10 Outstanding Wrestling Matches That Ended Without Finishers

6. Becky Lynch Vs Charlotte Flair (WWE Evolution)

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The Last Man Standing rules stipulated in Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair's Evolution banger allowed for the contest not to need one of their submission holds for the win, but the brutality on show for the bulk of the match could have managed it with a three-count instead of ten.

Lynch was in the middle of the career revival that propelled her to the main event of WrestleMania the following spring, with this worth weapons war less about ripping Flair's arm off and more ripping up the rulebook on how WWE promoted her in the near future.

Fighting through the building, the floor and eventually into the ring for a series of increasingly dangerous tables, ladders and chairs-based spots, the climax ultimately came when 'The Man' powerbombed Charlotte from the turnbuckle through a table on the floor. There was nothing overly fancy nor rooted in her old persona about the win - her renewed desire to stand alone atop the mountain was her character now, more than any 'Irish Lass Kicker'-adjacent nickname.

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