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WWE NXT's Lizzy Rain says her Thunderstruck finishing move was inspired by Meiko Satomura's Scorpion Rising:
"I actually got inspired (by) Meiko Satomura’s Scorpion Rising. I wanted to do a Shining Wizard but a lot of people do Shining Wizards.
"I used to do the Knee Trembler as a finish and I still wanted to do some kind of knee or Shining Wizardy thing and me and my coach were just thinking, ‘What can we do that’s a little bit different?’ And we thought, ‘Oh, what about a pop-up one?’ Kind of like Meiko Satomura’s finish. She heavily inspired me, I love watching her wrestle.
"So we did it and we were like, ‘This is the sickest finish ever, we need to do this. This needs to be your finish.’ The name comes from the leg looking a little bit like a thunderbolt, and you know AC/DC Thunderstruck, it kind of fits perfectly."
(Busted Open After Dark)