The innovators behind sports-entertainment’s best maneuvers: photos | WWE

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Japan’s Jushin “Thunder” Liger was the daredevil genius behind the Shooting Star Press.

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Former WWE Champion Buddy Rogers innovated the often imitated Figure-Four Leglock.

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The punishing Texas Cloverleaf was created by WWE Hall of Famer Dory Funk, Jr.

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Johnny Ace, best known to WWE fans as John Laurinaitis, invented the Ace Crusher — best known to fans today as the RKO.

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Wrestling cornerstone Lou Thesz came up with the powerbomb, the STF and the Thesz Press.

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Japanese grappler Riki Choshu was the first to perform the Sharpshooter, or as he called it the “Sasori-Gatame.”

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Mando Guerrero, brother of Eddie Guerrero, came up with the breathtaking moonsault.

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Art Barr, seen here under the guise of The Juicer, patented the Frog Splash.