10 Best AEW Finishers
1. Kenny Omega's One-Winged Angel
It can only be the One-Winged Angel.
Only man has kicked out of it, Kota Ibushi, and since then, the move has taken on a mythology powered by Omega's ascent to an unprecedented stratosphere of critical acclaim. It, in short, is the most protected and spectacular finisher in wrestling now, and perhaps of all time.
Omega builds towards it by focusing his explosive assault on the skulls of his opponent. Every disgusting V-Trigger, snap dragon suplex, Croyt's Wrath, Kitaro Crusher - all of it in its pulsating drama informs the One-Winged Angel's insurmountable power because the move itself is convoluted in set-up, which, if he moves for it too early, can be escaped from. This platform for counters further informs the exhilarating rush of his best matches. The man who draws inspiration from fighting games has to make that energy bar glow red before striking that impossible button combo.
When he strikes it, that's it. The end of the match. There is no doubt.
If anything, the move is so powerful that in virtually every application of it, beyond the most big-time of New Japan epics, a certain drama is missing. The crowd chants along with the three in celebration more than expectation because it is, without question, the end of the match.