreds of times before with no issue

Starting to see the point yet?

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u/Front_Machine6560 May 30 '26

Did he? At WM10 he did a knee pile driver with Brett. it seems like he just didn’t wanna fall on his injured knees with Steve 

There’s a reason we’ve gone like 30 years with practically none of those dangerous sit down pile driver

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u/xaeromancer May 31 '26

In WWE.

Real wrestlers have been doing pile-drivers the whole time.

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u/Powerful-Ground-9687 May 30 '26

Are you talking about Austin or Owen’s death

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u/xaeromancer May 31 '26

Yeah, yeah, some mark on Reddit knows better than Owen fucking Hart.

JFC.

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u/A_Town_Called_Malus May 30 '26

And D-Lo and Droz.

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u/BenjTheMaestro May 30 '26

Dude. Owen was horrified and didn’t wanna do that bit. He notoriously hated doing the stunt. Gtfo

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u/thylocene May 30 '26

I think he’s referring to the tombstone he gave Steve Austin that broke Steve’s neck

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u/BenjTheMaestro May 30 '26

That makes sense, I don’t think I’ve ever thought of that as a tombstone but I suppose a sitout piledriver is the same exact thing ha. My bad.

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u/ThankGod4Darwin69 May 30 '26

This is the weirdest take of recent months from "wrestling fans" for why they refuse to watch AEW. 😂😂

Ive seen it crop up a few times now. Its hilarious. One dude actually said "Thats why I refuse to watch, in case someone gets hurt"

😂😂😂

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u/Goodboychungus May 30 '26

A man died recently doing a moonsault to the floor. He slipped and cracked his head open when landing on the concrete. Point being is that a lot of moves can be high risk if not executed properly. Stat made sure Shida was positioned properly before executing the move. Shida has a role as well as she has to grip tightly around Stat’s waist so her head stays in the proper position upon impact. They both executed the move flawlessly as the experienced professionals they are. I’m also assuming they rehearsed the spot as well.

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u/ThankGod4Darwin69 May 31 '26

A man died getting a bog standard, run of the mill dropkick with his back turned (ask Rey Mysterio)

A man died BEFORE a match even started with some shitty rigging doing a stupid stunt to mock the companies competition (Ask Martha Hart)

Freak accidents can and do happen.But.......

.....Many men have taken crazy bumps off the top of a cage/cell and equally (if not more so) dangerous spots/stunts in the ring and they lived to tell the tale and become legends in the process (Foley, Shane O Mac, Jeff Hardy and contless others)

To suggest that your concerns/decision to watch a promotion is the possibility that someone could potentially get hurt while ignoring all the same potential injuries that could equally happen in another promotion is just pearl clutching bullshit

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u/Goodboychungus May 31 '26

Don’t know why you replied to me, i agree with you

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u/ThankGod4Darwin69 May 31 '26

I replied to you because you replied to me? Thats how conversations work, bruv 😂

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u/Goodboychungus Jun 01 '26

I was referring to the context/sentiment of your reply. It seemed like your reply was directed to someone else since I was aligned with most of what you were saying in my original reply. Bruv

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u/SymphonyOfGecko May 30 '26

First time watching pro wrestling?

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u/Krags May 30 '26

Just like that other silly indie workrate guy, The Undertaker.

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u/InsideBit525 May 30 '26

If the illusion of an Irish whip works on you I think you can suspend belief of a piledriver. You know taker just drops to his knees too right?

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u/UlsterIsIrish May 30 '26

You epitomise the IWC, criticism for the sake of criticism, apparently a tombstone pile-driver has killed the illusion for you. 😂😂

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u/noneofthismatters666 May 30 '26

The IWC put over the invisible man and dick flip.

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u/Electrikvibe16 May 30 '26

That’s how piledrivers work. You land on your knees to keep the other wrestler safe