The Brainbuster - Who Did It Best?

#5 Toshiaki Kawada

Kawada loved to drop wrestlers on their necks with some of the most vicious moves ever seen

Toshiaki Kawada is world-famous for three reasons: putting on outstanding wrestling matches, kicking people as hard as possible, and dropping his opponents on their heads and necks. Kawada was so famous for that third reason that he eventually earned the nickname ‘Dangerous K’.

While most people remember his version of Steve Williams’ ‘Dangerous Backdrop’, Kawada also used a sheerdrop Brainbuster as one of his finishers, which he (appropriately) called the ‘Dangerous DDT’.

Like others, Kawada would lift his opponent up quickly, and then drop them down almost in a DDT-like drop. This was the perfect move for him to use as a finisher, especially since he had a tendency to soften up his opponents’ necks in his matches by dropping them on it and kicking it countless times.

It’s wrestling psychology at its simplest: target a body part with as many moves as possible, and then hit your biggest move at the end to destroy what’s left of that same body part. It’s a lost art that isn’t seen that much, particularly in WWE.