10 Transitional Wrestling Moves That Should Be Finishers
3. Neckbreaker
Just saying the name of this move should bring shivers down wrestlers' spines...the neck-breaker.
Now, like many moves in sports-entertainment, there are a number of different variations and forms of the neckbreaker, but for the purposes of this article, it's the style that Rick Rude perfected as the "Rude Awakening" that is the focus.
The way Rude executed the neckbreaker was much more devastating looking than, say, the Honky Tonk Man's "Shake, Rattle, & Roll". Still, any move that is intended to break their opponents neck, needs to carry a certain finality to it.
If an opponent can survive a broken neck, there probably isn't a move in the wrestler's arsenal that could truly finish them off.
Many of the issues with finishing moves today could be resolved by getting back to the basics. It should be quite easy for the audience to understand that successfully performing a "neckbreaker" should signal for the bell.