7. The Cobra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHsdHKAUNrs There are a lot of moves that are simply a punch that don't look great as finishers. Remember when Crush used to do a heart punch? He would pin guys after that. It didn't last. At least when Big Show does his KO Punch it looks believable because the guy delivering the move winds up and hits it in a convincing way. Basically all he did was take out a green sleeve that had a cobra face at the end of it, put it on his right arm and do a thrust punch to the opponent. Then he'd pin them to win matches. When Santino did The Cobra as a spot in his matches it was fine, but when it became a finisher for him that's when it really took on a life of its own as one of the stupidest moves in wrestling. It's not like the move garnered that big of a response. Since Santino was a comedy wrestler it fit his gimmick. It's just a shame that people had to sell it as if it was some deadly finishing move that they couldn't recover from.
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