10 Most BRUTAL Looking Finishers In Wrestling Today

Sting made the reverse DDT an iconic finisher, using the Scorpion Deathdrop all through his nearly forty-year career as a certified crowd popper.

The only issue is that it’s a tad basic for a modern grappler to use believably. There’s a reason there are no Hulk Hogan wannabes dropping legs in mainstream wrestling. The leg drop is no longer a match-ending option, unless it’s a different variation.

That applies to the reverse DDT, too, as Tetsuya Naito, whilst performing his otherworldly Destino, grabs an opponent’s wrist, using the momentum to swing his legs off the mat, seamlessly backflipping onto their shoulders to drop adversaries on their neck with the reverse DDT. All of this occurs in one swift motion. Naito doesn’t stall while sitting on the shoulder. Again, New Japan is no sports entertainment company. Save that !*$% for Monday and Friday nights.

What makes the Destino so deadly, though, is that, owing to New Japan’s strong style aspect, opponents of Naito will often drop directly on their necks. You get a few who simply land on their backs, but the majority will take that neck bump, surely sharpening a few years off their careers.

That the famed Los Ingobernables de Japon leader is yet to actually break a neck is fortuitous, if shocking.