10 Forgotten Finishers From Well-Known WWE Superstars

2. Randy Orton - O-Zone

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It's hard to imagine a time when Randy Orton wasn't hitting his fellow superstars with RKOs out of nowhere, but believe it or not, that time does exist and it just so happened to be at the start of the century. When a rookie Orton first burst onto the SmackDown scene in early 2002, he relied on the Overdrive neckbreaker, which he named the O-Zone, to pick up wins.

Though effective, the neckbreaker was short-lived as Orton suffered a shoulder injury right after he moved to Raw. When he eventually returned and joined Evolution, he brought the RKO with him.

While the O-Zone was a quirky manoeuvre for the young upstart, we're glad that his time away allowed him to return with the RKO, because it is a much superior finisher and the perfect way for The Viper to finish off his prey.

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