Ranking What Was Really The Best Wrestling Finisher Every Year 1990-2020

24. 1997 - Diamond Cutter

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The execution of DDP's Diamond Cutter was fantastic, and it was fantastic in all of its variations.

It was such an inspired, in-character move to adopt; Page, who made his start in his mid-30s, didn't have time to waste, but he had spent much of the time he already did watching, learning. The Cutter was a move of opportunism. He could execute it from the top rope, the Irish whip. He could slip out of a slam and manoeuvre into it from an inverted facelock, or he could outwit his opponents by lulling them into a fireman's carry. He could float over and hit it. It was the proto-from out of nowhere move and it was perfect for the unmissable, can't-change-the-channel vibe of late '90s TV wrestling.

If the best babyfaces outsmart the heels, Page did it every week by appointment.

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