10 Most Devastating Finishers In WWE Today
6. RKO - Randy Orton
Not since the Stone Cold Stunner has a finisher taken on the
kind of mainstream popularity enjoyed by the RKO (that’s the ‘Randal Keith
Orton’). Orton has proved time and time again that he is one of the masters
when it comes to dishing out an unpredictable move when the pressure’s on, and
this has resulted in one of the most over finishers in the company’s history.
It’s the smoothness and fluidity with which Orton executes the RKO that makes it so enjoyable to watch, and so much more believably dangerous than your average cutter. Just watch his mid-air RKO on Seth Rollins from WrestleMania 31, and you’ll appreciate why the move has become as lauded as it is feared.
Whether Orton is a heel or a babyface, packed audiences will still chant ‘RKO’ at the top of their collective voices. Although Orton consistently stated that ‘It only takes one RKO’ during his underwhelming feud with Brock Lesnar, the RKO isn’t completely unbeatable. The likes of John Cena, The Undertaker and even Kane have kicked out of the RKO, and when that happens, Randy goes to a much darker place…