Greatest finisher of all time?

PooArse

As the title states what do you think is the greatest finisher of all time? Any brand, any era!

gerrybbadd

The Sharpshooter. Rarely failed. Took years for it ever to be broken out of

Rock Lesnar

Stone Cold Stunner,

may be a slightly biased opinion

PooArse

Never said my own, Has to be the Dead Level by Kid Kash!!!

Lord TSC

Personally, I love the RKO. Can be done on anyone of any size from so, so many different angles. Its simple but always gets a great reaction.

Along similar veins, the Stunner is the same. Also always been a fan of a good Spear.

Icaras

Macho man's flying elbow (can't remember it's name) but was extremely diverse and used a lot as a tension builder, it was high risk and spectacular.

LeeJM

Jake Roberts DDT

Arn Andersons Spinebuster

JBLs Clothesline from Hell

The Great Mutas Moonsault

Austin Aries 450 Splash

Rock Lesnar

Forgot to add after the Stunner, other personal favourites, Jake Roberts DDT and Petey Williams Canadian Destroyer

gerrybbadd

Icaras wrote: »

Macho man's flying elbow (can't remember it's name) but was extremely diverse and used a lot as a tension builder, it was high risk and spectacular.

The elbow drop?

Agent Coulson

Always loved The Sleeper, The Claw and The Heart Punch especially with good commentary from both the lead and colour man saying how dangerous these finishers are.

D.Q

F5 for me. Perfect for Brock, great name.

Itssoeasy

The DDT when Jake Roberts did it. I mean unlike today where a DDT is just a move in a match. It used to be a case of good night Irene.

Its a shame that the a finisher has lost the power it once had in pro wrestling.

LeeJM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Its a shame that the a finisher has lost the power it once had in pro wrestling.

Well look at superkicks now for a finish that has lost all meaning. The Young Bucks as great as they are have destroyed any credibility that move has

y0ssar1an22

steiner screwdriver. think it was banned eventually

you can see how it was tamed back as the years go on. pretty brutal move

DM_7

Tombstone Piledriver
Ankle Lock (Kurt)
HBK Sweet Chin Music
Rainmaker

sky88

The predigree i just always loved it when done correctly like hhh does not when rollins does it.

Alf Veedersane

Itssoeasy wrote: »

The DDT when Jake Roberts did it. I mean unlike today where a DDT is just a move in a match. It used to be a case of good night Irene. .

That's it! It meant you were KTFO...and that Damien was coming out to play.

Angron

Always been a big fan of the Jackhammer, and Kane's chokeslam.

SureYWouldntYa

Loved the tombstone back when it was always a match finisher, always kicked out of in last few years on first attempt though

Favourite of all time is the stunner, always loved a finisher that can be hit out of nowhere and it always popped the crowd, loved that bit in the Invasion where Austin saves the WWF and stunners about 10 of them and the crowd pops like mad for every one of them

Insect Overlord

The first few that came to mind for me were the Stone Cold Stunner, the Tombstone Piledriver (Undertaker or Kane, both made it look deadly), and Jeff Hardy's Swanton Bomb. That's a thing of beauty.

Chip Whitley

It's the Stunner for me. Always popped the crowd, could be hit at any time, the kick to the stomach always gave you that "oh here it comes" moment. Back in the day I hated the way The Rock took it but now I laugh my arse off.

I also love Sweet Chin Music. HBK always made it seem like he could take someone's head off with it, and he could either tune up the band or hit it very quickly as a leveller in a match. The Sweet Chin Music to Shelton Benjamin jumping off the top rope was epic.

Itssoeasy

Chip Whitley wrote: »

It's the Stunner for me. Always popped the crowd, could be hit at any time, the kick to the stomach always gave you that "oh here it comes" moment. Back in the day I hated the way The Rock took it but now I laugh my arse off.

I also love Sweet Chin Music. HBK always made it seem like he could take someone's head off with it, and he could either tune up the band or hit it very quickly as a leveller in a match. The Sweet Chin Music to Shelton Benjamin jumping off the top rope was epic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-y45gF6UQg

I have to agree that it was something special and it probably didn't hurt but it looked amazing.

Pentecost

Yeah Sweet Chin Music was a real favourite of mine. Liked the sharpshooter too.

Bowlardo

The million dollar dream and the figure four leg lock....3d from the dudley is class. The pedigree was class cos the was a few second to get the photo in. Sweet chin music was savage though....ddt was class...i was on the teceiving end of one of those and you don't get up....

Quandary

Mr Perfect and the his PerfectPlex

Sadly passed away now, another wrestler who died far too young

Undertaker and his Tombstone piledriver is timeless!

Chain Smoker

Diamond Cutter/RKO, extremely flexible move and also one that it's actually quite hard to water down the impact of. There's just about enough to it that the notion of using it all over the place waters it down into something less rather than watering down the finisher.


As far as submissions go, Kurt Angle ankle lock, but that's really far more down to how good Angle was at transitioning into it rather than the move itself goes.

nacho libre

Jackhammer powerbomb
The jackknife powerbomb
Tombstone piledriver
The f5
Steiner Screwdriver

diusmr8a504cvk

Personal favourite is the Package Piledriver but overall I guess it'd be the stunner.

Losty Dublin

This.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LjzgoSKryc

demanufactured

Lord TSC wrote: »

Personally, I love the RKO. Can be done on anyone of any size from so, so many different angles. Its simple but always gets a great reaction.

Along similar veins, the Stunner is the same. Also always been a fan of a good Spear.

Rko is great...as is the stunner and the diomand cutter.

A good spear is great...its a pity no one can do them like Goldberg could.

Neames

Jimmy Snuka...I think his move was called the Superfly.