10 Greatest Finishing Sequences In Wrestling History
Icons refusing to quit, legends being born, and the other truly great closing stretches...
While there's an argument to be made that the beginning of a match and build towards the closing stages of an in-ring encounter are just as important as those final moments, it's safe to say that those jaw-dropping endings tend to live longest in the memory.
Finishing strong isn't as easy as just booking the right person to walk out of the bout victorious or creating a scenario where a despicable heel finally gets their comeuppance, though.
As this list will showcase, everything from the locale of an epic crowning moment, the build and way a contest has unfolded heading into those last beats, and the actual physical action pumped into the final sequence itself all helped immortalise these conclusions as some of the finest of all time.
Had some of these names botched their part in the climax, or fans simply not reacted in the way the folks in the back had hoped to the attempts to create an historic moment in time, there's a solid chance each of these sequences would've been swiftly forgotten in no time at all.
But on the following ten occasions, all involved got everything about as right as humanly possible, and ended their matches on the highest of notes imaginable...
10. Seth Rollins Pulls Off The Heist Of The Century (WWE WrestleMania 31)
Ever since its creation in the lead-up to WrestleMania 21, fans found themselves wondering when a Money in the Bank winner would commit to stealing the whole damn Show of Shows.
But time and time again, the various heels who came away with that all-important briefcase opted to cash-in at a more unexpected time, like on the night of the titular PPV itself or on a Raw or SmackDown after 'Mania.
That all changed when a certain Architect helped execute arguably the most stunning conclusion in WrestleMania history back at the 31st edition of the event, however.
On the back of WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns putting on something of an unexpected hit in their own right, Seth Rollins' late arrival absolutely shook Levi's Stadium.
And in an inspired set of potential swerves, the former Shield MITB man swiftly found himself on The Beast's shoulders and on the verge of an F-5, only for The Big Dog to spear him out of his boots.
A curb stomp on his former brother later, Rollins had pulled off the Heist of the Century in jaw-dropping fashion, whilst also forming one third of a 'Mania closing stretch that still sits as the strongest of the decade.