Best Wrestling Finisher

[Arachnodouche]

^Was a banner at Punk-Cena, Chicago I think? The ECW set wouldn't need to declare their intentions in advance if Cena beat RVD. Remember how they kept throwing his souvenir shirt back at him?

 

[sledger]

I think it was at both tbh.

 

[sledger]

The ECW ONS 2006 match is absolutely one of Cena's best performances btw.

Crowd were going to hate on him no matter what, but he absolutely milked the hell out of the situation. Had the crowd in the palm of his hand. Knew exactly how to play up to them.

 

[honestbharani]

Cena may be limited as an in-ring performer but his ability to manipulate the crowd is nothing short of legendary. Definite ATG at least in the WWE style of wrestling. And he consistently improved and evolved as an in-ring performer too. He truly did rise above the hate.

 

[Silver Silva]

I don't know if his name can be mentioned on here , but Chris Benoits crippler crossface was a thing of beauty , my favorite submission maneuver, and Benoit would activate it from any situation just like the Ankle Lock of Kurt Angle.

For a brawler move its the StoneCold Stunner , the beauty is in its simplicity, can be hit anywhere, by anyone, at anytime ..Its basically a modified jawbreaker but it looks so badass when Steve Austin did it, and it plays with his character..Texas rattlesnake ..get to close you're gonna get stung ..

For high flying moves ..I'll be honest Montez Ford has a beautiful frogsplash its very underrated..

And for sheer power the F 5 is brutal from Brock Lesnar

 

[Silver Silva]

It's the insane height he gets on the splash ..
Its just beautiful

 

[sledger]

I don't think Ford's frog splash is underrated at all tbh. Everyone who's seen him knows how awesome it is.

 

[Kraken]

100%, fords frog splash is amazing. However I can’t go past my boy RVDs 5-star frog splash at the best

 

[andruid]

The GOAT Finisher

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[Teja.]

Crippler’s cross face was extremely protected in how few seconds it was held before the tap usually and how it was basically the irreversible once locked in without a rope break.

In contrast, the flying head butt looked brutal to Benoit when it did not connect which was the majority of the time and weak when it did.

 

[sledger]

The flying headbutt was brutal to Benoit irl tbh, not just in kayfabe. One of the major contributing factors to his brain being absolutely shot and all the subsequent horribleness.

I think it was used as more of a finishing move in WCW though (or at least was occasionally used as such), rather than as a signature move, which was all it ever was in WWF/E.

Edit: Though having thought about it, I seem to remember Benoit beat MVP with the headbutt at WM 23 actually.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The flying headbutt was brutal to Benoit irl tbh, not just in kayfabe. One of the major contributing factors to his brain being absolutely shot and all the subsequent horribleness.

Relevant

 

[Kraken]

Knowing Benoits history, it makes me cringe seeing other superstars performing diving headbutts

 

[sledger]

Knowing Benoits history, it makes me cringe seeing other superstars performing diving headbutts

Yeah I particularly hate seeing Bryan doing it tbh, given he actually has a major history with concussions as it is. You'd think he'd be more wary than most.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

I seem to remember Benoit beat MVP with the headbutt at WM 23 actually.

Yeah he did and it was weird because they were having a good match and then the ending was weirdly cold because they'd conditioned everyone too think the headbutt never gets a 3 count.

Also: that move should absolutely be scrapped.

 

[Teja.]

The flying headbutt was brutal to Benoit irl tbh, not just in kayfabe. One of the major contributing factors to his brain being absolutely shot and all the subsequent horribleness.

I think it was used as more of a finishing move in WCW though (or at least was occasionally used as such), rather than as a signature move, which was all it ever was in WWF/E.

Edit: Though having thought about it, I seem to remember Benoit beat MVP with the headbutt at WM 23 actually.

Yeah, Benoit was my favourite wrestler ever to watch because of that unreal anger and intensity he managed to depict every second in the ring. Even his theme song had that vibe as well as his nickname, the “rabid wolverine”. He was the best at coming off as this deranged angry lunatic with his body language, intensity and expressions even though he couldn’t cut a promo to save his life.

Knowing what we now know about the state of his mind and his similar aggressive behaviour outside the ring to his colleagues etc leading up to what happened finally, makes it all so ****ed up for me.

He wasn’t acting.

 

[GotSpin]

Finger poke of doom for me

 

[Tom Flint]

Haven't watched wrestling since school but whatever Scotty too hotty used to do was most popular move in our playground

 

[Aritro]

Hogan's leg drop.

More seriously, Jake Roberts's DDT and Arn Anderson's spine buster were things of genuine beauty. No one's ever executed those moves as crisply as them two.

 

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The Cobra

Santino Marella is up there with the funniest wrestlers ever