Professional wrestling Legend and WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff who was the former boss of World Championship Wrestling aka WCW recently said that he is not a fan of this sweet Chin music finishing maneuver used by professional wrestling legend Shawn Michaels. He also explained why he is not a fan of the move.
What most fans do not know that Sweet Chin Music was not the original finishing maneuver when he started his WWE career. In 1992 to 1993, the Heart Break Kid used a different finishing menu bar called the Teardrop Suplex. The move was nothing but a Leg Hook Suplex which was mostly used and made famous by late great Japanese professional wrestler Masa Saito.
Eric Bischoff Reveals Why He Is Not A Fan Of Shawn Michaels’ Sweet Chin Music
The more shocking thing is the Sweet Chin Music was still there on the moveset of Shawn Michaels, but he did not use it as a finishing maneuver, rather it was a normal move that he used every now and then. It was more of a superkick. Later he understood the Sweet Chin Music was more stylish and looked more destructive as well. So from 1993, he dropped the Teardrop Suplex and started using the Sweet Chin Music as his finisher.
After that, the HBK hardly used the Teardrop Suplex even on his regular moveset. On the other hand, the Sweet Chin Music turned out to be one of the best and most famous finishing maneuvers in the history of professional wrestling.
Till the end of his retirement, he kept on using this move as is finishing maneuver. Stone Cold Steve Austin is incomplete without Stunner, Kane is incomplete without his pyro, the rock is incomplete without the mic, the HBK is also incomplete without the Sweet Chin Music.
Eric Bischoff who was the former boss of World Championship Wrestling aka WCW recently spoke to where he said that he is not a fan of this sweet Chin music finishing maneuver used by professional wrestling legend Shawn Michaels. He also explained why he is not a fan of the move. He said;
“Well that deserved to be criticized [Shawn Michaels’ superkick]. Keep in mind, I spent a lot of time in martial arts, I was an instructor, I fought competitively as a black belt, even had a couple pro fights back before UFC was called the UFC and it was called — not it was called but it was the P.K.A., Professional Karate Association.
“I fought on ABC Wide World of Sports and CBS Sports Spectacular. I didn’t fight on — well I think I did fight on CBS Sports but, nonetheless, from a martial arts perspective and that being something that, you know, I’m a little familiar with certainly, that superkick deserved to be criticized. It had nothing to do with my feelings about Shawn Michaels or WWE. That was just a horse sh*t superkick.”
“That was just calling it right down the middle [it had nothing to do with WCW vs. WWF]. It was — when you lean, when all of your bodyweight is leaning away from your intended target, that ain’t a kick. No.
“If you watch a really good kicker, someone who will stand up straight, pick up that knee and shoot that side kick out when they’re almost perpendicular to the ground and their body weight is moving into the target, that’s a side kick, that’s a superkick. But that leaning way back when your head’s about eight inches off the mat while you’re kicking up in the air, you couldn’t crack a f*cking egg with that kick.”
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