10 Awesome Finishers WWE Stars Should Steal

3. Bad Luck Fall (Bad Luck Fale)

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For use by: Braun Strowman

Braun Strowman can get anything over: elf costumes, non-canon flirtations with Alexa Bliss, musical instrument-based prop comedy. Everything. That he is Not Roman Reigns certainly helps at this point, but at some point, that finisher needs to go. WWE hasn't even marketed the running powerslam at this point, which should indicate that it is a temporary fixture used to avoid the danger of his old face-first chokeslam, which was a concussion waiting to happen. It's certainly not unimpressive - but it's not emphatic enough to match his destructive force of nature persona. If anything, it's the one aspect of Strowman's act that feels remotely antiquated.

Bad Luck Fale's Bad Luck Fall is a delightfully sinister release variation of the Razor's Edge, one he is capable of pulling off safely by virtue of being at least a foot taller than his New Japan contemporaries. Similarly equipped with the height and strength to perform the release aspect safely, Strowman in storylines is totally careless, an attitude reflected perfectly in the Fall. The move requires Fale to use his hands to set the plunge in motion, which means it names itself.

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