What Are Your Favorite Wrestling Finishing Maneuvers?

[LastKnightOnEarth]

I haven't really kept up with the world of wrestling since about 2002, but from the mid 1990s until that time I did have a strong interest in it (not just watching it and playing some of the videogames, but also occasionally participating in a little bit of "home wrestling" with some relatives, heh). There was a bunch of radical wrestling finishing maneuvers that I liked, one of them being the "Falcon Arrow" (I always chose it as my special front grapple move whenever I created a customized wrestler that was meant to represent myself). The "Steiner Screwdriver" is similar in its execution, so I like that move as well. Other favorite finishers are "Razor's/The Outsider's Edge" (or "Crucifix Powerbomb") and "Kudome Valentine", which is probably best known as the "Vertebreaker".

Falcon Arrow (Hayabusa)


Razor's/The Outsider's Edge (Scott Hall)


Kudome Valentine (Megumi Kudo)


As for aerial and submission maneuvers, I'm fond of the "Shooting Star Press", "Firebird/450 Splash", "Moonsault", "Crippler Crossface", "Sasori Gatame" and "Walls Of Jericho".

 

[AWSMan]

Can’t beat the leg drop.

 

[RKO-Cutter]

cutters

cutters


CUTTERS

 

[CrusherMania1592]

DDT

It's quick and unexpected when it happens. Superkick was up there until everyone and their grandmothers made it their finishers

 

[AWSMan]

DDT

It's quick and unexpected when it happens. Superkick was up there until everyone and their grandmothers made it their finishers

I think you mean “standard offense”.

 

[That90sguy]

F-5 still epic, even if it’s been diminished by lessers using it as a regular move.

 

[sH0Tz]

Piledrivers ... I miss piledrivers!

I also love a good lariat! Always loved when Bradshaw would hit the Clothesline From Hell!

A good spear! (Not the running hugs like Edge, Charlotte and Lashley hit) ... A proper full speed spear!

Cutters ... Most variations of cutters!

 

[wweboo]

Pretty much any Running finishers are my favorites. Spears, Lariats, Knees like Bryan's, kick's like the Claymore, etc... They often end up looking so impactful, and have the benefit of being very easy to hit from many situations.

 

[Matticious]

RKO is definitely my favorite of all time.

Red Arrow/Black Arrow is one of my favorite top rope diving finishers.

Burning Hammer hasn't been mentioned yet.

Walls of Jericho
Swanton Bomb
Clothesline from Hell

 

[SyKDeMoN]

 

[TrailBlazerDude]

Cutters ... Most variations of cutters!

Of course you like a good Cutter!

 

[Serpent.222]

Pretty much any Running finishers are my favorites. Spears, Lariats, Knees like Bryan's, kick's like the Claymore, etc... They often end up looking so impactful, and have the benefit of being very easy to hit from many situations.

I am a fan of a well executed strike. So heavy overlap with these. Bryan's knee, KENTA's, the claymore. Buzzsaw kick is an all timer.

 

[sH0Tz]

I am a fan of a well executed strike. So heavy overlap with these. Bryan's knee, KENTA's, the claymore. Buzzsaw kick is an all timer.

Tajiri's moveset was always one of the one's I was drawn to. Buzzsaw kick was always a favourite of mine, as well as this ...

 

[makoncrayley]

 

[Serpent.222]

I love how Ziggler and Masters even kind of reacted like "Oh, guess that was the finisher. Ok."