Mikey Whipwreck Details Origins Of ‘The Stunner’ Finisher

Mikey Whipwreck speaks about the origins of The Stunner.

A clip from Wrestling Shoot Interviews’ chat with Mikey Whipwreck was pushed out onto social media. Whipwreck opened up about the origins of ‘The Stunner’ finisher and the variation he used called the ‘Whippersnapper.’

“The Whippersnapper, the one I did, was off the middle rope, which seemed like a good idea at the time. Looking back, not so much. But I got The Stunner from Jimmy Garvin. He was gone from WCW for a while, and then he came back on a random pay-per-view, I think against Johnny B. Badd. He had been a pilot at that point, he’d shaved his head, and he came randomly out of f*cking nowhere, and he did a move to Johnny B. Badd, The Stunner, and he called it the 9-1-1. So, I started using it. I said, ‘F*ck it, I’m gonna start using it.’ So Steve (Austin) started using it at a suggestion from Michael Hayes. I don’t know if it was the ‘Ace Crusher’ he was getting it from or whatever, or he saw Jimmy do it to Johnny B. Badd or whatever the f*ck it was. So either way you look at this, The Stunner, The Whippersnapper, can all be credited to The Freebirds.”

During Whipwreck’s time in ECW, he won the ECW World Heavyweight, World Tag Team, and Television Championship.