10 Worst Finishers In WWE Today
3. The AA
John Cena is an excellent sports entertainer, because he grasps that wrestling isn't necessarily about the moves. It's how a performer registers and sequences and intensifies those moves to craft a story of physical determination. Broad and goofy they may well be, but Cena's charisma, facials and sense of showmanship is the stuff of full-on blockbuster spectacle.
A performer like Cena really only works in WWE's bright lights context, because as a fundamental pro wrestler, his stuff looks like it doesn't hurt much, if it all. Imagine John Cena in UWFi. He'd look like Tom Magee, if, at his worst, he's not there already.
The very prospect of bumping is terrifying, but you'd take an AA no bother. This is because the move is a fireman's carry. Cena doesn't propel his opponents to a frightening height, à la Undertaker's awesome Last Ride, but rather gently lowers them to the canvas as if he isn't quite sure if three-and-a-half is a suitable age to start play-fighting with your toddler.
Now, where Cena's feet land following the deployment of the move doesn't really matter, but it's still distracting. You're meant to ask yourself "Whoa, can his opponent kick out of that?" You're not meant to ask "Why do John Cena's feet stick out funny?"
The AA is the worst finisher in all of wrestling.
Actually, hold that thought...