10 Worst Finishers In WWE Today

1. The Lightning Fist

Lightning Fist
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If you think this is all a mere excuse to bury John Cena, you'd be half-right. This isn't blinkered hatred; if Cena busted out a Ganso bomb last year, after promising to unleash a new "Sixth Move of Doom", we'd have popped our t*ts off. The problem is that Cena didn't bust out a Ganso bomb.

John Cena busted out the Lightning Fist.

The move serves Cena's latter-day wrestling character, at least. This is very much the move of a pro wrestler who has dropped any and all pretence of giving a single toss. It is something he devised on a film set in China for, you have to expect, "the banter". It is as goofy as it is transparently ineffective, and already, your eyes are rolling. It's funny! you might say.

People laugh at this. This is John Cena's "I'm mad, me!" moment.

Some people find it mildly amusing when Cena does his stupid kung fu crossed arms pose, and drops his opponents with a single closed fist, the likes of which, in pro wrestling canon, is something you can do multiple times to an opponent, and they will respond by throwing their head in a backwards motion, as if on a spring. Big Show's KO punch exposes this, but it's just about fine, because he is absolutely massive.

John Cena is not small, but when he hits a clothesline, his opponents tend to leap back into life instantaneously. When he hits one tame punch, that's it. Match over.

We're not saying Cena is a bad pro wrestler...but he does use the three worst finishers ever.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!