10 Secret Genius Details Behind Wrestling Finishers

10. Kenny Omega's One Winged Angel

Kenny Omega's One-Winged Angel is a multifariously ingenious finish.

You may not like him on a genuine level. You may be afraid to like him stemming from a bizarre loyalty to three initials that no longer embody that which they once did.

But the beautiful depth behind his finish is undeniably great.

It's a tribute to his beloved video game lore - the one-handed set-up mirrors the one wing of Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth - but the brilliance extends well beyond the cute references, its near-unprecedented level of fictional power, and even the gorgeous arc and brutal execution. Before it is even delivered, it acts as a literal platform on which his rivals can express their characters within the pulsating, space-between-moves drama.

The set-up is convoluted. He has to build towards it by working over the backs and necks of his opponents and exhausting them with his unparalleled stamina - not that his bad faith detractors would recognise this traditional structural approach.

With those rivals approaching a certain loss, the difficulty in executing the move allows them a tiny, dramatic window before the game over screen darkens. Jon Moxley threw a fist hailstorm to escape. PAC used a demented poison 'rana. Kazuchika Okada and recently Dante Martin used their physics-defying athleticism.

It's a counter-generator of a move - yet another wave of drama in the unreal surge of an Omega classic.