Top Five list: Who ranks as having best WWE finisher?
By Union of Jack
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Hey all, Jack back again with another Top Five list. To stop the inevitable arguments about the finishing maneuvers that I have left out, I’ve decided to only count moves that are used regularly and by wrestlers who are still in the WWE at this very minute. So what makes a finishing move better than somebody else’s? Can a champion become a great champion without a distinct finishing move? Get comfortable and all will be made clear . . .
TOP FIVE BEST WWE FINISHING MOVES
5. Randy Orton – RKO - When figuring out what order to put these moves into my top 5 I had to take into consideration a number of factors, the originality, how well it’s performed and of course the effectiveness. Although Randy scores high on his effectiveness the move is a modified “cutter� which has been used more famously by Diamond Dallas Page. The main reason why Orton gets into my list is because whilst using the move he became the youngest World Champion in the history of the Company. The move which takes little or no setting up can be hit at any time, meaning that Orton’s competition have to be constantly prepared.
4. Batista – The Batista Bomb - There’s no doubt that Batista has been a fantastic performer for the WWE and even when the crown was against him, he’s proven his ability. His version of the Powerbomb, the sitout Powerbomb has proven to be very effective in winning him the gold on numerous occasions. With pure strength being Batista’s only form of attack it’s crucial to have a dominant finisher that as soon as he hits it, the crowd no that the match is over.
Expect to see The Animal utilize his finisher to full effect through 2007 as I back him to retain the gold.
3. Edge/Bobby Lashley – The Spear - A move that is famous in all forms of professional wrestling, possibly made famous by Paul Heyman shouting GORE GORE GORE!! whenever now-TNA star Rhino would hit his high impact spear. The move is simple but effective, two keys characteristics that make a good finishing move. Edge and Lashley have both used their moves in winning the WWE championship and the ECW title respectively. The one time that using the spear stands out the most is last year when Edge faced Mick Foley at Wrestlemania 22, the most memorable moment of the night happened as Edge speared Foley through a flaming table!!
2. HBK – Sweet Chin Music - The showstopper’s finisher comes in at number two and over his career Shawn has used it to win Royal Rumbles and WWE Heavyweight gold. Already this year he has won the match of the year against Cena by reversing the FU into the Sweet Chin Music and finds himself well in the frame to win the Gold in the near future.
1. The Undertaker - Tombstone - The best move in the whole damn business without a shadow of a doubt, the tombstone piledriver. Its official that Takers’ move outclasses every other competitors finisher, very rarely has anybody even looked like kicking out of the tombstone. The move gets a huge pop from the crowd as Taker eyes his victim and signals by moving his thumb across his throat, and after the pinfall with his possessed face. His decade and a half of destruction has recently seen him use it to win the heavyweight title at Wrestlemania 23 in Detroit.
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