Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Arn Anderson recently spoke on the origin of the Punt finisher of the thirteen times WWE World Champion the Legend killer Randy Orton.
The Punt is considered one of the most dangerous finishing maneuvers in the history of professional wrestling. There are a number of most that have been banned from Professional wrestling, Pile Driver, The Triangle Choke are some of the classic professional wrestling moves that have been banned from many professional wrestling promotions including WWE.
Arn Anderson Discusses The Origin Of The Punt Finisher Of Randy Orton
The Punt is one of those moves as well. This move was used by Randy Orton during the end of 2010s. Later the move had to be discontinued things it was considered very dangerous. The Undertaker used a modified version of the Triangle Choke which he named Hell’s Gate. This move is also banned from WWE.
Another mood that was banned by WWE was Curb Stomp that was used by Seth Rollins. This move was also considered as very dangerous. Later the move returned again and Seth Rollins is again using this move. Right now Curb Stomp is the finisher of Seth Rollins.
During a recent episode of the Arn podcast of Arn Anderson, the professional wrestling Legend talked about the Punt finisher of Randy Orton and also revealed the origin of this move. He said;
“During this time (1985) that we were working our (Arn and Ole Anderson) way into working with (Dick) Slater and Buzz (Sawyer), and we knew that was going to be our money, I worked with Buzz’s little brother, Brett Wayne Sawyer.
“We needed a catalyst to get us to Buzz and Dick, who were the top babyfaces. I just said, ‘What if I shoot Brett out on the floor, He’s on his hands and knees. I back up a couple steps, and I punt his head off. Brett, just go with it.
“Watch me out of your peripheral vision, and when I point that toe and kick you in the side of the head, just go with it.’ Well, I thought he was going to go with it, and he didn’t, and I punted his head off. That morphed a couple of decades later. That became the Randy Orton punt in the head. I gave that to Randy from that experience because if you can find that footage, it looked nasty. It looked like a finish.”
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