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Post by Fave on Mar 12, 2014 21:02:40 GMT -5
Daniel Bryan's knee strike is pretty badass. Looks believeable too. I wonder how many times he's actually made contact cause it looks stiff.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2014 22:23:21 GMT -5
Sheamus didn't always use the Brogue Kick as a finisher. He used to use the Razor's Edge, with the Brogue kick being more of a "false finish" spot like his rolling Samoan drop and Irish Curse Backbreaker. I think the Irish Curse was Sheamus' finisher back when he was on ECW. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2014 22:29:40 GMT -5
Daniel Bryan's knee strike is pretty badass. Looks believeable too. I wonder how many times he's actually made contact cause it looks stiff. Look at the shiner Cena had after Summerslam. |
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Post by johnnyb on Mar 12, 2014 22:43:39 GMT -5
Daniel Bryan's knee strike is pretty badass. Looks believeable too. I wonder how many times he's actually made contact cause it looks stiff. Seems to me like Cena has been the only one with the balls to take the move head-on. H and Orton take it on the arm/shoulder area and, especially in H's case, it looks terrible. Shame, because it's a great-looking move. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2014 23:32:26 GMT -5
Lion Sault
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2014 0:27:20 GMT -5
Moxicity lost all credibility when Jake Crist kicked out of it 4 times in 1 match. When no one had kicked out of it in 2 years prior to that.
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Post by The Dazzler on Mar 13, 2014 0:39:11 GMT -5
This wasn't originally a finisher,but Daniel Bryan's running knee strike.He used to use it as a basic move by jumping off the apron,and now it knocks people out. Trent also used it as a regular move So did Ted DiBiase Jr. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2014 0:42:40 GMT -5
Jeff Hardy's Twist of Fate isn't at strong as Matt's.
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Post by kingnothing ~ Hardwired... on Mar 13, 2014 4:34:03 GMT -5
I always enjoy watching wrestlers from different promotions using other's finishing moves as regular moves in matches. Does anyone remember Billy Gunn using the jackhammer out of the blue back in the day? Then Disco Inferno invented the "Chartbuster" that I'm sure kept Austin laughing for years. Most recently Orton was using the Angle-slam.
I always remember thinking that Hogan, Rock and Cena had some lackluster finishers for being top guys.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2014 8:45:03 GMT -5
The first that comes to mind for me is the 619. The setup for it looks way too contrived most of the time and I feel like the splash off the top is always very underwhelming.
To a lesser degree I don't really care for the out of thin air RKO's anymore. In my opinion his finisher isn't really an offensive move anymore but a reactionary defensive counter.
The way finishers are used today is right behind the commentary when it comes to my least favorite aspects of pro wrestling today.
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Post by inkboy83 on Mar 13, 2014 10:29:12 GMT -5
Sharpshooter. It used to end the match 90% of the time when Bret was using it. However, once HBK, The Rock, Chris Benoit, Natlya, etc. started using it the luster wore off. Exactly, once those guys started using it it basically became nothing more than the boston crab. |
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Post by dixol on Mar 13, 2014 12:00:26 GMT -5
On the other hand, the school boy roll-up has become a devastating finisher.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2014 12:17:46 GMT -5
Seth Rollins head stomp is insane and Cesaro's swing didn't get the pop but soon did
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2014 4:49:52 GMT -5
The Spinebuster.
Arn Andersons' was fantastic, and ended matches. Now it's just another move.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2014 4:55:56 GMT -5
In terms of strength and weakness, I find the chokeslam to be the most variable move of all time...
When Undertaker does it, it's always a signature move, but usually never leads to a 3 count.
When Kane does it, it seems to have a stronger effect but results in a 3 count only some of the time.
Big Show is usually reversed or just resorts to using the Knockout punch.
And back in the day, there were several wrestlers who used chokeslams and it was more or less effective depending on who used it (Psycho Sid had it as a finisher, but yet Scott Hall did it as a regular move sometimes).
And each respective wrestler's effectiveness with the chokeslam has been polarizing over the years (including all the ones above). Some more, some less.
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Post by Word™ on Mar 16, 2014 5:17:55 GMT -5
The Attitude Adjustment is in no way a move that says "that's it, I'm done, it's too much". Edge ruined the spear, along with Batista.. But Roman Reigns is doing it justice again. The Stone Cold Stunner is the only move I can think of that has stood the test of time. And the People's  ing Elbow should NEVER finish someone off. |
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Post by Falconsinclair on Mar 16, 2014 5:35:08 GMT -5
The Attitude Adjustment is in no way a move that says "that's it, I'm done, it's too much". Edge ruined the spear, along with Batista.. But Roman Reigns is doing it justice again. The Stone Cold Stunner is the only move I can think of that has stood the test of time. And the People's ing Elbow should NEVER finish someone off. The People's Elbow use to follow the Rock Bottom. It use to feel like an "Icing on the Cake" move. Basically Rock already had his opponent down for the count. Time to add insult to injury. The same can be said of Hogan's Leg Drop. It ALWAYS followed Hogan nailing the big boot on his opponent. Which always looked more devastating in my eyes. Finally the same can be said of the Warrior Splash. Ultimate Warrior use to hit that back splash after dropping his opponent with the Guerrilla Press Slam. |
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on Mar 16, 2014 5:41:37 GMT -5
The Usos have pretty much killed the superkick by using it every two minutes, now its just a normal move. John Cena has killed the Cross Arm Breaker. Really there should be no way he can lift Alberto up with the arm thats being affected yet he still does. If it wasn't for Roman Reigns and even Kaitlyn to an extent then the Spear would also be dead too thanks to Edge and Christian.
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Post by cordless2016 on Mar 16, 2014 9:45:56 GMT -5
The Usos have pretty much killed the superkick by using it every two minutes, now its just a normal move. John Cena has killed the Cross Arm Breaker. Really there should be no way he can lift Alberto up with the arm thats being affected yet he still does. If it wasn't for Roman Reigns and even Kaitlyn to an extent then the Spear would also be dead too thanks to Edge and Christian. Christian's spear looks 10x better thanks edge's. I don't think his looks bad at all. Edge however ruined the move and it looked like he hugged his opponent every time he did it. |
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Post by HVMMONS on Mar 16, 2014 10:00:19 GMT -5
If we're talking about dumb finishers, I would say Scotty 2 Hotty's The Worm, and Roman Reigns' Superman Punch.
Stronger: Daniel Bryan's running knee
Weaker: The FU/Attitude Adjustment
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