Former Diva Search winner, Eve Torres has mystified fans by adopting a unique spin on the moonsault as her finisher. When I first saw it, my jaw dropped and on the two occasions she’s busted it out, it’s been perfection! The exciting move came as a shock from such a Diva — I mean Eve’s not exactly known for her in-ring prowess. But it only takes only one move to wow fans and Eve is bound to turn heads & be taken a little more seriously with her fierce handspring moonsault.
Watch Eve’s finisher, which we’ve dubbed ‘Forbidden Fruit’ below:
So as an ode to Eve, we have collated some of the other Divas who’ve used the moonsault in their arsenal — well kinda. We didn’t get too far so we included some other moonsault-esque moves too!
Follow the cut for more:
LITA
Perhaps the most famous moonsault by a female wrestler, Lita’s daredevil ‘Litasault’ has helped her to countless Women’s Championships. Bursting on the scene in 1999, the Litasault became part of Lita’s gimmick with then cohort Essa Rios, the lucha-libre wrestler who Lita managed to Light Heavyweight Championship gold. The lucha influence would stay with Lita throughout her career, as she went onto become even more successful in WWE than her one-time charge, keeping the moonsault. It was daring and extreme move for a Diva to perform but then again, Lita was classed as a ‘daring and extreme Diva’. Watch a compilation of Lita’s moonsaults over the years below:
VICTORIA
Victoria took the moonsault and added her own spin to it. The Vicious Vixen’s standing moonsault, some could say was a precursor to Eve’s, as it was mat-based as opposed to jumping off the turnbuckle. From WWE to TNA, our Knockouts Champion has a little ritual to go with her standing moonsault as she jiggles her whole body from her feet to the top of her head before delivering her below! Watch one such example below:
JILLIAN
So we’re veering into ‘not moonsault’ territory now, but here’s something that’s just as good — Jillian’s ‘High Note’ aka the 450 splash. Unfortunately, we haven’t seen it too often on WWE television but it’s still an impressive move. Check it out below:
MOLLY HOLLY
Another ‘not-so-moonsault’ is Molly Holly’s ‘Molly-Go-Round’ was her own creation and helped her to two Women’s Championships. Such innovation is just why WWE has it’s less talented girls study tapes of Molly’s matches.
Can Eve’s Forbidden Fruit become as legendary as some of those moves? Can it bring her championship gold? We’ll see! But for now be sure to pick your favourite of the moves highlighted in this blog:
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July 18, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Forbidden Fruit haha like that
July 19, 2009 at 12:25 am
I didn’t get it at first. Haha it’s quirky.
July 19, 2009 at 1:17 am
I have to admit, upon learning the name of Eve’s finisher, I smiled. Mainly because it’s so corny. How many times will they played off her name, huh? Haha. I’m still holding onto the dream that they will one day pair her up with Edge (ADAM Copeland) for the laughs. Then again my hopes for a Kelly Kelly (BARBIE Blank) and KEN Kennedy pairing kind of fell through.
July 19, 2009 at 1:51 am
While Eve’s “Forbidden Fruit” is awesome….hey Melanie i wonder if someone in WWE reads your article and takes the name back to Vince….you think you’ll be given credit for naming her finisher?!…..nah me neither…anyway back to my point…while Eve’s move is awesome, I’ve always been partial to Victoria’s Bootysault
July 19, 2009 at 2:42 am
Molly go Round ftmfw.
July 19, 2009 at 4:03 am
lita’s moonsault is the best overall but eves is a fav now wonder wat other new moves she got for us….lol….
July 19, 2009 at 4:45 am
i love eves moonsault, i actually just came back from a houseshow in which eve teamed with melina against natayla and katie, and i must say eve was actually a bit of the star of the match (natayla for the night, she came out with hart dynasty later and was just brilliant messing with the fans!) also eve did another kind of move but it didnt end in a moonsault but was still pretty awesome, i wanna say it turned into an elbow drop. she has got an amazing kick on katie, but katie and melina really didnt have much chemistry but where still good. oh and melina is amazing looking in real life. also saw her, maria, and natalya leave. melina left with morrison, nattie with the dynasty, and maria did her kiss thing to us!
oh and on a sidenote, that has to do with what you posted about why jillian has been off the road, well i got to thinking and thought “hmm ashely ‘requested’ her release due to family sickness, and so did marcus cor von a couple years back, so if they allow jillan the time off without her being future endeavodered hopefully it means good news coming up for her soon!!
July 19, 2009 at 7:53 am
It’s a shame that the WWE isn’t using Jillian to even half of her potential. She can do gr8 in TNA.
July 19, 2009 at 8:11 am
I love Eve’s finisher.
July 19, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Nothing will ever beat the Litasault in my book. I just love the way Lita executes her moonsaults, it make moonsaults much more exciting, she puts like a hype to the move. Although still I love Eve’s Forbidden Fruit (XD I finally got that when typing this) and I definitely think it’s an awesome move for Eve. But still, I have to give credit to ll this other divas high flying moves, The Molly Go Round is just stupendously awesome, and so is Jillian’s “High Note” which still angers me that they never use that on WWE television… But still, if anyone can do a move like that and execute it without botching, they are just awesome.
July 19, 2009 at 4:25 pm
I liked all of them, but people ALWAYS harped on the fact that Lita’s moonsault was sloppy, dangerous and often missed the mark. She’d often land past the person and sometimes even accidentally smack someone in the head. I always half expected her to kill someone with it, and I was a fan of her.
July 19, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Lol @ Erin, IKR. For me, that was always half the fun in the Litasault!
July 19, 2009 at 9:03 pm
The LitaSault
Could ya tell from my name what id go with? :L
I do like all those moves, there all excelent. And im really impressed with Eves ability to pull of all those moves she does
Yes Erin, often Litasmoonsaults wer reffered to as sloppy ect. … but to be honest, literally of the top of my head i can only remember her missing it 4 times.
1; Vs. Mickie James, did’t miss it but kneed mickie i the face.
– this could class as not being amys fault as mickie had a bag over her head and cudnt see the knee coming =/
2; Vs. Ivory(?), was shown in the video, did the moonsault weirdly and cam down far tooo near the post she lept off
– I’l give you that one :L
3; Vs. Christian, in the Battle of the Sexes match, (must admit great matches), she was attempting to do it whilst christian was standing up
– Christian could be considered to near, specially as litas moonsaults r low ones
4; Vs. Jeff, Interfearence from Lita for Essa, against Jeff Hardy (i think it was jeff anyways).
– this could have the same flws as ’3;’
Anyways, reasons aside, her moonsaults are reall awesome being that low to the floor… me imparticular prefer these ones as a high one like Victoria does (although good) turns into more of a belly flop towards the end lol.