10 Best Finishers In Wrestling Today
8. Becky Lynch: Disarm Her
The best submission finishers render any reversal a remote possibility. You can't hook a leg, or gouge an eye; you can only lay down in a position of agony and take it - or quit if you can't.
Becky Lynch has grasped this brilliantly with her Disarm Her finish.
It's better than that, even; her face remains in full view as she applies the pressure, allowing the camera to capture her badass defiance in full, magnetic roar. The way she sits on her opponents represents total dominance over them, and, as Ronda Rousey pointed out, the gruesomely contorted arm doubles as a penis extension fitting for The Man. That positioning isn't mere flex; the way in which her right thigh acts as a blockade to her opponent's other arm totally nullifies it as a defensive weapon. Literally, the only thing they can do with it is tap out. The legs of her opponents are a non-factor, too. They can only flail, enhancing the visual of this helpless predicament.
As a submission finish, it's both sizzle and steak.