The Spear - Who does it best?

The Spear - one of the most popular moves in the history of professional wrestling. The move has been used for more than two decades and thanks to some of the greatest wrestlers of all time, they made it what it is today.

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I mean, who doesn't love to see a wrestler nearly tearing his opponent in half with an incredible force? It's like someone being thrust with a giant spear.

Whether it is used as a finisher or a signature move, it still looks as powerful and dangerous as ever especially when the person performing it is a big guy like The Big Show, who makes the move look painful because of his huge size.

As I said, the spear is a very popular move and it has been used in major wrestling organisations like WCW, ECW and WWE.

But that doesn't mean every wrestler who has performed the move did it well. Others look like they're just trying to hug their opponents or giving them a spine buster.

That's why it didn't make sense when a lighter wrestler did the move since the whole point of the move was to make it look like you're at least trying to rip your opponent in half.

The move is so powerful, it was listed as one of the most dangerous moves in WWE. Everyone has their own opinion on who they believe does the best spear in WWE, so who is that person? You're about to find out.

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#7 Charlotte Flair

No woman does the spear better than Charlotte

You must probably be thinking "Why is Charlotte on this list and not The Big Show?" And the simple answer is unlike The Big Show, Charlotte performs the move regularly and seeing her spear another woman is like watching a lightning bolt in action.

You might disagree with me but not including Charlotte on this list is as silly as not including Big Show on this list too.

Charlotte does not perform the spear as her finishing move because she is occupied with the natural selection and the Figure-8 Leglock.

Flair is one of the most successful female superstars in the WWE right now. She has held both the Raw and Smackdown Women's Championship more than once. Oh, and she was the inaugural Raw Women's Champion in case you were wondering.

When she delivers The Spear, she does it with impact and it makes you feel sorry for the person receiving it.

She is the same person who speared Becky Lynch through the flippin' screen! I don't know any other female superstar who does the spear better than Charlotte Flair, so we can all clearly agree that she is one of the best performers of the spear in WWE history.

#6 Rhyno

Rhyno calls it the gore

Rhyno is the guy who made The Spear popular in ECW before it was purchased by the WWE and turned into a brand.

Unlike every other superstar, he calls it the 'Gore', mainly because his name comes from a rhinoceros, which uses its horn to strike anything on its way.

Rhyno's execution of the gore makes it look fearsome and painful, especially when he spears a wrestler through the screen or a table.

One of Rhyno's most popular gore was when he speared Chris Jericho through the Smackdown screen.

In some cases, he would gore a superstar with so much impact that it would turn them inside-out. It looked believable considering he was one of the heaviest superstars to perform the move.

He was like a rhinoceros striking down its target with so much impact. This makes Rhyno one of the greatest performers of the spear.

#5 Edge

Edge could've done it better

WWE Hall of Famer and multi-time world champion Edge made the spear a popular move in WWE since he used it as his finisher, but that doesn't mean he hit the best spear.

Sometimes he would hit the spear with one hand, which makes the move have less impact and it's not so believable as a finishing move.

When you see another superstar performing the spear, you think "Oh God, that hurts," but when Edge does it you think "That doesn't look like it hurts."

Edge does it so easily and with such little force that it makes you think he's trying to forcibly hug his opponent.

But this wasn't always the case because back when he was still a rising superstar, he seemed to have much more force in his spears when he hit them.

It's safe to say that even though Edge helped make the move popular in WWE, he made it look weaker compared to other superstars on this list.

#4 Bobby Lashley

Bobby Lashley delivered a dominating spear

For those who didn't know, Bobby Lashley used the spear as his signature move. A big man like Lashley made the move look the way it should look--terrifying.

Lashley delivers a gutwrenching spear with force and impact. He made it look painful, especially when the person receiving it sold it correctly.

He reminded people that delivering a spear is not trying to forcibly hug someone, but it's like being run over by a car.

His huge shoulders nailed his opponent's abdomen on the canvas while they withered in pain. His spears were as dominating as his finishing move 'The Dominator.'

He only used the move once since he returned to WWE this year on Raw when he teamed up with Roman Reigns to take on The Revival.

He added something to the move by doing a flip, making it look even more effective. He surely showed Reigns how it's done.

#3 Batista

The Animal

"The Animal" Batista incorporated the spear into his signature move around 2007, and it helped make him look like an unstoppable force.

Before that, he was known for hitting his big moves while standing in front of his opponents. Adding the spear to his arsenal gave him an explosive power gimmick since most of the time you didn't see it coming, as he would hit the spear out of nowhere. Even though Batista performed the move well, it still wasn't perfect.

The Animal didn't have enough speed to perform a running spear, but because of his well-known strength and size, it still had some impact.

Even though he didn't always deliver the best spears, he's still well-known for performing the move in WWE and everyone who talks about who the master of the spear has never left him out.

With his rumored match against Triple H at WrestleMania 35, we can only wait and see if he will perform the move once again.

#2 Roman Reigns

Who else did you expect?

I know what you must be thinking. How can Roman Reigns possibly be number two? If you watch clips of the spears he delivered in his early career when The Shield was still in their early days, you will find out why.

Roman Reigns brought the spear back to the level it once was. He brought the move back to WWE after Edge retired and thanks to him many kids around the world regard the spear as their favourite wrestling move.

Reigns does it with all his powers and he makes it look like he's about to snap his opponent in half. He has speared his opponents while they were flying in the air and he would nearly break them in half.

Wrestlers sold the move perfectly, at least they used to, making it look even more devastating.,

He might be good at delivering the spear, but he is still not the best. Only one man holds the title of the 'Master of the Spear.'

#1 Goldberg

Nobody in history has ever done a better spear than Goldberg

If there's one thing we can all finally agree on, no one, and I mean no one else in the history of professional history has ever delivered a more devastating spear than Goldberg, EVER!

Someone the size of Goldberg shouldn't be doing the spear because he could legit snap a person in half.

Bill Goldberg's spear looked so devastating that it defined the word "devastation." Thanks to his background career as a football player, Goldberg's spear had so much impact and momentum that it looked like his opponents were bent in half. No one was the same again after receiving his spear.

Not only did he crush his opponent's abdomen with the spear, but he would also pick them up to deliver the Jackhammer, further crushing their abdomen even more.

When delivered the spear, he didn’t stop in the exact spot but his own momentum allowed his shoulder to drive deeper into his opponents' gut, causing more impact.