In 2013, how important is a guy's finisher?

**Cool King** · 02-10-2013, 07:55 PM

A finisher that comes out of nowhere is always good, with the best examples being the Stone Cold Stunner and RKO. Other good ones are JBL's Clothesline From Hell, Billy Gunn's Fameasser and even a generic Big Boot and Superkick.

Submission finishers can also have that "out of nowhere" feeling too, but only if it's not been attempted during the match and the opponent is really weak. I've found myself being "on the edge of my seat" in the past with Jericho's Walls Of Jericho, Benoit's Crippler Crossface and even as most recent as Del Rio's Cross Armbreaker.

I feel that if a submission finisher is attempted a few times during a match, it loses it's "unpredictability" during that match. If it's been attempted four times for example, it just makes the fifth time less surprising and it leaves me thinking "He's going to tap this time" and more times than not, he does.

Also, I'm not that big of a fan of taunts before finishers either. I know it's not a new thing and it's been happening for years, but it feels like these days, it's pretty much always done in the WWE. 95% of the time, a wrestler will do something to indicate that they're about to perform their finisher. Some are good and they work well with both the finisher and the wrestler's character, but again, I feel that sometimes it just loses the "unpredictability" of the finisher. Some can even be quite annoying at times with the worst and most recent one being during Edge's face run before he retired. Having him shout along with the crowd "Spear! Spear! Spear!...." was just annoying to me.

02-10-2013, 07:55 PM	#11
Cool King King K Cool Posts: 28,472	A finisher that comes out of nowhere is always good, with the best examples being the Stone Cold Stunner and RKO. Other good ones are JBL's Clothesline From Hell, Billy Gunn's Fameasser and even a generic Big Boot and Superkick. Submission finishers can also have that "out of nowhere" feeling too, but only if it's not been attempted during the match and the opponent is really weak. I've found myself being "on the edge of my seat" in the past with Jericho's Walls Of Jericho, Benoit's Crippler Crossface and even as most recent as Del Rio's Cross Armbreaker. I feel that if a submission finisher is attempted a few times during a match, it loses it's "unpredictability" during that match. If it's been attempted four times for example, it just makes the fifth time less surprising and it leaves me thinking "He's going to tap this time" and more times than not, he does. Also, I'm not that big of a fan of taunts before finishers either. I know it's not a new thing and it's been happening for years, but it feels like these days, it's pretty much always done in the WWE. 95% of the time, a wrestler will do something to indicate that they're about to perform their finisher. Some are good and they work well with both the finisher and the wrestler's character, but again, I feel that sometimes it just loses the "unpredictability" of the finisher. Some can even be quite annoying at times with the worst and most recent one being during Edge's face run before he retired. Having him shout along with the crowd "Spear! Spear! Spear!...." was just annoying to me.