4. Worst. Finisher. Ever.
After watching it for more than a month now, its safe to call Alberto Del Rios top-rope stomp the worst finisher in WWE today. Its the most contrived finishing move you can imagine and this is professional wrestling were talking about and it needs to be called out as such. During Del Rios match with Goldust, the Bizarre One tried to hit what looked like a version of Bo Dallas Running Bo-Dog, but he slipped on the middle turnbuckle and crotched himself. Del Rio kicked him in the back, which led to Goldust trying to pull himself up, setting himself up perfectly for Alberto to jump off the top rope with a double stomp to the chest. It looks sillier and sillier to watch guys who dont normally climb the ropes or run the turnbuckles put themselves in a position where they can be trapped in position for Del Rio to stomp them. Its worse than the horror movie cliché of the girl who runs upstairs to get away from an attacker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlbIbkSBSrY The worst part is that Del Rio has a legit submission finisher in the Cross Armbreaker, and the combo move he used to beat John Cena (remember him?) clean, the Backstabber/low superkick, hasnt been utilized to end a match since. If its good enough to beat Cena, shouldnt it be enough to defeat Goldust?
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
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