Worst Finishers in Rasslin

[Seanny One Ball]

The Heart punch
Claw hold
The Pounce
Three Point Stance Clothesline
Full Nelson
Bearhug

[Bad News Gertner]

The Heart Punch rules lol.

Ox Baker would like a word with you

[Seanny One Ball]

Ox Baker looked good until he started moving

[Seanny One Ball]

I quite liked theatrical stuff like The Worm and The People's Elbow...

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol Vince Sr brought Ox in as a Backlund challenger but got sent home after one t.v taping because of how terrible he was.

[Seanny One Ball]

When he made Escape from New York he was apparently incredibly dangerous to film the fight scene with. Just a big lumbering monster swinging a club with nails in it.

[Emperor Smeat]

Overdrive

[Evil Vito]

Roll of the Dice/Test Drive

was cool for a while until a million people started using it

[TheFallenOneX]

Any Punch (Big Show WMD, Lacey Evans Woman's Right)
Jericho's Judas Effect
and the unpopular vote any cutter/RKO/Stunner because EVERYONE uses one now

[Sepholio]

...The Worm? The Dick Flip?

[Gerard]

Superkick, as above it's used by shitloads of people now and not even as a finisher for the most part.

[Sixx]

Hogan;s Leg Drop. The Rock's People's Elbow. Those are just regular moves.

How come they can finish matches using those while others would barely get a 2 count?

[Bad News Gertner]

Overdrive

100% yes

[Bad News Gertner]

Remember that stupid fucking move Suicide used in TNA? That move.

[Bad News Gertner]

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[Sixx]

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I think the more insulting thing is this guy lkooks like he's wearing a kid's pajamas.

[Evil Vito]

Jericho's Judas Effect

I actually really dig the Judas Effect. A spinning elbow delivered to someone's head SHOULD put them down for the count.

[Evil Vito]

Canadian Destroyer

when I was a freshman in high school I thought it was the coolest move I'd ever seen. Then I realized it logically can't be hit on most of the roster and it requires an absurd amount of cooperation

over WrestleMania weekend I saw Tessa Blanchard hit someone with a TOP ROPE Canadian Destroyer, kick out at two. most indy thing ever

[Seanny One Ball]

...The Worm? The Dick Flip?

This makes The Worm look dick related.

Also the dick flip is a finish?!

[Gerard]

Styles Clash, your head is literally a few inches above the canvas so how's him falling forward and your head dinking into the canvas meant to finish an opponent off? Someone grabbing an opponent's head when they're lying prone and bouncing it off the canvas would probably have more impact.

[Gerard]

Hogan;s Leg Drop. The Rock's People's Elbow. Those are just regular moves.

How come they can finish matches using those while others would barely get a 2 count?

Could make that argument for a ton of moves, elbow off the top rope, chokeslam, powerbomb, big boot, superkick, lariat, versions of the splash, etc etc.

[Seanny One Ball]

Buddy Landel used to use a standing elbow drop as a finish besides the figure four and I always like the really simple impact finishes. A guy doing that to you would fuck you up if you were laid out on the floor.

Of course the most preposterous issue with pro rasslin isn't shitty finishers, it's people laying down for 30 seconds in order to take the move that keeps them down for 3...

[Droford]

I totally figured out why Otis does a Caterpillar for a move.

https://www.werktuigen.nl/afbeeldingen/models/2656/2/caterpillar-924gz.jpg

Caterpillar is a company that makes heavy machinery

[Seanny One Ball]

Why are you saying that as if Caterpillar isn't a globally recognised, multi billion dollar brand?!

[Seanny One Ball]

Droford has never worn boots nor walked past a construction site.

[Droford]

Droford has never worn boots nor walked past a construction site.

I had a pair of steel toed boots to wear in a kitchen

[Droford]

Why are you saying that as if Caterpillar isn't a globally recognised, multi billion dollar brand?!

Had you made the connection between calling the move the Caterpillar and the company?

[Seanny One Ball]

I don't know anything about the move or the guy, I do know that anybody who has ever seen a yellow piece of machinery in a construction site or a pair of yellow work boots has almost certainly seen the CAT logo.

[xrodmuc316]

Scott Hall got a lot of heat for saying he would never sell it, but he was right, the Bubba Bomb is a really stupid finisher.

A Full Nelson to a slam on their butt.

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How you can have the greatest tag team finisher ever, and then the best you can think of for your singles finisher is that, well clearly D-Von was the creative one on the team.

[Sixx]

Could make that argument for a ton of moves, elbow off the top rope, chokeslam, powerbomb, big boot, superkick, lariat, versions of the splash, etc etc.

True, but a powerbomb ends way more matchess than a fucking leg drop.

[Gerard]

Scott Hall got a lot of heat for saying he would never sell it, but he was right, the Bubba Bomb is a really stupid finisher.



He was talking about the 3d, jokingly but it got taken serious.

[Sepholio]

I had a pair of steel toed boots to wear in a kitchen

Were they non-slip?

[Seanny One Ball]

No such thing.

I had supposed non slips on when I fell in a kitchen and fucked my arm up. Oil laughs in the face of friction.

[Sixx]

Wait... Why would you need steel-toed boots in the kitchen? Were there muggers in the dishes?

[Sixx]

Ah, shit, he probably misunderstood what his mom told him and mistook mugs for muggers.

[Seanny One Ball]

You need safety shoes in a job like that because having a pot suitable for event dining fall on your foot will fuck you up.

[Seanny One Ball]

You get pots that are feet high and have inches thick metal on the base.

[Seanny One Ball]

BEST. FINISHER. THREAD.... EVER

[LibSuperstar]

Superman Punch
Heart Punch
The Worm

[Droford]

Wait... Why would you need steel-toed boots in the kitchen? Were there muggers in the dishes?

I had a cast iron pot fall on my foot once

Were they non-slip?

yes, of course

bonus points for them being in steelers colors, because it pissed me off

[Destor]

That one move the wwf gives everyone whos green where they put the leg over the guys head and neck breakerish type thing...its never gotten over so i dunno what to call it

[Bad News Gertner]

It's called the Overdrive. Smeat mentioned it.

[Gerard]

It's called the Overdrive. Smeat mentioned it.

Near sure the first person to use that (that i can remember) was Chris Nowinski, he called it the "Honor Roll". Ony used it a few times before he started using others, a spinebuster was one, skull crushing finale was another, as well as a double underhook suplex.

[Destor]

Its had 50 names. If thats the one that stuck with you then sure. Overdrive.

[Seanny One Ball]

Discus Punch

[Bad News Gertner]

Near sure the first person to use that (that i can remember) was Chris Nowinski, he called it the "Honor Roll". Ony used it a few times before he started using others, a spinebuster was one, skull crushing finale was another, as well as a double underhook suplex.

Randy Orton used it when he first debuted. Carlito and MVP as well.


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[Bad News Gertner]

Its had 50 names. If thats the one that stuck with you then sure. Overdrive.

I don't think I've heard it called anything else. MVP I think maybe called it The Playmaker or Play of the Day.

[Seanny One Ball]

It's pretty bad if they give that move to every new guy they bring in.

[DaveWadding]

Its had 50 names. If thats the one that stuck with you then sure. Overdrive.

That's what it was called in like the first 5 Smackdown games and it was cool then so every created moveset had it.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

The alley oop and the one and only

[Droford]

Not a finisher but I get annoyed at how many do the slingblade now, if I was doing it I'd insist they call it something else

[Seanny One Ball]

If I was Billy Bob Thornton I'd be proud of that

[Bad News Gertner]

Dolph Ziggler's Zig Zag is terrible.

[Helmsphere]

I don't think I've heard it called anything else. MVP I think maybe called it The Playmaker or Play of the Day.

Elix Skipper was the first I seen use it in WCW. It had something called Skip in it, since his first name was Skip Over, before he became Elix Skipper and calling the Play of the Day. I can't for the life of me, remember what it was called when he was Skip Over.

[xrodmuc316]

What about the pump handle slam? That is another generic finish they give big guys who are not big enough stars to get a powerbomb.

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[Seanny One Ball]

Road Dogg did the pumphandle slam, Test did a pumphandle powerslam.

I liked them both. Prefer the big boot from hell though.

[Bad News Gertner]

Test shoot big booting people was amazing.

[Seanny One Ball]

The CTE Guarantee would have been a good name for it.

[Bad News Gertner]

Sister Abigail/Knox Out is a terrible finisher, especially if it's being done to anyone with some size.

[Big Vic]

I don't think I've heard it called anything else. MVP I think maybe called it The Playmaker or Play of the Day.

I think they called it the "Apple turnover" for Carlito..............

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol come on.

[Gerard]

What about the pump handle slam? That is another generic finish they give big guys who are not big enough stars to get a powerbomb.

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Probably the most reversed finisher ever, i can barely ever remember him hitting it. :lol:

[Gerard]

Randy Orton used it when he first debuted. Carlito and MVP as well.


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What's even meant to be happening? The opponent fails on their back from a crouched position? Ooh the impact!!

[Big Vic]

Is that a rib move given to wrestlers who can't come up with a finisher?

[Seanny One Ball]

I think every move is a rib now.

"haha you just learned 800 moves and none of them means a thing!"

[Seanny One Ball]

Dusty Rhodes knew one move and he never didn't use it.

[Destor]

What's even meant to be happening? The opponent fails on their back from a crouched position? Ooh the impact!!
Its a neck breaker but with the leg basically. Its awful. The set up too slow and it doesnt look plausible. Itll never get over

[Helmsphere]

The wasteland had to be up there.

[Dukelorange]

Juvi Elbow

[Bad News Gertner]

The Curtain Call was terrible

[DAMN iNATOR]

Any which are not the Figure 4. To claim otherwise wouldn't be fair to Flair.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

The Styles Clash is pretty dumb. Just basically slamming a guy’s knees and feet to the canvas while the head is only inches off the ground.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I remember somebody in the original incarnation of NXT had a finisher where it started as a full nelson, and then he just spun him around and with no additional force, the other wrestler just casually drops to his stomach.

[Seanny One Ball]

Sounds like The Stroke

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I think it was Darren Young but I can’t find a gif.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Sounds like The Stroke

No no this was way worse than the Stroke.

[Bad News Gertner]

It was Darren Young

[Bad News Gertner]

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[Seanny One Ball]

That's the stroke with a spin

[Seanny One Ball]

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This looks like he's trying to kill his wife again.
I liked the Mandible Claw when it was done with the leather finger strap. Mr Socko was terrible.

[Seanny One Ball]

Dr Sam Sheppard just missed the cut for my list of "Great Wrestler Legs"

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Speaking of the Stroke, I feel like the Miz, a wrestler with limited upper body strength and no athletic ability, has gone through a series of soft looking low impact finishers as well. I remember him having a really dumb neck breaker at some point.

[Bad News Gertner]

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The Reality Check

[Bad News Gertner]

There was also the Mizard of Oz.

http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/pictures/finishers/mizmizardofozanimated.gif

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I stand corrected. He had TWO dumb neck breakers at some point.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol I remember when the Miz debuted the Mizard of Oz on Smackdown. JBL and Cole were on commentary, and JBL just completely shit all over the Miz

[Bad News Gertner]

Ha ,I love you internet

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[owenbrown]

Lol I remember when the Miz debuted the Mizard of Oz on Smackdown. JBL and Cole were on commentary, and JBL just completely shit all over the Miz

Ha ,I love you internet

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2 things... 1) This might explain Miz's promos leading up to and after becoming WWE Champion... and 2) Cole was fanboying for The Miz even as a face commentator.

[xrodmuc316]

I stand corrected. He had TWO dumb neck breakers at some point.


Both dumb finishers. To be fair though, I've always loved his corner clothesline spot. He never used it as a finisher, but I think it's the best move in his arsenal.

[KIRA]

Wade Barrett his Wasteland finisher pissed me off I was so glad when he changed it

[KIRA]

The Styles Clash is pretty dumb. Just basically slamming a guy’s knees and feet to the canvas while the head is only inches off the ground.


Its such a pathetic looking move but oddly enough the risk of it killing you is ridiculously high if you take it wrong

[Bad News Gertner]

Remember from like 2007-till when NXT really became a thing when everyone either had a neck breaker as a finisher or an STO as a finish. I don't miss those days.

I remember it being a huge thing when Evan Bourne was allowed to use a Shooting Star Press as a finish

[Gerard]

I remember it being a huge thing when Evan Bourne was allowed to use a Shooting Star Press as a finish

Never knew why Kidman ever used that as a finisher, 9/10 he ended up at some weird angle when he done it, and we all know how that turned out with some opponents getting his knee buried into their head. Even in wcw he fucked it up quite a few times.

[Destor]

Kidamn always had the exact same angle on his press. Problem is guys would feed caddycorner and hes trajectory was a few degrees off from that. Guys who worked him often would feed their feet inward toward the post and hed land perfect evertime

[Helmsphere]

Kidmans Kid Crusher was pretty trash.

[Seanny One Ball]

In retrospect Kidman sounds like a caped paedophile

[Destor]

Kidmans Kid Crusher was pretty trash.
Every veraion of that move is trash.


Also kidmans powerbomb counter into a DDT. Even guys who dont powerbomb would suddenly want to bomb the guy who always counters the move. Infuriating. Counters cannot be in your routine its absurd.

[Seanny One Ball]

Powerbomb into a bronco buster

[Destor]

The physics of that are ao ridiculous

[Helmsphere]

Every veraion of that move is trash.


Also kidmans powerbomb counter into a DDT. Even guys who dont powerbomb would suddenly want to bomb the guy who always counters the move. Infuriating. Counters cannot be in your routine its absurd.


Its inpossible to powerbomb Kidman. Unless you Scott Freaking Norton

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol remember Ricky Ortiz finisher:

That fucking era from 2007-2013 was just a cesspool of boring, terrible finishers


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[Seanny One Ball]

I like stuff like that far too much.

I think more wrestlers should do theatrical nonsense finishers in the centre of the ring.
It's the false finishes that enrage and exhaust me now. I can't handle it.

[KIRA]

Lol remember Ricky Ortiz finisher:

That fucking era from 2007-2013 was just a cesspool of boring, terrible finishers


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And yet some sing the praises of the likes of the Ultimate Warrior and Hogan

At least Ricky came with rally towls

[Seanny One Ball]

Lots of people used off the ropes finishers to grounded opponents back in the day. Adrian Street used to do a very wet splash off the ropes from standing and I still like that shit.
Mr Fuji did a diving headbutt from standing.

The more theatrical the better. Finishers should be something the crowd can get involved in, something you know can't be interrupted unless the opponent is top class.
Well, logic aside we all know that only top tier opposition ever interrupts the theatrics of a standing finish off the ropes to a downed opponent.

I can't remember anyone kicking out of the Worm.

[Seanny One Ball]

I love neckbreakers too, just not the silly ones. Rick Rude's Rude Awakening was so good that modern neckbreakers look too smooth. I blame Honky for this.