Picture your favorite WWE wrestler in action. Most likely, one of the first things you envisioned was that superstar hitting his or her finishing move on an opponent. A good finishing move sticks in your mind and can bring a crowd to its feet. When Stone Cold Steve Austin hit the Stunner, people erupted into cheers. You see it today when Daniel Bryan hits the Knee Plus or Randy Orton drops someone with an RKO. But not all finishers are created equal. And with talent moving in and out of WWE over the years, some solid finishing moves have fallen by the wayside. These are moves that could either replace or augment finishers that superstars already use. Theres no reason someone cant have a secondary finisher in fact, it can help boost someones profile if they have multiple ways of putting an opponent away. Although there are plenty of lethal moves on the indy circuit, lets focus on moves the WWE audience already would be familiar with. Otherwise, this could be a really lengthy list.
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 fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
