10 Rarely Used WWE Moves That Always Get A Pop
5. 1916 (Finn Bálor)
As one of the most high-energy wrestlers on the WWE main roster, Finn Bálor has his fair share of exciting moves. However, he is always able to add an extra edge to a big match when he delivers the single underhook brainbuster he refers to as 1916. The other variant of the move, a lifting inverted DDT, is less impressive and also more regularly used.
The 1916 is carried over from Bálor's days on the independent circuit and in New Japan Pro Wrestling as Prince Devitt, when it was called Bloody Sunday. It's a violent and eye-catching move that has the power to finish off virtually any opponent.
It's a manoeuvre Bálor very rarely uses and, in common with some of the other entries on this list, there are big men on the roster against whom he simply could not execute the move safely. Against the smaller members of WWE's talent pool, though, the 1916 is a thrilling way of concluding matches, while also nodding to the independent roots of Bálor's character.
As he moves towards a heel turn as leader of the Bálor Club, this could be a finisher that makes more frequent appearances.