Ranking What Was Really The Best Wrestling Finisher Every Year 1990-2020
22. 1999 - Rock Bottom
An ura nage, essentially, this wasn't a spectacular move on the surface, but there was a real in-character substance to it. It was also incredibly f*cking over, because the Rock did it, and the Rock was lava-hot in 1999 as Steve Austin's babyface successor.
The set-up was quintessentially Rock. He was a unit of a man as cocky as he was incredibly proportioned, and there was a subtly beautiful dismissive quality to the way he'd throw the trailing arm over his shoulder. It was like he was telling his opponents to go f*ck themselves with one simple physical movement. He used his wingspan to dominate the screen, much as he did in his resting state, and the impact was thoroughly believable as a match-ender because he was a 6'5" badass.
This is a man who got a strut over as a finish.
An underrated power move was always going to be undeniable here.