![]() ![]() The Frog Splash is an easy maneuver, but what sells it is the smoothness, the height, and the depth in which the performer tucks and releases. Barr did a great Frog Splash, but Guerrero took it to another level. Barr popularized the jackknife splash, and after his death, Guerrero used the move as his own finisher in tribute to his fallen partner. Only 38 years old, the irony of Guerrero’s death by heart failure is that it mirrored Art Barr’s death in 1994. Few of those deaths hit fans harder than Eddie Guerrero’s in 2005. Wrestling has a long and sad history of untimely death. What makes it so great is how seamless Banks executes it, rolling over her opponent from backbreaker to chin submission. A two-part finisher, the Bank Statement is a bridging crossface submission hold transitioned from a double knee backbreaker. Her finisher, the Bank Statement, is proof positive of both. One of the freshest female wrestlers to come on the scene in a long time, Sasha Banks has quickly proven herself through pure athleticism and undeniable charisma. It is a hard move to perform without actually injuring the other wrestler, which is testament to Bálor’s in-ring skill. Simple and devastating, the Coup de Grâce involves Bálor leaping from the top of the corner turnbuckle and coming down feet first on his opponent’s head or chest. ![]() The current golden boy of the WWE’s developmental territory NXT, Prince Devitt took on the Finn Bálor persona and started using a new, brutal finishing move. The Undertaker put his morbid spin on the move by folding his opponent’s arms up for the “Rest in Peace” cover. ![]() After picking the opponent up into a scoop slam lift, the performer then falls to their knees, “driving” the opponent’s skull into the mat. One of the few wrestlers still allowed to perform the move is also the one who perfected it. The move was banned by the WWE in the early 2000s because of the risk for head and neck injury. On the list of dangerous professional wrestling moves, the piledriver is near the very top. ![]() The F5 is not the prettiest or smoothest looking finisher, but you cannot understate how much it looks like it hurts. Putting a large professional wrestler on your shoulders is hard enough, but Lesnar does that plus throws them into the air. The F5 involves Lesnar putting his opponent on his shoulders in a traditional fireman’s carry, then falling backwards while propelling the opponent's face and body onto the mat. Instead of a gaining speed in the run-up to the spear, Reigns’ version involves a powerful burst of energy, allowing him to execute the move at any moment.Ī power move for one of the most powerful wrestlers the WWE has ever seen. Reigns is not as muscular as Goldberg, and at 6’3, he is not the largest wrestler in the room, but he makes up for it with his sheer athleticism. Usually, the formula is the bigger the wrestler, the better the spear. (and right click, Save Image As, these awesome wrestler avatars)įar from a unique finisher, the spear was most famously used by Bill Goldberg during his career in both the WCW and WWE. Read more about our favorite WWE finishers: Frog Splash!įeaturing Crucifix Powerbomb Sharpshooter!įeaturing Reverse Figure-Four Leglock Stone Cold Stunner!įeaturing Seated Three-Quarter Facelock Jawbreaker The 11 Greatest Finishers In WWE History Spear!įeaturing Fireman's Carry Facebuster Tombstone Piledriver!įeaturing Kneeling Reverse Piledriver Coup De Grace!įeaturing Diving Double Foot Stomp Bank Statement!įeaturing Bridging Crossface Transitioning from a Double Knee Breaker. The WWE more or less popularized the finisher as the all-powerful behemoth that it is today, so we tried our best at putting together an infographic detailing some of the greatest finishers from some of the best WWE wrestlers. What makes finishers so fun (and infuriating) is that in the hands of one superstar, they are simply another traditional wrestling maneuver, but when categorized as a finisher, they become overpowered, unstoppable moves that no one can kick out of. Finishers, as they are often called, are signature moves used by wrestlers, often near the end of the match, to finally secure the pinfall and win. There is no greater evidence of professional wrestling as “sports entertainment” than the use and effectiveness of finishing maneuvers. ![]()
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