Wrestling Century Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 What is your favorite pro wrestling finisher(s) and why? One of mine has to be the RKO, which is the best cutter in the world IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMcFly Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 What is your favorite pro wrestling finisher(s) and why? One of mine has to be the RKO, which is the best cutter in the world IMO. Umm, Better than the Stone Cold Stunner ? Dun' Think So I have a couple Rey Mysterio : 619 Evan Bourne : Air Bourne Dolph Ziggler : Zig-Zag CM Punk : Go To Sleep Kofi Kingston : SOS, Trouble In Paradise Christian : Killswitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurphy1014 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Kenny Omega- Croyt's Wrath Super Dragon- Barry White Driver Scott Lost- Big Fat Kill Young Bucks- More Bang for Your Buck Motor City Machine Guns- Made in Detroit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remianen Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Kudome Valentine Brainbustaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Steiner Screwdriver Prolly a few more... Chris Hero's Inverted Suplex Cutter and Hero's Welcome are great too. As are Johnny Devine's Crosslegged Scoop Stunner, Kevin Steen's Package Piledriver, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shape Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 RKO and SCM. Far and away my favourite. They have everything a finisher needs, most importantly diversity in that they can both a.) come out of nowhere or b.) have a massive buildup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpapa42 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Kenta Kobashi - Burning Hammer KENTA - Go-2-Sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHilton Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 CM Punk : Go To Sleep Kenta Kobashi - Burning Hammer KENTA - Go-2-Sleep C'mon McFly... crediting Punk for the GTS? Someone repo this man's smark ID card. My personal favorites are Brock Lesnar's F5, the Candian Destroyer, and Tommy Cornell's Rough Ride. Most underrated? Haas of Pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeel1 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Tommy Cornell's Rough Ride. Anyone got that on video, by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHilton Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Anyone got that on video, by any chance? http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30162&page=4 Post #53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyde Hill Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Umm, Better than the Stone Cold Stunner ? Dun' Think So I have a couple Rey Mysterio : 619 Evan Bourne : Air Bourne Dolph Ziggler : Zig-Zag CM Punk : Go To Sleep Kofi Kingston : SOS, Trouble In Paradise Christian : Killswitch As we pointed out before Austin did a Stunner and the RKO is a cutter there is a difference. Didn't ad any tag moves as is a separate category imho. My Favs of currently active: Styles: Styles Clash (dam you McCool!) Taker: Last Ride Hall: Outsider's edge Steiner: Screwdriver Morrison: Starship Pain P Williams: Canadian Destroyer D Williams: Chaos Theory Kong: Implant Buster Christian: Unprettier Homicide: Gringo Killer aka Kudo Driver Have seen many cool ROH and International moves but as can't assign to a wrestler won't mention. Still like some WWE moves but due to overkill don't make me really mark out atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remianen Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Have seen many cool ROH and International moves but as can't assign to a wrestler won't mention. I don't think there's anything wrong with people associating a wrestling maneuver with the person they saw execute it (or who they saw do it most often). It just shows point of reference, really. Like McFly might think Punk innovated the GTS because that's where he first saw it done (possibly). Doesn't mean he's wrong and I think Peter was joking (in fact, I'm sure of it). I'm sure there are people who think Gregory Helms or Homicide innovated the Valentine when they didn't (and they'd both tell you that and have said so in the past). Name 'em. I'm pretty sure someone could tell you who did it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyde Hill Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Damm you I actually don't even know the names anymore of the finishers lol also why I didn't want to mention as I would need to research and going to sleep in a few hehe. Dolphin Driver and Burning Hammer do come to mind and Castagnoli's finisher. Also my list was also pretty extensive. Hell I mark for Finisher's (lol not you Fin) and I didn't even get into Tag Team moves or Submission holds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hive Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 DDP's Diamond Cutter is the best finisher ever. I also like any kind of DDT and Christian's Killswitch/Unprettier/whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeel1 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30162&page=4 Post #53 Hmm..didn't spring him off the ropes, but that is pretty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I don't think there's anything wrong with people associating a wrestling maneuver with the person they saw execute it (or who they saw do it most often). It just shows point of reference, really. Like McFly might think Punk innovated the GTS because that's where he first saw it done (possibly). Doesn't mean he's wrong and I think Peter was joking (in fact, I'm sure of it). I'm sure there are people who think Gregory Helms or Homicide innovated the Valentine when they didn't (and they'd both tell you that and have said so in the past). Name 'em. I'm pretty sure someone could tell you who did it first. I have to admit... I honestly thought Keiji Mutoh innovated the move you are calling the Valentine but I'm always willing to be proven wrong. Personally, I don't care for the particularly over the top finishers. They might be flashy, but the over-intricate nature of a lot of them has often made me not care about them. I've always liked The Rock's Rock Bottom... HBK's superkick... Dean Malenko's Texas Cloverleaf... DDP's many and various Diamond Cutters (I always adopt it as a finisher for e-wrestlers)... and Goldberg's Jackhammer. Visually stunning moves can be fun, like the Canadian Destroyer, but it's quite rare that I mark for indy style finishers. Give me a good lariat or a well executed/sold submission and I'll mark out harder than for Flippy McFloppy's inverted flip side headlock of doom from hell-slam any day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatoneguy Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I loves me some Lariats, Powerbombs, and most importantly, the Doctor Bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyde Hill Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I know it's fake as hell but it is a great visual and it is Burchill's C4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSi04VzToSc Almost forgot it because it literally defies gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjdgoldeneye Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I loved Shelton Benjamin's old corner splash. It wasn't difficult or special, really, but he sold it pretty hard. He made it seem like it actually hurt. Also, is classic. Also, Remi, read #3. This outta make you /facepalm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Lyrium Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Delirious: Chemical Imbalance II, because it looks awesome. Jigsaw: Jig 'n' Tonic, for the sheer 'accordian' factor, and I'm a big fan of finishers that end directly into pins. Hiro Tenzan: Tenzan Tombstone Driver (the original, not the 'I probably shouldn't drop people right on their head anymore' version). And the Anaconda Vice, actually. Tenzan is awesome. Chris Hero: Hero's Welcome Sometimes I like Lince Dorado's Hurricanrana Driver, depends who's taking it. Some guys make it look like a botched move. Which is probably how it was invented, but meh. I also kinda like the Thunder Death Driver, just because it's basically a suplex where he turns around in the middle, yet Nagata decides to give it a cool name involving death and thunder. I've always thought the C4 was pretty crap, to be honest. The Curb Stomp looks like it could legitimately kill someone, so that's far better. But I dislike the C4 for the same reason I dislike Petey Williams' Canadian Destroyer - even without knowing a thing about how wrestling works, you KNOW the opponent has almost more work to do than the wrestler whose move it is. It just looks rediculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeel1 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Sometimes I like Lince Dorado's Hurricanrana Driver, depends who's taking it. Some guys make it look like a botched move. Which is probably how it was invented, but meh. Just curious; but is that the same move that Amazing Red uses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tristram Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 DDP's Diamond Cutter is the best finisher ever. I also like any kind of DDT and Christian's Killswitch/Unprettier/whatever. Gets my vote (DDP). I loved how Mike Tenay used to hype it, and DDP use to promo it that DDP knew I think it was over 50 ways of getting into the move to execute it, and then DDP's promos evolved to be that you never know when, you never know how, but you will... FEEL...THE...BANG! They really sold it well, I must admit, and in some ways, thats the essence of a great finisher. How well it can appear to have blasted your opponent, how dangerous it is said to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudioStu Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Gotta love the Canadian Destroyer. However when I was younger and my friends would put on wrestling matches on trampolines, mattresses, etc., the Stunner was the most fun move to do, ever. I think we ended up evolving it into some sort of spinning, 360 stunner, good times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanada Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I always liked the Five Star Frog Splash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remianen Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Also, Remi, read #3. This outta make you /facepalm... Yeah, especially given the entry at #5. It's like them saying: top 5 cars of all time. #5 - Corvette #4 - Ferrari Testarossa #3 - Mustang - the only American car that would qualify as a top 5 car /facepalm I tend to like physically impressive or intricate finishers, myself. Moves that pretty much have to be built up to. You don't see Mariko Yoshida lock in the Spider Twist at the bell. I love moves like all of Manami Toyota's varied finishers (except the Manami Roll and the Rolling Cradle) because they take time to build to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayelek Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I've got a couple of preferences when it comes to finishers. On one hand, a physically impressive move like most of Teddy Hart's moves but at the same time, a pretty simple neckbreaker or facebuster is pretty sweet. A solid cutter is sweet too, like the Diamond Cutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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