10 Wrestlers Who Changed Their Finisher When They Got Old
1. Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho's use of the Lionsault very briefly became the hottest topic within the ever-changing online wrestling discourse in early-2021 when he spiked himself before just about rotating enough onto a waiting Sammy Guevara.
Permit your writer to veer slightly from the list title here, because Jericho's far from too old to do it. This was made abundantly clear the following week when he executed a beautiful one, sardonic smile and all, as a shut-the-f*ck up gesture to his critics the prior week.
It is a bit weird he went to the well in the first place though.
Having successfully gotten over the Judas Effect as his AEW deathblow since the company launched in 2019, it was a surprise to see 'LeChampion' bust out the risky move at the tender age of 50.
The motivation for its return was perhaps to inform the faux-master/apprentice story between Jericho and then-partner MJF. It makes storyline sense to have the slightly weary legend try and prove his youth to the prodigy. Failing along the way could have been part of the fun too - just not with such painful-looking consequences.