10 WWE Finishers That Were Quickly Dropped
7. Braun Strowman - Reverse Chokeslam
Why didn't Braun Strowman just use Bad Luck Fale's Grenade as a finishing move? The Monster Among Men started life as a singles competitor by bludgeoning his opponents into the ground, with little technique to be seen. What use would this beast have for technique anyway? Why tie your opponents up when you can pick them up and throw them to the floor?
That is exactly how Strowman finished his opponents off in those early days, utilising a reverse chokeslam that didn't look all too great unless accompanied by James Ellsworth's desperate wave goodbye. It wasn't long before Braun dropped the reverse chokeslam and started using the running powerslam that he still employs today.
Prior to the powerslam days, Braun and briefly-used finishing moves were no strangers. There was the standing chokehold (which actually made sense, considering Strowman's size) along with the Yokosuta Cutter, which didn't really suit the brutality inherent in Braun's wrestling. The running powerslam is delightfully simple and works, although I still feel that WWE missed a trick by not giving Strowman the Grenade.
Anything would have been better than the reverse chokeslam, a move that seemed specifically concocted to introduce a new wrestler to the concept of the hard camera.