10 Best Ever Counters To WWE Wrestling Finishers

9. Mr. Perfect Escapes The Stink Face (Heat - 7 March 2002)

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The Stink Face wasn't Rikishi's true finisher for most his career. While he did put a few opponents away by smothering them with his ample behind, the Rikishi Driver and Banzai Drop were more reliable match-enders for the thong-wearing Too Cool associate.

Regardless, how do you omit a fun little spot like this?!

Rikishi vs. Mr. Perfect is a pairing so bizarre it should only be possible in the minds of wrestling's more creative fantasy bookers, but they threw down on the pre-WrestleMania X-8 episode of Sunday Night Heat. Rather than taking the stench, Perfect grabbed his towel and placed it between his face and Rikishi's cakes, nullifying the Stink Face's effectiveness if not the humiliation factor. Rikishi walked away with the grotty rag dangling between his cheeks and booted Hennig's head off seconds later, though Perfect was still able to take the victory.

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