Favorite Finisher -

[Flowers For Sonichu]

Every wrestler has a "finishing move". For some, it's a simple leg drop or DDT. Some choose to knock their opponents out with a devastating pile driver while others choose to take to the air.

Mine comes from a guy who I could argue is the most underrated wrestler of recent memory, Scott Steiner. He was a guy the size of Hulk Hogan and could move like a cruiser weight. Aside from the obvious steroid abuse, Steiner wreaked havoc on his body and it seemed like half the time he was hurting himself as much as others. He was a guy the size of a heavyweight that moved like a lightweight.

He's had a couple finishers over his career, including the Steiner Recliner, Frankensteiner, and a top rope samoan drop.

As impressive as it was to see him do a standing frankensteiner, his best finisher (and my favorite of all time) was the Steiner Screwdriver: a vertical suplex that turns into a Tombstone pile driver. You'll never see this used in the WWE anytime soon:

u kno he ded

what's yours?

 

[cypocraphy]

Jake Robert's DDT.

 

[Sexual Stallone]

 

[cypocraphy]

More devastating than any gay MMA hold.

 

[CatParty]

 

[CatParty]

You'll never see this used in the WWE anytime soon:

I just remembered when he did do it in wwf. Would never happen now. But kind of a trip to hear monsoon call it.

 

[Lefty's Revenge]

The Rock Bottom. IMO, its the perfect finisher. Especially for a character like The Rock. Rock with all his shit talking, athletic background, and attitude. It seemed perfect for him to have a finisher where he simply slams you on the ground and leaves you counting lights.

Honorable Mention goes to the F5.

Because that shit just plain looks like it hurts.

 

[Flowers For Sonichu]

I just remembered when he did do it in wwf. Would never happen now. But kind of a trip to hear monsoon call it.

Oh yeah, I forgot the Steiner bros were briefly in the WWF. I think they banned piledrivers around 10 years ago because Owen's botched one prematurely ended Steve Austin's career.

Here's another incredibly awesome yet b& move (cuz it involves a chairshot to the head)

THE VAN TERMINATOR

 

[Cure Quanta]

The Rock Bottom. IMO, its the perfect finisher. Especially for a character like The Rock. Rock with all his shit talking, athletic background, and attitude. It seemed perfect for him to have a finisher where he simply slams you on the ground and leaves you counting lights.

I like that and the RKO for the same reason: those things look like they could come out of absolutely nowhere. Extra points for the RKO being the counter to everything for a while.

Though I think they kind of went wonky with it that time they tried to have Randy Orton reverse RKOs out of absolutely everything, including moves like Cena's Attitude Adjustment, where the result made it look like neither man landed their finisher...

 

[captkrisma]

I loved the Diamond Cutter so much that I made a variation of it as my finisher. I would do a standard wristlock, then pull their arm in and give them the cutter with their arm stretched out.

 

[GS 281]

I like that and the RKO for the same reason: those things look like they could come out of absolutely nowhere. Extra points for the RKO being the counter to everything for a while.

Though I think they kind of went wonky with it that time they tried to have Randy Orton reverse RKOs out of absolutely everything, including moves like Cena's Attitude Adjustment, where the result made it look like neither man landed their finisher...

That seemed to be a fad back then. Cutters were huge from like 96-03. It was a surprising move that was seen as an "equalizer" for small guys against larger opponents.

 

[Francis York Morgan]

 

[GS 281]

 

[Frank Rizzo]

Two words: BURNING HAMMERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

 

[Le Bateleur]

Cobra Clutch Backbreaker. Watching Big Show use it was like watching a wolfhound worry a rabbit.

 

[Whatisgoingon]

I've always enjoyed well executed DDTs, specifically Raven's. But my favorite move is probably the Lariat, specifically when Stan Hansen would do it. It looked brutal, and Hansen was infamous for legitimately hitting his opponents (aka being "stiff"), as being basically blind without his glasses meant that he couldn't really see that well when he was wrestling. So I think that most of the time he actually hit people full force with his arm!

 

[CatParty]

 

[AnchuentProphecy]

It's a cross between Stone Cold's Stunner

And Brock Lesnar's F5

 

[cypocraphy]

Now you're gonna see a perfect plex!

 

[Flowers For Sonichu]

Oh yeah, I forgot the Steiner bros were briefly in the WWF. I think they banned piledrivers around 10 years ago because Owen's botched one prematurely ended Steve Austin's career.

Here's another incredibly awesome yet b& move (cuz it involves a chairshot to the head)

THE VAN TERMINATOR

I came into the thread because I found a sweet van terminator video without realizing I already shared one but it looks like this one is down so here you go: