Awesome / Evan Bourne

• Winning the WWE Tag Team Titles with Kofi Kingston. Not only is it one of the best pushes Evan's gotten and him teaming with Kofi in general serves to push the "Holy Shit!" Quotient sky high, they won it in a epic match ending with a Trouble In Paradise from the apron into an Air Bourne!
• He's also one of the only permitted wrestlers allowed to use the Shooting Star Press. It was banned along with other high-risk moves because previous workers like Billy Kidman were prone to not being crisp with the moves and injuring themselves or others - especially the time Kidman gave Chavo Guerrero a concussion off a botched shooting star press in a match on SmackDown in 2004, or when Brock Lesnar (yes, you read that right - he'd even had the SSP as an early Finishing Move!) concussed himself and almost broke his neck coming up short on hitting the move on Kurt Angle at WrestleMania XIX. Bourne's technique, in which he really elevates himself to get the proper rotation (unlike Kidman in his WWE tenure, who more slid off the turnbuckle instead), has enabled him to hit the move safely and make it look impressive. This has helped slowly phase back in these kind of maneuvers along with Justin Gabriel's 450 Splash.
  • The story of how he got permission is also impressive - he was asked what he could do as a finishing move, and he suggested the Shooting Star Press. He was told it was banned, so asked if he could use the move if he could perform it safely. WWE purportedly gave him a test of hitting the move in a practice ring ten times without botching before they would allow him to use it in matches. Obviously, he passed.
• His series of matches with Will Ospreay from Revolution Pro Wrestling in England served as a fitting return to prominence in the indies for Sydal.