Tiffany Stratton Recalls Original Finisher, Why She Switched To a Moonsault

Tiffany Stratton is known for the World’s Prettiest Moonsault, but it wasn’t her original finisher and she recently looked back at her original finisher. Stratton began doing her variation on the moonsault back in her NXT days, and it quickly earned praise and got over as a finisher.

Stratton appeared on A Shot of Brandi and discussed how her original finisher was a twisting Vader Bomb. She talked about why she switched and recalled nearly botching her moonsault during her feud with Fallon Henley in NXT. You can see the highlights below:

On Her Original Finisher:

“So I actually — originally when I first got on TV, it was a Vader Bomb. But it had like, a full twist and I called it the Tiffy Twist. So it wasn’t originally my plan to have that [the moonsault] as my finish. And then I started landing the Tiffy Twist kind of like awkwardly on my side, or I wasn’t completing the twist every time. And it just like scared me because like, you’re coming into the ground so fast and you’re twisting at the same time. So I’m like, I don’t wanna break my nose on accident.

“So I decided to do the moonsault. And the reason why I do the jumping one is because I was a trampoline gymnast and like, jumping off of the ropes like kind of directly reflects my background I feel like. And it just adds like a little bit of pizazz, if you will, with the jumping. And I feel like not a lot of people can do that.”

On If She’s Ever Really Missed the Moonsault:

“I was wrestling — I think it was Fallon Henley. And I do it, but it wasn’t me hitting the move, it was like a –I faded it, like I landed on my feet and she rolled in. But my boot slipped off of the rope and I was — Yeah, that was scary.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit A Shot Of Brandi with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.