10 Wrestling Finishers That Haven't Worked In Years
5. Bayley - Bayley-To-Belly
As seen as recently as during one of the more recent editions of Monday Night Raw, Bayley's once decisive belly-to-belly conclusion has long-since lost its effectiveness in-between the ropes.
It didn't even matter that said execution of the one-time finisher in The Role Model's match against Raw Women's Champion Bianca Belair saw the duo soar from the second rope either, The EST still handily kicked out. And that was never really in any doubt given how the move has been treated in recent years.
Ever since the former SmackDown, Raw, and NXT Women's and Tag Team Champion let loose her Rose Plant finisher for the very first time on Nikki Cross back on a November 2019 edition of SmackDown, the former underdog's ability to come out on top with her Bayley-to-belly appears to have dwindled.
In truth, the star likely realised that her tried-and-tested Bayley-to-belly was forever going to be connected to her babyface rise and heart-warming victories over the likes of Sasha Banks in NXT. So, violently drilling her enemies' heads into the canvas instead was probably the right call for the heelish former Hugger going forward.