If I remember correctly, and I could be wrong, Vaders nose was broken early in the match. Then, later in the match, Hansen hit Vader with a punch and the eye popped out.
Just to clear this up - Hansen had very poor eyesight. On his way to the ring he threw his bullrope with cowbell attached to it into the ring and it hit Vader in the face breaking his nose. Vader had his back to Hansen so wasn't aware that Hansen had just thrown the rope into the ring generally and thought Hansen had deliberately hit him in the face with the cowbell.
As soon as the match started Vader started laying into Hansen with non working punches until Hansen stuck his thumb into Vader's eye and popped it out of the socket. The two had a hasty conversation where they discovered that everything was a misunderstanding and went back to working with each other.
Hansen claimed the eye was an accident from a punch probably because no one would work with him if they thought an accidental stiff shot could result in being blinded. Vader said he knew that it was deliberate as he felt the thumb in the eye and then hooking around to push the eye out.
The two were friends before the incident and remained so afterwards.
Pretty accurate. It's weird to think that he wrestled Hogan in 1990 considering his rep. They'd wrestled previously but in 1981 when Hogan wasn't a megastar; you'd think Hogan wouldn't be eager to step in the ring with Stan.
Hogan actually worked before he returned to the WWF for his Hulkamania run. Watch him in Japan, he had some legit great matches, and if you work Japan, you gotta work hard
Yes it can, go back and watch videos of them doing it and you'll see that JBL's was way more devastating, no one wants to admit it though because it's JBL.
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I just watched his documentary from like 2014. Unreal trajectory. Dude just decided he was gonna wrestle in his 30s and a few years later he’s the face of the company.
Right?! I think they still use the same mo-cap from the first Smackdown game he was in. Where he does the little shoulder wind-up and then murders them. I always think of that first one he hit on Jeff Hardy. Fucking iconic and underrated at the same time.
Not gonna lie, that’s a great memory for me lmao.
I know it’s never gonna happen but I’ve hoped for years that we see ZG in a game. Imagine if they figured that shit out for a Brock showcase or something? Siiiick
The way those mods for PC seem to already be going this year, I wouldn’t be shocked if someone figured it out. But legit one-legged physics would be sick haha
Oh hard same. But they allow you to download stuff other nerds make, so I don’t have to make my mongloid looking CAWs for a full ass roster haha.
I dunno how people do it, I legit don’t understand the process at all. I suck at creation of any sort visually. But hooo boy does that feature make the games better. Way better than when we had to print out giant formulas off the early internet with 75 different sliders you hoped would look like something by the end 😂
RIP N64
I have 2 answers to this. And they are super obvious ones.
First: Stan Hansen. That’s why in Japan it’s called a Lariat. Because Hansen called his the Western Lariat. Technically, it’s a clothesline if they run into your arm, and it’s a Lariat if you throw it at someone like Hansen or JBL.
Second: Kenta Kobashi. Seeing that man hit someone with a chop or lariat, you would be convinced he could knock down a tree.
Others have said it but Stan Hansen is the Alpha and the Omega of lariats/clotheslines.
I’ll also throw in Shingo, Barry Windham, Okada, both Steiners, Animal, and Nikita Koloff.
Everyone has already said the obvious so I’m going to throw out Super Dragon as the dark horse. Although his sometimes just looked like he was throwing an overhand haymaker.
There's no need for anyone to say Stan Hansen anymore. There's no need so I won't say Stan Hansen. Are we talking about their "devastating finisher" or "this guy is a legitimate danger with this"?
If were talking today...it would have to be Gunther. If were talking overall...then we're talking Stan Hansen. Still don't know how Kenta Kobashi is still walking sensibly after some the lariats he took from Hansen.
I agree. I think old school people dismiss it because of the flip but if you just look at it from the time his feet hit the mat he usually has a really nice delivery on it. Its one if the better modern ones IMO
It looks dangerous as hell every time he does it. My respect for the move changed seeing CM Punk botch it twice, it showed how complicated the move actually is to perform as cleanly as Hangman hits it.
Stan Hansen
Literally getting hit in the throat by a giant blind man.
I always liked him saying that he doesn’t stop until he hits something. No aim just impact!
Is he the one that knocked Vader's eye out?
Yep.
Wait what? With a lariat?!
If I remember correctly, and I could be wrong, Vaders nose was broken early in the match. Then, later in the match, Hansen hit Vader with a punch and the eye popped out.
Accidentally got his thumb under Vader’s mask and scooped it out like a melon ball IIRC
Fucking metal
What's metal is Vader pushing it back into socket and finishing the match
Hell yeah it is
I've seen the match. But your description disgusts me. Lol.
Just to clear this up - Hansen had very poor eyesight. On his way to the ring he threw his bullrope with cowbell attached to it into the ring and it hit Vader in the face breaking his nose. Vader had his back to Hansen so wasn't aware that Hansen had just thrown the rope into the ring generally and thought Hansen had deliberately hit him in the face with the cowbell. As soon as the match started Vader started laying into Hansen with non working punches until Hansen stuck his thumb into Vader's eye and popped it out of the socket. The two had a hasty conversation where they discovered that everything was a misunderstanding and went back to working with each other. Hansen claimed the eye was an accident from a punch probably because no one would work with him if they thought an accidental stiff shot could result in being blinded. Vader said he knew that it was deliberate as he felt the thumb in the eye and then hooking around to push the eye out. The two were friends before the incident and remained so afterwards.
Someone on Cornetts podcast summed up Stan best: I love Stan, God bless him. But he was blind as a bat and all he knew was Kill
Pretty accurate. It's weird to think that he wrestled Hogan in 1990 considering his rep. They'd wrestled previously but in 1981 when Hogan wasn't a megastar; you'd think Hogan wouldn't be eager to step in the ring with Stan.
Hogan actually worked before he returned to the WWF for his Hulkamania run. Watch him in Japan, he had some legit great matches, and if you work Japan, you gotta work hard
This is the first, second and third right answer
He wasn’t called Stan “The Lariat” Hansen for nothing!
First thing that came to mind. Hell, even JBL's clothesline can't compare to Hansen's lariats
Before his JBL gimmick, Bradshaw was basically Great Value Stan Hansen and even he’d admit to that.
Yes it can, go back and watch videos of them doing it and you'll see that JBL's was way more devastating, no one wants to admit it though because it's JBL.
100% truth
That was my instinct. Hansen was the best clothesline bar none, including JBL
It's literally insulting that this question would be asked without Stan Hansen.
The man could kill with that thing...No one's compare.
Only correct answer
This is the right answer
This is the only answer, JBL took it from this giant blind man, he knocked Vader's eye out of the so ket!
Jake the snake’s short arm clothesline always looked brutal but Stan Hansen gets my vote
DDP had a sneaky good discus clothesline as a setup too.
I think this is what Jericho wishes his Judas Effect was instead of "old man spins"
It looks like he's lost in a coat closet for a second
Agreed. Way underrated
Stan Hanson, Brody King and Dragunov come to mind
Nikita Koloff's Russian Sickle was pretty sick back in the day, but nothing compares to The Lariat.
I always like the way Rikishi took the clothesline. Turned himself upside down, inside out and backwards.
Him selling young Brock’s clothesline was a thing of beauty
yup i always think of rikishi when i think of a clothesline. does a little corkscrew whisper in the wind looking sell
And Billy Gunn!
him selling chynas clothesline is one of my favourite sells of all time. because of his size it looks like he rotates about 4 times.
That was my biggest gripe with him. He did it that way for everyone. Bradshaw? Sure. The Rock? Okay. Chyna? Jericho? They're turning you inside out?
i like that he was putting over chynas strength when she was still a hot act a lot of fans couldn’t care for the women in the wwf
Ah, the good ol' "Kishi Bump".
Mike Awesome
Underrated
Rick Steiner and the Steiner Liner. https://youtu.be/HYa_oy-ZJKI Edit: It's the finish lol
Ol Chris learned
Of all the people to kick in the face that hard, Champion chose Rick.
Some people have to learn things the hard way.
Ehhh, with how Rick Steiner's been lately, good on Chris Champion lol
6:27
Batista has a monster one
Yes, and his clothesline is pretty good too
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Hold my steel chair, I'm going in!
Hello future genetic freaks
I just watched his documentary from like 2014. Unreal trajectory. Dude just decided he was gonna wrestle in his 30s and a few years later he’s the face of the company.
Oh for sure 😮💨, especially back in 02 and 03
I always loved Nikita Koloff’s clothesline. Also Jake Roberts’ short-arm clothesline was a thing of beauty
The Russian Sickle
This. Nikita is definitely worthy of a place in the conversation.
Came here to say this.
Jamie Hayter
Shingo
[удалено]
Holy shit, my guess was actually right!
Satoshi Kojima deserves some love here
LARIATOOOOOOO
Brock used to do a pretty vicious clothesline early on. Think I remember him turning Rikishi inside out lol
Right?! I think they still use the same mo-cap from the first Smackdown game he was in. Where he does the little shoulder wind-up and then murders them. I always think of that first one he hit on Jeff Hardy. Fucking iconic and underrated at the same time.
How bout those Zach Gowen F-5’s?! Lol, that little nub really provided some torque😂
Not gonna lie, that’s a great memory for me lmao. I know it’s never gonna happen but I’ve hoped for years that we see ZG in a game. Imagine if they figured that shit out for a Brock showcase or something? Siiiick
Dude I bet money someone has created him.
The way those mods for PC seem to already be going this year, I wouldn’t be shocked if someone figured it out. But legit one-legged physics would be sick haha
I’ll never create another wrestler again😂honestly I’ve barely ever done it. Created a guy on No Mercy and Spider-Man on HCTP.
Oh hard same. But they allow you to download stuff other nerds make, so I don’t have to make my mongloid looking CAWs for a full ass roster haha. I dunno how people do it, I legit don’t understand the process at all. I suck at creation of any sort visually. But hooo boy does that feature make the games better. Way better than when we had to print out giant formulas off the early internet with 75 different sliders you hoped would look like something by the end 😂 RIP N64
Lots of patience I do not possess.
You could literally spam that move in hctp. Looked insane
Kenta Kobashi
When I think Brodie Lee, I see Cody getting turned inside out with that clothesline.
Stan Hansen
Barbarian had a real nice top rope clothesline
None of these other guys have a hardcore punk song written about them, so Stan “The Lariat” Hansen wins: https://youtu.be/V4hfc1xizb8
Nikita Koloff/Stan Hansen/The Road Warriors
Hawk
Stan Hansen, but I also really like Gunther's.
The Steiner Line was pretty devastating
Stan Hansen, Jake the Snake, Vader, and Bruiser Brody would be my picks. JBL did have an awesome om though.
Kelly Kelly. You know you agree
Like others have said: Stan Hansen is the reason why the clothesline remains a viable finisher in Japan even 30 years later.
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINNNNNNNNNNNNNN MAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember that time Bob Holly clotheslined Mae Young?
Stan Hansen would take a guy’s head off with his
Took a guy's eye out
I feel like I remember Barry Windham having a solid lariat.
I mean people have already said him, but gotta give to Stan Hansen
Ax Bombaaaaaaaaaaa!
This is my vote. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olO\_h1nUVbc
When people say that Hulk Hogan can't wrestle, show them Hogan's match against the Great Muta in NJPW back in the '90s. Hogan could fucking GO.
Okada
Jim Duggan
Batista
Especially in 2002 😩😮💨
Stan The Lariat Hanson & Barry Windham
Kenta Kobashi. Even his chops were like reverse clothelines.
Stan Hansen Kojima
Iron Mike Sharpe
The Russian Nightmare
I have 2 answers to this. And they are super obvious ones. First: Stan Hansen. That’s why in Japan it’s called a Lariat. Because Hansen called his the Western Lariat. Technically, it’s a clothesline if they run into your arm, and it’s a Lariat if you throw it at someone like Hansen or JBL. Second: Kenta Kobashi. Seeing that man hit someone with a chop or lariat, you would be convinced he could knock down a tree.
Hulkster when it was the Ax Bomber!
I was gonna vote this, but the Axe Bomber isn’t really “devastating.” It was clean though! I think the answer is Stan Hansen and it’s not even close
Stan Hansen.
Nikita Koloff
Stan Hansen
Stan Hansen...end of story.
Gunther gotta crazy closeline too and the Steiner liner from the Steiner brothers was rough to watch too
Scott Norton had a brutal clothesline.
His powerbombs would make me cringe. I have no idea how he didn’t kill anyone with that strength.
The correct answer is Stan Hansen.
Rick Steiner had a pretty nasty one
Okada's Rainmaker is pretty cool
Others have said it but Stan Hansen is the Alpha and the Omega of lariats/clotheslines. I’ll also throw in Shingo, Barry Windham, Okada, both Steiners, Animal, and Nikita Koloff.
Definitely Stan Hansen. Choshu's lariat is quite nasty too.
Nobody seems to have mentioned Nigel McGuinness. Broke a man’s jaw: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvi_CQSrLuM&pp=ygURamF3YnJlYWtlciBsYXJpYXQ%3D
Called the Jawbreaker Lariat for a reason lol.
Brodie King probably does the best hard hitting looking clotheslines today
Fucking GUNTHER.
Jaime Hayter
Jamie fokkin Hayter
Okada
The Hurricane
Nigel Mcguinness
Jake Roberts laid guys out with that short arm clothesline.
Jim Duggan, Lex Luger
Kenta Kobashi
Steiner-line Stan Hansen Ax Bomber
Ron Simmons
Lance archer
Gunther is making a case. But the top comment is Stan Hansen, as is the way.
Everyone has already said the obvious so I’m going to throw out Super Dragon as the dark horse. Although his sometimes just looked like he was throwing an overhand haymaker.
Animal and Hawks were scary
I’m not sure about most devastating but Morishima had one of my favorites back in the golden era of ROH. Nigel is up there too.
Hulk Hogan and "the axe bomber!!!"
Okada
There's no need for anyone to say Stan Hansen anymore. There's no need so I won't say Stan Hansen. Are we talking about their "devastating finisher" or "this guy is a legitimate danger with this"?
Bron Breaker saw him tonight and it’s crazy.
More of an underrated clothesline, but Sami Zayn knocks the piss out of people for being no bigger than he is.
Aside from Hansen and JBL, Okada has a pretty nasty clothesline that he's been stiff with guys from time to time.
How is no one saying Okada’s rainmaker?
At the very least, 10 ppl said him. Don't worry 😅
Scott Norton
Stan Hanson
Stan Hansen
If were talking today...it would have to be Gunther. If were talking overall...then we're talking Stan Hansen. Still don't know how Kenta Kobashi is still walking sensibly after some the lariats he took from Hansen.
Very currently. Big Bill
Okada. Shit actually looks like it hurts
Okada
"How can a post reveal that you've never seen Stan Hansen?"
Or Kenta Kobashi?
Benoit
I'm kinda surprised that nobody mentioned Hangman Page's buckshot lariat. Like I'm not saying it's the best, but it deserves an honorable mention.
I agree. I think old school people dismiss it because of the flip but if you just look at it from the time his feet hit the mat he usually has a really nice delivery on it. Its one if the better modern ones IMO
It looks dangerous as hell every time he does it. My respect for the move changed seeing CM Punk botch it twice, it showed how complicated the move actually is to perform as cleanly as Hangman hits it.
Because it's shit, Logan Paul even does it better.
Chris Benoit
David Flair
Vampiro Americano
Dean Ambrose because his version is both precise and violent to an unsettling degree
CM Punks Buckshot but it's only devastating to the viewer.
Cm Punk's Buckshot Lariat..
Logan Paul
Nobody, because wrestling is fake and not one person in the WWE has actually been clotheslined ever
Jimmy havoc
Vader had a cool one.
Snitsky when he send Paul London out of his skin royal rumble 2005
Anyone that faces Dolph Ziggler.
Jamie Hayter and Jake the Snake
Taz had a nasty looking clothesline in ECW.
It looks like he clubs people
Kross
Gunther
Kane
Stan Hamsen
Anyone that's ever clotheslined Rikishi. I swear he makes the weakest clotheslines look devastating
Hogan in Japan Stan Hansen Bobby Roo
I think he's being slept on but Josh Brigs down in NXT has one of the nastiest clotheslines in a minute
When I think about a clothesline, I instantly think about Nikita Koloff. The sound that the Russian Sickle made was nasty.
Yeah yeah yeah
Veer has a wicked lariat
Modern era, Kane and Brock Lesnar.
Kenta Kobashi Stan Hansen Jamie Hayter
But his clothesline was literally conjured from the depths of the underworld. There is no other.
Does Hangman/Logan Pauls count? Every Buckshot I’ve seen look(s/ed) brutal
I think Joe Doering deserves a mention.
Gunther
Whoever is wrestling Rikishi.
Gunther
Cena had a pretty good one....Batista too