Best and Worst finishers in WWE history

[maraxus60]

F-5 and FU are basically the same move so how can u like one but not the other? Little Biased?

BUT they are not BASICALLY the same move

The FU someone gets dropped on their head
The F-5 is a flying reverse russian leg sweep where the person get dropped on their face

Best
Stunner
Diamond Cutter/RKO (now these are basically the same move)
F-5
Walls of Jericho
Texas Clover Leaf
Sharpshooter
Pedigree
Jackhammer
Razors Edge

Worst
Samoan Spike
Bionic Elbow (fun to watch thats about it though)
Ankle Lock (can never understand why no one just rolls over and kicks him in the jaw)
The Spear
The Worm
The Texas Twister (Its just a right hook come on)

[TRaGiC]

best: (just for me though)
canadian destroyer
styles clash
haas of pain
stone cold stunner
senshi's stomp (dunno what it's called)
blackhole slam
pedigree
fire star frog splash
F5

worst:
worm/spear/spike/STFU/pounce haha

[Awesome-Bomb]

best = awesome bomb
worst = hogan leg drop

[peterh]

im gonna have to say that the best one are the stone cold sunner, rock bottom, chokeslam, pedigree, F5, crippler crossface,dominator, and RKO.

the worst ones are the master lock, samoan spike, the back cracker and the scissors kick and book end.( its just a fucked up rock bottom)

[Clarkey3262]

Best: F5, Last Ride, Tombstone, pedigree, RKO, Frog Splash

Worst: F-U, STFU (not even a proper STF), Worm

the Samoan Spike is actually a very belieable finisher considering where it is meant to hit - around the carotid artery - which if someone the size of Umaga hit you there it could burst the artery, cause a blockage ect which in anycase would cause the person who received it to passout and could quite easily case massive long term damage.

[Lee]

the spear...it should never be a finishing move!

Also the people's elbow, the worm and hogans leg drop are pretty naff really

[michael316]

My top 5 finishing moves:
1. Tiger Driver '91 (tie)
1. Burning Hammer (tie)
3. Crippler Crossface
4. Ankle Lock
5. Styles Clash (if done from the top rope)

Top 5 double team finishing moves:
1. Doomsday device
2. Demolition decapitator
3. 3-D
4. Hart Attack
5. Powerplex (Hercules' superplex + Jimmy Powers' top rope splash)

5 Worst Finishing Moves:
1. Samoan Spike
1. Brain chop (by Great Khali, at least Steamboat jumped from the top turnbuckle)
3. Heart punch (done by Stan Stasiak and Ex-con Crush)
4. Gloved punch to the face (Diesel's pre-Jackknife finisher)
5. Clothesline From Hell (JBL should have looked at Stan Hansen's or Kobashi's lariats which appear meant to decapitate opponents.)

[madmike2276]

Best: Tombstone
Worst: Grandmaster Sexy's "Worm" nonsense finisher.

[lalakerz]

Best: Tombstone
Worst: Grandmaster Sexy's "Worm" nonsense finisher.

Exactly what I was gonna say:

Best: Pedigree & tombstone
Worst: Worm (done by Grandmaster Sexy & Scotty 2 Hotty)

[Hinata237]

Best:
CHokeslam, Chokebomb, The Last Ride, Spear, pedigree, assult driver, swanton bomb, five star frog splash.

Best out of them all: Assult Driver (SICK NICK MONDO)
Worst: Fist drop, somoan spike, big boot, 619, leg drop (it's cool but sucks), body splash (ultimate warrior), F-U (hurts in real life but sucks)

Worst all time: Body Splash (Ultimate Warrior)

[Austin3:16]

Best-Stone Cold Stunner, Tombstone Piledriver, Stinkface, Pedigree, Rock Bottom, Sweet Chin Music, Sharpshooter, Mandible Claw, Swanton Bomb

Worst- Ankle Lock(they made a big deal of the move) Hogans Leg drop, RKO, Fameasser(Billy Gunn)

[cas_159]

Best:F5, F-U, and The Last Ride

Worst: The Worm and The Stink Face

[wrestlingguru]

What about the GhettoBlaster by Bad News Brown...

What about Brooklyn Brawler's finisher... did he even have one?

Cranium Crunch by Crush

[Stevie78]

Ok, my twopenniesworth.....

Best: Pedigree, Sweet Chin Music, Frog Splash, Tombstone, Chokeslam, Figure Four Leg Lock.

Worst: 619, Peoples Elbow, Leg Drop.

There we go.

[rhcp22]

The "fame-asser"

This isn't really a bad finisher I just really, really hate the name.

[stuartb29]

Best Finishers....

Swanton Bomb
Pedigree
Last Ride
Mr Kennedy's move...the one where he is on the top rope with the person in a FU postition then does a flip

Worst Finishers...

Chokeslam
Tombstone
Vis Drop
Money Shot

[YIPPIE KI YAY!]

The RKO is actually a cutter not a stunner, a stunner shoves the opponents throat into your shoulder but a cutter smashes their face off the ground.

That's true and its so awesome when it comes completley out of nowhere like at summerslam 2004 against chris benoit
my top 3 best and worst:
Best
1.Jackhammer
2.RKO
3.f-5

Worst:
1.worm
2.619
3.hulk's leg drop
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[MoneyInDeBankWWE]

Worst: Samoan Spike, The Fu , uhmm boook end , kali chop cum on

Best: BAtista bomb, back craker, chokeslam ,

[HellBoundPower]

Worst: The Worm, The People's Elbow, Khali's Brain Chop, The Immortal Leg Drop.

Best: Tombstone Piledriver, Pedigree, Muscle Buster, Sharpshooter.

[hxctalent]

Worst: Jim Duggan and Eugene's double football stance crap, Hogan's Leg Drop, RKO(Diamond Cutter always looked like it landed harder than Orton's), Monty Brown a.k.a. Marquis Cor Von rollover armbar submission, Bearhug, and The Quebecer's Cannonball

Best: Jinsei Shinzaki's Prayer Bomb and Top Rope Prayer Walk, The "Pounce" since it remains unnamed in ECW, Mordecai/Kevin Thorn's Hangup Stunner and Razor Edge, The Meaniesault, The 3-D, Tajiri's Buzzsaw Kick, Greetings from Asbury Park, and Chokeslams...except when done my Khali

[kenkennedy3030]

Best: Muscle Buster

Worst: The overdrive (Randy Ortons early special), Crossbody (Randy Ortons other early special)

[Jeremy Dick]

Worst:
The FU (it's just a body slam)
Shelton's T-bone Suplex (also just a body slam)
Khali's Brain Chop (he's that big and that's the best he can do?)
X-Pac's Bronco Buster (homoeroticism aside, how would this even hurt?)
Samoan Spike (a thumb to the neck. okay, whatever.)

Best:
Razor's Edge (come on, it was just awesome)
Stone Cold Stunner (in Attitude era it was so exciting every time)
Tombstone Piledriver (a classic finisher)
Rikishi Driver (another awesome piledriver)
Pedigree (it has always been devastating, except against Warrior)

[BASSPLAYER13]

BEST
HHH-the pedigree ( come on it jsut fn bad ass)
Undertaker-tombstone ( you can never beat a clasic liek this one im a huge taker fan)
HBK-sweet chin music ( get the fans pumped and look like it wiyld hurt liek hell)
Brock lesner-F-5 ( jsut looks devistaing)
ahmed johnson-Perl river plunge ( i duuno why i always like this move)

WORST
john cena-FU& STFU (horrid and boring IMO)
hogan leg drop ( YAWNN)
umaga-somoan spike( just fukn stupid)

[natster_2008]

Best: pedigree, razor's edge, diesel's powerbomb, tombstone, sharpshooter, dean melenko's finisher, crippler cross face, the lion's dem, the backcracker( just like hearing JR say it haha), Juventude guerra's splash, jackhammer by goldberg,the diamond cutter, stunner, Hugh morris's moon sault just because he was over 300 lbs.

Worst: Ultimate warrior's gorilla press, hogan's leg drop, any move by xpac, yokozuna's sit down session (always looked like he was takin a crap), the master lock, the figure 4, the mandible claw

[squitman]

Best: Canadian destroyer, Burning Hammer

Worst: Fu, the bronco buster

[BASSPLAYER13]

anoter best
TAZMISSION it bad ass and hurts like hell

[Evan Snow-Wolf]

Since this is a WWE thread, I'll stick to WWE:

Best ever: Tombstone Piledriver, for being exciting to watch get setup, devastating, and with a unique pin.

Runners Up: Popular moves like Stunner and Sweet Chin Music.

Even though I am HBK-biased, moves like these are really dependant on execution. The finish to Shawn's match at last year's Mania was weak. It barely connected, as did Shawn's last match with Kane where he supposedly countered the clothesline off the rope, but missed entirely. On the other hand, I STILL remember that match with Shelton where he got him coming down off the springboard and my roomates and I thought Shawn had killed him!

The Stunner's problem was that it was overdone. Every week. You knew anyone that got in the ring... announcer, Vince, wrestler, whatever... was getting it. It stopped being exciting at all and they got weaker and weaker and sloppier and sloppier.

Worst: Batista Bomb and anyone else that uses a powerbomb or DDT that is not Kevin Nash, Undertaker, or Jake Roberts.

The Worm and People's Elbow were bad, but we KNEW they were joke. I did not even try to take them seriously. But simple slams like the Batista Bomb, FU, and the like that we are SUPPOSED to take seriously.... no.

[Shane_Mcmahon]

The worst is The Great Khalis
The best is probably The Pedigree or Brock Lesnars F5

[Abyss]

I agreewith the F5, especially the one on A-Train, that must of hurt.

[kyle_wwe]

best:rko,speer,f-5,pedigree,tombstone,sharpshooter,and crossface,and diving headbutt.
worst:ddt,brain chop,619(sure it looks cool but its not all that great),and boogeyslam.

[Tony18]

Best: Undertaker's Tombstone, Kane Chokeslam and any move that is creative and not a overhyped regular move.
Worst: Mark Henry's slam thing. forgot the name but its to much of a standard move. Also, any other move that is used by most wrestlers and any move that cant really knock you out if used.

[hurricanej99]

Best: the tombstone, the jackhammer, cripler cross face, the sharp shooter and the chokeslam.

worst: whatever the hell umaga's finisher is, and carlito's back cracker thing. it looks like the ran out of cool finshers to give a good wrestler like carlito

[TheSkyscrapers]

F-5 and FU are basically the same move so how can u like one but not the other? Little Biased?

They are nothing alike. The fu is nothing but a fireman's carry. It's a nothing move.

[Shining Wizard]

Worst: The Big Chop A.K.A The Great Khali's finisher. It's just comes off as cheap and weak imo. I mean even Umaga's thumb does damage. It's not a thumb to the skull but to the throat which can cut off your air. I know his hands are huge but it still doesn't come off as strong enough to keep you down for 3 secounds. Maybe if it made a sound effect and opened his opponents up a bit would sell better. I mean even a chop to the throat would be better. It could cut off air better than the thumb.

Best: Pedigree, it can be used on things like thumb tacks, on top of a hell in a cell, on top of a table and etc. It picks you up and slams your face into the mat with all your muscle pouncing your face. IMO, it sells as a big move and can bust a person open just by hitting mat though that never happened. It puts you in the air and depending on the force is how hard you go in the air and how hard your face will hit the mat making it up to you to make an impact.

[daneo_22]

r u people serious how could u not put th stone cold stunner as one of the best finishers of all time

[S92]

Best: pedigree, razor's edge, diesel's powerbomb, tombstone, sharpshooter, dean melenko's finisher, crippler cross face, the lion's dem, the backcracker( just like hearing JR say it haha), Juventude guerra's splash, jackhammer by goldberg,the diamond cutter, stunner, Hugh morris's moon sault just because he was over 300 lbs.

Worst: Ultimate warrior's gorilla press, hogan's leg drop, any move by xpac, yokozuna's sit down session (always looked like he was takin a crap), the master lock, the figure 4, the mandible claw


You obviously never wrestle. I put a guy in the hospital with a figure four leg lock.. and I didn't even apply pressure...But maybe I did it wrong... How dare you say that the Figure Four is a bad move when it was the first submission, basically, to be put into the limelight? Use your brain.

Best Finisher:
Edge's Spear when He DDT's himself

Worst Finisher:
Chavo's "Frog Splash".. Honestly. Come on now.

[edgeomatic71]

Well since ECW is now own by Vinnie-Mac guess they count

Best: Tommy Dreamer's old "Dreamer Driver"
Nova's "Kryptonite Crunch"
Bam Bam's "Greetings from Asbury Park" (R.I.P. Big Man)

Worst: Anything done by Cena and Great Khali (whats so Great about him).

[Echelon]

the best finishers are the Chokeslam, the pumphandle tombstone philedriver, the diamond cutter, corkscrew 630 senton, Dragon star Splash, the ankle lock, the crippler crossface, and the judo hold jigoku jime (the hell strangle) even though i've yet to see it in Pro Wrestling.

[MikePhotoGuy]

Yawn at these finishers. Vertebraker, and Death Valley Driver. Not seen in WWE, or ECW, as I guess these moves are too hardcore for them...

In WWE I guess I go with Tombstone, 3-D, and Rolling Thunder. Look cool and few people get up from these moves. Quote :raven: nevermore.

[Freedom 35]

best: Kennedys old move, lionsault, old school pedigree, canadien destroyer, figure 4, crossface, doomsday device

worst: hogans leg drop, mandible claw, scissors kick (it takes too long to develope) the worm, samoan spike, 619, and that lame head chop khali does

[hbk_rocks02]

sweet chin music,pedigree,tombstone,last ride,f-5,jackhammer,5 star frog splash,and the widows peak are the best

samoan spike,619,the worm,fu, and the sex drive are the worst

[Daxloth]

I cant read this whole thread to see if its been posted, but the wost EVER was the Bastion Booger uhh.. fall down on the guy with his fat.. rear.

[TheMostElectrifyingMan]

The best of all time has to be Kidman's Shooting Star Press.
The worst of all time has to be Lesnar's Shooting Star Press lol. Umaga's thumb to throat.

[RVDgurl]

The worst of all time has to be Hogan's leg drop and The People's Elbow (love the Rock, but c'mon). The Samoan Spike is also seriously lame.

[rhcp22]

Yawn at these finishers. Vertebraker, and Death Valley Driver. Not seen in WWE, or ECW, as I guess these moves are too hardcore for them...

In WWE I guess I go with Tombstone, 3-D, and Rolling Thunder. Look cool and few people get up from these moves. Quote :raven: nevermore.


Dude the FU is basically a death valley driver, and Bob Holly does the vertebreaker all the time.

I like Duece and Dominos' boot to the face. The sound it makes really makes it sound vicious. Old school I'd have to say the Razors Edge was always my all time favourite.

[CGros31]

Best: Sharpshooter, Tombstone, Jacknife Powerbomb
Worst: Leg Drop, Samoan Spike, Khali's finisher

[Abyss]

The samoan spike is really bad because its so unreal, if you got hit with a thumb in your neck it would either a) not do anything b) kill you

[soulrebel]

Best: Tombstone Piledriver, The Pedigree, Crippler Crossface, Five-Star Frog Splash and the RKO because you never see it coming.

Worst: The Samoan Spike, jobbing to a thumb? Hogan's Leg Drop, how is it that no one can kick out? and The People's Elbow, same thing as with the Leg Drop... Not really the most credible of finishers.

And Lesnar's SSP wasn't bad.. Just the one he botched.

[faucheaux]

best- the rock bottom, pedigree, stone cold stunner, tombstone, last ride, jacknife powerbomb

worst- the back cracker, samoan spike, hogan legdrop, clothesline from hell

[tarp]

Best Sweet chin music, I haven't seen this one (Jake the Snakes DDT), LOD clothesline, Razor Ramone(Scott Hall) Razors edge

Worst by far Hogans Leg Drop, FU

[BRandonkin]

My favorites are HBK'sSweet Chin Music, The Rocker Droper or Fame Asser, Stunner/RKO, Swanton, Perflect Plex and all of the Submission

The Worst Dusty Elbow, Hogan Leg Drop, The Warrior press slam,

[Bulldozer07]

The best finisher i think is the muscle buster and homicides finisher

the worst for me would have to be the russian sycle

[darklord]

Best Finishers:Tombstone Piledriver,Last Ride,Jackhamer,F-5,Goldberg Spear,Pedigree,Stunner,Rock Bottom,Muscle Buster,Chokeslam(Taker,Kane,Show),Sweet Chin Music,Ankle Lock,Flair's Figurefour Lock and Batista Bomb.

Worst Finishers:Samoan Spike,Hogan's Legdrop,F-U,Warrior's Gorilla Press Slam/ Splash,Chris Masters' Master Lock,manible claw,Khali's double hand chokeslam and RKO.

[Tha King]

Best:
F-5
Pedigree
Jeff Hardy's Swanton Bomb (the hangtime he has is amazing)

Worst:
FU (it is just a firemans carry)
Twist Of Fate
Samoan Spike

[thegame109]

best would be pedagree, stunner, F5, figure 4, five star frog splash and sweet chin music.

worst the worm, stink face, hogan leg drop, peoples elbow, somoan spike

[trunksjmd]

worst: Chris benoits flying headbutt(semi finisher but nonetheless a type of finisher). What kind of a little kids move is that? Surely such a move only entertains the intelect of those age five & under.

[coltscrazy18]

Best---Crippler Crossface, Kanes Chokeslam, Last Ride, Pedigree, Swanton Bomb.

Worst---Twist of fate (slow stunner!), Samoan spike, T-Bone Suplex (whats so special about this???), and John Cena's 5 knuckle shuffle and STFU (except that one with the ropes on Umaga, that was funny!!!!).

:wwf:

[ronalddeo]

Best: Stunner, rock-bottom, pedigree, last ride, ankel lock, sweet chin music, crossface, 5 start frog splash, DDT impaler

Worst: leg drop, samoan spike, ultimate warriors move

[Diehard]

One of the worst finishers in history is the people's elbow. All it is Rock running around a bit than dropping a regular elbow. Yeah it got the crowd into it but thats every other wrestler's move that they use in the first five minutes of a match.

One of the best finishers is sweet chin music. Its perfect because it can come out of nowhere and the sound it makes on contact is incredible. And its not like a regular super kick because shawn actually bends and gets them right on the chin. How he is doing that with a historically bad back and a bad knee is unbelievable

[flyingboat]

Worst finisher of all time... 5 knuckle shuffle! Well what can you expect from Cena but besides that all he does is run and then punch them while they are on the ground!

Best would have to be either the last ride or sweet chin music

[bowbow1995]

[QUOTE=Tha King;132516]


Worst:
FU (it is just a firemans carry )

THAT SHIT HURTS LIKE HELL ITS A GOOD MOVE

[jpiumelli]

Best: Sweet Chin Music, Pedigree, Frog Splash, Tombstone, Last Ride, Chokeslam, F5, The Diamond Cutter (I hate DDP, but it looks painful), Sharpshooter, Crippler Crossface, The Walls of Jericho.

Worst: FU, STFU (he does it wrong), Hogan's leg drop, Warrior's splash, Kahli's brain chop, The Worm, Masterlock.

[breakitdown.]

Best: Pedigree, Sweet chin music, Lita's moonsault, C.M. Punk's GTS, Mickie James' Impaler DDT, Widow's Peak, The RKO, Tombstone Piledriver, Jericho's Lionsault, Swanton Bomb, Poetry in motion.

Worst: FU (fireman's carry), Samoan Spike, Any move done by Khali, 5 knuckle shuffle.

[IC25]

Ok...

Best - Petey Williams' Canadian Destroyer, Erik Watts' STF, Sweet Chin Music because it is sudden and looks brutal when he hits it right (just ask Shelton), The Perfect-Plex made the fisherman's suplex a feared maneuver, The Crippler Crossface because it is nearly impossible to move in, The Ankle Lock because it can be held on to and maneuvered by the offensive man, and of course for visual effect, and RVD's Five-Star or Eddie G's frog splash. I also give credit to Roddy Piper and The Warlord for using classic rest holds like The Sleeper and The Full-Nelson to win matches.

Worst - Tajiri's Tarantula. It was a cool move, but by definition it could not win him a match. Hogan's Leg Drop was puss. Let's be honest, he hardly even ran the ropes for the leg drop. Matt Hardy does that from the top rope! I also have issues with "The Pounce" because it knocks an opponent out of the ring or too close to the ropes.

I understand that I am taking scripted moves and critiquing them based on actual technical superiority, but I hate moves that insult the intelligence of wrestling fan, i.e. the worst move of all time, anything done by Brian Adams (the cranium crush, the heart punch, or the song "Everything I Do I Do For You." Wait, wrong Brian Adams?

[Leeds Guy]

Best : swanton And RKO

Worst: Stunner (Its Just Sumone Pulling ya head down a bit)

[rustypeanuts]

top5: swantom bomb (Jeff hardy)
619 (rey mysterio)
rack bottom (rock)
MR. SOCKO (mankind)
tarantula (Tajiri)

Bottom 5: Samoan spike (Umaga)
Vince's stunner (vince omac)
The hurri-chokeslam (hurricane (helms))
Buttface (rikishi)
ca-chair-to(rated rko)

[rustypeanuts]

i ment rock bottom lol

[TheHeartbreakKid15]

Best: Sweet Chin Music, Pedigree, AA Spinebuster, Dominator (Lashley's looks more painful than Faarooq's), Sharpshooter, Reverse STO though it hurts ur ass when u do it trust me, plus before Bradshaw became JBL he dealt out some pretty mean Clotheslines from Hell.

Worst: the Stroke, the Pounce, the F-U, the STF-U (Cena looks to be in more pain than his opponent), and the Chick Kick.

I'm sure there's more but I can't think of any.

[R G]

THE BEST

Sweet Chin Music , Pedigree , Stone Cold Stunner , Tombstone , F5 , Angle Lock , Spear (Goldberg did it best) , i like the Booker T Scissors Kick , Swanton Bomb , RKO , and the Chokeslam(usually by andbody tall kane, undertaker, big show) , carlito backcracker

WORST

Hogan Leg Drop, Samoan Spike, 619(sorry Rey, its a kick to the faced) , that chokeslam that Khali does, JBL's chloseline from hell, Alabama Slam, F-U, STFU, any big boot, the worm, the masterlock, Finlay's Celtic cross thing, the rock bottom, Diving Headbutt ,

Honorable Mentions : Figure 4, Jackknife Powerbomb , Sharpshooter, Rock Bottom , Twist of Fate, Crossface , (these are all good but just not good enough)

[piriyant]

worm is so gay

[Ragin!]

Best Finishers:
Canadian Destroyer (holy s**t!)
Sharpshooter
Tombstone Piledriver
Doomsday Device
The Perfect Plex

Worst Finishers:
MVP's Playmaker
Giant Gonzales chokeslam (he couldn't even lift Harvey Whippleman to make a decent chokeslam. That's pathetic!)
Crush's move (back in the day when he was the Hawaiian tool)
The Worm
Tank Abbott's punch (if you saw WCW in 2000, sadly I did when RAW was runnin commercials, then you know what I mean)

[buckfast67uk]

Best:
F5
Pedigree
3D

Worst:
The worm
Leg Drop



**Anyone remember the Nasty Boys finisher? One of them would do a running powerslam and the other would do an elbow drop from the top rope. They were a rank tag team but had a decnt finisher

[EP Punk]

Best Arial Finisher in WWE has gotta be the Shooting Star Press, well, before they banned it, and the Swanton...Jeff's, not Kennedy's
Best Ground finisher has to go to Taker's Last Ride and Submission is the Crippler Crossface

Worst Arial has to be any variation of a flying fist drop
Worst Ground: The glorified Bodyslam known as the FU
Worst Submission: The STFU...maybe if it was applied right it would look better

And honorable mention has to go to Trevor Murdoch for hopefully his one night only attempt at the Canadian Destroyer, henceforth known as the Redneck Whirling Dervish, The People's Elbow, The Atomic Leg Drop and the Axe Bomber for worst

HM for best...RKO, Jackhammer, Clothesline from Hell, Backcracker

[wrestling247]

well after watching raw last night im gonna ad trevor murdochs redeneck destroyer to the really sucks list

[Jae Trey]

The Best
Ground: Anaconda Vice, Ankle Lock, Tazzmission, Lionsault, The People's Elbow, Edgeucator (why did he stop using this?!)
Standing: Angle Slam, Cutter (any variation to include the Stunner), T-Bone Suplex (Shelton's version of which they are now calling an exploder suplex for some reason?) Shelton's K.O. kick, Vertabreaker, Edgucution, F-5, TKO, Go 2 Sleep, Canadian Destroyer, Pedigree Destroyer (yes I have seen it on WSX it looks awesome!)
Turnbuckle: Reverse Death Valley Driver, Lambo Leap/Green Bay Plunge (that move Kennedy used to do...KENNEDY), Top Rope Angle Slam (he just ran up there and got you so quickly), Muscle Buster
Top Rope: Swanton bomb (not the Kenton bomb), Rolling Rock senton (just because it doesn't even look like the Sandman is capable of doing it), Frankensteiner (another 'WTF?' Sandman move; Jericho's is cooler) Coast 2 Coast, Shane's Leap of Faith (makes the Macho man/HBK Elbow look retarded), Shooting Star Press, Open Hart Surgery
Running: Clothesline From Hell, Big Boot (but its so overused now), GORE!

The Worst
Ground: The Worm (seems to be the clear winner for overall worst move), Hogan Legdrop, Conquinka Clutch (or however Samoa Joe spells it), Brock Lock
Standing: WHITE RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP (gayest most simplistic finisher ever), Crossface Chicken Wing (doesn't look painful at all), Low Blow (how cheap and gay is that), Fingerpoke of Doom, the Suplex, Melina's facebuster, Whirly Bird move Euguene would use
Turnbuckle: Stratusphere, most of this stuff rocks
Top Rope: mostly everything rocks here too

Random
The spear is played out. Edge should go back to that Downward Spiral! And CENA SUCKS (Especially his firemans carry)

[Razor Blade Dream]

I'd have to say the best and worst may very well be . . .

Best (in no order): Five-Star Frog Splash, Perfect-plex!, C-4, Pedigree, Great Muta's Shining Wizard, Sweet Chin Music, Pepsi-Plunge, Superfly Splash (It might not look spectacular now but you KNOW it was awesome in the 80's.), Swanton Bomb, Diamond Dust, Stunner, wasn't really a finisher but Kurt Angle's moonsault was a sight to behold.

Worst: Hogan's Leg Drop, Worm, The Stump Puller, RKO, whenever the Rock or non-wrestler takes a Stunner, Lawler's fist drop is crap too

[Derf]

In my opinion, I look at wrestling moves from what they look like, not what they would actually do. Think about it. What would you rather recieve? I kick to the face by a 200 pound dude, or a crack to the top of the head by a 420 pound mucsle? Think about it.

Anyways, My fave moves are the Canadian Destroyer, The Gore (not spear), Sweet Chin Music, the C4, The Unprettier, The Widows Peak, Mickie James DDT, and the DDT 4 from SvR07. That move is sick, someone in TNA used to do it, I don't know if they still do or not.

My least fave finishes is the Samoan Spike, the F-U, Batista Spinebuster, and that move Vince does... O Yeah, the Ass Kisser.

[Derf]

O Yeah, and that move that the Gemini used to do, where they would grab your arms, toss you and turn you around, and then pull you back, basically causing you to closeline yourself. That move was pretty sweet as well.

[Ultima]

Personally I hate all moves that aren't really finishers but are just given a different name just to make it look like one. For example...STFU?....its just an STF....but Cena is doing it and he is screaming so obviously its amazing...I also hate the Raven Effect...its a DDT.....Although i love the rock, what in the BLUE HELL is the people's elbow? Hogan's leg drop is another classicly wank finisher. Oh and another personal hate...the Masterlock...OMG do i HATE Chris Masters...

best finishers gotta be the Stunner or the Tombstone :D

[Prax]

Personally I hate all moves that aren't really finishers but are just given a different name just to make it look like one. For example...STFU?....its just an STF....but Cena is doing it and he is screaming so obviously its amazing...I also hate the Raven Effect...its a DDT.....Although i love the rock, what in the BLUE HELL is the people's elbow? Hogan's leg drop is another classicly wank finisher. Oh and another personal hate...the Masterlock...OMG do i HATE Chris Masters...

best finishers gotta be the Stunner or the Tombstone :D

Let me get this straight, you hate all those wrestling moves because the wrestler in question changes or modifies the name of those moves? That makes absolutely no sense. They do that so the move can fit their gimmick or their personality. Renaming the STF the STFU is actually really clever, just like it was for him to name his other finisher the FU to mock Brock Lesnar.

The People's Elbow is another stroke of pure genius. He took a friggin elbow drop and made it into possibly the most over move in the history of wrestling.

But do you think these moves would be as over if they were called STF, DDT and elbow drop instead o the flashy names they were given? They wouldn't. That's part of what makes a finisher good, the name.

And just so you know, a Tombstone is just a piledriver.

[IC25]

Prax, nice form on that rebuttal! And while talking about simple moves that became ultra-over, Scotty 2 Hotty's "worm" is in that category no question.

I can see what Ultima is getting at though. It's more of an "old-school" argument. Look at the late nineties for example. A simple front snap-mare became the Diamond Cutter, and with that popularity it morphed into so many other moves, such as the Stunner, whatever the hell Marc Mero used to do, and the RKO. It's the same move in different packaging, like the Bread Maker in Old School. But if the move is effective and cool, THAT makes it great, NOT the name. Booker T calling the 450 splash the "Harlem Hangover" didn't take away from the effectiveness of the move, but the FU is still a boring Fireman's Carry Slam. It's not realistic. "Sweet Chin Music" is still a savate kick, but when Shawn coined the term, he elevated even more.

[getadam]

Best
Last Ride, RKO, Diamond Cutter, Frog Splash, Stunner, Rock Bottom, Ravens and Jake the Snakes DDT, Razors Edge, Sweet Chin Music, F5, FU, tombstone, pedigree, unprettier, ajs kick, joes muscle buster and rear naked choke, figure 4, sharpshooter, jackhammer, perfectplex,
Worst
Sids powerbomb, torture rack, samoan spike, hogans leg drop, sleeper hold, x factor, big boot, master lock, warriors splash and press slam, and mark henry' splash is horrible! mark henry in general is horrible! Ho train, stink face, THE WORM!!!

[Derf]

One other move we all forgot about, this move puts the Sweet Chin Music to shame, I don't care what anyone says. Tajiris Buzzsaw Kick. That thing was brutal! I never saw it often on the show, but I play alot of Wrestling Video games, and anytime I see that, I cringe a little.

Sweet Chin Music is usally predictable. Keep your eyes on Micheals. I knew it was coming that RAw before wrestlmania the second cena and Micheals did the double 5KS. I knew it would hapen, and 5 seconds later, it did.

But back to my point, there are alot of different kicks in the WWE, and as under rated as it was, I think the Buzzsaw Kick was by far the best. Anyone want to disagree with me?

[RSN89]

The Best move is the Sharpshooter and the worst is the Samoan Spike. I also love the Jackknife, Million Dollar Dream, Tombstone and the Masterlock. Also someone mentioned the Perfectplex, which is the greatest non submission finisher. I basically finished the thread for you guys, now you can run and edit your SVR created characters accordingly.

[gbaby_steve]

ok has everyone forgot about the move ive only seen one person do to perfection in tna and one person try in wwe but failed miserably at it.... the Canadian Destroyer... i mean by the far the hardest finisher ive seen... n a one of a kind..... when hick boy in wwe tried he f*ed up matt hardy.... petey williams delievers it almost perfect....

best... stunner, candian destroyer, sharpshooter/scorpion death lock, sweet chin music (cuz of the set up to it), pedigree, mandible claw (one of a kind), muscle buster, the ddie gurerro frog splash, n the best finisher ever the swanton bomb off of the balcony thro 3 tables by jeff hardy....

worst.... samoan spike so gay unanimous worst, leg drop, n e press slam or powerbomb finishers all over used, spears cus there over used, and the worst finisher ever.... vince mcmahons version of the stunner so dang awfull....

[Jeremy_101]

Best-tombstone Piledriver, Pedigree, RKO, Mr.Kennedy's finsher green bay plunge i believe, Sweet Chin Music, Stone Cold Stunner

Worst-F-U, Samoan Spike, Leg Drop, Lashleys Running Powerslam or the dominator

[Capt. Charisma]

Best moves are- The stroke, belly to belly suplex, moonsault, frog splash, double powerbomb, lionsault, tornado ddt, piledriver, spear, diamond cutter- mainly because it can just be hit out of anywhere, facebuster, pedigree, that neckbreaker regal used to use where he wraped his openents arm round their neck n then pulled down on it frm behind, sharpshooter, oh and a move that i think someone in ROH used to do where they had the guy in a headlock then lifted him up and threw him- looked like a car wreck

worst- peoples elbow, the worm, the 'f-u', lahleys powerslam, hogans leg drop, '5-nuckle shuffle', and any other overly gimmicky move really

[HyphyMan01]

BEST: Angle Slam/ Swanton Bomb/ Canadian Destroyer/ JackNife /5 star frog splash/ F-5/ shane mcmahon coast to coast/ shattered dreams/ Billy Kidman shooting star press/ kenny's Leg Drop/ Fame asser/ Vandaminator

Worst: Over drive ( it looks like your falling on ur face)/ Macho Man elbow drow(everyone kicks out of a elbow drop these days)/ Manible Claw(comon ur not gonna lose a match by chokin on some dudes smelly gym sock)/ samon spike (pisses me off)/ stitski's Big boot (comon the only that would leave an impact on u by versing snitski is his looks hes so terribly ugly)/Visera's viagara( it doesnt look like it hurts it jus looks wierd he pretty much but humps you nd pins u)

[RSN89]

Wow. Overdrive, I totally agree that might be the worst finisher of all time. Its looks like it would hurt 0% and basically just throws you onto your face. Probably why Orton doesnt do it anymore. The Samoan Spike is still the worst IMO, but this is def second on my list of terrible finishers. Awesome job remembering this.

[Emmet]

Peoples Elbow has to be up there. Hogans leg drop aswell. Warriors finisher. What was it called again?

[Deadman741]

Top 10 Best Finishers(no particular order):
1. Canadian Destroyer - if somebody told you that they saw somebody doing a flip and a piledriver at the same time before this move was invented, would you believe them? exactly.
2. The Gore - my favorite spear of them all, and one of the most impactful moves i've ever seen.
3. Piledriver - from the Tombstone to HBK's piledriver, this move can kill someone if done wrong or break their neck(austin,etc.).
4. Last Ride Power Bomb - from a person that big, and being elevated that high, I shake at the thought of having that done to me
5. Sharpshooter - one of, if not the best submission move ever created
6. Chokeslam - awesome looking move that looks like you just get dropped on your back. The higher the person gets, the better (Undertaker on Lesnar)
7. F-5 - so much better than the FU and Brock Lesnar made even the heaviest of people get this move perfectly executed on (Big Show, Rikishi)
8. RKO(cutter, stunner,etc.) - the whole combination of getting to the move, doing it, then the aftermath all seems to perfect with this type of move
9. Superkick(Sweet Chin Music,etc.) - can come out of nowhere to end a match, with a certain thing to it that makes you wish you could kick that high whenever you wanted.
10. Pedigree - a super original move performed by someone who deserves such a great move. But if messed up, it looks like it can cause a concussion or something like that.

Top 10 Worst moves Ever:
1. Samoan Spike - anti-climatic move that makes Umaga look even less of a monster character
2. Overdrive - so stupid, nobdy makes it look good.
3. 619 - doesn't even look that painful, compared to other finishers like the Tombstone Piledriver or Five Star Frog Splash
4. Book End - copy of the Rock Bottom, with less impact
5. The People's Elbow - to ordinary and over hyped to be considered a good finisher in my book.
6. GTS "Go To Sleep" - the anaconda vice may have been anther copy of the rock bottom, but this move is just straight out dumb. Think of everything else you could do with a person aon yoour shoulders like that, and this move probably isn't even in your top 5 i bet.
7. Snitsky's big boot - at least Test's looked like it hurt, but Snitsky doesn't even do it right.
8. Landing pin (A.J. Stlyes "Styles Clash") - you land on your face and they land on theirs. Where's the good in that?
9. Chop (The Great Khali) - he doesn't even do it right and its on of the only 5 moves he knows
10. Visagra - the guy rapes you in the face then pins you. A product of WWE's creative and Vincent McMahon most definately.

Well thats my opinion, but nobody can really say what the best finisher is for this is all opinions, nothing more, nothing less.

[mada]

BEstt= tombstone piledrivierr, carlito's backcraker is actually quite good, randy ortons rko, sweet chin music and the spearr

WORST= samoan spike is absolutely gay,, the great khali's double chokeslam pisses me off, masterlock

[Æ]

BEST: Pilerdriver(taker, tommy dreamer, HBK), sharpshooter(the Hitman, Benoit), Canadian destroyer, Chokeslam(Taker, Kane, Big Sh ow), i think it is called "Indian Deathlock" and i saw MR Kennedy doing that to Batista(RRumble07, looks VERY painful) F-5(lesnar), The back hand chop(flair, they're not that painful, but it's fun to hear the WOOOO!!, even in TNA..), The Celtic Cross(finlay), pedigree

WORST: Leg Drop, Big Boot(except for Taker's big boot, he's the only one who make it believable) people's elbow, you cant C me, Khali karate chops, any knuckle-shuffle variant(same as u cant c me...), samoan spike(lame, very lame)

[DHallY2K6]

My favourite finishers are the canadian destroyer, any variation of the rolling cutter aka Chris Daniels Last Rites or Chris Heros Hero's Welcome/Super Hero's Welcome (carlito did it a few times before he started using his back cracker also). Also Jack Evans 630 splash and his Ode To Blitzkreig. And Teddy Harts, Hart Attack 2.0 a shooting star elbow drop.

The worst are FU, Samoan Spike, Hogans Leg Drop and STFU

[Takerrules]

Mine are sweet chin music, swanton, Anaconda Vice, Frog Splash, Chokeslam, Tombstone, Stone Cold Stunner, and the pounce.

The worst are samoan spike, The Mizard of Oz, Bookend, Batista Bomb, and GTS

[batboycub05]

of course the tombstone as well as canadian destroyer as #1. But, the 1 that i like to watch the most is paul burchills flip bottom. Its a back flip modified book end/rock bottom. Its cool and i never saw anyone kick out. It shows a lot of athleticism.

The worst submission is the STFU it doesnt even hurt AT ALL PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

samoan spike is lame but looks like it might hurt. Khalis finisher would not hurt that much that he could pin u by putting a foot on you. EVen if its from 7 feet up its not gonna hurt that bad!!!!!

[mr_shwiggy]

Top 10 Best Finishers(no particular order):
1. Canadian Destroyer - if somebody told you that they saw somebody doing a flip and a piledriver at the same time before this move was invented, would you believe them? exactly.
2. The Gore - my favorite spear of them all, and one of the most impactful moves i've ever seen.
3. Piledriver - from the Tombstone to HBK's piledriver, this move can kill someone if done wrong or break their neck(austin,etc.).
4. Last Ride Power Bomb - from a person that big, and being elevated that high, I shake at the thought of having that done to me
5. Sharpshooter - one of, if not the best submission move ever created
6. Chokeslam - awesome looking move that looks like you just get dropped on your back. The higher the person gets, the better (Undertaker on Lesnar)
7. F-5 - so much better than the FU and Brock Lesnar made even the heaviest of people get this move perfectly executed on (Big Show, Rikishi)
8. RKO(cutter, stunner,etc.) - the whole combination of getting to the move, doing it, then the aftermath all seems to perfect with this type of move
9. Superkick(Sweet Chin Music,etc.) - can come out of nowhere to end a match, with a certain thing to it that makes you wish you could kick that high whenever you wanted.
10. Pedigree - a super original move performed by someone who deserves such a great move. But if messed up, it looks like it can cause a concussion or something like that.

Top 10 Worst moves Ever:
1. Samoan Spike - anti-climatic move that makes Umaga look even less of a monster character
2. Overdrive - so stupid, nobdy makes it look good.
3. 619 - doesn't even look that painful, compared to other finishers like the Tombstone Piledriver or Five Star Frog Splash
4. Book End - copy of the Rock Bottom, with less impact
5. The People's Elbow - to ordinary and over hyped to be considered a good finisher in my book.
6. GTS "Go To Sleep" - the anaconda vice may have been anther copy of the rock bottom, but this move is just straight out dumb. Think of everything else you could do with a person aon yoour shoulders like that, and this move probably isn't even in your top 5 i bet.
7. Snitsky's big boot - at least Test's looked like it hurt, but Snitsky doesn't even do it right.
8. Landing pin (A.J. Stlyes "Styles Clash") - you land on your face and they land on theirs. Where's the good in that?
9. Chop (The Great Khali) - he doesn't even do it right and its on of the only 5 moves he knows
10. Visagra - the guy rapes you in the face then pins you. A product of WWE's creative and Vincent McMahon most definately.

Well thats my opinion, but nobody can really say what the best finisher is for this is all opinions, nothing more, nothing less.



In defense of the Go 2 Sleep: CM Punk, despite how much I love him, cant do this move for shit. Now when the move's originator KENTA does it, it looks like he could legit take a guy's head off. Then again his gimmick is kind of built around his knees being deadly and his other finisher is a Dropkick type manuver using the knee, the Busaiku Knee Kick which i think is one of the sickest finishers ever

as for some of the worst finishers ever... The Scorpion Death Drop just isn't epic enough to be a good finisher. Sting just kinda drops them with a normal inverted DDT...no flash, no sick selling, just flop....match over...anti climax

[donne25]

Some the best that have not been mentioned: The problem solver used by Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger. The tidal wave used by Nova and Chris. The vertabreaker (why doesn't Helms go back to using that move?), and I always like Tajiri's tranatula.

Worst: Duggan's three point stance, the heart punch, shawn micheals using the side suplex, and I always hated jesse james' pump handle slam.

[Esteban Ochocinco]

Donne, I think that the Vertabreaker is a bad ass move, but the problem is, look at the name. It involves putting someones neck in a precarious situation, which is an instant no no and on the WWE's banned moves list. Its awesome, but I don't think Helms has enough stroke in the company to use it yet.

[nooge777]

Best: Lesnar's F5, HHH's Pedigree, Austins's Stunner, Takers, Tombstone, HBK's Sweet Chin Music, Rhino's Gore, RVD's 5* Frog Splash, Marcus Cor Von's Pounce, Orton's RKO, Shane Mcmahon's Coast 2 Coast, Takers Last Ride, Shooting Star Press, Swanton Bomb & 450 Splash

Worst: Cena's FU, Shelton Benjiman's T-Bone, Umaga's Samoan Spike, all Chokeslams, Big Boots (Test & Snitsky), Benoit's Diving Headbutt, and Khalis Head Chop and DDTs and Boring Powerbombs

[ricflair1983]

I don't know why people hate the FU. I hate any and all of Khali's moves, Big Boot, Benoit's flying headbutt, stupid samoan spike, Hogan's 200 year old leg drop, Steiner Recliner, Tree Slam, Vince's stunner, People's Elbow and the worst, The Worm

[tdo2g]

the bast and most deverstating IS kevin nashs jackkinfe powerbomb nash got banned fined and suspened for using it. the coolest looking and most orignal is the pedigree!! the worst is the f-u!!!

[PhiSig1873]

why people hate the FU? are you serious...WWE recently stated the Cena's FU is the most devastating finisher right now.. wtf? its just another way the WWE is tryin to get Cena overe by making a ridiculous claim. Another is the people's elbow..lets go back to WMX8 cuz i was and still am pissed at this...the rock delivers 3 rock bottoms to hogan but pins him with the people's elbow. gimme a f'n break!!

[CjKo69]

best ever move-revolution [top rope,the guy doing the move does a moonsalt,the othe flips,its like a major rock bottom! lol

worst EVER,EVER samoan spike END OF!

[me23]

Best are Pepsi Plunge, C-4, Greenbay Plunge, and Jeff Hardy's leapfrog legdrop over a ladder.

Worst are the Worm and Khali Chop.

[edgehead44]

best are the f5 shamrocks ankle lock greenbay plunge tomb stone hi and low and you people might call me crazy but litas ddt was insane also sweet chin music
worst are samoan spike overdrive (way to over hyped ) big splash and and brain chop thingy

[hulkhogan61]

Best: Sweet Chin Music, Pedigree, Frog Splash, Tombstone, Last Ride, Chokeslam, F5, The Diamond Cutter (I hate DDP, but it looks painful), Sharpshooter, Crippler Crossface, The Walls of Jericho.

Worst: FU, STFU (he does it wrong), Hogan's leg drop, Warrior's splash, Kahli's brain chop, The Worm, Masterlock.

Chokeslam, and the diamond cutter are horrible finishers.

[Afro-Ameri-Spawn]

Best Finishers:
The Canadian Destroyer, Clothesline From Hell, Emerald Fusion, The Muscle Buster, Any kick by Tajiri. The Vertabreaker, The Rude Awakening, Shooting Star Leg Drop, The Harlem Hangover, The Street Cutter, Deep Sea Driver, The Russain Leg Sweep From Hell

Worst Finishers:
The Stroke, The Figure 4. The Big Leg Drop, Sweet Chin Music, The Final Cut, Styles Clash, The Show Stopper, The Phoenix Furry

I know alot of you will not agree with my choices, but I picked the best based on believability. Mos of it has to do with getting good guys to sell yur moves, but it also has to do with execution and timing. Theat's why I picked the Vertabreaker over The Gringo Killer. Homocide does the move too fast and doesn't pause like Helms use to in order to see the impact and make it look sweeter. The worse, well hell, if a guy does a move that other guys do for a two count for a finisher then it's weak and has no place.

[RADencker]

Best - RKO, Tombstone Piledriver, Shining Wizard
Worst - FU, Chokeslam, Masterlock

[leomonsoon]

Best: Vertabreaker

Worst: Playmaker/Overdrive, RKO, and Spanish Fly/C-4

Here are my reasons why these are the worst finishers:

for the overdrive - what exactly is this move supposed to accomplish? A high-speed wrist slam? Exactly what part of the body is injured after the move is hit? Is it supposed to be some kind of neck breaker? Come on.

for the RKO - I've got nothing against the Ace Cutter... but the way Orton executes it sucks. Sloppy, and low impact. Weak. It's like watching the Rock slap on the sharpshooter.

for the Spanish Fly/C-4 - to watch pro wrestling, you're supposed to "suspend reality" to allow yourself to believe that these guys are really strong enough to pick people up and throw them around the ring... but the Spanish Fly/C-4 is just too over the top. What is there to make me believe that this move is even remotely possible? The guys are just standing side-by-side on the top rope, with one guy landing on his stomach and the other on his back. I mean, what causes the "victim" to flip over too? Know what I mean?

[DHallY2K6]

Ive just seen a video on youtube and it contained the best finisher i have ever seen. Search on youtube for "Indy and Puro moves 101 - 150".Its called the california roll its at number 143. I would describe it but it has to be seen to be believed.

[xfearbefore]

Jeez after watching MVP last night on Smackdown, I never really had noticed it before but the "Playmaker" is the stupidest god damn move I've ever seen. How did such a talented guy get stuck with a move like that? I watched it in slo-motion...he just swings his head against the mat, it's like a neckbreaker but wimpier.

I've always loved the Gonzo Bomb, sick move right there that has ended many a career. As well as the Canadian Destroyer, easily one of the best moves invented of the last decade, great stuff.

[rickdaroversfan88]

the canadian destroyer is easily the most devastating finisher in wrestling history

Hogans boot and leg drop r simply the worst

[drwow]

Best: F-5, FU, Sweet Chin Music, Petey Willams, RKO, Rock Bottom, Shooting Star Prees, Splash, Van Daminator, Peoples Elbow, Stunner, The Angle Slam, Sliced Bread 2 or ninja,

Worst: Worm, Pedigree, Figure 4 Leg Lock, Stfu, Samion Spike, Chokeslam (overused) Leg Drop, Tombstone, Mr, Socko, Umagas Ass Attack, Sliced Bread 2 or ninja, And Last, both of Khalis Finishers

[mlindy]

I LOVE this topic. I'll start with things I hate:
Duggan's 3 Point Stance & Tackle
Billy Gunn's / Kip James' FameAsser (or rocker dropper, if you prefer)
Edge's Spear (I'd buy it if he added 'bout 50 pounds)
Rikishi's Stinkface (would that be considered a finisher?)
Sting's Scorpion Death Drop (Is a reverse DDT really that devastating? I've fallen backward on ice with more impact)
Christian's Unprettier (looks far too escapable)
Honky Tonk Man's Shake, Rattle, & Roll (I'm still pissed he beat Steamboat)
Random craptastic finishers, old and modern: the Heart Punch, the Trapesius Pinch, the Brain Chop, the flying wizard (looks cool, but it's a glorified enziguir) and the scissors kick.

Things I love:
Hernandez's Border Toss and Petey Williams' Canadian Destroyer are my two faves right now
Benoit's Crippler Crossface will always do it for me
HBK's Sweet Chin Music, but not out of the corner. I still geek out when I see clips of the WWE-NWO moment when he kicked Booker T's head off.
Undertaker's Last Ride
Hogan's Leg Drop...Just kidding, that belongs in the first section.
Joe's Muscle Buster
A good TKO is fun to watch, too
Van Dam's 5 Star Frog Splash is always awesome

Best Move Name of All Time:
CM Punk's "Welcome to Chicago, Mother-F***er"--I don't think WWE will ever use that name, though.

[rockofhysteria]

Here is my List of Best and Worst Finishers of all Time


Best- Canadien Destroyer(Petey Williams) DDT(Jake Roberts and Raven) Sweet Chin Music(HBK) Alabama Slam(Hardcore Holly) Fame Ass er( Billy Gunn/Kip James) Sharpshooter(Bret Hart,Owen Hart, Sting, Benoit) Crippler Crossface(Benoit) Jackhammer(Goldberg) The Razors Edge(Razor Ramon) Perfectplex(Mr. Perfect) Spinning Tornado(Texas Tornado Kerry Von Erich) Muscle Buster(Samoa Joe)


Worst- Side Slam(Dino Bravo) Mac Stunner( Vince) Chokeslam( so many wrestlers have used this move its lost its meaning ( Sid, Kevin Nash, Taker Kane Big show, Hurricane, and very rarely Scott Hall) Throwing the opponent over the top rope to the floor( the Beserker), The Sleeper Hold for the same reasons I listed the Chokeslam and Finally the Atomic Leg Drop( Hulk Hogan) This move is so lame they constantly called Hogan the Greatest Professional Athlete in the world but his skills were so limited he couldn't come up with a better finisher than a simple leg drop.

[batista_the_best]

best- pedigree and swanton bomb
worst-somoan spike and scotdrop

[Da Vinci's Nightmare]

Best: F-5, FU, Sweet Chin Music, Petey Willams, RKO, Rock Bottom, Shooting Star Prees, Splash, Van Daminator, Peoples Elbow, Stunner, The Angle Slam, Sliced Bread 2 or ninja,

Worst: Worm, Pedigree, Figure 4 Leg Lock, Stfu, Samion Spike, Chokeslam (overused) Leg Drop, Tombstone, Mr, Socko, Umagas Ass Attack, Sliced Bread 2 or ninja, And Last, both of Khalis Finishers

its the best and worst? how dus that work?

FU? a good finished? HA

I loved the cobra-clutch backbreaker, it were awsome

[Sick_Nick_Mondo]

Best- Canadian destoyer, billy kidmans shooting star press..(no one else can do it right), open hart surgery,CM punks knee to the face, and the eljaih expres

Worst-Somoan spike,gory bomb,spear,border toss(its a ripoff of outsiders edge)worlds strongest slam and the the playmaker

[Sick_Nick_Mondo]

oh yea and the van terminater (shanes Coast to Coast the was )orignialy done by RVD

[kane89l]

Best - Chokeslam, Master Lock (because it's unique), F-5

Worst- F-U

[iget4:20higher]

BEST

WWEDont really have a favorite finisher there they all look worn out IMO.But Triple H's old pedigree was bad ass now he does it like he lets the guys hands free in the middle of it.
TNA-Canadian Destroyer(looks devastating as hell)
Muscle Buster (Your rolled up in a ball and slammed on the back of your neck. Brilliant)
Black hole slam-This guy has so much talent.Busting his ass week in and week out. One of the best big men I've ever seen)
Pele kick-Not really a finisher but it looks soo legit and Aj just nails it without hesitation.
True ECW-Awesome Bomb (Who can forget the time Mike awesome bombed Masato Tanaka to the outside thru a table at ONS or the time it was vice-versa)
Dreamer driver-Tommy just made this move looks great imo. Cena should learn how to do it like that then maybe people wouldnt give him so much shit about it.
German Tazplex/Tiger Tazplex/Dragon Tazplex/T bone Tazplex-Man Taz cetainly did the best suplexes out there. All the suplex shit he did just looked menacing dropping people on their head on the mat and thru tables.He's owns anyone imo at doing suplezes including Benoit and Angle.
Suicide splash-Holy shit this move fucking takes the cake. Who can forget when he did the suicide splash on The Dudleys with Spike from the 30 foot Hammerstein Ballroom balcony. That took balls.
WORST

WWE-The mizard of oz (not only does he have to disgrace the neckbreaker but the movie too?)
FU-I dont blame Cena for doing this move because he tries hard to entertain us.Close but no cigar. They shoud stick him to lower card and make him job his ass out. Might as well give my main man The Sandman the title too cuz at least people like him and he can do frankensteiners and front flips.
TnaShark Boy's finisher DSD i think?-Great move but dont give it to Shark Boy the gimmick sucks something fierce not to mention he cant do the move out of a nutsack

[salopstick]

the best ones are the ones you've tried on your mates and you know they work

the figure four leg lock - hurts like hell
rock bottom - ditto

the most entertaining - the peoples elbow

worst
stone cold stunner
samoan spike
flying headbut

[JoshK1985]

Worst finisher is CM Punks GO TO SLEEP. It is just cheesey. Also Cor Von's pounce. Dumbest move ever. It is a fucking shoulder block! There iis nothing cool about it. I mean a shoulder block is one of the first damn moves you learn in wrestling school.

Best... Homocides Cop Killer.. It is innovative. Petey Williams Canadian Destroyer is awesome and Paul Brichills C4 Exploder is awesome.

[BrooklynBuc]

I've only seen the C4 and the Canadian Destroyer on Youtube, and they look awesome.

My favorite finisher of all time is the Dragon Sleeper. I'm a submission fan and the Dragon Sleeper looks like it could put somebody out like a choke-hold. 2nd is Booker T's scissor kick, because when the guy taking it sells it right, it looks vicious. Taker's Tombstone Piledriver (the old school version when he had them on his right side and he looked like he was hammering a nail with the guy's head) is 3rd, and the Rock Bottom and the Texas Cloverleaf are 4 and 5 too.

The finisher I hate most is M.V.P.'s Playmaker/Randy Orton's Overdrive. Who made up this crappy move? It doesn't even look like it would do anything. 2nd is Shoulderbreaker used by Papa Shango and Scott Norton. It's one thing to use it as a set-up move for an arm submission, but how does driving your knee into the shoulder knock someone out for a 3-count? 3rd is the Lionsault. Jericho looks good doing it, but how is a 2nd rope moonsault supposed to be so effective? Couldn't they at least let him have a top rope moonsault? It's hard to take an Undisputed champ seriously when his best move is bouncing off the 2nd rope to a moonsault when cruiserweights use it as a set-up move. Also worth mentioning are Sandman's White Russian Leg Sweep (cool name but still, THAT'S his finisher?!) and Lashley's Spear (use the Dominator or the Running Powerslam, but don't copy off everyone else!).

[Lil Wes]

Best: has to be the stone cold stunner..theres just no better move than that and every time Austin nailed it the crowd would go nuts it was just a great finisher and he would just sneak it out of nowhere awesome move

Worst:Hogans leg drop wow for being "the greatest of all time" his finisher really sucked wtf? a easy bounce off the ropes and a leg drop thats not even painful and its a pretty crappy finishing move,hell a bodyslam is more better than a legdrop Hogan should have thought better

[curlerdude61]

Best: Pedigree - looks like it can actually knock you out, figure 4 - hurts like hell, any variation on the cutter (twist of fate, stunner, rko if executed properly with the opponent taking the bump right) those also hurt and look like they are capable of knocking you out cold. Any top rope move aerial or otherwise get big pops and truly look like they hurt. Also the greatest finisher of all time the greatest submission move SHARPSHOOTER, when Bret did this it looked very painful, 'nuf said.

Worst: FU! its a fireman's carry takeover thats a basic amatuer wrestling move how is that supposed to finish a guy please if anyone can explain how that will knock me out please tell me! samoan spike a thumb to the throat, ability to sell it: no commentators trying to sell it: doesn't work. Hogans Legdrop back in the day may have been good but now just doesn't cut it seeing how Matt Hardy hits a second rope one and that doesn't finish a guy off, and finally Lashleys new dominator a running powerslam please it is at most a set up move not a finisher. has anyone else noticed that after Lashley uses the move a finisher Batista starts using the move as a set up? spear, powerslam.

[iget4:20higher]

IMO the rko is just a piece of shit. Yeah it looks flashy and shit but to me it looks like it would hurt Orton more than the damn opponent. There's been some exceptions like when he did it to Van Dam on Raw and he spiked him on his head. By the way it was all Van Dam not Orton so technically it makes it good only cuz Van Dam sold it good. Seriously before any of you start to flame try it on a trampoline or on the ground and tell me if the one who receives it or dishes it out is in more pain.

[Deadman4Life]

This is the best topic there is..

Best: Last Ride, Sweet Chin Music, 360 Splash (until it was banned), Undertakers choke thing with chair when he slams it down, and Pedigree.

Worst: Hogans Leg Drop (This guy rarely did wrestling moves all he did was punches and a slam and a leg drop), Mr. Kennedys move of the top rope i remember when my friend made it up and the next day on Thurdays Night Smackdown it was finally used that was gay, and last Khali's Chokebomb i mean all you do if fall and to tell the truth that would be FUN!

[LadyFranchise]

Best Finishers
Widows Peak - Yes Victoria's finisher. No matter times she's done it, I cringe everytime.

Canadian Destroyer - The move is just sick and it looks very devastating

Muscle Buster - I would hate to get dropped on my neck/head like that

Cop killer - Same thing as the muscle buster

[poltice1984]

Best Finisher either the Stunner, cos you can do it on anyone, and the pedigree for the same reason

The worst-Rugged ronnie garvins rugged stomp(wtf??) and the Worm. Would say the peoples elbow, but it was done with some charisma so it escapes the list (Just)

[Hardinhoff]

Well in WWE history, I wouls have to say a few...

-Ultimo Dragon's Standing Sliced Bread #2...That just looked cool.

-Muhammad Hassan's Novacaine-like move he would use to set up the camel clutch...for some strange reason I love this move. When he did it right, I would swear the guy's face would be shattered.

-CM Punk's GTS...we all know that KENTA made it famous but I feel that Punk picked it up well. The one he put on Morrison when he won the title was picture perfect.

[toilet]

best-has got to be619.it gets a massive pop

worst-kalhi claw

OH GOD HIS AND!NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY HEAD.OW THAT HURTS.







THATS BULL

[relik]

Since this was/is a WWE I will only put in moves that WWE/WCW/ECW wrestlers have done and not TNA or ROH....

Best in no order:
1. Widows Peak- God that looks painful
2. Swanton Bomb- They should have a hangtime clock for how long til Jeff jumps off the rope and hit his opponent
3. RKO and Sweet Chin Music- Look like they hurt and can come out of nowhere
4. Vertabreaker- I always cringe when seeing it, though not in WWE anymore since it's a banned move I believe
5. Shooting Star Press- Just look at it, it's awesome, not too devasting but damn it's awesome
6. F5- Seeing Brock do that to the Big Show, wow
7. Cripler Crossface-Benoit looked like he was gonna tear someone's head off when he did it
8. Asai DDT/Standing Shiranui- Ultimo Dragon did a backflip into a reverse DDT. Simply Awesome
9. Double powerbomb- Jericho may not have been a big guy, but seeing him do that was amazing.
10. Last ride/Tombstone- Why would you want to get up after being hit those moves
11. High and Low- I'm not a fan over Cade and Murdoch but I love that finisher
12. 450 Splash- Looks cool and like it could do some damage
13. Gore- I hate the spear in general cuz too many people do it, but damn if the gore doesn't look like he's trying to put his shoulder through you

Worst:
1. Ultimate Splash- The guy didn't even jump off a rope to do it
2. Stinkface- What ever genius thought that was a good idea sucks at life, yes let me rub my ass in another man's face like I'm giving him a lapdance, worst ever!
3. Fame ass er- Who could that hurt? Who?
4. X-Factor- It's a faceplant yay...
5. Playmaker- No, just no. Looks so ineffective
6. Mandible Claw- Bite his hand and see if he'll try and stick his fingers in your mouth again
7. Hogan's legdrop- I never liked Hogan, and I hated his finisher
8. Masterlock- Can masters do any other move?
9. Acid Drop DDT- If someone else has to help that much for a finisher then that sucks.
10. Pounce- It's a running shoulder block, the difference is that you get thrown into a rope too.
11. FU- Not for ineffectiveness but it's a glorified fisherman's suplex

[Agrex]

Best:

- MVP's Playmaker - It looks like it hurts alot when he does it well.
- John Morrison's Cork Screw Neck Braker - My favourite move in the WWE right now, it looks very hard to perform and equally painful.
- HBK's Sweet Chin Music - It looks amazing when it comes out of nowehere.


Worst:

- Khali's Claw - It looks horrible simply said.
- Cena's STFU - It makes me sick to see some true legends to tap out to it.
- Batista's Batista Bomb - How can a sit down-power bomb be a finisher, I have no clue.

[Mr.ROCKY]

best in no order
1.sweet chin music, i hav loved this move from the start, especially wehen u dont see it comming
2.the pedigreesimply put, this looks awsome eevery time
3.THE TOMBSTONE other than that one tim with kane, aint nobody ever did or will (hopefully) kick out of this one

The worst
the stinkface-No comment
khali's vice grip- how in the HELL can this be called a finisher???????
stfu-and just like the guy above me said, it makes me sickk to see all these legends tap out to this piece of shit, it doesnt even look like he's pulling back. it just seems like he has a BAD case of constipation

[Authentic]

Best: Tajiri-Buzzsaw Kick and Tarantula, Canadian Destroyer, Muscle Buster, C-4, Vertabreaker, VanTerminator, F-5, I liked when Chuck Palumbo was doing his version of the Catatonic called Fullthrotle which they changed now but when Chuck did it he put shame to Wildcat's version. I like Morrison's finisher as well as the Tombstone, Roll the Dice, and Sweet Chin Music.

Worst: Stinkface, F-U, Jackknife Powerbomb, Mark Henry's fat ass splash, The Ho-Train, Val Venis Money Shot, Mizard of Oz, theres a lot more but I'll stop with The Stroke.

[klunderbunker]

Best- RKO- quick and devastating looking. Diamond dust-looks like it would break your neck, last ride- the powerbomb is generic but taker makes it look great. f5- some of those were just scary and for some reason i love the anaconda vice.

Worst- angle slam- its a belly to back suplex. the worm- its a chop that takes a minute to do. Hogan's leg drop- who can't do that?

[TheOneBigWill]

Since this was/is a WWE I will only put in moves that WWE/WCW/ECW wrestlers have done and not TNA or ROH....

Best in no order:
1. Widows Peak- God that looks painful
2. Swanton Bomb- They should have a hangtime clock for how long til Jeff jumps off the rope and hit his opponent
3. RKO and Sweet Chin Music- Look like they hurt and can come out of nowhere
4. Vertabreaker- I always cringe when seeing it, though not in WWE anymore since it's a banned move I believe
5. Shooting Star Press- Just look at it, it's awesome, not too devasting but damn it's awesome
6. F5- Seeing Brock do that to the Big Show, wow
7. Cripler Crossface-Benoit looked like he was gonna tear someone's head off when he did it
8. Asai DDT/Standing Shiranui- Ultimo Dragon did a backflip into a reverse DDT. Simply Awesome
9. Double powerbomb- Jericho may not have been a big guy, but seeing him do that was amazing.
10. Last ride/Tombstone- Why would you want to get up after being hit those moves
11. High and Low- I'm not a fan over Cade and Murdoch but I love that finisher
12. 450 Splash- Looks cool and like it could do some damage
13. Gore- I hate the spear in general cuz too many people do it, but damn if the gore doesn't look like he's trying to put his shoulder through you

Worst:
1. Ultimate Splash- The guy didn't even jump off a rope to do it
2. Stinkface- What ever genius thought that was a good idea sucks at life, yes let me rub my ass in another man's face like I'm giving him a lapdance, worst ever!
3. Fame ass er- Who could that hurt? Who?
4. X-Factor- It's a faceplant yay...
5. Playmaker- No, just no. Looks so ineffective
6. Mandible Claw- Bite his hand and see if he'll try and stick his fingers in your mouth again
7. Hogan's legdrop- I never liked Hogan, and I hated his finisher
8. Masterlock- Can masters do any other move?
9. Acid Drop DDT- If someone else has to help that much for a finisher then that sucks.
10. Pounce- It's a running shoulder block, the difference is that you get thrown into a rope too.
11. FU- Not for ineffectiveness but it's a glorified fisherman's suplex

I like most of your list for both good & bad finishers.. but the highlighted ones I have issues with.

First, you love Brock Lesnar's F-5, just because he did it to Big Show? Lesnar's F-5 IS Cena's F-U, its just done sideways instead of over the top. (or Cena's F-U is Lesnar's F-5, same difference) If anything, as much as I hate to say it, Cena deserves MORE credit, as Lesnar just twists & has Show flop off, as Cena actually had to help lift Show up & over. Therefore, I don't think its proper that you say the F-5 is good, yet the F-U isn't.

This is NOT me, however, defending the F-U. Both were mere versions of a fricken fireman's carry & completely retarded. Lesnar only made the F-5 look better, cause he did it to people a lot lighter & weaker, thus meaning he could fling them as he liked.

Now then.. the Pounce...

You love the Gore, which is a Spear.. a great spear, any spear is good. (most any, anyways) The Pounce is actually the same thing, but since you mentioned somewhere up there about not liking someone "working with you" to deliver your finisher. How many times have you seen people just "stand" there & take a Gore.. as opposed to the Pounce, which Brown/Cor Von whips you into the ropes.. & bounces off delivering a "spear" to your side. Its easier to break ribs from the side then it is from the front.

[PocketJokers]

Best finisher of all time is clearly The Rock Bottom, just because of the charisma oozing out of it everytime :P The Stunner and Last Ride come close.

And the worst is clearly the Worm, it was a good move when it started, but it got old.. really fast. I loved it, especially the last time Scotty 2 Hotty did it on Smackdown. i still think it's epic, but, didn't like it all at the same time.

[Deadman741]

IMO the rko is just a piece of shit. Yeah it looks flashy and shit but to me it looks like it would hurt Orton more than the damn opponent. There's been some exceptions like when he did it to Van Dam on Raw and he spiked him on his head. By the way it was all Van Dam not Orton so technically it makes it good only cuz Van Dam sold it good. Seriously before any of you start to flame try it on a trampoline or on the ground and tell me if the one who receives it or dishes it out is in more pain.

on a trampoline, neither person is in pain from the move because we both bounce and its all good, unless someone fucks the landing and get hit in the jaw or something, and who would do it on the ground anyway?

Anyways, heres my updated list of my personal 5 best and worst finishing moves in no particular order...but rest assured theyre are plenty more...

1) Pedigree-maybe the best move of the last last decade (besides the C.D.) It legitamitely looks paniful in almost anyway its presented (pepsi plunge, normal pedigree,etc.) A great finishing move that will be remembered for years to come.
2) Swanton Bomb-Nobody does a Swanton like good ole Jeff Hardy. Not ony does this move have incredible hang time, it
3) Piledriver-In every way, shape, or form, this move is devastating looking and can be if you aren't careful. No flips for these piledrivers needed, as it already looks great and can be used on almost anybody by anyones size as long as its done right. Sure it can break neaks, but that is only from the unsafeness of the people who performed the move and injured them. Great old-school and New-school variations of this move are included in this.
4) Chokeslam-Ok, I am a bit biast(yes I did slaughter that word) toward this move since my favorite wrestler uses it, but its just such a thrilling move to watch, especially when its done by big men onto smaller guys (Ex.
Taker\Helms 06 Smackdown match.) I just love this simple move for some reason.
5) Cutter-so many variations of it, yet it is such a great move and fun to watch. From randy's RKO, to diomand somethin(i forget the name sorry) , and even stone cold's stunner are all linked to the original johnny ace cutter in some way. An awesome move that looks even better when both people doing\taking the move try (example: Randy RKO'ing RVD.)

ill do worst later..

[The7thInferno]

Best:-Pedigree, Pepsi Plung, Swanton Bomb, GTS, Sharpshooter, Sweet Chin Music, London Starpress, Slice Bread No.2

Worst:-Backcracker, F-U, Kenton Bomb, Alabama Slam, Samoan Spike.

[shadowjones]

Well i got to say the best finishers are Stone Cold Stunner, Chokeslam, Batista Bomb, The People's Elbow, Go 2 Sleep, Sharpshooter, F-5, and the Last Ride. But the Backstabber, F-U, and a moonsault are the worst.:dark2:

[Lil Kru]

the worst is the pump-handle slam period

[relik]

I like most of your list for both good & bad finishers.. but the highlighted ones I have issues with.

First, you love Brock Lesnar's F-5, just because he did it to Big Show? Lesnar's F-5 IS Cena's F-U, its just done sideways instead of over the top. (or Cena's F-U is Lesnar's F-5, same difference) If anything, as much as I hate to say it, Cena deserves MORE credit, as Lesnar just twists & has Show flop off, as Cena actually had to help lift Show up & over. Therefore, I don't think its proper that you say the F-5 is good, yet the F-U isn't.

This is NOT me, however, defending the F-U. Both were mere versions of a fricken fireman's carry & completely retarded. Lesnar only made the F-5 look better, cause he did it to people a lot lighter & weaker, thus meaning he could fling them as he liked.

Now then.. the Pounce...

You love the Gore, which is a Spear.. a great spear, any spear is good. (most any, anyways) The Pounce is actually the same thing, but since you mentioned somewhere up there about not liking someone "working with you" to deliver your finisher. How many times have you seen people just "stand" there & take a Gore.. as opposed to the Pounce, which Brown/Cor Von whips you into the ropes.. & bounces off delivering a "spear" to your side. Its easier to break ribs from the side then it is from the front.

I just wanna say not being a Cena I still it was impressive when he FU'd Big Show, but anyway I guess it's my fault not going into further detail for the F5. Lensar not only picked the guy up once he did twice. First to put them on his shoulders then a second time to make sure they cleared his head as he brought them down. Whereas with the FU they go on the shoulders and then Cena can just roll them off his shoulders. That's why I think Lesnar's F5 deserves more credit than the FU.

With the Pounce I just said "10. Pounce- It's a running shoulder block, the difference is that you get thrown into a rope too." The people working with was for the Acid Drop DDT. It looks devasting, but I still retain that it's just a shoulder block, and I don't think a shoulder block should be considered a finishing move.

[Phenomenel1]

hmmm The Best i would say are Canadian Destroyer, and Mr Kenedys finisher,and thee worst are the hogan leg drop and theee!!! WORST!!! The Ultimate Warriors splash when your on your stomach. Because We know how much a guy in good shape landing on your back hurts ...lol

[hurrican5547]

Yea i agree... kennedy's is baaaad

[will5825]

Best
-Pedigree- How humiliating is that? A man basically Tea Bags u then plants ur face into the ground
The People's Elbow- It was funny every time he did it,especially the 1 where he slides. (It's on Youtube)
The Widows Peak- She should be champion with that move, cuz it's crazy
Sweet Chin Music/Player's Boot- Especially when he gets that good smacking sound with it
F5- When Brock caught Taker flips him around and then F5'ed him...amazing
Diamond Cutter/RKO/Twist of Fate- It almost seems like they float when in the air

Stone Cold Stunner- Funny as hell
Brain Chop- Just funny to watch a giant chop anybody
3D- Nuff said

Worst
- The Claw- WTF?
Play Maker- It takes a lot of effort to do
Pounce- Shoulder Block?
Hogan Leg Drop- U can tell he isn't very flexible
The Worm- A Neck Chop?!
Stink Face- Rubbing ur face into a another man's while wearing a thong?!...Nasty

[BrooklynBuc]

I posted on here earlier but I wanted to add to my list:

Best:
1. Dragon Sleeper - Still one of the best submission holds in the game
2. Scissor Kick - Booker T gave way for the Book-End\Rock Bottom, but it's a classic move he's been doing for over 15 years
3. Tombstone Piledriver - Undertaker didn't invent it but he made it famous. It's better when he Tombstones them old-school (see his old tapes from 1990-1992; he holds them on his right shoulder and it looks like he's trying to drive them through the mat)
4. Rock Bottom - The Uranage Suplex made famous by The Rock; it's quick, devastating, and effective.
5. Texas Cloverleaf - Effective mix of the Figure-Four Legdrop and the Sharpshooter.
6. Cradle Piledriver - Does anyone remember Jerry Lynn's Cradle Piledriver from ECW? It was a nice variation as a finisher and it looked painful.
7. Pedigree - You don't win 10 World championships without a strong finisher to solidify your dominance. In a world of copied finishers, this is fairly original.
8. Stone Cold Stunner - Simple, direct, effective, copied by millionaire owners and stupid playground kids all over the world.
9. DDT - Even though it's a move everyone used to have in their repetoire, Raven and Jake the Snake Roberts made this finisher a huge part of their characters, as sneaky and quick as you can get. Still looks vicious even in today's wrestling.
10. Frog Splash - Everyone that does the Frog Splash makes it look good. RVD's 5-Star looks awesome live when you see how high he jumps and how hard he hits. Eddie Guerrero's frog splash was always spot on, and even D'LO Brown and Mike Awesome used effective variations.

WORST:
1. Playmaker \ Overdrive - No World champ would ever have such a crappy move like this. This is why Orton got the RKO instead.
2. Shoulderbreaker - A set-up move that is used by really strong guys as a finisher to look powerful, but it just doesn't make sense.
3. The Lionsault - Jericho's LionTamer from WCW (remember when he'd put his knee on the back of their head to add pressure? Now it's just a Boston Crab) is cool, but the Lionsault is just not effective. It's a set-up move done by cruiserweights, and a former Undisputed champion used it as a finisher. Ridiculous.
4. White Russian Legdrop - When your finisher will get you disqualified or requires a weapon, it's not good. Especially when it's a move that EVERYONE else uses as a reversal.
5. Lashley's Spear - I single him out because he's strong enough to do other moves, instead of copying Edge and Rhyno. Plus it doesn't even look right.
6. Leg Drop - Hulk Hogan made millions doing a move that not only everyone else can do, but doesn't even look painful or hard-hitting. Figures.
7. Green Bay Plunge - Doesn't Rob Van Dam use this as a set-up for the Hollywood Star Plunge, when he'd roll and jump to the top rope? Kennedy will never be an effective champ with that crappy move.
8. The sleeper-hold - The Million Dollar Dream, Piper's sleeper, Brutus Beefcake's sleeper, all now rest holds. Plus, they rarely won matches with them anyway.
9. The Worm - A karate chop that takes forever to execute from a tiny cruiserweight knocks out opponents? You're kidding, right?
10. Samoan Spike - A thumb to the throat is good in real fighting but not for knocking out 240 pound wrestlers.

[TheOCsMVP]

Best
Lethal combination-he does it sooo fast and it looks awesome
Best Moonsault Ever-Only when Daniels does it because he does it perfect
Flip Piledriver-Coolest thing to watch

Worst
Overdrive-It makes no sense.Technically the guy who applies it can end up hurting himself.
The Worm-Also i dont understand how you could get a pinfall off of it.

[The Whole (Van) DAMn Show]

Best in my mind are- Pedigree, RKO, scissor kick, and 5 star frog splash

Worst would have to be- overdrive, the worm and the samoan spike

[vega13mv]

Best:
Stone Cold Stunner-Its quick, looks painful as hell, comes out of nowhere so the crowd gets that surprise reaction and a huge pop right after
Chokeslam-You get a big guy to pick up another guy by his throat and then slam him down to the mat. It cant get anymore dominating than that.
Spear-Admit it. When you witness the perfect spear during a match, you cant help but hold your stomache too
Muscle Buster- If applied at full force, you can break someone's spine with that move. nuff said.
Canadian Destroyer-That's just a really cool lookin move, even tho it's impractical in any real situation.

Worst
FU- Its a firemans carry. that's it. i've seen hundreds during real ametur wrestling matches. no one gets knocked unconscious by it. but since cena sells merchandise to the same people that buy pokemon cards, lets go ahead and make that a finisher.
Samoan Spike-Its a clothesline with a thumb sticking out. i wonder how long it took him to come up with that one?
The Worm-This shouldnt even be called a finisher. mainly because i cant remember scotty actually finishing someone with this move.
Nunzio's Finisher-I dont know if its called the Sicilian Slice or the Arivaderchi, but anyway, all it is is an armbar takedown. how does hurting someone's arm keep them down for a 3 count?
Pumphandle slam-choosing the most akward way to put a guy on your shoulder doesnt make the slam anymore powerful. this move doesnt even make any sense. leave it up to the steroid loving Test to make that a finisher.

[PocketJokers]

Best
Stone Cold Stunner - It's just a finisher that has you up on your feet every single time, it's just that impactful, and on rare occasion, like the infamous stunner to scott hall and hall's rebound, it's just incredible, and unlike the 619 or the peoples elbow, it's hard to reverse, and if it does get reversed it makes the wrestler look good, unlike with the 619, when you just ask yourself, why is he just waiting their?

Worst
619- At first, this move was epic, but the only way this move can succeed is if the victim is a very good actor, and can make it look like he has reason to be on those ropes, a very rare site. You just always ask yourself, why is he just waiting there? Why won't he move?

[DTBLAS]

Best:
C4
Canadian Destroyer
Widow's Peak
Swanton Bomb
RKO
Spiral Tap
450 Splash
Go To Sleep
Corkscrew Neckbreaker
The Side-Effect
F5

Worst:
DDT
The Worm
Hogans Leg Drop
The Stroke
The Masterlock
FU
STFU
Five Knuckle Shuffle
619
Khali's Claw
Khali's Chop
The World's Strongest Slam

[stgarcia]

The Pile Driver, The Bulldog, DDT and The Death Valley Driver(by the way F-U is the stupidest name for this move), by far the coolest moves. The People's elbow(The Rock was one of the greatest ever), but man this move was RIDICULOUS. The Samoan spike? and The mandible claw(I don't care how much you pay me, I'm not letting Mick Foley stick his dirty bandaged hand in my mouth, Now give me Trish Stratus and we are in business.) are the worst.

[RatedR_HBK11]

I'm tired of everyone saying the F-5 and the F-U are the same. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. Let's go to wrestling school now, everyone.



An F-5 is a SPINNING FIREMAN'S CARRY FACEBUSTER, meaning that Brock spins his opponent 360 degrees before dropping him onto his face.

An F-U is a STANDING FIREMAN'S CARRY SLAM, meaning that Cena stands with his opponent on his shoulders before dropping him onto his back.


Now, no one can call Cena's F-U a Death Valley Driver because it ISN'T a Death Valley Driver either. In a DVD, you drop the opponent on their neck/shoulders. The F-U is a slam, thus the opponent is slammed onto their back.



Now that that's cleared up:


Best: C-4 (SWEET looking), Breakdown (when Jericho actually performed it like he wanted to), Unprettier (looks more painful than the pedigree, and is essentially the same thing, but inverted), Black Hole Slam, Sliced Bread #2, Superkick, Buff Blockbuster (always was a favorite of mine), Corkscrew Neckbreaker, Razor's/Outsider's Edge, Downward Spiral, Widow's Peak, Imploding 450 Splash (just looks better when it's done this way), Green Bay Plunge (loved seeing Hornswoggle owned with this at WM23)

Worst: Leg Drop, Samoan Spike, The Worm, Walls of Jericho (the Liontamer was far better and believable with the knee to the back of the neck,) Jacknife Powerbomb (he just lets go in the air...no force behind it,) F-U, STFU, Overdrive/Playmaker (Orton got hurt using this as his finisher before...maybe bad news for MVP?)

[Evan Snow-Wolf]

best-has got to be619.it gets a massive pop

worst-kalhi claw

OH GOD HIS AND!NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY HEAD.OW THAT HURTS.







THATS BULL


"That's bull" in a statement that breathed the 619 as a "best" finisher. Anyone's else logic center just suffer a critical hit?

Anyway...

BEST: Sweet Chin Music, Pedigree, and any other move with sudden, forceful impact. A friend of mine once said the best finisher is one that can come out of nowhere. While its true (taking the above examples) that SCM has the "tuning up the band" and HHH can taunt while holding their arms tight, the moves themselves could be done in short order without the primping.

WORST: Several Categories Fit This:

-Anything that takes excessive effort in setting up for minimum impact. Examples: Pump Handle Slams, Fireman's Carry(s), People's Elbow, Worm, etc.

-Also, any move that has been copied so many times its originality is utterly destroyed. Examples: Sit Out Power Bombs, Death Valley Drivers, Spears

-Any move that is an attempt to turn a basic match staple into a match ender. Arm Bars, Clotheslines (Unless you are JBL), Takedowns, and basic submission holds.

["THE FIERCE ONE" MIKE W]

Best moves: Tiger Driver(I mean the pedigree one, its a better version of the pedigree, you drive their's and your's weight on their neck between your knees) C-4(top rope), Burning Hammer

Worst Moves: Overdrive(hurts himself, have no clue how this effects opponents, except they might be stunned about opponent hurting himself), F-U(fireman's carry, wow), STFU(When he first used it he was using it as a choke, it's supposed to be a step over toehold face lock! Now it looks so fake, you can tell that his arms arn't even touching the guys neck, it looks like hes wrenching his own arm!), 619(completely unbelievable, he barely hits it to so it doesn't look as it would take someone out, pales in comparison to the quick, believable, top rope 619 by takuya sugi), Worm(give me one reason not to put this stupid thing on here), Atomic/Hogan Leg Drop(just weak as hell, i've seen X-devision wrestlers pull off a better one, and their usually quick and useless in the actual match), and the all time worst finisher in history, Hogan's infamous "FINGER POKE OF DOOM!!!", it shouldn't usually be on here (since it was only used on Nash) but I'm just doing it to show how much of an asshole hogan was and still is and to bring back memories to peoples faces.

["The Living Legend" Johnny Gunnz]

I see ALOT of people knocking the STFU....Granted, it's not within the style of John Cena....but come on, let someone put YOU in the STFU....that shit hurts....bad... I don't look at finishers by "how graceful" they look, rather by how painful they would be if I came into contact with one. And let me tell you...having wrestled independently myself, and having been put in the "STFU", I can honestly say, it friggin hurts... but remember, this is all OPINION!

[Fizzywink]

best in order
1.Canadian destroyer holy shit that is awsome and it looks like it hurts like crazy.
2.sweet chin music comes out of no where
3.rko-same as sweet chin music
4.pedigree-looks awsome every damn time
5.f-5 one of the best moments ever in wwe/wwf history when brock f-5 the big show
6.jackhammer slam- no one does it like goldberg wen others do it they make it look like complete bull shit.
7.gts- punk makes it look awsome

worst in order
1.the worm- wow it is a chop that takes 5 minutes to do...
2. khali vice grip- i mean come on he squezes his oppenents head which really doesent hurt all that much
3.batista bomb- a sit down power bomb which anybody can do. only difference is people dont kik out of bastista
4.clothline from hell- a freakin clothsline i mean come on how do u get pinned by a clothsline
5.worlds strongest splash- a fat man falling on u wat a hell of a finisher
6.hogan leg drop- i like hogan but really how does no body kik outta leg drop only when hogan does it.
7.mandible claw- a sock in ur mouth and that makes u tap out. i can think of a way to counter that bite his hand dumbasses i mean it dont take a brain surgion to figure that out

[chickenfinger47]

Top 5
1) Tombstone Piledriver
2) 619
3) Sweet Chin Music
4) Pedigree
5) Green Bay Plunge from top rope

Bottom 5
1) Hogan Leg Drop
2) FU and STFU
3) Spear
4) Chokeslam
5) Samoan Spike

[kyubi_creator]

Best: Pedigree, tombstone piledriver, The F-5, The Backstabber, Swanton Bomb and the Sweet Chin Music

Worst: Leg Drop, Samoan Spike, FU, STFU and the Master Lock

[chocomatt12]

top 6
sweet chin music, f-5, the pounce, jake the snakes ddt(best ddt ever! he made it look like a finisher) the elijah express and razors edge

bottom 5
hogan leg drop, swanton bomb, vice grip, the worm and any spear that is not done by edge or goldberg.

[jpfizzle]

Best: the stunner, that was some move, came out of no where, looked good, and could watch it again and again without getting bored...and came with jr saying "oh Austin got the stunner...stunner by austin"

Worst: the vice grip, is actually so bad it makes me laff

[RandyKO]

TOP 5
1. Stunner
2. RKO
3. Sweet Chin Music
4. The Last Ride
5. Pedigree

BOTTOM 5
1. Hogan's Leg Drop
2. Worm
3. Vice Grip
4. Spear
5. Samoan Spike

[greenie]

Best Finshers:
The pedigree, Tombstone, Frog splash, LOD's Dooms Day Device, The Dudleys 3-D, Brock's F5, Sharpshooter, Crippler Crossface, Uprettier, RKO (only when its done well cos otherwise it looks crap), Figure 4 Leg Lock, goldbergs Jackhammer, Razor's Edge, the styles clash, the lionsault,
Kenny's Leg Drop, rhynos gore, The Shooting Star Press, Walls of Jericho, Tazmisson,

Worst Finshers:
Khali's double hand chokeslam, Samoan spike(WTF),Hogan's Leg Drop, Chris Masters' Master Lock, Warrior's Gorilla Press Slam/ Splash, the Worm,spear (overused by too many wrestlers!), The Stroke, scissor kick, Stunner,
Visceras Splash (he doesnt even touch them), pump handle slam,

[biscuitboy]

Best: 619, Swanton bomb, Sweet chin music, sharpshooter, Stunner,Shamrocks/Angles ankle lock,Jake Roberts DDT,Perfectplex

Worst: Whichever one warrior decided to use that day, F5. Lugers forearm smash,spear, STFU,maria's bulldog,Big daddys V's elbow drop, cm punks GTS

[hurrican5547]

I don't understand why people say the FU is a joke... John Cena is what, 6'1, 6'2? Not only is that a 6 foot free fall, the swing adds even more momentum. While it may not be the most effective move, it easily has the ability to knock someone out.

[theused_11]

Best Finishers:
Stunner, RKO, Impaler DDT, Shooting Star Press, BME, Pedigree, 5 Star Frog Splash, Canadian Destroyer (even though its basically one guy flipping forward as the other guy flips backward onto his neck)

Worst Finishers:
Leg Drop, The Worm, Socko, The Pounce (its a guy getting tackled....really?), Samoan Spike, Styles Clash

[Nathan]

BEST FINISHERS

1) RKO
2) Tombstone (actually looks like it would hurt)
3) F5
4) Sweet Chin Music
5) Pedigree

WORST FINISHERS

1) The worm
2) Samoan Spike
3) STFU
4) Vise Grip
5) Backcracker

[Tim Tam]

Best Finishers:
Tombstone, Jamie Noble's gutbuster, Sliced Bread #2, Pedigree, Sweet Chin Music, Vertebreaker, The Walls Of Jericho

Worst Finishers:
Elbow Drop, The Worm, Samoan Spike, Roll-up, Vise Grip

[graves248]

one of the best finishers ive seen was paul burchills c-4 back when he had the pirate gimmick

[jr4190]

of course the tombstone as well as canadian destroyer as #1. But, the 1 that i like to watch the most is paul burchills flip bottom. Its a back flip modified book end/rock bottom. Its cool and i never saw anyone kick out. It shows a lot of athleticism.

The worst submission is the STFU it doesnt even hurt AT ALL PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

samoan spike is lame but looks like it might hurt. Khalis finisher would not hurt that much that he could pin u by putting a foot on you. EVen if its from 7 feet up its not gonna hurt that bad!!!!!


How can you say that? Are you serious? Edge said the only time he ever was unconcious in a match was after John Cena locked the STFU in on him. Get someone with as much muscle as Cena to lock that in on you, and see if it hurts. Oh, and which Khali finisher? The chop, granted may not hurt as much.. but the double-handed chokebomb, that HAS to hurt..

[TheRazorReturns]

The best finisher ever? Three little letters, one crashing end. D-D-T. When Jake Roberts would signal for the DDT, people would lose their minds, because they knew they were about to see something that was truly spectacular. There had never been a move like it before, and Jake Roberts did it like it was supposed to be done....one fluid motion. There was no spinning, jumping, diving reverse crap....he would hook the head and drive it into the mat. Once you saw Jake Roberts deliver the DDT....you never forgot it.

As for the worst move ever? That ones a little tougher because there have truly been a lotta' crap finishers over the years. One that always bugged the complete Hell outta' me was 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan's 'Football Tackle'. A shoulder block? Seriously? That's the best he could come up with? It was always some horribly powder-puff-not-quite-a-clothesline garbage that made me believe the other guy was out cold about as much as gifts under the tree made me believe in Santa. I know he's about as technically sound as a one-legged rabbit, but how hard would it have been for him to work out a powerslam? A brainbuster? Even a bodyslam would've caused more excitement....

[Cage917r]

The STFU doesn't hurt, that is comical, have somebody lock it in on you and really pull hard, you will see how much it hurts.....

In regards to the best finisher ever, I have two, Sweet Chin Music and the RKO. Now my reason for this is simple, its not because they are the most painful moves in the world, they are not, but they are great because they can come out of nowhere. Mid match, suddenly bam, there is a Sweet Chin Music, or bam, there is a RKO, they come out of nowhere, you dont see it coming and the match is over, which is what makes them great.

[ABS]

Top 5 In order :

1. The Sweetchin Music , it comes out of no were and it looks friking Devestating by Michaels , it a sure quick KO.

2. Stunner : To me this looks like the most ''ouch'' finisher but the speed of the SCM beat it. You cant help but stand up after the stunner. Its a brillian Finisher/

3. RKO : Its simply fast and painfull , and Randy does it with perfection.

4. Tombostone / Pedegree : Now I must say these are the most painfull finishers Ever to be made but they dont have that attractive or boom factor.

5. Crippler Crossface : This got to be the most painfull sumbsion move.

Worst :

People elbow : It looks beuatifull , but come on I doubt that shit hurts that much.

Vice Grip : Haha this shit is funny.

The Worm : same as the People Elbow

Samoan Spike : please , is this even a finisher ?

Swanton Bomb : what so Devestating about a light heaveweight jumping on your stomach ?

[Soul Reaper]

Best:F-5, Pedigree, Sweet Chin Music, RKO, G.T.S, Stunner, Perfect-Plex, Ankle Lock, Angle Slam, Anaconda Vice, Crippler Crossface

Worst:Kofi Kingston's kick thing, F-U, Playmaker, People's Elbow, Atomic Legdrop, Vice Grip, Samoan Spike, Sliced Bread #2

[Alex(Killer Of Dreams & Legends)]

i guess the best would be : pedigree & F-5 , oh 7 the back stabber looks aliright

worst : sweet chin music ( its just a super kick with a cool name ) & the Mic check

[Omking]

Well, My fave is Samoan Spike, Vice Grip and worm

The crap ones are probly sweet chin music(wtf is that anyway? A kick? I think HBK needs a different special), Tombstone(See SCM) and Pedigree(Same as others)

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

I grouped some things together as they're incredibly similar, despite actually being classified as different moves. Who cares, though, this is just a forum lol.

In no particular order...

TOP TEN BEST:

1. Sweet Chin Music - Can come out of anywhere, very fast, looks like it hurts like a mother fucker, and it also can have a prolonged set-up to get fans excited.

2. Stunner/RKO/Diamond Cutter - Looks like it hurts, can come out of nowhere like SCM, etc etc. We've all said praises.

3. Powerbomb - When executed properly, any big guy can make this look like its a very destructive move.

4. Sharpshooter - Not only does it hurt, but you're actually locked in and your movements can be controlled by the guy who's putting it on you. Some submission moves allow the opponent full access to one of his legs and both of his arms, or both legs/both arms, etc, but this doesn't.

5. Tombstone - Classic.

6. Mandible Claw - How freakin weird was this when it came out? Lol.

7. Rock Bottom - Just a very solid looking finisher.

8. Jackhammer - Exhibition of strength, balance, and power.

9. Canadian Destroyer - The flip makes it exciting, the impact looks sick (when done right), yadda yadda.

10. Vader Bomb/Banzai Drop - Everyone who has ever been squashed by a fat guy knows how much it hurts. Nuff said lol.

TOP TEN WORST:

1. Ultimate Warrior's Splash - That's it? All that energy, and your big move is to pick the guy up, drop him, and jump on his back? Pathetic. How could this be considered a finisher?

2. Playmaker - Looks like it doesn't hurt at all, takes too long to set up, and it requires the opponent to do some work as well. Practicality is out the window.

3. Khali's Chop - A chop. A freaking chop. That's what his finisher was for a while.

4. 619 - I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, I do not care that it looks kind of cool!! Lol. It takes far too much suspension of disbelief to set the move up with the opponent on the second rope, and it isn't even a big enough impact to finish the match...it just pushes the guy backwards so he can do a weak springboard pin of some sorts.

5. Lionsault - Its just a weak moonsault.

6. Angle Slam - Could be a very solid standard move, but I don't think it should be a move that, for all intents and purposes, is so devastating that it nearly knocks your opponent out.

7. Elijah Express - Sure, it might hurt, but a finisher?

8. Hogan's Leg Drop - No need to explain.

9. People's Elbow - Flashy, but its just an elbow drop, and not even from the top rope. Should hurt about as much as Crush's "Heart Punch" haha.

10. Clothesline From Hell - A case I've made with other moves in this list...its just a clothesline. There are far stronger guys that make it look like it has more of an impact than flabby old JBL.

[DJ]

Best.
1.RKO
This bad boy could come out of no where and always gets a pop.

2.Tombstone
OK you've been through a match with a near 7ft deadman and then he picks you up,upside down and then drops you on your head.Nice.

3.Ankle Lock.
In Angle last 3 years in WWE,he used a different version which made him go on the ground with his oppenett-and with that you were f.u.c.k.e.d.

4.Last Ride.
Best Powerbomb in WWE history.Taker just lifts you up and for added messaure pulls your tights!

5.Banzai Drop.
Dropping your ass on someone has never been so painful.

Worst.
1.Swanton
"Oh my god king!He just did a flip in mid air and landed his 220 pound body on another man!Oh my gawdh!How exttttttreeeeeeeeeeeemeeeeeeeeeeeee"

2.Pedigree
Wait so A wrestler can fall flat on his face in a match but when HHH does it its a KO?

3.Heart Punch
"Heart punch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!"
Wow.The Pain.

4.The Worm.
Just chop him in the bloody neck already!

5.Russian Leg Sweep.
Sandman if your gonna use a wrestling move er..................why this?

[a0161613]

How can you say that? Are you serious? Edge said the only time he ever was unconcious in a match was after John Cena locked the STFU in on him. Get someone with as much muscle as Cena to lock that in on you, and see if it hurts.

The reason Edge got knocked out was because Cena screwed it up. Edge was getting choked out and it was sandwiched in a ladder!!!! It is a miracle Edge got up after that!

I know Sweet Chin Music is just a superkick, but HBK delivers it better than anyone! The timing of the thigh slap, the fact he usually misses it when he tunes it up but alway lands it at a ridiculous angle just after!!!

[DeadmanInc.]

In no order:

Best:

RKO - Randy can hit this out of no where, as he as demonstrated time and time again. My personal favorite is his Chokeslam reversal in his match with Undertaker at Wrestlemania.

Tombstone - Very few have kicked out of it and it has been constantly downing opponents for over 17 years.

Last Ride - In his Badass days, Undertaker could really get a lot of impact into it. I miss the days when his opponents would actually bounce back up from the impact.

Stunner - Always gets a pop and who the hell hasn't been on the receiving end? Even Donald Trump has gotten Stunner-ed.

Sweet Chin Music - It may be a simple Super Kick, but a kick to the jaw can easily knock people out.

Pedigree - If sold properly, it can look devastating.

Crippler Crossface - Benoit executed this move brilliantly. It looked painful and difficult to avoid.

Worst:

The Worm - It may get the crowd going, but it's ridiculous. It's just a simple chop.

Samoan Spike - Basically the Worm, minus the theatrics.

People's Elbow - It got a huge pop from the crowd, but it's just an elbow drop.

Hogan's Leg Drop - See People's Elbow.

619 - It's a decent move when executed on other cruiserweights, but it doesn't look legit on larger guys.

[chocomatt12]

even though cena calls it stfu regal does it and its called the regal stretch(stf). It does hurt if done properly.

but the best is DDT by Jake Roberts(no one else except him) you just knew it was going to end once he hit that bad boy.

[Rated K for Kennedy... Kennedy!]

LEt me see

Best: Rock Bottom, TKO, RKO, Downward Spiral, Impaler DDT (that move was sick when Edge used to do it) FRANKENSTEINER (the propper standing at the top version)

Consideration: C4 (Paul Bruchill) and Canadian Destroyer (both need small opponents)


Worst- Worm, People's Elbow (looks awful and takes ages),
Pedigree: looks like a sloppy X-Factor, Is Triple H a member of these forums? Why is everyone voting this in, there's nothing remarkable about this unless HBK or a Cruiserweight is selling it on sale!

[Zante]

The worst finisher is the finger poke of doom! anyone else remember that? seriously, the best for me is the sweet chin music or the rko... the worst is definitely the 619, how can a 180 pound guy knockout a superheavyweight like henry or khali? hehe abracadabra!

[Rated_R_Superstar]

Best:Pedigree,Undertakers chokehold(banned),Tombstone,Chokeslam,and Stunner
Worst:Edges Spear,Kofi Kingstons finisher,and Mvp`s finisher.

[Murfishes Can Use Calculus and Physics]

respect the unprettier, it is very underrated

[jsav619]

I have to disagree. The unprettier is one of he ugliest, (no pun intended), finishers I've seen. It also looks way too fake.

[a0161613]

I agree. It takes waaay too long to set up. Christian needs a quick high impact finisher. For me the unprettier affects his credibity a bit too much.

[trev55]

Best: F5, Regal Stretch, Anacondia Vice, RKO,Walls of jericho, Code Breaker, Curb Stomp(if sold right), Mic Check(see Curb stomp), and I belive its called the Pay Dirt(Shelton's new finish).

Worst:FU, any finisher Khali has,Kanes chokeslam, Playmaker, and worst finisher ever is...Hogans leg drop!!!

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

Top 5:

Tombstone Piledriver: Looks SOOOO painful and has a history of causing severe neck problems when it's botched.

Last Ride: What could be worse than taking a powerbomb? Taking a powerbomb from about 10 feet in the air that's what.

Green Bay Plunge: Fireman's Roll never gets much of a reaction, but from the middle rope it sure did.

Impaler DDT: Always looked devastating when both Edge and Gangrel did it

Unprettier: I understand why people think this takes too long and looks stupid, but i always thought it looked great, and the first time i saw it performed was on Matt Hardy, and afterwards Matt's face was busted wide open. Sweeeeeeeeeettttt!!!!

Others - C4, F5, Snow Plow, Atomic Arabian Facebuster, Stunner/RKO, Michinoku Driver

Worst 5:

Sweet Chin Music: It's a superkick. Hundreds of wrestlers use a superkick, yet i only know of about 2 who use it as a finisher.

Atomic Legdrop/People's Elbow/Worm: Any move that has a massive build up for a crowd reaction and then ends with a weak ass strike sucks dick.

Mandible Claw: Seriously? I know the premise was that it was supposed to completely deabilitate opponents, but after like a year or so, barely anyone was ACTUALLY beaten with it. Looked ridiculous to begin with, had its effectiveness diminish from '99 onwards.

Anaconda Vice: It's basically a top wristlock but the opponent is lying down. Ooooooooo!

Angle Slam: It was basically a fireman's carry, except Angle was stood up instead of kneeling. Original but the first time i saw it i was unimpressed.

Others - Vice Grip (if he can crush a basketball and a melon, why couldn't he crush a man's skull?) Samoan Spike (Pleeeaaase) 619 (can see it coming from a mile off and the fact that not every opponent thinks to move is insulting to the fans' intelligence) Masterlock (even Joey Styles insulted this move on live tv!) White Russian Leg Sweep (the singapore cane adds nothing to the move) Curb Stomp (You went from C4 to that? But then again, some ppl might remember that you were once a pirate because you used your old finisher)

[shoutmyname]

Best - Sweet Chin Music, Rock Bottom, RKO, Figure-4, Crippler Crossface, The Last Ride, Gogoplata(Banned Chokehold), Crossface Chicken Wing, Swanton Bomb, Widow's Peak, The Perfect Plex, Pay Dirt (Its Growing On Me), Mandible Claw, 3-D, Tazzmission, Buzzsaw Kick (Tajiri & Kofi Kingston), Shane McMahon's Cross-Ring Dropkick

Worst - Curb Stomp, Batista Bomb, Vladimir Kozlov's Finisher (Just God Awful), X-Factor, Fame Asser, Anyone's Spear Except for Goldberg's, The Eye Of The Hurricane, Choke Slam, Khali's Head Chop, Heart Punch, Scissors Kick, West Coast Pop, Ankle Lock (Except for Ken Shamrock's), FU, Hogan's Legdrop, Samoan Spike (Only looks impressive on smaller wrestlers)

[jojomonk]

Best: Canadian Destroyer, RKO, Lionsault, Regal Stretch

Worst: FU, Hogans Leg Drop, Ppls Elbow

[wetland]

The Best:

Diamond Cutter (DDP original version) Could come out of no-where like at Halloween havoc 1998, what a pop he got when he reversed the jackhammer into a Diamond Cutter.

Tombstone piledriver, when the undertaker or Kane got this in you knew it was finished

Pedigree, same as above but with triple h

F5, Remember seeing this for the first time and being amazed.

Ken Shamrocks ankle lock, Superbly fitted in with his MMA Days.

Goldberg spear, Fitted in perfectly with his footballing background and the powerhouse he was.

Worst

Road dogs pumphandle drop, how slow and bad was that.

The FU originally a parody of the F5 but with no-where near as much power.

Brain Chop, astonishing 7ft 4 man comes to the WWE out of nowhere and shocks everyone and delivers a brain chop!! WTF is that all about?? A terrible way to make an impression.

[Slim Pickns]

Best Finisher- Steve McMichaels Chop Block

Worst Finisher- All the others

[Paul Revere]

Best: F-5, Sweet Chin Music, Mic Check, Stunner, RKO, Last Ride, Crippler Crossface, Goldberg Spear, Coast To Coast, 3D...

Worst - The World's Strongest Slam, Big Show's Chokeslam, Clothesline From Hell, Pedigree, Samoan Spike, Hogan Leg Drop, The Worm, Both of Khali's Finishers

[Trumike]

The worst finisher to me is Booker T's axe kick. I mean the other guy would have to wait until Booker came back with a sorry looking kick to the back.
Kurt Angle's ankle lock also sucked. How can someone Not get out of that.
The VonErich claw was just a waste of time. I mean they want you to believe that if someone grabs your head with one hand you can't move. It hurts so much you quit. Those moves truly are the most horrible ones.

[mattropolis]

Best: Million Dollar Dream. Unprettier. Voodoo Drop. Canadian Destroyer. The Earthquake's big squash.

Worst: Powerbombs. FU. 619.

[Fizzywink]

best:pedigree, canadian destroyer, gts, jackhammer, tombstone, sweet chin music, swanton bomb, 3D, GOLDBERGS spear

worst:samoan spike, hogan leg drop, edge and batista spear(i mean seriously only goldberg should be aloud mto use this move cause these two just ruin the move) unpreitter, double handed chokeslam

[Noif]

My Top 5 currently:

RKO(can hit it on someone out of nowhere, just looks awesome)

GTS(looks absolutely brutal)

Swanton Bomb(when done by Jeff Hardy, it's such a great move, anyone else....meh)

Backcracker(Again, just looks brutal, and can be done anywhere)

Tombstone(Just for the legacy behind it)

Worst 5:

Pedigree(used to be a favourite of mine, but now HHH releases out of it halfway through and it looks weak, easy to reverse too)

Running Bulldog(ugh, just give Cody the Bionic Elbow)

Playmaker(takes so long to set up it can't be a winning move, can't see MVP winning a World Title with it)

Curb Stomp(So dangerous and difficult to execute)

619(the fact that Rey has to do a move after it tells you how weak it is)

I'm sure there's plenty more but that's all that comes off the top of my head

[OIL]

The best one was the stunner. Simply because Austin could use it out of no-where, and get a HUGE reaction from the fans, because of the shock value. You would hear people going "he just pulled the stunner from no-where!!", whereas you don't hear people say "he pulled the stomp thing from no-where!!" (Burchill's finishing move). His move is the worst in the WWE. Just plain shit.

[Garvanko]

The Spear is terrible.

Chokeslam is overused. At least three current main eventers use it regularly in the WWE??

RKO is cool. Stealth.

Sweet Chin Music - not as good as its hyped. well executed though at times.

Pedigree - meh. Surely HHH can do better.

Tombstone is OK. But not as good as it used to look.

619 is a finisher? heh. Rey should just do a frogsplash.

Samoan Spike - nice, especially after all the power moves that precede it. Umaga is cool.

Clothesline from Hell - basic brute force. Like it.

Playmaker - original but weak.

Swanton - looks painful and unnecessary.

THE BEST however, has to be the Crippler Crossface of the late great Chris Benoit. A great submission manoeuver that always looked believable.

[Rated K for Kennedy... Kennedy!]

Hey guys I'm sorry but would everyone please stop calling it the Mic Check, it's called the Flatliner and Kanyon innovated it back in like 98, and yeah it's good!

My pick is Impaler DDT, I watched and old Edge match on youtube and that move is awesome, simple yet effective version of an old favourite!

[sharpsh00ter23]

BEST
Rock Bottom (because being dumped on your neck and back has never felt to forgiving)

People's Elbow (reasons: Crowd-Hype; and think of all the force the Rock drives into that unique elbow drop)

Stone Cold Stunner (snapped neck anyone)

Chokeslam (Masked Kane) - really to get tossed down to the floor with as much force as Kane put into it? He used his hand on his knee as a brace to apply more force...NASTY!

Sweet Chin Music - get kicked in the mouth by surprise and tell me if you think it's still a sorry finisher.

F-5 - Lesnar using it, nuff said...

Jackhammer - the blood rushing to your head, just to have you get dumped on it...

The Pedigree - Anyone see the old clip of when he first did it to a no-name Jeff Hardy?

WORST
F-U - A garbage death valley driver, how it gets the 3 counts, it will remain a mystery.

Overdrive - Randy Orton's rookie finisher - makes my kneecap hurt just thinking about it.

619 - I don't need a reason, it's just that flaming...

Masterlock- a couple of vicious knees to the back followed by a devastating slam would've possibly done wonders.

Cody Rhodes's Elbow Drop - he's garbage anyway...

Hogan's Leg Drop - There's nothing Immortal about that soggy looking leg drop...The Rock made it look even remotely decent.

Bearhug - Bearhugs are just gay...

[PWAQfan]

Best - Morrisons Neck Breaker, Paul Londons Shooting Star, Burchills C-4, Ultimo Dragons DDT, Walls of Jericho(with whole body arched), GTS(when done by KENTA), Dragon Suplex, Double Underhook Piledriver, Jamaican Buzzsaw
Worst - Chokeslam, Powerbomb, final cut, FU, playmaker...etc

[Sparky]

The best finisher is would have to be Sweet Chin Music or the RKO they can both be pulled out of nowhere and dont need to be set up quick and effective, An honerable mention goes to Slice bread #2 i think it is just like a reversed DDT but looks good if pulled off correctly.

The worst would have to be The FU if someone was to do that in real life all the other person would do is get up and knock you out the smell of my socks are more effective then that move. How on earth can you pin someone for a three count after a single FU. a Dishonareble mension goes to all most every move off the top rope. they are almost always reversible and look god awful sometimes.

[jetbear2002]

best: Rockbottom, Stone cold stunner, Jackhammer, F-5, Pedigree, Steiner Screwdriver, Jacknife powerbomb, Chokeslam, Last Ride, Tombstone Piledriver, Front Russian Legsweep, Downward Spiral, Clothesline from hell, Dominator, Impaler, Five Star Frog Splash, 450 splash, X-factor, Fameasser, Razors Edge, 3-D, Unprettier, Reverse Death Valley Driver, Crippler Crossface, Diamond Dust, Saving Grace, Sweet chin Music.


Worst: The FU = "Fucking Useless".... The worm, bearhug, its not a finisher, but i hate Umaga's 10 minute nerve hold, and samoan spike, 619, Road dogg's Shake Rattle And Roll, five knuckle shuffle= it was made up like 30 years ago, called the fist drop...

Basicly the Worst Finish Ever is: When ever john cena wins....

[Mdubz]

one of the best wrestling finisheers ever in my opinion would be between the chokeslam or the shooting star press

the worst ever would be the batista bomb it is just a sit out powerbomb but batista pumps himself up with steriods before he does it

[kilva]

Best: F-5, RKO, Gore(On a table), Sweet Chin Music, Running Moonlight Drive(Has more impact), Shooting Star press, 5 Star Frog Splash, Swanton Bomb, Stunner, People's Elbow(Had a lot of energy)
Worst: GTS(I dare him to do it on BDV), Green Bay Plunge, Codebreaker, Pumphandle Slam

[Dragonslayer]

Best Finishers: Sweet Chin Music, Stone Cold Stunner and RKO (or Diamond Cutter, for old schoolers ;) ) for the aforementioned reasons that they can be pulled out of nowhere; F-5 was pretty cool too... and so is the Last Ride, best thing that came out of Taker's Biker-gimmick; that thing just looks really nasty. Honorable mentions also to the Jackhammer and Crippler Crossface.

Worst Finishers: Hogan's Leg Drop (c'mon it's a freakin' LEG DROP), Warrior Splash (aite, the Gorilla Press Up Slam before it was ok since not so many guys were doing it back then, but c'mon it's a freakin' RUNNING BIG SPLASH!!!) and The People's Elbow (aite it was usually fun to watch but c'mon it's a FREAKING ELBOW DROP!!) So even if I love that move since it is fun, it still must be the single worst finisher in WWE History - at least, Warrior used to land with his full weight, and Hogan at least with part of his weight on someone's body - but Rock was never that massive, and he planted just an elbow on the chest... unless they had sold it like he was hitting the solar plexus or something, it is just ridiculous for ANYONE to lose to an Elbow Drop...

Also, I think the FU is pretty crappy... that's just a modified Fireman's Carry... a FIREMAN'S CARRY!!!

[Kcorthe]

My favorite finishers: Stone Cold Stunner, F-5, Rock Bottom, Sweet Chin Music, Pedigree, Kane's Chokeslam, Kurt Angle's Ankle Lock, Bret Hart's Sharpshooter. Probably forgetting some.

My least favorute finishers: Hogan's Leg Drop, The Worm, Bear Hugs, Khali's bullshit.

[snickers]

Best:
Sweet chin music, tombstone, Stone Cold Stunner, RKO, Ankle Lock, Sharpshooter, Clothesline from Hell, Not many people talk about this one but Yokozuna's Banzai Drop

Worst:
Playmaker, Samoan Spike, Walls of Jericho(come on people its a boston crab), FU(doesnt look like it hurts at all), 619, People's Elbow, Big Show's chokeslam

[Kyphael]

The clothesline from hell... really? It's just a clothesline! If we're talking best, let's mean creative and convincing. The Playmaker is creative enough, both in name and actual move. I don't think anyone in the WWE or WCW ever used that as their finisher.

I remember when the Walls of Jericho was an elevated boston crab that looked damn effective.

I agree with you on the FU, though. It's a Goddamn elevated fireman's carry! I don't get why Cena never used the Death Valley Driver instead, it's set up the same way and delivered pretty similarly, except the opponent is dropped on his head so i looks more effective.

The 619 is probably the most creative finisher a main eventer has created/introduced in WWE history and perfectly hitting for the style of its user. It's one of a kind and no one in the WWE and/or WVW, or TNA for that matter uses it so it's synonymous with Rey Mysterio, therefore making it good.

The Sweet Chin Music is a superkick, used pretty commonly past and present, HBK just made it famous. Same goes for the RKO and ankle lock.

The Stunner is an exception; it's damn simplistic but Austin transcends the common wrestler, like Hogan and Rock who have less than impressive finishers so it doesn't matter.

The best you listed are The Tombstone, which I believe Undertaker introduced to the WWF as a finisher before anyone else, the Sharpshooter and the Banzai Drop. All creative, effective and fitting to their characters.

I agree, the Samoan Spike is ridiculous, Umaga has such a rich list of effective maneuvers, I don't know why that's his finisher. Big Show's Chokeslam is pretty generic, he's a big guy, not much he can do.

Here's my list of best and worst, I'm only naming three...

The Best:
MUscle Buster
Tombstone Piledriver
Vertabreaker

The Worst:
The Worm: Yeah, seriously. There's no way a wrestler would just lie there and wait for some dork to do a dance move, only to do a damn chop to the throat!
The Dudley Dog AKA Sliced Bread #2: It looks like it hurts the recipient less than it does the wrestler delivering it and that's just plain nuts.
If the Five-Knuckle Shuffle is considered a finisher, that too. No way is Cena as big as Rock or Hogan to be able to get away with ridiculous looking moves.

[SaviorX]

Best: The (Animal & Heidenreich) Doomsday Device, The Rated RKO, 3D, and The Orton-Cena F-KO.

Worst: The Golden Hip ( a video game finisher where the diva shakes her hips and the superstar flies back and bleeds), Debra's Boobs, and "Hulking Up".

[A-Train]

best-tombstone piledriver(finishes everybody), canadian destroyer(looks mad, even tho fake), last ride(powerbomb except from higher up), sweet chin music(looks real, c'mon hav u ever been kicked in the face), shooting star press(seeing evan bourne do it was sick, looks amazing).

worst- chokeslam(overused), playmaker(weakest thing i've ever seen), samoan spike(Fuckin ridiculous), vice grip(creative couldn't hav thought of a worse move), world's strongest slam(looks weak for someone who's supposed to b strong) and edge's spear(the guy isn't that big).

[Dragonslayer]

The clothesline from hell... really? It's just a clothesline! If we're talking best, let's mean creative and convincing. The Playmaker is creative enough, both in name and actual move. I don't think anyone in the WWE or WCW ever used that as their finisher.

I remember when the Walls of Jericho was an elevated boston crab that looked damn effective.

@Playmaker - I don't think it's that bad either... alright, it takes long to set up, but so does the Pedigree (with HHH having to lock both arms in a chicken wing position, which usually takes pretty long); I kind of can compare those two moves to each other in that way. The move itself is the Overdrive, isn't it?

@Walls of Jericho: Yeah, when Y2J was doing it old school style (like the Liontamer in WCW, or the Walls early in WWE), it looked REALLY nasty... I dunno why he gave up doing the move that way; was it too taxing on the opponents neck and spine?

[Hillman]

The best finishers are, in my opinion, one that looks good and looks like it actually hurts, and is not a rip off a normal move.

Best finishers - sharpshooter, pedigree, stunner, crossface, vertebraker, spear, STFU
worst finishers - clothesline from hell, sweet chin music (both are rip offs of clothesline and superkick respectively), FU (a body slam seems to hurt more), Playmaker (doesn't look like it hurts).

[DJ]

If MVP turned it into a different style of overdriver it might be better.Maybe just do it like a fame asser and just drop his leg on his oppenetts head.

[kaihorro]

Best finishers: RKO, Stunner and Sweet Chin Music because they can be pulled out of nowhere. I love the vertebreaker, muscle buster and finlays celtic cross (i remember when he used to use the tombstone back in the day) GTS is a pretty solid move too

Worst Finishers: Playmaker/overdrive is possibly the worst finisher next to khalis chop and the samoan spike, at least they are all better than hogans leg drop and warriors splash

[Peace21]

Best Finishers- Goldberg Spear and JackHammer, Austins Stunner. Harts Sharpshooter, Beniot's Cripplers Crossface,Takers Tombstone, Luger's Torcher Rack, and Nash's jacknife.

Worst- Razors Edge, F-U, Macho's flying elbow, Hogans leg drop, Million Dollar Dream (sleeper hold), People's Elbow, And Owen Harts Tombstone on Austin.

[Jlebron]

Best: Testdrive, Egotrip, Stunner, Farroq's Dominator, Hass of pain, The Stroke, ankle lock.

Worst: Worm, FU, 619, Franchise(jawbraker), Big boot, Powerbomb, chokeslam

[wweman1]

worst fu, finger poke of doom used by hogan, masterlock, samoan spike, 619, stinkface

Best pedigree, rko, sweetchim music, shooting star press, figure four leg lock

[cactusJack98]

yeah best rko, stunner, chokeslam (when done well- on x-pac example), canadian destroyer, jack hammer, spear (gore)

worst- peoples elbow, worm, samoan spike, khali chop,

what about tag team finishes- elimination (eliminators) 3d, er cant think of others

[EnigmaticAngel]

Best: Canadian Destroyer, Scorpion Deathlock/Sharpshooter, Sweet Chin Music, Stone Cold Stunner, Styles Clash, Tombstone (done by the Undertaker, anyone else with maybe the exception of Kane just screws it up), Figure Four Leglock, Cradle Shock, Pedigree. Pretty much anything that looks less like show and more like hurt is a great finisher.

Worst: The Worm, 619, any kind of sneak finish like the small package (try to say that without laughing...lol), Big Boot, Big Leg Drop, Bronco Buster (utterly ridiculous), Shattered Dreams (hurts way to much to watch), Stink Face or any other move where its simply some dude stickin his butt in your face, Mandible Claw (I just dont get it... Foley's double arm DDT is much better).

To add to Jacks tag team finishes: Doomsday Device, Steinerized, anything done by the Rockers, Poetry in Motion (yea.. I know seems like Im contradicting myself but I believe it has the right amount of show and hurt), The PowerPlex from the 80s, Death Sentence (AMW), Tornado Plex, Crack in the mouth (D&D, that move just looks plain brutal).

[kingrko]

Best Finishers: Sweet Chin Music, RKO, Stunner. These moves are sudden and are so fast the impact looks real. Tombstone and Pedigree. These are the so-called moves that no one can get up from. The Canadian Destroyer. I watch TNA just for this move! For submission finishers: Crippler Crossface, Sharpshooter, Ankle Lock, and Elevated Walls of Jericho. Also since the GTS is something of a fairly new and original move to me, it makes the Best Finisher's List. CM Punk just doesn't execute it smoothly enough.

Worst Finishers: Leg Drop (Hulk Hogan) Splash(Ultimate Warrrior) and the Playmaker, and I think we all actually know who I'm talking about when it comes to the STUPID Playmaker. The names good and creative to MVP's character but the move itself just looks weak. My advice for MVP is stick to that sick kick to the head in the corner. Oh and ANY of Khali's moves are even worse and are the most boring.

[wwesince2004]

best: Goldberg Spears
worst: spears by anyone else (Edge, Batista), 619, khali's shit things

[patsbrain]

Worst: Bronco Buster, Stink face, Fame-asser, Blockbuster, Buzzsaw Kick, Super Kick

None of the first four look like they would do any damage, and I would whoop the shit of any one rubbing their ass in my face, especially a big, fat, sweaty guy. The 2 kicks would do damage for sure, I'm just not a fan.

Best: F-5, Shooting Star Press, Celtic Cross, Overdrive, Crippler Crossface, Knox Out, Curb Stomp

F-5 (Flatliner) was badass when Kanyon used it, and didn't fall off much at all in the hands of Lesnar; Shooting Star Press just looks cool as hell, especially when Evan Bourne does it; Celtic Cross, Overdrive, and Knox Out look very damn effective, and cool; Crossface HAD to hurt; I don't care how hard it is to set up the Curb Stomp up, that move is strong. If you had someone do that to you, you would NOT be getting back up. Anyone remember the opening scene of 'American History X'?

[Lord Maniax]

I have to agree with most of these postings... I personally liked KoKo Bware's "Ghost buster" I think that was what it was called... (At least ther first time I saw it) I think it actually is a fall away suplex... You set the guy up for a vertical suplex then while he is up in the air you get bored and walk away and he crashes on his melon.. The first time I saw it as the guy dropped the suplexER ran and bounced off the ropes and then elbow dropped the suplexEE...
Another Cool finisher is one I don't see that often either... Doink's "STUMP PULLER" he only did it a few times while he was EVIL CLOWN..

Mandible Claw is number 2 worst move... WORM is #1.. if i was a wrestler I would have it in my contract that I would NEVER EVER LOOSE to that useless move....LOL!

[santinoistight44]

best F5
worst samoan spike

[Booyaka]

Best : chokeslam, F5, swanton bomb, dominator, frog splash, stunner, rock bottom, moonsault(especially kurt angles)

worst : randy savage elbow drop {worse than peoples elbow) peoples elbow, twist of fate(PISH, stink face, booker t axe kick