The world of professional wrestling is all about the show. Good guys facing bad guys and trying to come out on top was the formula for many years. Over time, the moves that wrestlers use to put on these shows have changed and morphed into something just short of amazing. They are doing things now that wrestlers would never have dreamed of doing. In spite of this, the wrestling moves of yesteryear serve as the backbone of modern day pro wrestling. They are still used in between the new and spectacular ones, and some even remain exactly as they were back in the early days of Gorgeous George and Bruno Sammartino among others. What follows is a list of historic wrestling moves that had an impact on professional wrestling, and why they were so important:

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