a reversal of a wrestling move is a sure-fire way to get a huge ovation from the audience
encountering a move and executing a completely different move has become a staple of modern
wrestling especially in wwe's programming over the years there have been some absolutely mind-blowing
reversals that are left fans speechless but which ones were they well join us now as wrestlemania
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number twenty becky lynch counter charlotte flair spear the feed between lynch and charlotte flair
took 2018 by storm and one of the matches between the two took place at helen essel
during the closing moments of the match charlotte was looking to finish off becky with a spear
but that was until becky managed to roll through it and hook charlotte's leg to win the match
this was incredibly creative and it wasn't a finish that fans were used to seeing number
19 john cena's leg drop is counted into a batista bomb during the closing moments of the dream match
between batista and john cena at 2008 summerslam cena would go for his top rope leg drop move when
batista somehow managed to counter the move into a batista bomb look at matisse to catch a 240 pound
man in nothing like this had ever been done before and the timing was spot on from both men
and it truly looked amazing unfortunately it was believed that the spot actually resulted in
cena receiving a herniated disc in his neck which required cena to miss several months of action wwe
champion john cena suffered a debilitating injury number 18 moonsault into a bro kick
at wrestlemania 37 matt riddle would defend his united states championship belt against sheamus
for the finish of the match riddle would go for a moonsault but then sheamus counted the moonsault
attempt in midair with a brutal bird kicked to the base to win the us title for the third
time in his career the counter was so brutal that it actually busted riddle open and it was
one of the most impactful counters in recent memory number 17 rko out of nowhere on carlito
there's a lot of rkos in here carlito's doing i could see one flaw in carlos
the arco performed on carlito at 2006's unforgiven pay-per-view was one of the first rko out of
nowhere instances that randy orton was ever involved in during the closing moments of the
match carlito would go for a springboard move when norton would hit an rko out of nowhere to
the delight of the live audience number 16 brock lesnar counters the tombstone when lesnar counted
the tombstone attempt from the undertaker at wrestlemania 30 fans didn't expect lesnar to
execute an f5 and break the streak in the process but that's exactly what happened as lesnar was
able to power out of the undertaker's tombstone attempt lift him up onto his shoulders and then
execute the most memorable f5 of his entire career number 15 eddie guerrero counters the rock bottom
the only 1v1 match on wwe television between the rock and eddie guerrero took place in 2002 and
left fans wanting more the two legends had amazing chemistry and it was a shame that they never had
another match and nevertheless during this one the rock would go to finish eddie off with a rock
bottom when eddie smartly counted the rock bottom with an arm drag pin combination it was incredibly
smooth and the timing was immaculate on behalf of both men number 14 mr perfect cleverly counters
the stink face the pre-show match for wrestlemania 18 featured mr perfect test and landstorm taking
on the trio of scottie tuhari alba and rikishi during the final moments of the match rokishi
was about to perform his iconic stink face on mr perfect when perfect smartly pulled his
white towel in front of his face this meant that perfect's face was saved from any humiliation and
the tell was left to soak up rakishi's rear end this was a smart yet humorous way to counter the
stink face and it was something that was never seen before in a rakishi match number 13 a8 into
a sweet chin music it's now common practice for wrestlers to counter john cena's aaa by landing on
their feet however in 2007 this rarely happened one of the first instances of this took place
during the epic wrestlemania 23 match between cena and shawn michaels the finish of the match
involves cena performing an aa on hbk however he would land on his feet and spontaneously hit
cena with his sweet chin music for the win it was out of nowhere and one of the most
memorable match finishes of the entire ruthless aggression error number 12 choke slam into an rko
one of the greatest near falls in history took place at wrestlemania 21. this was during the
match between randy orton and the undertaker as taker would go for a chokeslam when orton managed
to counter the move with an rko nothing like this had ever been done before and the counter
was so affected that a lot of fans actually thought that orton was about to break the streak
number 11 moonsault into a superkick nxt takeover four one of the most memorable moments in nxt
history occurred during the adam cole vs ricochet match at nxt takeover brooklyn 4.
during the match ricochet would go for a springboard moonsault
when cole managed to counter the move with a superkick to the jaw in mid-air
the spot received the largest ovation of the entire event and is often featured in penny
nxt highlights number 10 twist of fate into an rko the wwe title match at 2008 royal rumble
pay-per-view featured randy orton defending his championship against the ignomatic one jeff hardy
for the finish of the match hardy would be able to hit his twist of fate but that was until orton
slipped out of it and executed an rko the counter worked so well because it was so quick and so
smooth number nine the curb stomp gets turned into a stahls clash the only one-on-one match between
seth rollins and aj styles took place at 2019's money in the bank pay-per-view the match was well
received by fans and there was one spot in the match that blew everyone away rollins would go
for his curb stomp finishing move when somehow aj managed to transition the move into a styles clash
it was astonishing and created one of the best near falls in recent memory number eight
springboard into a sweet chin music in may of 2005 wwe decided to book shelton benjamin versus sean
michaels on an episode of raw this would be the first time the two had ever wrestled each other
and the two delivered an absolute classic for the finish of the match shelton would go for a
springboard dive when hbk managed to hit a picture-perfect switch in music in mid-air
definitely one of the most replayed moments in raw history number seven rolling thunder into a power
slam on the august 2nd 2013 edition of smackdown randy orton would take on christian and rob van
dam in a triple threat match to determine the number one contender for the world title
to the surprise of nobody the match delivered the high quality you would expect from all three men
involved however one spot in particular has stuck with fans since during the match rvd would go for
his trademark rolling thunder move when orton popped right up and hit a power slime in mid-air
the timing couldn't have been better and it was one of the smoothest looking counters ever seen
in a match number six lesnar leaps over a spear the match between brock lesnar and goldberg at
wrestlemania 33 was actually really well received by fans it was short but extremely entertaining
one of the most memorable moments from a match involved goldberg going for his trademark spear
but that was until lesnar managed to leap over goldberg and send him crashing into the turnbuckle
it was amazing to see someone of lesnar's size perform an athletic feat of this nature and there
wasn't a better time for lesnar to do it than at wrestlemania number 5 f5 into a ddt eddie
guerrero's wwe title win at no way out 2004 was incredibly special to fans eddie was beloved by
the audience and it was fantastic to see the hottest babyface in the company finally win
the big one the match was against brock lesnar and exceeded all expectations for the finish of
the match lesnar would go for an f5 on eddie but eddie managed to spin out of it and land a ddt on
the wwe championship the counter nearly blew the roof off the arena following the counter eddie was
able to hit a frog splash to win the wwe title to the delight of the audience number four moonsault
into a tombstone the match between taker and shaw michaels at wrestlemania 25 is considered by many
fans to be the greatest match in wrestlemania history one of the reasons for this is because
of how amazing the finish to the match was during the final moments hpk would go for a moonsault
however he was unsuccessful as taker would catch him in midair and execute a tombstone pull driver
to win the match and extend his wrestlemania streak to 17-0 number three airborne into an
rko on the july 12 2010 edition of raw evan bone was about to hit his signature airborne
on randy orton however orton would somehow be able to counter the move in mid-air into an rko
the counter received an absolute enormous reaction and it was without a doubt one
of the greatest moments in raw history number two spear into a pedigree the only one we won
match on wwe pay-per-view between seth rollins and roman reigns took place at
money in the bank 2016. it was a match that was acclaimed by fans and critics alike the
closing moments of the match blew fans away reigns would go for a spear however rollins
managed to execute a pedigree as reigns entered his close proximity for the spear
nothing had ever been seen like this before in a wwe match and the only criticism from fans
came from the fact that this wasn't a finish to the match and number one the curb stomp into an
rko
oh without a doubt the greatest counter of all time occurred at wrestlemania 31
as during the closing moments of the match between randy orton and seth rollins
runners would go for his curb stomp finisher until orton managed to counter it with an rko in mid-air
i mean come on look at it do we need to say anything else well there you have it folks 20
of the best wwe reversals and counters are there any more that should be added to this list let
us know in the comments down below and i'll see you next time with some more wrestling content