9 More MMA Finishes WWE Should Totally Steal
Memorable endings that WWE should utilize.
Its fair to say that the SummerSlam bout between Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker surpassed expectations. At 50 years of age, its doubtful that many people expected the grizzled veteran to be getting tossed around by The Beast Incarnate, taking more than a handful of german suplexes and multiple F5s including a vicious one through the announce table. This felt like a mission of redemption for WWEs longest tenured star, and Lesnar made him earn every bit of it. While the match itself may have been better than it had any right to be, the finish is another story entirely. Much has been said about the decision to have these two lock horns again after Brock ended the streak, and giving Taker the first post-WrestleMania 30 win over Lesnar rather than passing that huge rub off to a young star in need of it is one of the most head-scratching decisions WWE has made in some time. But the finish to the match had people talking, although most of it was negative. The two monsters borrowed heavily from mixed martial arts all throughout the match - utilizing MMA-style submissions and strikes all the way up until the finishing sequence which saw The Undertaker tap out to Lesnars kimura out of view of the referee, before landing a groin shot and then locking The Beast in Hells Gate which is a variation of the gogoplata and forcing him to pass out. The poor reception of the finish had more to do with the screwball nature and the fact that WWE was clearly trying to work themselves out of the corner that theyd booked into rather than the finish itself. Infusing an MMA influence is something the company should begin doing if theyre going to stay current with the times. Lets take a look at some other notorious MMA finishes that WWE could interpret for their own product.