It's not that bad hence why it's at #20 it's just inconsistent as hell most times he is either landing on his opponent on his belly, his side, or with his legs.
Naomi actually wanted to use the Rear View as a signature, but they ended up making her use it as a finisher. I remember around the time she started using it as a finisher, she was just starting to use the Split-Legged Moonsault and That Headscissors Driver.
Maybe because the legdrop has a legacy, and the fact that it looked like it hurt due to Hogan's size. You have a point, though, that it doesn't take skill or agility to do, and the Hulkster has certainly paid the price for doing it for so long.
Fun fact, the reason why Cena stopped choking his opponents with the STF was because he would legitimately choke his opponents out. Perfect exanple was his match agaisnt Edge at Unforgiven 2006. Even when he choked his opponents, he still applied it wrong. Its a face lock, not a choke hold.
MVP's finisher reminds me of scrolling through signature moves on WWE No Mercy to assign yourself, and landing on it thinking it looks cool at first because it's different and then realizing how crazy stupid it is.
The Warrior Splash was only half the finisher. It started with the overhead press drop, THEN the splash. Just like Hogan had the Big Boot, then the leg drop. They had 2-part finishers, was a thing in the 80s. The Rock continued this tradition with his Rock Bottom leading into a People's Elbow.
The Warrior stopped doing the press drop consistently and often won with just the splash. The Press looked great, but when he didn't use it the Splash was crap as a finisher
Benoits diving headbutt was a signature move rather than a finisher but he did make it look good and he was a fan of Dynamite kid which inspired him to use it
Definitely looked breathtaking but now it's just hard to watch knowing how dangerous the move actually is and seeing guys like Bryan Danielson still using it, it's like, why?
@@ShiningJudgment666we know what it does. It should not be used as a finisher at all or signature but, it shouldn’t be forbidden either. There’s tons of other moves that can do the same if not worst! I full heartedly believe anyone using it is paying tribute to Cris. Watching him soar arms spread out from the top of third turnbuckle only to to fully commit to the fall without hesitation is one of the most gorgeous things I’ve witnessed in a ring
He didn't kill his family fuck what the corrupt law enforcement says Chris Nancy & Daniel was murdered over that weekend You won't convince me otherwise@@justi139
Another noteworty mention: There was once a WCW wrestler, Kenny Kaos I believe he was called. His finishing move was the "crash landing", where he used the same set up as for a powerbomb but instead of slamming the opponent on the canvas he just lifted the opponent up and dropped him without the slightest of force. So ridiculous :D I remember me and another wrestling fan classmate laughing our asses off, sarcastically threatening other classmates to perform the "deadly" crash landing on them. Born in 86, i'm really grateful to have experienced the prime of wrestling (entertainment), started watching 1991, became a huge fan from 1995 to 2000, 2001 to 2003 seemed still okay and since then I did not follow anymore. I felt the creativity from that point on went down the drain. A buddy of mine is a huge fan of today's wrestling, but it is extremely painful to listen to and to watch it for me.
Are you sure you did not mistake Sid's Powerbomb for Diesel's/Kevin Nash's? Sid in fact used a lot of force slamming the opponent on the ground, the Jackknife Powerbomb on the other hand was more or less letting go, just as you described. Check out Sid's Powerbombs once more, 90% of them were really powerful, yet he was a worker well enough to put "soft" Powerbombs on protected Wrestlers like Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart,... Watch how he stopped two times mid air to deliver the softest possible Powerbomb on the Hulkster :D
Ultimate Warrior's finisher was the gorilla press and splash combination. He would gorilla press the guy and drop him face first, causing enough damage. Then he would run the ropes for momentum and splash the guy while he was still laying down face-first, to knock the wind out of him. Even the splash he would sometimes do alone was enough because he was huge, weighing 275 lbs. Nobody says anything about large fat guys just doing a regular splash, or smaller guys doing a splash off the turnbuckles (like the Usos or Eddie doing the frog splash).
The guy had like 4 finishing moves: I've seen him finish matches, several times, with: - The Crippler's Crossface - The Diving Headbutt and - The German Suplex (Triple) - The Boston Crab The latter two were some kind of extended signature moves, which he also used to finish matches. It's a little bit like The Undertaker. He finished matches with The Tombstone, The Last Ride, but there were matches where he simply used The Chokeslam or Hell's Gate, too.
Hulk Hogans leg drop was the worst finisher for me. Its one of the most protective moves in WWE and very few have kicked out of it, but if you think of its the same as him just sitting on you. What makes it worst is if you realize his finisher hurts him more than it would hurt the opponent. (due to Hulk Hogan himself confessing it caused him long term back pain.)
I think the only reason Starship Pain fits in this list is because of the frequently flawed execution and him often horribly overshooting his opponent. Huge loss of points for inconsistent execution. On the rare occassion he completely wiffed it was really embarassing to see him get a 3 count on his opponent right after. When he landed well with his opponent far enough from the turnbuckle and connected cleanly with his legs or back it was one of the flashiest and nicest finishers ever.
@@jdb2722Yeah, Starship Pain is dope. It looks bad when it gets botched, but he doesn't mess it up as frequently as people make it out. I don't remember Johnny having any issues preforming it consistently on Lucha Underground.
when you talk about "bad" finishers, there are really 2 types; the "not a finisher" and the "awkward". and it can be a narrow thing sometimes, the people's elbow was a heel taunt and the stunner is awkward as hell till the bounce became part of the sell.
you actually described the STF pretty well! I always felt it wasn't pulled off well enough. it's fine as a move but the way Cena does it sucks. I remember it was I believe an i quit match with Orton, and he did it with handcuffs, THAT was a good STF
I was gunna say it might not look impressive but splashes actually hurt, if I remember Mabel/Viscera got in trouble back in the day cause he hit someone with a splash when they weren't expecting it and broke some ribs
The Ozone/Playmaker is the perfect example of agents in the back trying to tell wrestlers what moves to use. Someone backstage clearly liked the move and wanted it used on air - they tried several times to get the move used by different wrestlers. Another one I remember hearing about was Stone Cold giving Mr Kennedy advice on dropping the MicDrop as his finisher because he thought it was a weak move for a someone who was planned on being a top guy at the time. There's interviews with Mr Kennedy where he'd speak about all the conflicting advice he'd be given backstage "do this, don't do that" by various parties and he'd often ignore the advice given.
Gigi's finisher was part of a fad for high-speed versions of pinning combinations being used as finishers. Kofi's SOS is a high-speed version of the Gannosuke Clutch, the Lightning Spiral/Paige Turner is a high-speed version of the V9 Clutch, and in his Tyler Black days, Seth Rollins used a Small Package Driver as his finish. I guess hers was meant to be a high speed version of a La Magistral cradle or a school boy perhaps.
I think the SOS is Kofi's version of the Ranhei. Not sure what Gigi was going for with that finish. It looks a little like a sloppy version of Saki Akai's Quetzacoatl finisher in DDT.
I've always thought it was meant to be an octopus stretch flipped into a powerbomb. I know TJP does a version of it that looks a lot better so maybe she got the inspiration from there?
The first two weren't traditionally finishers, they were signature moves. Sometimes Rock would use it as a finisher but typically if he's already hit his opponent with the Rock Bottom. But this wasn't always the case. Hogan's leg drop is indeed bad though, even for its time period.
@@waitselljones8068 People's Elbow was always labeled as a finisher in every single WWE game Dwayne was in, there's not a single time it was labeled a "signature".
First, the diving headbutt wasn't Benoit's finisher. That would be his Crippler Crossface submission move. Second, the late Harley Race said he regretted creating the diving headbutt, because of the damage it does to the person performing it. (Dynamite Kid and Chris Benoit are examples of the damage the diving headbutt can do to the person performing it, and I believe Brian Danielson's concussion history can be tied to his use of the move as well.) Also, you could have included Baliey's Bailey to belly suplex in this list. Not sure a belly to belly suplex counts as a finisher these days.
Totally agree on the bailey to belly. Also because it doesn't even look that great as a belly to belly suplx. Especially if she performs it on bigger women like Nia Jax it looks more like Nia hugs her and then jumps up to perform the move on herself.
The diving headbutt is Benoit’s non-submission finisher. I went to live events in Los Angeles a couple of times and witnessed it. So, this video is spot on.
@@achimsinn6189 Kind of works when she's doing it as an Avalanche variation or if her opponents were smaller than her. Thank goodness she uses the Rose Plant like she did on the Indies.
3:50. Could you even imagine? The Undertaker, the Deadman, the American Badass, the Brothers of Destruction, 21-0 and all people would remember is the time Taker was given a wedgie. LOL HAHA
Diving headbutt should definitely be higher on the list - there's a reason Harley Race, probably one of the toughest SOBs in wrestling history, says he regrets inventing it. Dynamite Kid, Benoit, repeated cranial impacts from the move arguably contributed to their permanent incapacitation and death respsectively, there's probably a strong argument that it contributed to Brian Danielson's concussion issues too. It looks great. mainly as it was usually wrestlers who made it look great doing it, but if I was the head of a major wrestling promotion, it would literally be the first move I would absolutely ban outright, no exceptions.
Some of these are actually good, would be hard to perform, or could actually be lethal even if done correctly. I don't see how about 45% of these are bad.
The Warriors finishing move was about four close lines, followed by a press slam, then the splash it wasn’t just a splash. What about Hogan’s leg drop? I thought that would’ve been number one, he did more damage to his back in real life than his opponent was ever in danger of getting injured
I agree. I think Nikki became a better overall wrestler than John and Brie, tbh. Obviously John had the best in-ring psychology, but Nikki definitely out performed him on more than just the finisher.
Others to use the Diving or Flying headbutt Harley Race , Dynamite Kid , Bam Bam Bigelow and Daniel Bryan . Goldust used the Rear View in some matches .
Warrior splash at the time was one of the best finishers back in the day some "Basic" moves were rly ecxiting, for that logic Powerslam was bad either because nowadays is a normal move we need to understand the time bro
The stun gun (dropping your opponent's neck on the top rope) was an occasional finisher in the 80s, when it was like a secret dirty throat punch with a weapon. It was a move that got wins when used, but almost no one used as a consistent finisher.
I gotta say, I always thought Hogan’s leg drop was an awful finisher. To me, a finisher should be a move that’s mostly unique to that wrestler, and having a leg drop as a finisher would be like having a normal clothesline as one. It’d be a little different if Hogan at least did something different with his leg drop to make it more unique, but nope. It was just an average looking leg drop.
@@darttecnowolf it won matches, so I feel it does. But this is good, a little debating and pot stirring. That was the intention of this upload. Well done to this!
Wade Barrett's "devastating" finisher as head of the Nexus. Lifts his opponent onto his shoulders in a fireman's carry position. Leans forward, and devastatingly rolls them onto the mat. Devastating.
The Warrior Splash was realistically 1/2 of his finisher. He'd always press slam into the warrior spash. Kind of like the rock bottom into the peoples elbow. For how over that combination was I don't think it should be on the list.
How bout the Rocks peoples elbow despite him being over as a star and me being a huge fan always saw the peoples elbow as a wasted move even the rock bottom
If I'm remembering correctly, Dwayne Johnson came up with the people's elbow move as part of a private contest between him and Steve Austin to make the Undertaker break character and laugh out loud.
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Warriors splash was just the second part of the finish. He always either did a flying shoulder block or a gorilla press prior to that which looked more spectacular. The splash was just to tie those two alternate finishers together and get a consistant end move.
I think you're wrong about Gogi Dolins. It's like an inside cradle or small package but with more kick to it. I personally think wrestlers should use more basic finishers. I doesn't always have to be a choke slam or kung fu kick. I commend her for doing this. It's also different from Curt Henning, who uses a suplex into a pin
@@CrumpledCan13 Learn what from Orton? How to Ripoff the Diamond Cutter, how to use relationships and family to cut in front of the line and never be held accountable until the Benoit Incident forces WWE's hand?
@@calebmaybin6896 im not complaining about that. its ok to like elix, hell i like him too. but putting down other wrestlers because of a perceived nepo baby is dumb. also the rko is a jumping neckbreaker or bulldog also ddp ripped off the diamond cutter from johnny ace's ace crusher.
@@ShineKazamaKiryu Sorry, didn't mean to sound snappish. Just hate always seeing WCW/TNA/Independent wrestlers never getting their due or worse degraded.
I think we need to remember WWE is for entertainment. That’s why the finishers may be seen as “weak”, like the toxic shock not connecting. That’s why she’s not kicking her opponent in the head
All of the secrets and powers of Yokozuna's butt based attacks were passed down to Rikishi, then when he retired he passed them to Trinity through family tradition. So her butt attacks are like 3rd generation and deal extra damage.. Like a Charlotte Flair chop.
I have watched wrestling for about 50 years and still enjoy it. Am able to suspend the disbelief and enjoy the show - even in this day and age where kayfabe really is only for the duration of the show. Something I always hated though was any "finishing move" that involves running across the ring a few times (Warrior Splash, Hogan Leg Drop, Peoples' Elbow, even 619 to some extent etc). I know the point is the show and the build up but I just like the moves that came out of nowhere.
The point of running the ropes is because it builds momentum. Tito Santana's flying forearm crossbody splash is a thing of beauty and it wouldn't even look good if he didn't run the ropes.
@@ChargerBullet Anything moving forward would build momentum. You don't have to spring off the ropes a dozen times to drop a leg or elbow. It builds excitement (to those with short term memory problems ("gee, wonder what he's going to do now that he has torn off his t-shirt/thrown his elbow pad") but momentum? As a matter of fact you have to stop that momentum just to fall down.
the moves out of nowhere are the best. as they can be hit outside, insside the ring. moves like, jbl clotheline from hell, the stunner, rko. however if anything the most realistic and do able finishing move out of nowhere would be hbk sweet chin music. simple but effective. sadly now though, the superkick is overused. much like the ddt.
@@cijmo Yeah, the "people's elbow" was started just as a joke when The Rock was trying to come up with the silliest move to mess with the crowd at a house show. People cheered it the same way they do "the worm". The fact that Rock just stops before he drops the elbow and loses all momentum is part of the joke. But other wrestlers that run the ropes for momentum don't stop when they do the move. Imagine how silly Rey's 619 would look if he just stood there and tried to do it without a running start. And besides most finishers that run the ropes just do it once. Ultimate Warrior hit the ropes twice because it was part of his gimmick where he ran around the ring. The only other finisher that had the guy run the ropes more than one side was The Hart Foundation when Bret Hart did his running clothesline with Jim Neidhart. I'm sure there are others but that's all I can think of. The running movements add to the theatrics and action. Again, look at Tito Santana's finisher. He throws his opponent to the ropes and he runs the opposite end of the ropes and when they both swing back Tito does his flying forearm crossbody splash when they collide. It looked even cooler when he did it with Rick Martel as Strike Force.
Oddly, the Bushwackers used the Battering Ram as a set up for comedic effect. When they did finish a match, they usually used an unnamed Double Gutbuster. The Battering Ram got the attention due to its silliness.
You gotta realize wrestlers didnt do flashy moves in the 80’s so u have to give Warrior a break bcuz he is one of the greatest to ever do it and the bushwackers finisher wasnt supposed to be good because they were a comedy gimmick.
I honestly thought Warrior's finisher was the gorilla press drop when I was a kid and looking back on it, it's only ever won a handful of matches without the warrior splash follow up haha
Funny thing is Naomi's used the Rear View for so many years it's kinda grown on me. Like while she has Feel The Glow (basically Rings Of Saturn) as a secondary finisher. I'd actually kinda be disappointed if Naomi stopped using the Rear View just because I'm so used to it.
It wasn’t just the splash, the splash always followed the warrior press, where he pressed a man completely over his head. That takes a lot of power. Yes I know the opponent helps by pushing off the warrior’s shoulders, but still, try pressing one of your friends over your head lol
The Bushwackers' Battering Ram was more a signature move that signals for their real finisher, the Double Gutbuster. Kinda like Jake The Snake Roberts short arm clothesline before the DDT. Also, Bastion Booger's Trip to the Batcave was kayfabe deadly not because of the damage, but the stench. You can hear the commentators mention that point specifically.
the Stump Puller by both Doink & Big Bully Busick. How any wrestler allowed themselves to job to such a low impact/non-effective looking finisher is beyond me.
Kizarny finisher looks like he tried a normal butterfly DDT and then forgot how to fall Also Saxton's finisher can be good if he would have just done it cleaner I think the idea of his finisher is neat but he performed it like he just learned how to use his arms, it looks very similar to Aiden English's Director Cut but if it was in slow motion, all Saxton needed to do was lift the wrestler up a little and move just a bit faster
Whoever is still allowing the diving headbutt needs to be reprimanded and/or fired. After seeing what it did to Chris Benoit AND what else we know concussions do, it's almost criminal WWE is allowing it to still be performed. They've banned the piledriver for being dangerous to the head region, the diving headbutt should be too. I promise you, Naomi hits me with the Rear View, I'd be fucking out XD That girl has got that right amount of junk in the trunk.
