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QOTD Best Finisher Names

The Daniel Bryan discussion this morning made me ponder what the best overall move names are. I think the Japanese have this one wrapped up in terms of artistic merit (HIgh Fly Flow, Rainmaker, Shining Wizard, Miracle Ecstasy Bomb) but none of those really describes WHAT the move is. I think overall it's tough to top Undertaker claiming the tombstone piledriver as a generic move name that got turned into his signature move name, but there's a lot of good choices and I'm sure Sweet Chin Music is also gonna rank highly.

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  1. Scott puts over Cal after that lengthy debate over his worth on a previous post :P

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  2. Back when Jericho was Lionheart, I always liked the Liontamer as a finisher name...the Walls of Jericho is a pretty good name too.

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  3. RKO is a very good name. You are knocked out. It is done by Randy. Thus RKO.

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  4. BURNING HAMMER!!!!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AfaATYmbpQ

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  5. Weren't the old RNN updates preceded by a knock off of the old RKO movie studio logo as well?

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  6. I like Christopher Daniels' move names. Angel Wings, Last Rites, Best Moonsault Ever.

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  7. - Diamond Cutter
    - The Five-Arm
    - Perfectplex
    - Goodnight Irene
    - The Bull Hammer - I'm not sure why I like that name so much, but it's really evocative

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  8. TheRealCitizenSnipsAugust 25, 2013 at 1:01 PM

    If it sounds cool getting screamed by JR at the top of his lungs three times in a row it's probably good.

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  9. I was always a fan of Don Muraco's "Sandwich Eating Racist Driver"..

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  10. I like Christopher Daniels in general.


    "The Fallen Angel" is an AWESOME nick name

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  11. Bah God he hit him with a chokeslam--ALL THE WAY FROM HELL!


    JR is awesome

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  12. Yeah, I pretty much became a fan back in the late 90's before I even saw a match just because of his kick ass name and logo. Good thing he was one of the best wrestlers in the world or I would've been really disappointed.

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  13. I rewatched Taker/Shawn from WM25 for the millionth time waiting for a flight earlier today and I still love JR's call when Shawn kicks out of the Tombstone: "I JUST HAD AN OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE!"

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  14. As good a litmus test as any.

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  15. I picked up a compilation of his best ROH work at the last show I was at, the match quality is incredible--so many snowflakes

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  16. Actually Jay Bradley's 'Boom Stick' for his lariat is pretty catchy.

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  17. Can't stand Jeff Hardy, but I always though "Twist of Fate" was a cool finisher name that fit his character well.
    It's funny that the "Pedigree" move name has stuck with HHH since he dropped the blueblood gimmick in 1997.

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  18. YankeesHoganTripleHFanAugust 25, 2013 at 1:33 PM

    The Rock hated non Hawaiians? I never knew.

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  19. Codebreaker is cool as well.

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  20. How about that fucking Swanton Bomb. Remember how insane that shit was back in the day when you first saw it?

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  21. Kudos to Orton for making The Diamon Cutter his own, too.

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  22. Love the code breaker. You can do it all day long on any guy, big or small. Like all the best finishers.

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  23. It's hard to top "MURDERDEATHKILL POWERBOMB".

    Especially in capital letters. "He took the time to press the shift key Marge, I think he knows what he's talking about."

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  24. That move has always had a good nickname - Ace Crusher to Diamond cutter to RKO, all really good.

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  25. Welcome to Chicago, Motherfucker.

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  26. Always liked the Frankensteiner for a name.

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  27. I tend to like it when a wrestler's name or gimmick is incorporated in a finisher's name, like Razor's Edge, Widow's Peak or Masterlock.


    On the other hand, I hate finisher names that need additional explanation like Sliced Bread No. 2 (cuz it's the next best thing to slice bread! har har) and a lot of the current ROH finishers.

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  28. The Love-Matic Grampa!August 25, 2013 at 1:47 PM

    I've always thought that was a concept that would have worked well over here: give your top guys a regular finisher and a super finisher that they only break out against an elite opponent. I thought that's where they might be going with Orton's punt, but it's probably for the best that he stopped using it.

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  29. Human Tornado used to do a Canadian Destroyer that he called a DND, or Dat Nigga Dead.

    /thread

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  30. Greetings from Asbury Park. <3 Bam Bam.

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  31. s/o to just the Super Kick. Chris Adams named that well.
    GORE! GORE!! GORE!!!
    Okay, pretty much every Midnight Express move was awesomely named. When you've got a Top-3 manager, that happens.

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  32. Shake, Rattle 'n Roll

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  33. But isn't he a blueblood again by being in control of the WWE?

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  34. Garvin stomp! His name is Garvin, he stomps you. Tells you everything you need to know.

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  35. I'm not interested in the topic here, but I have a question so THREADJACK I guess... I know Zanadude deleted his account or whatever so he doesn't show up on the top commenters any longer... but how come it hasn't just replaced him and bumped up someone else?

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  36. The issue with Daniels was that he had the 'Fallen Angel' nickname and the vague satanic priest gimmick, except you couldn't find a less "satanic" guy if you tried. Daniels just didn't have the gravitas to pull off a supernatural/creepy character.

    Now, his appletini-drinking douchebag character is PERFECT. He is hilarious in this role.

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  37. I think the last one standing wins a prize?

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  38. Worst name: 619. It doesn't describe the move, the impact, or even the wrestler really. I know he is from the 619 area code, but he never does anything else that describes san diego.

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  39. It occurs to me that Del Rio should probably have a special name for his cross armbreaker.

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  40. Is just calling it the "Mexican Armbreaker" too obvious?

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  41. Phoenix SPalsh
    Spiral Tap
    GO 2 SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP (KENTA, not that pussy CM Punk version)
    BRAINBUSTAHHHHHHHHHH!




    but my personal fave:


    Ode to Blitzkreig

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  42. Your_Favourite_AssholeAugust 25, 2013 at 2:22 PM

    frankensteiner

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  43. If Lex Luger wrestled a bear, and put him in the Human Torture Rack, would it in fact become the Ursine Torture Rack?

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  44. Your_Favourite_AssholeAugust 25, 2013 at 2:24 PM

    moss-covered three-handled family gradunza

    /thread

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  45. For it to be truly SD, they should play the Chargers fight song. Okay that ought to just be playing all the time.

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  46. Your_Favourite_AssholeAugust 25, 2013 at 2:29 PM

    moss-covered three-handled family gradunza!
    moss-covered three-handled family gradunza!
    moss-covered three-handled family gradunza!


    yer right, f'ing sweet

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  47. "Sweet Chin Music" was a terrible name. Far too goofy.

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  48. "Razor's Edge" was fantastic.

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  49. Agreed, Daniels just never fit that gimmick.

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  50. Angle's heel-hook was the same idea.

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  51. Am I the only one that remembers how much everyone hated that move at first? It was probably a good six months before most online fans started to accept it.

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  52. For it truly to be SD, he should be jacking it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhNneU5shTs

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  53. Vertibreaker was a pretty aptly named move . . .

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  54. The sad thing is, they had one RIGHT THERE and could have called it the Destiny Armbreaker at any time.

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  55. It's the only reason why I hope Bradley shows some improvement, because Boom Stick lariat is just too cool an idea to go to waste.

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  56. Daniels is hitting his peak right now. I continue to be disappointed that TNA didn't just run a Hardy/Daniels main event feud, instead of wasting time with the Aces and their black hole of a gimmick.

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  57. JBL kinda hit the jackpot with the Clothesline From Hell, from a combination of being able to deliver it well and having opponents willing to sell the shit out of it.

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  58. Also, Yoko's Banzai Drop was pretty awesome, just because "BANZAI!" is the only way to describe a 600-lb Samoan ass crashing down on your chest.

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  59. RKO is like, totally the cleverest name ever. It's his initials, a play on a TKO, -and- TKO was prior name for a diamond cutter variant.

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  60. I like Bray Wyatt's finisher name. Sister Abigail. It reminds me of naming inanimate objects after ladies.

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  61. It was truly SD then Ray Mysterio would bring him self out and jack it. That seems to be what everybody in San Diego does.

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  62. Doomsday Device and the Torture Rack are pretty damn awesome names...

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  63. Shawn's "Sexy Boy" was totally goofy and came off weird when came to the ring acting all serious. It's a credit to him that once he performed in the ring the goofy stuff didn't matter.

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  64. Doomsday Device and the Torture Rack are both pretty damn awesome names.

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  65. The Last Ride was a good fit for BikerTaker.

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  66. The Love-Matic Grampa!August 25, 2013 at 3:10 PM

    Yeah, almost forgot about that one.


    Now that he's beat Cena clean with it (and won the title to boot), maybe Bryan's "knee to the face" could be his "Burning Hammer"? Something he only breaks out for the Cenas and Brocks (and most likely HHHs) of the world?

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  67. The Love-Matic Grampa!August 25, 2013 at 3:12 PM

    Yeah, I don't think they've topped that one in recent years.

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  68. And since he was a bully that like to legitimately hit people as hard as he could.

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  69. The Love-Matic Grampa!August 25, 2013 at 3:15 PM

    I'm still not crazy about the move, but I guess I'm in the minority. Doesn't bother me as much as it used to, though.

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  70. The Love-Matic Grampa!August 25, 2013 at 3:23 PM

    The DDT. Simple, yet effective.

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  71. I don't wanna have to think about what the females of that family must look like.

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  72. He did use it this year against Big Show, and he teased it at Survivor Series against Ziggler.



    It took a hiatus but it's still around.

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  73. There's a documentary on netflix about post-porn feminism. Check that out, about 3/4ths of the way through, you'll see them.

    You'll never unsee them.

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  74. He used it on Barrett the other day on Smackdown, so I think it's just a new finisher.

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  75. Does anyone else remember when Bob Holly's Falcon's Arrow was briefly called The Hollycaust?

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  76. You know what was terrible? Calling Kurt Angle's finish "The Angle Slam" when "The Right Angle" was staring them RIGHT IN THE FACE.

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  77. Samoa Joe's Muscle Buster. I was listening him describe where it came from on Austin's podcast. Muscle Buster is some kinda awesome name for a finish.

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  78. I always think the Twist of Fate is more Matt's finish than Jeff's.


    But whatever, it is a cool name.

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  79. Chokeslam - sounds tough, tells you immediately what it is.

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  80. F-5 is great. And the move sort of reflects the motion of a hurricane. Am I right in remembering that F-U came from the 2003 Lesnar/Cena feud?


    I liked LeBell Lock for Bryan's finish, and although Yes Lock makes a lot of sense, but I'm a sucker for names that pay homage to their inventors/inspiration like that. Perhaps Bryan's will reference KENTA somehow with the running knee (not likely).

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  81. The DDT. A deadly poison banned by the government. Simple. Effective.

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  82. Diamond Cutter is pretty good too - considering it was used by Diamond Dallas Page as well

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  83. Scott called it Browser Refresh when it didn't have official name back then.

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  84. Razor's Edge, AngleLock, Tombstone, F-5. All awesome.


    I think Weapon of Mass Destruction is a perfect name for a finisher....if it wasn't a fucking punch.

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  85. The only time I ever heard them call it that on TV was a Holly/Al Snow match (I think), and JR said "he calls that move the Hollycaust." King, before he shrieked everything (he must not have gotten "puppies" yet), shrieked "the WHAT?!" Jim Ross awkwardly repeated the name "Hollycaust," and we NEVER HEARD IT AGAIN.

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  86. And just like the WMDs, it isn't real.

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  87. I think that was his leg hook backdrop driver thing, not the flip piledriver.

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  88. Shattered Dreams. Sounds epic.

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  89. Why hasn't a Big Fat Heel stolen that move in recent years? It's a pretty awesome visual.

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  90. Ha ha, I'm glad someone else recalls that, thought I might have just made that up in my head. It would actually be a pretty good name if it weren't insanely insensitive. I'm not sure if the Falcon's Arrow is really a destructive enough move to warrant that name though.

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  91. The Love-Matic Grampa!August 25, 2013 at 4:01 PM

    Shawn sticking with "Sexy Boy" for as long as he has must be a record, right? It IS kinda goofy, but I guess we're just used to it by now.


    I don't see Cena's theme aging well, though.

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  92. Holocaust is just a word, while it has specific connotations, it has a dictionary definition that has nothing to do with the Final Solution.

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  93. He pinned the undertaker clean with the move in the middle of the ring on raw a few years ago, so definitely a great finisher....

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  94. Speaking of which, remember when WCW debuted Jeep Swenson as The Final Solution?

    And yeah, holocaust is a word with its own meaning, but it's got a pretty strong connotation now. Similarly, if Al Poling were to get signed by the WWE tomorrow, I'm pretty sure he would not be using 911 as his name (regardless of copy-write issues).

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  95. Cop Killer from Homicide and Ghetto Stomp from Low Ki are both awesome.

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  96. Jimmy Hart didn't write Cena's theme, so that's a big handicap.

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  97. (imagines Mark Henry screaming 'BANZAI!!!' before dropping onto an opponent)
    *GUFFAW*

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  98. I don't that's right. I think Scott Called it the "Browser Refresh" because hitting the F5 button on your keyboard refreshes your web browser.

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  99. Yep, I think it was named in this promo:

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1x9th_john-cena-fu-rap-to-brock-lesnar_sport

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  100. That one specific connotation pretty much overrides every other meaning of the word.

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  101. Charismatic e-Negro Jef VinsonAugust 25, 2013 at 4:16 PM

    I picture, "You gon' die now, motherfucker!!" as more of his response..

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  102. Wasn't his finisher though. "Hands of Stone" was his finisher.

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  103. The FU, and STFU were good back in the day. Sweet chin music is the best though.

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  104. I like that too,but I wish they would actually say "Kinnikubuster." Between that move and the Godzilla ripoff enterance music,I've always wondered if Joe was an otaku IRL.

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  105. Tombstone has to be one of the best. 'Cause the Undertaker killed you with it. And he was an Undertaker.

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  106. He still has the different symbols and such on his tights,and yeah-it just looks stupid. It would be like giving CM Punk Yokozuna's sumo gimmick.

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  107. I think just his TitanTron enterance in general had the RKO studios logo. Made me really like him when he first started.

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  108. I don't understand any of that.

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  109. What's really awesome was that it was always called that!

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  110. "Papoose to Go!"
    "WILL YOU STOP?!"

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  111. Of course not.

    That would be if the bear had Luger up in the rack.

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  112. "The Flying Jalepeno!"


    And didn't Bobby have a name for Tito's El Matador finish?

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  113. The move is Kinnikuman's finisher,the "Kinnikubuster",which Tenay translates to "Musclebuster" for America. Since Joe uses the finisher of a wrestling anime character and uses enterance music made to sound like the Godzilla theme intro,I've always wondered if he was one of those,you know,guys that prefder Japanese culture over our own. You know,eats Pocky,etc.

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  114. Million Dollar Dream
    Good Night Irene
    The Write-Off
    In that order.

    Also the Fatgutdoingskinnyguyflippymove-ton by Dick Togo.

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  115. Old school: the "original" DDT, and King Kong Bundy with the Avalanche. Worst finisher name: the Frog Splash. Like, that most deadly creature in the animal kingdom stalks it's prey... When suddenly-
    Yeah, no.

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  116. WWE's publicly traded and should never use it because it's too much trouble, but it reminds me of when the JDL sued Marvel over Holocaust (a giant firethrowing space mutant thing).


    Fuck the JDL.

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  117. "El Paso Del Salsa."

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  118. how was the match? I may look for it!

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  119. A strange choice to describe the Final Solution too, because fire really didn't have much to do with what happened. I must say I prefer it to the Shoah.

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  120. Razor's Edge and Diamond Cutter.

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  121. Surprised no one has mentioned the Stone Cold Stunner or 3D (Dudley Death Drop) yet. I was always pretty partial to the Evenflow as well due to being a big Pearl Jam fan.

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  122. I always thought the Cripplier Crossface was a great one until, well, ya know. Things.

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  123. Koko B. Ware's "Ghostbuster" is a great old school one. I also liked One Man Gang/Akeem's 747 splash too. If I remember correctly, it was called the 747 b/c when he splashed you, it was like a plane falling on you.

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  124. The Stunner was great because it could be taken as a nod to his original gimmick.

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  125. Yep, and I always thought it was cool when JR actually called The StunGun the few times Austin used it in WWF.

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  126. How about when Orton used the Play of the Day/Playmaker and called it The O-Zone. That was a terribly corny move name. I feel like he would have had a very different career if that would have remained his finisher.

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  127. I I think it was originally Olympic Slam, so Angle Slam came from that.

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  128. God I hated that finisher so much. I'd be happy if I never saw anyone ever do the Playmaker, Complete Shot or any Roll of the Dice variation ever again.

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  129. Holly talks about that in his book. He sounded like he was pissed off when they named his move that and was really grateful when he was able to start using the Alabama Slam. So not even a noted asshole like Bob Holly wanted to be associated with that.

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  130. "Ghostbuster" was a great name, but it irritated me when I was a kid because it had nothing to do with the bird-man gimmick. I tended to over think things.

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  131. I can't believe I never thought of that

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  132. Threadjack:

    Justice League... Canada?

    http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=47519

    Any thoughts?

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  133. The STFU especially. The FU came about in a lame sort of way, just Cena trying to piss off Lesnar, but the STFU actually fit in with his gimmick, the times (Internet acronyms were coming alive in pop culture) and it made sense considering his abnormally large hands wrapped over your mouth made you unable to speak. Of course the Internet shit all over Cena for using a submission hold as a finisher because now people had to tap out to him. Poor wittle Cena.

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  134. I feel theres an orgasm joke/reference in here somewhere

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  135. Why do I get a feeling that Vince Russo was probably the one on the creative team that thought of that name for Holly's finishing move?

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  136. The Alabama Jam by "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton.

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  137. I didn't mind the origin of the FU name actually. .. just remember it kinda fit his character/storyline at the time.

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  138. And I prefer Olympic Slam to Angle Slam.

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  139. How about giving Mark Henry the Stinkface as a new signature move with him yelling, 'SMELL MA STANK' instead? Nyuk nyuk nyuk!

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  140. Divorce Court
    Double Goozle
    Rocket Launcher


    Anything else, is uncivilized. And hilarious, if done by them.

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  141. Stranger in the AlpsAugust 25, 2013 at 6:15 PM

    How about Naked Mideon with the dreaded Rear Naked Choking Chicken? You better not struggle too much. Tap immediately.

    I made that one up.

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  142. Extra Hot Pace Picante

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  143. The only good thing to come out of Jeff Hardy's heel turn in TNA during the whole Immortal phase was that the Twist of Fate was renamed the Twist of Hate.... although admittedly it was because when I used to have pretend wrestling matches with my best mate when I was younger and my finisher was the Stunner variation of the Twist of Fate that Hardy uses sometimes which I called the Twist of Hate. It wasn't that effective though because my best mate would normally screw job me by kicking out and putting on a vicious submission hold... aah the memories!

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  144. I preferred Heidenreich's attempted rape finisher he performed on Michael Cole that one time!

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  145. Me too. But the USOC and IOC are pretty protective of the name, so they probably changed it to avoid a lawsuit.

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  146. My backyard finisher had two names, which I liked: The Justifier (for my name) and The Fall of Humanity, which Brodus Clay lifted (because he and I communicate with our brains a la the Shining)

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  147. Never liked Evenflow because it was a freakin' DDT. There was nothing different about it.

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  148. Personally I always liked the Styles Clash as it was a fitting name for AJ's finishing move and also CM Punk's Anaconda Vice. A play on the wrestler's name or gimmick and animalistic-based names are usually winners for finishing move names in my opinion.

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  149. It came out of one of Cena's raps where he said instead of the F5 he had the FU. And I WANT to say that Scott actually said how awesome that would be for his finisher name for weeks before it finally happened...but I may be wrong.

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  150. I always remember how it looked more devastating on the old WCW/NWO Revenge N64 game than it did in real life.

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  151. The Go To Sleep needs to go by the way. What a silly move. Silly Silly Silly Silly.

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  152. Money Shot fit the Val Venis gimmick perfectly.

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  153. I also like crazy assed sounding names like the Crossface Chicken Wing.

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  154. Rude Awakening is it for me.

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  155. Naw, that sounds right. I remember it was either a promo or one of his prematch raps.

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  156. I totally agree. Something like Punked Out would be a better name.

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  157. I hate it as well. If Punk and Bryan can start getting the Shining Wizard type finishers over, he should stick to that and the Vice

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  158. Whats the shittest name for a finisher? Pedigree?

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  159. God, that was a good one. Forgot about it.

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  160. The nickname Beautiful was great as well since he looked like a homely middle aged woman.

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  161. It fit his gimmick at the time.

    I'd have to go with "Roll the Dice" or "619".

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  162. It works for me but that's only because I suspect the McMahons are like the Lannisters from GoT and Tripe H is really Vince McMahon's bastard son!

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  163. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_(comics)#Powers_and_abilities



    I'm not gonna shit on you this time, but "giant firethrowing space mutant thing" is just lazy

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  164. I always thought that for the big shows, he should come out to his old music, just for the pop


    So the crowd knows he is serious


    then after he wins he can go back to the current theme and smile.

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  165. If this is the case, ill forever praise the name of the pedigree.

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  166. Yea, it def fit his gimmick. Always hated it for some reason, both the name and the actual move. Thought he'd change it once he started getting his DX push.

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  167. "Now you're going to see a perfectplex!"

    Money.

    Much better than "Now you're going to see a fisherman's suplex with a bridge!"

    Simple. Effective.

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  168. I just hate the move itself. "I'm going to lift you up on my shoulders. Toss you off my shoulders, wait for you to land on your feet, then kick you in the chest. It just doesn't make any sense. I know a lot of moves don't make a lot of sense, but that one especially.

    On the subject it always pissed me off Taker does Snake Eyes and that Running Powerslam. Don't get me wrong they're good moves but both of them require a position similar to the tombstone, and in a kayfabe sense it doesn't make any sense that he wouldn't try it.

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  169. He's a mutant, I distinctly remember him being found floating in space, fire is a type of radiation AND THERE'S FIRE IN THAT PICTURE and he's bigger than normal.


    Giant firethrowing space mutant thing is a perfectly acceptable description.

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  170. I like 5 Star frog splash.



    Insider-y, but accessible to a lay-fan. And the height he gets on the execution sets it apart from other frog splashes. i like that it has a name which distinguishes it too

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  171. What was the safety there? He kicked the bottom turnbuckle? I can't imagine a lot of guys wanted to take that movie.

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  172. Couldn't agree more. That also reminds me that I miss guys trying to bust out their finisher early in the match. Jake Roberts used to do it all the time, and that made sense to me...if you had a move that was a guaranteed match winner, you'd obviously try to sneak it in early on and try to catch your opponent off guard.

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  173. Attitude Adjustment. Though F-U wasn't much better, as you had to know the history with his feud with Brock Lesnar to get it.

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  174. Ha, was saying below that I actually really liked the FU name for his finisher. The fashion in how Cena named it made me like it all that more.

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  175. Whatever it takes to be correct, right?


    Doesn't matter if its wrong as fuck. its perfectly acceptable.


    So Pyro is a giant firethrowing space mutant thing as well?


    What about Iceman? He's been seen with fire...star... He has been in space, Has been a giant, and is definitely a "mutant thing".

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  176. Yep, his career's come full circle in a pretty cool way.

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  177. Shit, do did I. Close the contest because that's your winner.

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  178. Exactly! That's why I hated the days when WWE main events were just guys trading finishers for 5-10 minutes. It's called a "finisher" for a reason. Kurt Angle's "Angle Slam" was regulated to a trademark move due to so many people kicking out of it during this era... same with the Rock Bottom to a certain extent.

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  179. I wish someone would come up with a move and call it the "1, 2, he got him...no he didn't" or the "we're going to have a new champion right here"... just to see how the announcers scramble when calling the proceeding pinfall or kickout

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  180. Punk has dulled the GTS down to a glorified/over-complicated knee lift when it should be a knee to the opponent's face *while* they are falling, not a knee to their chest after they fall.


    I couldn't agree more about the Shining Wizard. There are limitless variations to the impact after the traditional setup, such as a scissor kick instead of a knee or calf to the head. That's actually a move, I believe, called the Scorpio Rising.

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  181. "What does DDT stand for?"
    "The End."

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  182. promo. I linked the video down below.

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  183. yeah. he kicked the turnbuckle. Sometimes you could see it pretty clearly depending on the camera work.

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  184. On the other hand, the STFU was a really clever name for his other finisher. The only real downside of it was...well...Cena's STF is really awful.

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  185. Miz's old Mizard of Oz finisher was an utterly groan-inducing name, much like The Miz himself, these days.

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  186. Yeah, that was all Matt during his TNA run.

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  187. YES!


    I loved that he called it the twist of hate.


    I thought there was a lot of milage in heel Jeff Hardy
    Especially if Eric Bischoff would have pre-taped his promos.

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  188. I saw this news about 20 minutes after I heard Affleck was Batman. It was a pretty messed up morning.



    Whatever they do, I hope they don't call the book "Justice League Canada" because it sounds so weird. Also, that it's the set up for a weird April Fool's joke. Too bad April 1 is a Tuesday this year.

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  189. Ding ding ding...we may have a winner.

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  190. Scorpion Rising is an AWESOME move. I could totally see Punk turning that into a finisher. He could believably hit it on anyone, it could be done safely in a WWE style match or stiff as hell with someone like Bryan or Cesaro, and it could be countered into all sorts of things for a cool finishing sequence.

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