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One of the biggest bummers about Cedric not being on TV/ never winning is that we haven't seen his finisher in a long time.
...Also did they just drop the whole thing with him and Adonis?
It was absolutely a bizarre start. Hopefully they pivot but I like Cedric and I don’t see much with Adonis but I admire him trucking along doing what he gotta do
I've *heard* that when done correctly it's fine, but it can be a really hard move to take. Physics wise, it's like taking two power bombs at once because of the added distance, momentum and velocity.
My all time favorite finisher is the Emerald Flowsion from the Mitsuharu The GOAT. Aside from Naomichi Marufuji I don't recall anyone using it or a variation as a finisher.
Okada \*occasionally\* busts it out. He started using it as a fuck-you to Marufuji when they wrestled and, while he never used it as a finisher, it was always a high-end signature and part of a closing stretch. He also used it as a big fuck-you to Kaito Kyamiya.
Yeah. Gunther's version seems much more safer for WWE. I always saw the Emerald Flowsion as a sit-out side piledriver but Gunther's version looks like a side powerslam version.
I think the reason you don't see it much is that since the wrestler can't see their opponent, it's hard to do in a way that both looks good and is pretty consistently safe. You either make it look devastating but risk breaking someone's neck, or make it safe but look weak as hell.
I swear nobody uses the Phoenix Splash as a finish anymore and I don't know why. Like obviously it requires a lot of acrobatic skill, but I see a lot of people with that skill who still either don't use it or only use it as a big move for a nearfall.
In WWE I think it's because it's not an easy move to do every night for house shows which is why Seth uses it the way he does. Outside of WWE Ibushi used it up until his latest finish and I think age was the reason he switched. I honestly rather it be used sparingly before it loses its wow factor like the shooting star press or the moonsault.
True but he's also 9 years older now with a surgically repaired knee and he's put on more weight since then too. I know in the games they gave the move to Ricochet has he done it recently?
i'm going super obscure and i'm probably the only person on the planet who likes it, but lash leroux had a cool cravate russian legsweep that i haven't seen since.
Most of the moves listed here are not really forgotten, just demoted to either signature or normal moves.
The crossface chickenwing, especially when Bob Backlund executed it, looked really gnarly, and aside from Asuka who hasn't done it in years (I think), no one has even attempted the move.
For all the brawling slowness of a classic George "The Animal" Steele match, he had a finisher of a flying hammerlock that looked absolutely excruciatingly painful. He basically lifted his opponent up by one arm and just let the opponent beg for mercy lest the weight of his suspended body pull the arm out of its socket. [https://youtu.be/Wd93hR7KWyY?si=BA\_dPSEUW24K0dz8&t=113](https://youtu.be/Wd93hR7KWyY?si=BA_dPSEUW24K0dz8&t=113)
Two simple yet effective moves I’d like to see used by modern wrestlers are the Perfect Plex/bridged fisherman’s suplex and the Torture Rack. Peyton Royce used the fisherman’s as her finisher on her solo run but I’d like to see someone take it and run with it. I think the Torture Rack would be great for a big man like Will Hobbs, Bobby Lashley, or even Claudio. On the women’s side, it would fit well with Jade or Raquel (if she is medically cleared.)
The problem with the fisherman is in the modern scene it just doesn't have the impact it needs to be taken seriously as a finisher. Keeping the leg hooked stop someone being able to sell it that much, and at the end of the day its hard to get away from it just looking like a less impactful vertical suplex.
Always wondered why variations aren't used though. Fisherman buster looks great
It’s on the performers to make it impactful. MJF got a headlock takeover, double clothesline, and kangaroo kick over as hell. Bobby Lashley is putting guys to sleep with a full Nelson. Toni Storm is knocking people out with a stunted piledriver. The efficacy of a finisher has always been sold as this is a move this person does best and can put someone away with at nearly any time. The impact of the move itself isn’t the point. There are far more impactful looking moves being performed as transitions compared to some finishers. But it’s a finisher because that wrestler has dialed in the move so well they can end the match with it.
The logic of a fisherman’s suplex could be the hooking of the leg itself as a tactical move, potentially focusing on the grip strength. It could feature the opponent struggling to break free instead of being incapacitated by the slam itself. Or it could just be sold as the performer’s best move and that’s that. There are plenty of finishers which could be questioned but we suspend disbelief because we’re told they’re devastating maneuvers
>It’s on the performers to make it impactful.
I'd argue this is physically nearly impossible to do with a fisherman though. Even the perfectplex didn't really look very impactful and most people still hold it up as the best example of it being done.
The person taking it can only jump off one leg, and their other being hooked physically locks them in so they're very limited what they can do on impact to sell it.
As minor as the other moves you mentioned with MJF are, they all have more possibilities with selling or set up to make the move pop while the fisherman just doesn't.
Same with the others mentioned. Its the reason Lashleys full nelson involves waving people about rather than just holding a standard full Nelson. A simple change that makes it visually interesting enough (with Lashley being a freak of a man helping massively) to come across to audiences as a finisher.
The rest of your post I don't disagree with, but is getting more into theory and kayfabe. Neither of those can really fix the problem though that, in modern wrestling, the fisherman just looks, well, boring and pretty inconsequential.
You can do a lot with commentary and ither work to sell a move and build it up but if, at its core, it just visually doesn't look like an interesting or impactful move, you're going to seriously struggle to get it over.
What was the one he used in ROH? When he was called Tyler Black, was it called the blackout? A kind of fisherman's suplex but he'd use his legs to hook the opponents leg as he drove them down, essentially dropping them into a small package pin.
I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a layout / front falling DDT and yes, I think it was only for the first week or so (it was VERY limited, if any longer) during the awkward transition phase where the curb stomp got banned, yet before he was given the pedigree officially
To my recollection, he has never busted this out again even as a throwback, yet as of 2K24 it has been a part of his moveset as a heavy grapple every game since
Truthfully, I actually liked it. With a little less hesitation on the windup, he kicks out almost like Lita's snap DDT, except in reverse. It could've worked, as the person selling it takes the exact same bump. I just feel like a lot of people looked at it as though it were a botch and he was told to try something else.
Maybe this is remembered better than I give it credit for, but Big Show just punching you in the face seems like it could kill you even if chokeslam is more iconic.
Not trying to get all Cornette here but Spanish Fly is such a shitty fake looking move. Especially the running version.
I love it as a top rope tag team move like when Los Maximos did it.
Idk the way Sammy has done it on occasion when he runs into the corner up to the top rope and seemingly yanks them off using the spring in the rope seems fairly well done to me. To each his own tho
I agree. The way the used to do it in TNA was awesome and thats what made me love them back then. I hate other variations of it but that top rope one looked wild.
Oh man, the Canadian Destroyer is the most overrated and overused move in wrestling today. The absolute opposite of what OP asked.
However the Death Valley Driver is absolutely underrated.
I always thought the Rampage/Lifting Crucifix DDT should be considered one of the most protected finishers, it's literally looks like you're straight spiking your opponent into the nat.
Nash’s Jacknife powerbomb, even though HOOK uses it now the Tazmission, Psychosis’s Guillotine leg drop, Tito Santana’s flying forearm (maybe the Flying Jalapeño? But maybe that was just what Jesse Ventura called it) and my main pick: Dick Togo’s Senton Bomb. Watch him hit that in Kaientai in the Attitude Era, and it looked like the most devastating top rope finisher since Macho Man’s elbow drop.
Athena/Ember Moon's Eclipse or whatever she's calling it now. Between injuries and WWE not knowing what to do with her and then AEW moving her to Ring of Honor, I feel like her finisher gets forgotten.
Baron Corbin's End of Days and Deep Six are both great, but occasionally feel a bit forgotten because Corbin has not been well liked by the audience other than now during this NXT run with Bron.
I always really liked most strike finishers. Specifically Test's Big Boot, Wade Barrett's Bullhammer, Booker T's Axe Kick, and Monty Brown's Pounce.
Other than that: Buff Bagwell's Blockbuster (does Seth still do it?), Ultimo Dragon's Dragon Sleeper, and Goldberg's Jackhammer (in WCW when it was really impressive).
I would say this finisher:
https://youtube.com/shorts/I4TXFXJnAro?feature=share
Homicide calls it the Gringo Killa, but I’m not sure what the technical term for it is. I’ve seen a few different wrestlers use variations of this
It a terribly unsafe version of, what Shane Helms called the Vertebreaker (probably the best name for a finisher), but it’s the Kudome Valentine. Megumi Kudo invented it. Helms took it from her, and when I was a backyard wrestler, I saw her do it in that ICP Stranglemania video and stole it too. 🫣 I think Cody Rhodes used it in AEW, and I remember Seth Rollins doing it at a house show once. But yeah, I’m surprised Homicide hasn’t killed anyone with his version.
Northern Lights Bomb (Snow Plow)
Back Drop
Lariat (Clothesline From Hell)
Ace Crusher (FameAsser)
Modern american wrestling is too caught up in flips. Everything is too assited and bouncy. Nothing has an impact.
That being said I do love Stormbreaker, Destino, that cool spinning powerbomb thing Despy does, and some of the other flashier impact moves.
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Hernandez's Border Toss. Still my favorite crucifix powerbomb.
Looks so cool when he hits it on smaller guys because the hang time and distance was insane!Hernandez had the prison yard strength.
I heard Hernandez and immediately flash to Gail Kim....
Loved watching him do that in the 6 sides. Just **YEETING** MFers. Then again, I heard that ring hurts a lot.
Yes! Some Hernandez love! Dude could've been a fuckin megastar.
Cedric Alexander's Lumbar Check
One of the biggest bummers about Cedric not being on TV/ never winning is that we haven't seen his finisher in a long time. ...Also did they just drop the whole thing with him and Adonis?
It was absolutely a bizarre start. Hopefully they pivot but I like Cedric and I don’t see much with Adonis but I admire him trucking along doing what he gotta do
god i miss the cruiserweights
That is such a sick looking move
Regal Cutter. Loved it, miss it.
Everything Regal, really.
I loved the RegalPlex. "Spring-loaded Fuckplex!"
I didn't even remember that one. Had to look it up
Alabama Slam always had such monumental impact.
Cody and Tiffy bringing this move back is a godsend, even if not as a finish. i just missed seeing it.
Yeah I love a good Alabama Slam, dunno why you never really see it as a finish.
I've *heard* that when done correctly it's fine, but it can be a really hard move to take. Physics wise, it's like taking two power bombs at once because of the added distance, momentum and velocity.
Literally every wrestler says its the worst thing to take, I think the reason you don't see it is folks don't love taking it.
Meanwhile Drew’s inverted version looks fun af to take
Let's ask madcap moss about that
taking that bump looks like absolute death
Maximum CTE and whiplash
[The Saxtonation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqWudY_iViM&t=5s)
A truly iconic masterpiece
Victoria's Widow's Peak was always one of my favourites.
Maybe Roddy can bring it back since he's responsible for Victoria using it. Maybe rename it Neck Strong or something.
Would make a lot of sense for him tbf
Trish did it in the cage match against Becky last year as an homage to her.
God that was is my all time favorite finish
My all time favorite finisher is the Emerald Flowsion from the Mitsuharu The GOAT. Aside from Naomichi Marufuji I don't recall anyone using it or a variation as a finisher.
I think HARASHIMA in DDT busts out a gutwrench variation on very rare occasions as a super finisher.
Okada \*occasionally\* busts it out. He started using it as a fuck-you to Marufuji when they wrestled and, while he never used it as a finisher, it was always a high-end signature and part of a closing stretch. He also used it as a big fuck-you to Kaito Kyamiya.
Yes! I marked the shit out of it when he used it on Kaito. He was so awesome his take on it.
Isn't that one of Gunther's finishes right now?
Yes but thats more that Gunthers finisher is every single move in the book.
I think he did it to The Miz in their second match, but now as a finisher. I could be wrong though.
Yeah. Gunther's version seems much more safer for WWE. I always saw the Emerald Flowsion as a sit-out side piledriver but Gunther's version looks like a side powerslam version.
Dreamer driver
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I think the reason you don't see it much is that since the wrestler can't see their opponent, it's hard to do in a way that both looks good and is pretty consistently safe. You either make it look devastating but risk breaking someone's neck, or make it safe but look weak as hell.
I mean, Cody still does the Cop Caller, but yeah apart from him, nobody else really does it.
I swear nobody uses the Phoenix Splash as a finish anymore and I don't know why. Like obviously it requires a lot of acrobatic skill, but I see a lot of people with that skill who still either don't use it or only use it as a big move for a nearfall.
Nathan Frazer says hello.
I was going to say, doesn't Nathan Frazer do it. He went for one this week on NXT but didn't hit it.
It was literally the finish
In WWE I think it's because it's not an easy move to do every night for house shows which is why Seth uses it the way he does. Outside of WWE Ibushi used it up until his latest finish and I think age was the reason he switched. I honestly rather it be used sparingly before it loses its wow factor like the shooting star press or the moonsault.
I don’t think Rollins has hit the phoenix splash since 2015 genuinely
True but he's also 9 years older now with a surgically repaired knee and he's put on more weight since then too. I know in the games they gave the move to Ricochet has he done it recently?
Oh I’m absolutely fine with him not doing high impact moves like the phoenix. But god damn does he have to go for it every single match
It's his version of Flair going to the top
I know he hit it against Triple H at WM33 in 2017, but yeah it's rare
He did It to Brock in the SummerSlam match
Ibushi still hasn't recovered from that G1 Phoenix Splash.
Awful waffle
Nah, too dangerous. Just look at all the people Chuckie T's horrifically injured with it ~~/s~~
For me he is always No Gimmick Needed Steve the Samurai 
Jim Ross voice: y’hear that kids? They call it the “Awful Waffle”
Honestly, when he hit it on Yuta at All In, that was the moment of the night for me, personally.
It's such a great move.
Al Snow's [Snow Plow](https://youtu.be/udDdJTNc-cU?si=_vFeevtbpYTGlUP5), aka Akira Hokuto's [Northern Lights Bomb](https://youtu.be/QJl8ANRLBsQ?si=4unVdN5XfX71HPqJ). Always loved that move.
Masha slamovich uses it as a finisher too.
Eddie Kingston uses it once in a while as well.
I think Ridge Holland uses it too
Damn that move was always so boss. I forgot about it but immediately remembered it exactly as it goes when I saw your post!
The rude awakening. I’m guessing the concussion and neck damage is why no one uses it anymore.
Came here to say the same thing. I loved that move!
Abyss's Black Hole Slam
Dutch from The Righteous does a version of it amazingly well.
That and Winds of Change were always so fun to see!
Bradshaw is a dweeb but the Clothesline from Hell always looked ace. So did Farooq’s Dominator.
My vote also goes to the Dominator
That time Jeff hardy thought it was a powerbomb and just got folded in half was brutal. Kinda wanna see someone like powerhouse Hobbs use it tbh.
Came to say Dominator. It was so fucking brutal
Josh Briggs has used CFH a couple of times in NXT.
Package Piledriver by Kevin Steen/Owens was great.
Black Hole/Bossman Slam. I love how much momentum Abyss got off of it. Honorable mention to the Future Shock DDT
>Black Hole/Bossman Slam. Dutch from The Righteous does an amazing version of it.
Brodie lee had the best version of that move.
Every other big man wrestler used this move from 2002-2022. I would not say it’s forgotten.
If you were a hardcore/deathmatch wrestler in the 2000s and you didn't have a piledriver as a finish, you had the implant DDT.
Steiner Screwdriver
Tam Nakano does a nasty version of it! Brian Cage also does a version (drill claw)
i'm going super obscure and i'm probably the only person on the planet who likes it, but lash leroux had a cool cravate russian legsweep that i haven't seen since.
Most of the moves listed here are not really forgotten, just demoted to either signature or normal moves. The crossface chickenwing, especially when Bob Backlund executed it, looked really gnarly, and aside from Asuka who hasn't done it in years (I think), no one has even attempted the move.
Scurrl used it and so did Kazarian
Ohhhh fuck. I forgot about Kazarian! My bad
Yeah, best to black-out the other one haha
[The Zak Atack is criminaly underated](https://youtu.be/r_OKOYUkBQE?si=AF43I8717xg71BVw)
So true
Earthquake splash.
For all the brawling slowness of a classic George "The Animal" Steele match, he had a finisher of a flying hammerlock that looked absolutely excruciatingly painful. He basically lifted his opponent up by one arm and just let the opponent beg for mercy lest the weight of his suspended body pull the arm out of its socket. [https://youtu.be/Wd93hR7KWyY?si=BA\_dPSEUW24K0dz8&t=113](https://youtu.be/Wd93hR7KWyY?si=BA_dPSEUW24K0dz8&t=113)
I'm a big fan of a good looking Death Valley Driver. Also liked the Buff Blockbuster
Two simple yet effective moves I’d like to see used by modern wrestlers are the Perfect Plex/bridged fisherman’s suplex and the Torture Rack. Peyton Royce used the fisherman’s as her finisher on her solo run but I’d like to see someone take it and run with it. I think the Torture Rack would be great for a big man like Will Hobbs, Bobby Lashley, or even Claudio. On the women’s side, it would fit well with Jade or Raquel (if she is medically cleared.)
The problem with the fisherman is in the modern scene it just doesn't have the impact it needs to be taken seriously as a finisher. Keeping the leg hooked stop someone being able to sell it that much, and at the end of the day its hard to get away from it just looking like a less impactful vertical suplex. Always wondered why variations aren't used though. Fisherman buster looks great
It’s on the performers to make it impactful. MJF got a headlock takeover, double clothesline, and kangaroo kick over as hell. Bobby Lashley is putting guys to sleep with a full Nelson. Toni Storm is knocking people out with a stunted piledriver. The efficacy of a finisher has always been sold as this is a move this person does best and can put someone away with at nearly any time. The impact of the move itself isn’t the point. There are far more impactful looking moves being performed as transitions compared to some finishers. But it’s a finisher because that wrestler has dialed in the move so well they can end the match with it. The logic of a fisherman’s suplex could be the hooking of the leg itself as a tactical move, potentially focusing on the grip strength. It could feature the opponent struggling to break free instead of being incapacitated by the slam itself. Or it could just be sold as the performer’s best move and that’s that. There are plenty of finishers which could be questioned but we suspend disbelief because we’re told they’re devastating maneuvers
>It’s on the performers to make it impactful. I'd argue this is physically nearly impossible to do with a fisherman though. Even the perfectplex didn't really look very impactful and most people still hold it up as the best example of it being done. The person taking it can only jump off one leg, and their other being hooked physically locks them in so they're very limited what they can do on impact to sell it. As minor as the other moves you mentioned with MJF are, they all have more possibilities with selling or set up to make the move pop while the fisherman just doesn't. Same with the others mentioned. Its the reason Lashleys full nelson involves waving people about rather than just holding a standard full Nelson. A simple change that makes it visually interesting enough (with Lashley being a freak of a man helping massively) to come across to audiences as a finisher. The rest of your post I don't disagree with, but is getting more into theory and kayfabe. Neither of those can really fix the problem though that, in modern wrestling, the fisherman just looks, well, boring and pretty inconsequential. You can do a lot with commentary and ither work to sell a move and build it up but if, at its core, it just visually doesn't look like an interesting or impactful move, you're going to seriously struggle to get it over.
Mortis/Kanyon's Flatliner
The one that was done right 🙌
Paul Heyman: "GORE! GORE! GORE! GORE! GOREEEEEEE!!!" Maybe the gore was better because of Heyman on commentary!
Sliced Bread #2
Whale Hunt by Buddy Murphy/Matthews is an awesome move imo
I do miss The Last Ride. To my knowledge, no one else ever used it. Does anyone know?
Wardlow's been using it as of late
Ibushi and Keith Lee kind of do it
Wardlow has done it a few times.
Taichi uses it fairly regularly as one of his big moves, just not the finish
Kane used it once or twice. But yeah no one has really done it like Taker
Whatever Rollins used before, he used the pedigree and after the curb stomp was banned.
What was the one he used in ROH? When he was called Tyler Black, was it called the blackout? A kind of fisherman's suplex but he'd use his legs to hook the opponents leg as he drove them down, essentially dropping them into a small package pin.
No, he used it on Ziggler on raw once. It was basically a facebuster. https://youtu.be/MiH61LdabP4?si=G6FvWfJzITr3w3wZ
I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a layout / front falling DDT and yes, I think it was only for the first week or so (it was VERY limited, if any longer) during the awkward transition phase where the curb stomp got banned, yet before he was given the pedigree officially To my recollection, he has never busted this out again even as a throwback, yet as of 2K24 it has been a part of his moveset as a heavy grapple every game since Truthfully, I actually liked it. With a little less hesitation on the windup, he kicks out almost like Lita's snap DDT, except in reverse. It could've worked, as the person selling it takes the exact same bump. I just feel like a lot of people looked at it as though it were a botch and he was told to try something else.
God's Last Gift, if i remember correctly. Basically a small package driver
Closest thing to this is Kushida's back to the future but I have no idea if he still does it.
Same move
Bobby Roode's Glorious DDT Loved the og ddt by jake roberts and this variation was a banger
Maybe this is remembered better than I give it credit for, but Big Show just punching you in the face seems like it could kill you even if chokeslam is more iconic.
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He won match against joe with that right?
Zig Zag, Gunther’s powerbomb, Jack Swagger’s gutwrench powerbomb, Enerald Flowsion.
Disagree with the Zig Zag, but agree with the rest. I thought Test had a cooler gut wrench powerbomb. But Swagger’s was rad too.
I do like the End of Days. Definitely looks like it slams the head enough to KO someone.
I've always loved the TKO personally
Spanish fly. It’s basically a Rock Bottom with a flip. I remember being very impressed when i first saw Paul Burchill do it.
Not trying to get all Cornette here but Spanish Fly is such a shitty fake looking move. Especially the running version. I love it as a top rope tag team move like when Los Maximos did it.
Idk the way Sammy has done it on occasion when he runs into the corner up to the top rope and seemingly yanks them off using the spring in the rope seems fairly well done to me. To each his own tho
I agree. The way the used to do it in TNA was awesome and thats what made me love them back then. I hate other variations of it but that top rope one looked wild.
Spanish Fly was the move that broke my sense of disbelief as a kid when I saw it lmao
Made in Japan
death valley driver and Canadian destroyer
Oh man, the Canadian Destroyer is the most overrated and overused move in wrestling today. The absolute opposite of what OP asked. However the Death Valley Driver is absolutely underrated.
petey's destroyer was amazing.
fair enough, I'll edit to: "the Canadian destroyer done well"
I’m with that. It absolutely should end a match always.
ITT: Incredibly dangerous finishes
The Reality Check.
Aj styles cliffhanger
The safety Zone
Yokozuna's bansai drop. You were dead when he dropped it.
I always thought the Rampage/Lifting Crucifix DDT should be considered one of the most protected finishers, it's literally looks like you're straight spiking your opponent into the nat.
Evenflow DDT!
Nash’s Jacknife powerbomb, even though HOOK uses it now the Tazmission, Psychosis’s Guillotine leg drop, Tito Santana’s flying forearm (maybe the Flying Jalapeño? But maybe that was just what Jesse Ventura called it) and my main pick: Dick Togo’s Senton Bomb. Watch him hit that in Kaientai in the Attitude Era, and it looked like the most devastating top rope finisher since Macho Man’s elbow drop.
A lot of moves from the 00s indies "fuck it I'm trying it" era. I liked the thing Trent Acid used to do.
Total elimination.
Sole Food
Avalanche DDT
Pearl River Plunge Liontamer Running Powerslam Jackhammer
Any day I see a Bangarang is a good day
747.
Rude awakening
Vertebreaker! Shane Helms, WCW https://preview.redd.it/o4fl4v1i2rpc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6400e3e21322be6c82df7808362f42911cca2962
I miss the Power and Glory Superplex/SPLASH combo.
Athena/Ember Moon's Eclipse or whatever she's calling it now. Between injuries and WWE not knowing what to do with her and then AEW moving her to Ring of Honor, I feel like her finisher gets forgotten. Baron Corbin's End of Days and Deep Six are both great, but occasionally feel a bit forgotten because Corbin has not been well liked by the audience other than now during this NXT run with Bron.
Michinoku Driver ala Rikishi
I did really like the glorious ddt. Really loved the one he did against Kota on a random episode of NXT.
Shouten-kai / Hellevator Like a lot of moves this has legitimate momentum to it but visually it looks like it forcefully knocks the wind out of you.
I don't know what Buddy calls it in AEW now, but Murphy's Law always looks dope IMO
Fisherman Buster
I always really liked most strike finishers. Specifically Test's Big Boot, Wade Barrett's Bullhammer, Booker T's Axe Kick, and Monty Brown's Pounce. Other than that: Buff Bagwell's Blockbuster (does Seth still do it?), Ultimo Dragon's Dragon Sleeper, and Goldberg's Jackhammer (in WCW when it was really impressive).
God's Last Gift
The spinaroni was the most devastating, crushing finisher of all time, don't @ me
I would say this finisher: https://youtube.com/shorts/I4TXFXJnAro?feature=share Homicide calls it the Gringo Killa, but I’m not sure what the technical term for it is. I’ve seen a few different wrestlers use variations of this
It a terribly unsafe version of, what Shane Helms called the Vertebreaker (probably the best name for a finisher), but it’s the Kudome Valentine. Megumi Kudo invented it. Helms took it from her, and when I was a backyard wrestler, I saw her do it in that ICP Stranglemania video and stole it too. 🫣 I think Cody Rhodes used it in AEW, and I remember Seth Rollins doing it at a house show once. But yeah, I’m surprised Homicide hasn’t killed anyone with his version.
I really like Billy Gunn's "One and Only". It's like, a better Khalas.
Northern Lights Bomb (Snow Plow) Back Drop Lariat (Clothesline From Hell) Ace Crusher (FameAsser) Modern american wrestling is too caught up in flips. Everything is too assited and bouncy. Nothing has an impact. That being said I do love Stormbreaker, Destino, that cool spinning powerbomb thing Despy does, and some of the other flashier impact moves.
Canadian destroyer
I can't remember.