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The Canadian Destroyer is a flip piledriver-like maneuver. The name comes from Canadian and [[TNA]] wrestler Petey Williams, as he's the person most associated with the move. It's clearly a piledriver variant, but has usually been ruled as a legal | The Canadian Destroyer is a flip piledriver-like maneuver. The name comes from Canadian and [[TNA]] wrestler [[Petey Williams]], as he's the person most associated with the move (though according to Williams himself, he's seen evidence of Amazing Red performing it earlier as a variant to a [[Sunset Flip Power Bomb|Code Red]]). It's clearly a piledriver variant, but has usually been ruled as a legal maneuverer in lucha libre matches. Probably because it looks skilful & thus inherently tecnico (in accordance with the rule-of-cool). | ||
[[Image:Darketa.jpg|left|[[Ozz]], using La Darketa|150px|thumb]] | |||
The name only makes sense with Williams, but it's stuck as the generic idea for lack of a better idea. Alternatively, it's referred to as a "Destroyer" with different qualifiers attached (e.g. African Destroyer, Egyptian Destroyer, and eventually '''Mexican Destroyer''' via [[Pentagon Jr.]]). [[Ozz]] has dubbed this move '''La Darketa''' when using it as a finish. [[Teddy Hart]] used a double underhook version of this move while in [[AAA]]. | |||
[[Volador Jr.]] frequently uses this move, but also tweaked it into a match-finishing version all of his own named the [[Volador Spiral]]. One that (naturally for a tecnico) looks more elegant, but also adds more logic to the physics. | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:16, 10 June 2026
The Canadian Destroyer is a flip piledriver-like maneuver. The name comes from Canadian and TNA wrestler Petey Williams, as he's the person most associated with the move (though according to Williams himself, he's seen evidence of Amazing Red performing it earlier as a variant to a Code Red). It's clearly a piledriver variant, but has usually been ruled as a legal maneuverer in lucha libre matches. Probably because it looks skilful & thus inherently tecnico (in accordance with the rule-of-cool).
The name only makes sense with Williams, but it's stuck as the generic idea for lack of a better idea. Alternatively, it's referred to as a "Destroyer" with different qualifiers attached (e.g. African Destroyer, Egyptian Destroyer, and eventually Mexican Destroyer via Pentagon Jr.). Ozz has dubbed this move La Darketa when using it as a finish. Teddy Hart used a double underhook version of this move while in AAA.
Volador Jr. frequently uses this move, but also tweaked it into a match-finishing version all of his own named the Volador Spiral. One that (naturally for a tecnico) looks more elegant, but also adds more logic to the physics.
