10 Devastating Finishing Moves By Terrible Wrestlers

Doink's Stump Puller was no laughing matter.

By K.J. Stewart /

Finishing moves in professional wrestling are often so iconic that they become synonymous with the wrestlers who execute them; the Stone Cold Stunner, the Rock Bottom, the Hogan Leg Drop, the RKO, the Pedigree, the Perfect Plex and the Tombstone immediately make you think of Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Hulk Hogan, Randy Orton, Triple H, Mr. Perfect and the Undertaker, just for a few examples. All of those guys are or were great wrestlers though and, as a result, some of those moves (Hogan Leg Drop, we're looking at you - it's just a leg drop, after all) probably got more credit than they deserved. On the flipside, however, there are also some awesome finishing moves that have been given to terrible wrestlers. This seems something of a waste. Matches that these guys win are generally terrible, or they're carried by a technically better opponent, before they end the match with a spectacular move out of nowhere - but we suppose we should at least give these guys credit for the one positive aspect of their wrestling game. In this article, we're going to take a look at some examples of that. Here are ten devastating finishing moves by terrible wrestlers...