People are crying foul on Tensai that he didn't jump to help Ryback. Look at the move—a jump isn't involved. Ryback hooks his arm around his opponent's leg to get his opponent up on his shoulders. Rather than his opponent resting on his shoulders stomach-first, like you see in a GTS or Attitude Adjustment, Ryback's opponents rest on their side, as Ryback has one arm wrapped around their neck and the other around their leg.
Because of this, Tensai isn't suppose to jump, he needs to lean forward on Ryback and let Ryback get positioning with his hands. It's then up to a dead lift from Ryback. And it isn't a weight issue as much as it is an awkward maneuver. Ryback has performed the move on two guys at a time, but that was on two guys who have skinny body types. It's like trying to pick up and move that piece of furniture that is shaped oddly. It isn't so much the weight that makes it difficult as it is getting your arms and hands in the right spot to move it.
The body type of Tensai is a first for Ryback to try and perform the finisher on. Tensai is so tall, a legitimate 6'5", and he's round. After becoming the number one contender to the WWE Championship, Ryback continued his feud with Cena by attacking him on several occasions while also having confrontations with The Shield.
Ryback received his title opportunity in a Last Man Standing match on May 19 at Extreme Rules , however, the match ended in a no-contest after Ryback rammed Cena and himself into the electric backdrop at the top of the ramp. The following night on Raw , Ryback entered the arena in an ambulance and challenged Cena to an ambulance match for the WWE Championship at the first-ever Payback pay-per-view.
The following week on Raw , Cena accepted Ryback's challenge, but announced their match would instead be a 3 Stages of Hell match ; the first fall a lumberjack match , the second a tables match and the third an ambulance match. At the pay-per-view on June 16, Ryback won the lumberjack match, but went on to lose both the tables and ambulance matches and his shot at the WWE Championship. Ryback then began feuding with Chris Jericho, which led to a singles match on July 14 at Money in the Bank , where Ryback emerged victorious.
In August, Ryback debuted a new gimmick, where he began bullying various backstage workers. Also as part of the gimmick, Ryback would back away from fighting opponents of equal size and taking advantage of smaller and vulnerable opponents. Despite being a bully himself, Ryback claimed he hated bullies and vowed to stop CM Punk and anyone else who acted as such.
The feud ended the following night on Raw , when Punk defeated Ryback in a Street Fight match after forcing him to submit to the Anaconda Vise , marking Ryback's first ever submission loss. On the November 11 episode of Raw , the alliance between Ryback and Heyman came to an end when Heyman verbally berated him. On July 2, it was announced that Ryback and Axel would be competing for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship in an over the top battle royal at Battleground , but neither Ryback or Axel managed to win.
On August 26, , Ryback underwent hernia surgery. Ryback returned on the October 27 edition of Raw , as a face , defeating Bo Dallas. However, this was later proven to be a ruse when he attacked Team Authority and defected to Team Cena. On the Raw following Extreme Rules , Ryback was attacked by Bray Wyatt who sent a series of mysterious promos aimed at Ryback weeks prior , leading to a match at Payback, which Ryback lost. The following night, before Ryback was scheduled to make his first title defense against The Miz, Big Show attacked Miz and confronted Ryback, starting a feud between the two.
It was later announced that that Ryback would defend the title against Big Show and Miz in a triple threat match at Battleground. However, Ryback would suffer an injury, cancelling the match. Ryback would unsuccessfully challenge Owens in a rematch at Hell in a Cell.
Ryback, Jey Uso, and Kalisto would become the remaining survivors. Ryback would reenter a feud with Rusev, whom he lost to at TLC. Immediately after announcing his WWE departure, Reeves announced via his Instagram that he will be taking independent bookings. He successfully retained the title in a rematch during the second night of the tour. As of , according to several sources including wrestling sites and social media, Ryback has future bookings scheduled with Scottsh Wrestling Alliance and the newly-formed ACW Wisconsin promotion between the months of March and April.
The next night in Motherwell, Scotland, Ryback defeated Grado. Reeves continues to reside in his native Las Vegas, Nevada. Ryback could pump the crowd up as usual by doing his "wake up" sequence before he makes his first run across the ring. Still, I have to wonder if they ever saw more potential for the move than a simple submission, because these days, The Cobra Clutch is not simply just an effective finisher. The Clutch is also an effective transition hold, which can then be circled back into a submission.
The Cobra Clutch Backbreaker, for example, is a beautiful move or at least as beautiful as you'd like to call a guy like Big Show, who used it , because not only does it allow one to display both knowledge of wrestling holds by sinking in The Clutch, it shows power in both the user lifting the opponent into the air and down again, while maintaining their grip on the submission.
Lastly, one has the option of either going into a submission by keeping the lock on or they can simply hit the backbreaker and call it a match.
Either way, you've got your match won nine times out of ten. All of these would be great things to see from Ryback.
We combine the power that brought him to the dance, with the finesse that can win over older fans and enchant newer ones as well. Seeing as how Ryback would also be going into a match with Mark Henry, I have to think it would truly be something if Ryback not only managed to get him up for the backbreaker, but also managed to make The World's Strongest Man tap out.
A move that needs little introduction to most people, I'm sure. What can I say about The Pounce that isn't evident just by watching and honestly it's more fun to watch the move than read about it? It's simple but effective.
I will say this, though, I think it would take time to perfect the move. I would think a guy the size of Ryback would have to be careful not to seriously injure someone with the move, but I don't think it's impossible.
Potential Name: The Pounce Hey, the name does kind of fit with his gimmick, anyway. Another Side Slam variation, and a personal favorite, The Sit-out Side Slam is also a move that could be used to lift and drop Henry down to the mat, should Ryback choose to use this move as a new finisher.
While I was worried for a bit that people may well remember the move as being used by Mason Ryan, I scapped the thought. By now even a lot of you probably haven't thought about Ryan before seeing this.
Aside from that, Ryan looks to be utilizing the Vertical Suplex Powerslam as his preferred finisher these days. As shown above, the move can be a great display of power, and generally doesn't look to need a lot of assistance to look good. Again, this move goes back to showing off what brought Ryback to the dance: his power. While versatility has a lot of advantages, there's also something to be said for sticking to your roots. Here we have a move, I'm actually not sure Vince McMahon would approve of, but I think a move that could be well utilized for Ryback to display both power and skill in executing.
I haven't been able to see too many examples of the move, but from what I see, it could be a solid move as it keeps the opponent moving thus preventing them really slipping with a good grip, and also can land with some nice impact when performed. Again though, because this move is actually a piledriver variation, I don't think Vince would much appreciate him using this move. Still, he let Cena perform a variation of the move though Cena was going for Emerald Flowsion, it looked like a closer match for the CCD , but with a bit more leeway to really spike it down, this could be a sight to see in a Ryback match.
The go-to hold for soon-to-be Hall of Famer Bob Backlund, The Crossface Chicken Wing is a classic hold in professional wrestling, but not often one we see today. Perhaps Ryback could bring back the use of the hold in a more brutal fashion, as it would help to add to the ferocity of his character and it would be a nice way I think, to pay tribute to a Legend going into the Hall.
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