10 Wrestlers With Better Signatures Than Finishers

10. The Fiend

The finisher:

The Mandible Claw took on a lift of its own after an incredibly optimistic angle in which it was passed down from Mick Foley to the Fiend last year. Now that the Fiend has met the inevitable fate that greets every Bray Wyatt persona, it reeks of diminishment; the Fiend was meant to be WWE's New Nightmare of the 21st century, but exists now to remind you of a better and more terrifying performer of 20th century fame. It's pastiche. Sister Abigail is a wicked finish, and generally accepted as one that will convincingly end a match, but as if to prove that his genuine creativity lends itself to the wrong medium...

The better signature:

The Fiend used an in-character and unique move, the only new thing about what is a patched-up act, on his reintroduction at SummerSlam last year. It made no sense in its placement, and won't make much more as a finish, but it looked cool and disassociated fans from the old, stigmatised Wyatt. The neck snap with which he dropped Finn Bálor drew shocked gasps - it was, for all intents and purposes, an internal decapitation - but it wasn't the finish, somehow. It's pure schlock, but it's different schlock.