Homages are great things to see in pro wrestling, but unfortunately, unless we watch a little of everything or are hyper focused we may miss the meaning behind them or even the use of certain moves.
But for wrestlers, they can mean the while world as a show of respect, and at WWE’s Elimination Chamber Edge and Beth Phoenix paid homage to one of the best tag teams in the world when they hit a Shatter Machine.
It was a moment that was special for Dax Harwood and he explained it in greater detail on his “FTR with Dax” podcast when they talked about the Elimination Chamber.
Setting the stage
As it turned out, Edge approached Dax about helping him get into ring shape after being out of action for a while.
Special thanks to Wrestlingnews.co for the transcript.
“Adam has been off for a little while and he just asked me if I would, you know, work with him and help him get back into ring shape, so I did. Those two (Edge and Beth Phoenix) are Hall of Fame talents. I am just lucky that they respect me and Cash enough that they wanted to pay homage to us using that move (The Shatter Machine).
“I don’t want to give the wrong impression to fans when I say this, especially with our contracts coming up in April, but hearing the name Shatter Machine, my wife, like when I watched it, and saw it for the first time, the Shatter Machine and those guys hit it. You heard Michael Cole call it. I was watching on my phone and I rewound it. My wife just started filming me. I didn’t know she was filming me, but I said to her, ‘Oh man. I’m So emotional right now.’ She said, ‘Why are you so emotional? Because they did your finishing move?’ I said, ‘Well, yeah, that’s very respectful, but I’m more emotional that they called it the Shatter Machine because that’s the name that I came up with.’”
A finishing move is synonymous with a wrestler of team like Hulk Hogan’s Atomic Leg Drop, Bret Hart’s Sharpshooter, The Road Warriors’ Doomsday Device and so on.
When others borrow, steal, or use a move in homage, it can be the ultimate type of flattery and show the person that came up with is made a mark in the business.
“It was emotional to me that we have made a little, small impact on the business that I have loved and cherished and admired for my whole existence, right? We’ve made this little bit of impact where we came up with a move, we named a move, and they’re still calling it that move. That to me is so humbling. We are watching it and hearing it still called the Shatter Machine really made me feel. I’m very lucky that those guys respect us enough to do it. I’m also lucky that that company respects us enough to still call it that because they could have called it whatever they wanted to.”
What move do you like seeing done as homage to a favorite wrestler? Let us know in the comments below.
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