10 Weak WWE Wrestling Finishing Moves That Wouldn't Hurt A Fly 

This guy clearly doesn’t know how hard it is to use a WWE finisher on a fly.

🤔 I’m willing to test out The Rear View to see how effective it is. You know, for science.

In terms of looking powerful, the Samoan Spike did do its part for Umaga's character. A simplistic move that almost looks primal fits his character well. As for it being painful have you ever tried getting Samoan Spiked? One of my classmates got hit by that move when we were playing around back in 5th or 6th grade and the move actually hurt him. Not gonna knock him out of course but I remember his face was red for a long time and he said its like there's something painfully stuck on his throat even a few hours after he got hit by it.

Nah i gotta heavily disagree with Umaga, getting that taped thumb even to the chest would hurt like hell and it also fit Umagas character.. the problem was that some just didnt sell it well enough, it looked devastating on guys like Jeff

jtg selling the cobra as if a cobra actually bite him was one of the greatest sells ever , you just can't deny it

The Samoan spike looked deadly when I was a kid, you’re crazy.

So they put the peoples elbow but not hogans leg drop 🥴

Depending on WHERE on the neck you make contact, the Cobra could be considered an effective move. Make contact with the esophagus or carotid artery and you might be able to stun the opponent long enough to get the pinfall.

The most devastating move in all of sports entertainment, the surprise roll up

Shid the rear view isn’t a weak finisher, it helped me finish a bunch of times

I've taken a few belly to belly suplexes when I was training and the hurt. They aren't flashy but landing on your back with someone on-top of you hurts and this is coming from someone who broke his ankle, wrist, and neck in the same house show ( due to botched moves I received ) but still finishing the match

As a man who has “allegedly” belly to bellied a guy on the sidewalk, I assure you that move is destructive.

Can I just say Randy Orton has had one of the very best character developments in pro wrestling history. Went from a cocky boy to a freakin awesome sadistic heel

Rock kicking Undertaker back down was the best thing I ever saw

The Bailey-To-Belly variation of the Belly-To-Belly Suplex was initially introduced and popularized in the 1980s by Magnum TA and later used as a finisher by Shane Douglas in the early part of his career. Depending upon how much force you can put behind it, it can be pretty effective.

5:30 I love how the ref just ignores the cover

Idk man... I think I could kill a fly with the people’s elbow

And a DDT doesn't look like it actually hurts till your older brother does it to you in the grass 😂

In defense of baileys finisher, its not just hugging and falling on top of them. In that hold you literally grab and squeeze and opponent , driving them to the ground . You’re getting squashed by someone hanging on to you. And depending on whose applying the move, the severity of the impact varies.

Ok, Santino's move is very affective in what it does, and that is to entertain. It also really fit his character. As a kid, I remember people loving him, I did as well. He was a riot to watch.

I disagree with Umaga's finisher, it terrorized me😂 A THUMB TO THE THROAT

Somoan spike is literally one of the roughest looking moves I've ever seen

5:44 is the most replayed section of the timeline and I honestly don't blame you

the hogan leg drop should be on the list too, it's just a typical leg drop lol

Idk wtf he's talking about, I know that if Santino or Umaga had hit me in the throat with their finishers im losing. I'd be too busy choking half to death to kick out

Umaga’s spike PERFECTLY FIT his character. especially in 07 and 08, BUT it only LOOKED devastating when it was sold well, EX: when Jeff hardy got hit by it.

The Superman punch should take Umaga’s spot

The spike and cobra are actually pretty good and could even be lethal of done right. Going for pressure points would surely incapacitate one long enough for the 3 count.

If you’ve ever been punched in the throat, you can vouch for Umaga’s finisher. It hurts to get punched in the throat.

So nobody gonna talk about The Rock kicking the Undertaker back down and finishing the people’s elbow 😂😂

4:08 "What kind of neckbreaker was that?!" - Jim Ross 😂😂😭😭

The more we see brought back from that "bygone era", the better.

I'm sure many people would pay money to get hit with a Rear View... including me.

Fun fact: people who got hit with the brain chop by Great Khali said that it really hurt because of the force that he swung his arm with

Awesome video. Well done

The Cobra is the most electrifying move in sports entertainment.

I legitimately feared Umaga and his Samoan Spike as a kid

"How is the Samoan Spike supposed to hurt?" *Plays video clips of Umaga committing homicide on national television*

Kazani's finisher, reminds me of Drew McIntyre's "Future Shock DDT". I'm not saying he drew inspiration from it, but it just looks similar.

The Samoan drop which Umaga used to do was great to watch and looked impactful.

They're not really finishers anymore, just signatures. Also, The Cobra and Samoan Spike would hurt. It's a jab to the neck, it would hurt like hell.

The fact that he was able to pick MARK FUCKING HENRY up on his shoulders and slam him to the ground is impressive by itself

The people's elbow is iconic more because of the whole theatrics to and the gimmick than the actual elbow drop. When the rock slammed someone in the middle of the ring and looked up, you just knew it was coming and he was about to win so it made the build up hype asf.

The rear view I think is a great signature move to set up some sort of end sequence. In tongue in cheek but athletic a bit at least and unique

If you think the Samoan Spike wouldn’t be bad, you’ve never been hit hard enough in the windpipe.

Brock's belly to belly suplexes on Big Show and Mark Henry are a thing of beauty. That man is a beast back before he first quit WWE.

The Samoan Spike have the potential to be deadly - you tape your thumb to make it hard as a pointed stone and jamm it into the opponent's throat with a hammering fast punch - that can smash his/her trachea. Problem is: you would expect a more impressive looking finisher from a big guy known as " The Samoan Bulldozer"...

Wild that I’m being trained by Kazani now and he is like nigh and day to what he was in 2009. His gimmick is more clear and is pretty awesome. He goes by Sinn Bohdi now

The Samoan Spike I think that move could actually hurt someone since you're aiming for their throat with a lot of force.

I'd honestly take a broken jaw from a stunner, a concussion from a piledriver or a lost tooth from superkick than get punched in the throat by a big Samoan man with a stiff thumb Also, don't diss my boy Scotty-2-Hotty, Mainers stick by their own

5:16 ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA! Edit: How is nobody getting this!? 😶

I took cobra 🐍 finisher very seriously during childhood . I used to practice it and do it on friends I get hurt more .

The end when the rock kicked the undertaker down again🤣

You don’t want to be on the receiving end of the "Khali head Chop" and "Samoan Spike"... They look legit

i would argue that the samoan spike fit umaga's character perfectly, and could be potentially devastating being on the receiving end of one

Bayley to belly looks very effective and the cobra as well as the Somaon Spike look painful

The Samoan spike should not be on this list and it fit him perfectly

The 6th Move Of Doom Is So Powerful, You Can’t Even Feel It!

The DDT, when first made popular by Jake, the Snake, Roberts was the end of a match. There was no move now powerful. Now it's just a move.

So some background on the Samoan Spike stems from the thumb being broken over and over and set in a permanent position to calcify as a weapon. It could be used as a weapon to jab in guys eye sockets and throats and since it couldnt bend it could crush their wind pipes or gouge out eyes. I first heard about it listening to a radio show by G Gordon Liddy in the 90s when he was a POW there was a man that was a tiny Asian dude that had broken thumbs and no one fucked with him in the POW camp. actually pretty legit if you know the background on it.

My friend used to defend the people's elbow by saying "the rock gathers all his chi, and then he drops the elbow. That's why it's so devastating." We were 13, but still...

Umaga finisher was lethal, imagine getting that to the throat.

I was in 5th class and there was this insane MVP & Matt Hardy storyline. We all loved MVP's overdrive. In our eyes it looked so sick 😅

Not sure if the 619 can count on this list as technically isnt the last move (rey mysterio finishes with a splash move after thst)..but still the original move was developed as a feint (tiger feint kick to scare the opponent making him think the performer would take a dive)

You're telling me that Hulk Hogan's leg drop didn't make the cut but the Samoan Spike did😂😂

8:59 the best sell job in HISTORY 😂😂😂

we used to scared of the Samoan Spike the most of all the finishing moves around 2007s....so, i disagreed with that

Honestly, looking back at this, the Samoan Spike isn't that bad of a finisher, it's like the equivalent of getting stabbed in the neck, as morbid as that sounds, it's the only logical comparison for such an finishing maneuver

The cobra move can actually kill someone in real life if executed right

Let's be honest, at his height, Scotty 2 Hotty got the biggest crowd reaction in the WWE

How mankind’s socko finisher didn’t make this list is amazing

11:27 As a kid 20 years ago I always loved this part. 😂😂😂

8:58 BEST. SELL. EVER. "Oh the venom!"

In all fairness to the "Rear View," it's not that the move is impactful, it's all the junk in that trunk that does the damage.

Since bayley is basically heel,she should have just turn the belly to belly backbreaker.

At 0:28 Full masked with full costume KANE vs Masked Mankind. One of the GREATEST MATCH ever had in WWF now WWE History. 😳😳😳😳😳😳

The bullhammer looks like it would legitimately give someone a concussion

The Samoan spike was perfect for umaga. And it looks like it hurts.

Zack Ryder would also use a variation of the overdrive called the zack attack

I disagree with Santino's finisher, the cobra, looking weak. It definitely looked painful, especially since it looked like it was hitting the throat or solar plexus. It was also hella funny. Perfect for Santino. XD

Sadly finishers move aren’t even finishers now a day’s 😞

I feel like the Samoan Spike would actually hurt like hell if you spiked the neck

Tbf, I think the Cobra and 6th move of doom were clearly comedic (and worked when sold well like JTG being an absolute class act on that clip). Being a kid in 2006, I remember Umaga’s finisher seeming absolutely devastating, again especially when sold well (like the Jeff Hardy clip). They’re not as impactful as a superkick, stunner or RKO, but also not as bad as those slower slams and strikes featured earlier in the video

Kizarny's finisher looks like something I'd make as a kid in the old Smackdown vs Raw 2011 psp game.

U gotta love the theatrics of the people’s elbow 😂

5:09 this is not useless, any man would submit instantly

i was first confused why it wasnt mentioned that Solo Sikoa is using the Samoan Spike until i saw how old the Video actually is. and that Otis the Caterpillar is pretty sure the same Move as the Worm.

The Bayley-To-Belly is a traditional Belly-To-Belly suplex, where they pivot and slam them to the ground rather than the likes of Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar, who use a variation called the Overhead Belly-to-Belly Suplex which lacks the pivot and releases the opponent.

The Samoan Spike if done legitimately would definitely hurt. Literally being stabbed in the throat by the thumb of a 300+lb Samoan.

Love how when a clip of Naomi doing the rear view showed, the commentary said 'Baby got back'

I actually like Wasteland, I didn't know it's name until the start of this video. Wasn't expecting to see that here. It looks more effective than you guys give it credit in my opinion.

Tripping that Samoan spike looks painful. I wanna get rear viewed to😂

Can't disrespect People's elbow, that's our favorite finishing move when we are in elementary

The samoan spike is actually one of the most painfull looking finishers. I waa terrified as a kid lol

I think the somoan spike is a good finisher honestly. But i think it depends on how well its sold. Like, it doesnt need to be a comedic level of "having a stroke" but a really good bump and usually just going limp is enough to make me believe it would really freaking hurt. Umaga and Solo Sikoa do it very well imo

You should do a list of people trying to make Taker laugh and rolling with it when the crowd loved it. Seems to happen once a video lmao

The only finisher I've used on a fly successfully is an 'OPEN PALM SLAP'. Don't know if it counts as a finisher but I have a really high win/loss record with it.

Cena’s move shouldn’t be on here. He was obviously trolling everyone as we all complained about his move set.

The review looks very effective

That last shot of the Undertaker sitting up and The Rock just "NOPE lay back down!" *boop LMAO 🤣