10 WWE Wrestlers Who Desperately Need New Finishers
How any of these competitors managed to win with their lousy finishers for so long is a miracle.
A wrestler's finisher is as important as to their presentation as a performer as anything else. Much like an entrance theme that doesn't fit their character or ugly attire that kills their aura from the get-go, a subpar finisher can be tough for any aspiring Superstar to overcome.
What's worse is when the wrestler continues to use said finisher in hopes it will either catch on or be improved upon. When neither of those things happen, they're left with a weak-looking move that doesn't look like it could hurt a fly.
There is something to be said for innovative finishing moves being hard to come by nowadays because of how almost everything has been done in wrestling. While that is true, it also doesn't hurt to realize when something isn't working and either made the appropriate adjustments or start using something else entirely.
Sadly, not even WWE Superstars (the supposed best of the best) are immune to having awful finishers. The audience can only suspend their disbelief so much and when a match ends on a sour note because the final move doesn't at all appear to be impactful, the performer's credibility is considerably damaged.
These 10 Superstars, more so than anyone else on the roster, would benefit big time from tweaking their in-ring arsenal and adopting a new finishing move.
10. AOP
For as dominant as the Authors of Pain have been throughout their runs on Raw and in NXT, it's surprising they have yet to change their finisher to something more devastating.
Any powerhouse tag team needs to be able to finish off their opponents with a move that looks devastating in order to maintain their menacing image. The Viking Raiders are a prime example of this, as their Fallout finisher ends all of their matches on a (literal) high note.
The Last Chapter from AOP is neither flashy nor ferocious. The sidewalk slam-clothesline combination seems too simple, and although they're big men, it doesn't look like anything more than a transitional move.
To their credit, the duo has won the NXT Tag Team Championship, the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic cup and the Raw Tag Team Championship with The Last Chapter, but let's just say it doesn't do much to change the perception that they're boring.
There's no better time for them to switch it up than now considering their recent makeover and alliance with Seth Rollins and Murphy. Their new finisher doesn't have to be the Doomsday Device, but something that is equally destructive would suit them nicely.