Brodus Clay: Why that finisher?

[King Blitzkonic]

Basic case, ever since he debuted the "Fall of Humanity", a running crossbody block, he's only been able to pull it off cleanly once. I personally think it's time to use a more clean-looking finisher. Here's some possible choices:

1. Tongan death grip chokeslam: This was the first finisher he used on NXT and it was ruined when he went into an STO with the grip instead of a chokeslam

2. Running powerslam: Ah yes, a return to another old finisher. He's big enough and ugly enough to finish an opponent with it.

3. Big Splash: Standard big man finisher but it works.

I'd personally like to see the return of the tongan chokeslam. It looked vicious, and Brodus pinning the opponent in the grip while almost doing pushups made him look far more menacing than his current run of squashing jobbers.

What do y'all think?

 

[Okay Fabian]

Does "The Fall of Humanity" fit?

Yes, I think it's a great finisher. And although the cross-body is essentially "The Fall of Humanity" (as Brodus falls on his opponent), the move is more of a combo move w/ the corner splash set-up.

It is perfect for a man of his size (and shape). It harkens back to King Kong Bundy's "Avalanche" and has elements of Mark Henry's "World's Strongest Splash" and Earthquake's "Earthquake Splash".

He has really improved his timing with the move and its execution largely depends on how well his opponent takes the bump. The finisher is a one-two punch. The corner avalanche knocks the wind out of the opponent and the flying crossbody puts them away. Brodus moves pretty well for a big man so a move like this is believable as a finisher, and it can come out of nowhere.
It's akin to "Every move The Big Show or The Great Khali performs is more effective simply because of their size and strength"

Can I see Brodus Clay performing "The Fall of Humanity" on John Cena to win the WWE Championship in the main event of Wrestlemania? No. And while I think that's a pretty good test to see if a finisher is legit, I'm not sure Brodus is going to be main-eventing Wrestlemania.

I've only seen "The Fall of Humanity" executed on no-name enhancement talents, so I'll wait to see how the move looks being performed on a bigger, more prominent superstar. I have a feeling that the move may become more of a false finisher to put over superstars who are able to kick out of it. ("No one has gotten up from The Fall of Humanity")

Brodus has a pretty good arsenal of finishers:

1) Quick impact finisher: The Fall of Humanity (a la Big Show's K.O. Punch)
2) Power finisher: The tongan death grip chokeslam / STO
3) Submission finsher: The tongan death grip

 

[Bender]

The Big Splash is very over used for super heavy weights, but if he can tweak it or modify it. I think it could suit him, it would squash his opponents like an ant.

 

[The Future Rises]

I'm a big fan of Brodus. He's a big guy with lots of talent mic skills and a good look. I personally want to see him go far in the WWE.

Now on to his finisher I'm not a big fan of it either. I understand why they're keeping him on Superstars as there's no place for him on the main roster right now with it being stacked with a lot of feuds so it's best for him to dominate jobbers until the time is right for him to appear on a main show again. But I absolutely agree with you on the Tongan Death Grip. It's a sick move that really looks painful considering Brodus' size and all that weight coming down chocking you and crushing your throat. I hope he uses i again or at least get another finisher like a modified Samoan drop or something else that fits his "World's biggest suplex machine" gimmick. Speaking of that gimmick I hope he shows it more often and gets mentioned more by the commentators I think it has huge potential.

 

[itbewilly]

Greetings from Asbury Park/Rikishi Driver would be a good move for him. Hes built similar to Bam Bam and Rikishi and the move can look awesome when done right.

 

[The Future Rises]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNzTZCCpPq4

Bad quality but here is Rikishi's version..

He's not allowed to use a piledriver I don't think anyone in the WWE is excluding The Undertaker. But I think Brodus can actually make that move work. Though like I said he's not allowed to use it so I'm still going with either a Samoan drop or The Tongan Death Grip.