![]() A CrossFit competitor and powerlifter, Blair has been featured in RX Magazine, Femme Rouge Magazine and. She was an All-American and All-SEC track-and-field performer in hurdles at the University of Tennessee, and was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 20. However, his oldest finisher was the Downward Spiral, which is a reverse STO (Space Tornado Ogawa), where Edge would hold his opponent’s neck with his arm and fall backwards making him fall face first on to the ring.Blair was born in 1989 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Since then, he has used quite a few finishers, namely- Edgecator, Edgecution, and of course, the Spear. The erstwhile Rated-R Superstar made his WWE debut way back in June 1998 against Jose Estrada. He later started the Curtain Call, where he would hold his opponent in a reverse headlock, lift him up, and slam him down onto the ring.Įdge – Before Retiring – Spear Photo: WWE In his first few matches however, the Bizarre Goldust didn’t really have a set finisher. Goldust, a veteran and still an entertaining worker, has been wrestling in the WWE for over twenty one years, having made his debut way back in October 1995 against former Rocker Marty Janetty in a WWE In Your House match. Goldust – Current Finisher(s) Shattered Dreams/ Final Cut It is a modification of the running powerslam, where Rocky would drop the opponent shoulder-first on his knee before putting him on the ring. His old finisher was not the most electrifying move in sports entertainment, nor was it the Rock Bottom. It wasn’t until much later when he turned heel and joined the Nation when he actually started gaining with favor the crowds. The Rock wasn’t the most electrifying man in sports entertainment when he made his WWE debut way back in 1996. The Rock – Current Finisher(s) – The Rock Botton/People’s Elbow Photo: WWE Also known as the Leg-hook Saito Suplex, the attacker lifts the opponent, holding the waist and and the near leg and falls backwards whilst driving him down. His finisher before the Sweet Chin Music was the Teardrop Suplex. In his initial wrestling days as amazing as he was, Michaels didn’t really tune up any band. ![]() The Showstopper made it a point to tune up the band before landing that foot on the side of his opponent’s face. Shawn Michaels – Before Retiring – Sweet Chin Music Photo: WWE His execution of the move wasn’t as good as Orton’s or Page’s, but that probably wasn’t the only reason why he changed his finisher to the Pedigree. In his first few matches, the Cerebral Assassin used the Pedigree Pandemonium, you’d probably know it as the RKO (Randy Orton’s finisher) or the Diamond Cutter (Diamond Dallas Page’s finisher). However, his finisher wasn’t always the Pedigree. His finisher, the Pedigree is one of the best finishers of all time. Triple H, perhaps the most influential pro-wrestler today made his WWE debut more than twenty-one years ago. Triple H – Current Finisher – Pedigree Photo: WWE (Triple H did make changes in his pedigree, not holding the opponent’s arms all the way to minimize damage.) WWE probably didn’t allow him to use the move as it’s too dangerous. ![]() In ROH, Punk’s finisher was the Pepsi Plunge, which is a pedigree from the turnbuckles. However, before joining the WWE, Punk made his name in the indy circuits, wrestling in promotions like Ring of Honor. A fireman’s carry which ended with a knee to the victim’s face after dropping him. Read on to know about the old finishers of these 6 wrestlers.ĬM Punk- Most Recent Finisher – GTS (Go To Sleep) Photo: WWEĬM Punk, the sixth longest reigning WWE Champion in history used the Go To Sleep (which was Hideo Itami’s finisher in NJPW, although he did use the GTS on Tyler Breeze in an NXT live event match) in the WWE. For some, their finishing move becomes their legacy.īut no wrestler was born perfect, they’ve all had to change their finishers as the old didn’t quite work as well as they’d expected, whether it was with the wrestler himself, his opponents or the crowd. Some wrestlers become synonymous with their finishers. Some finishers make the crowd go crazy (case in point, the People’s Elbow). It can even make or break a wrestler’s career. In pro-wrestling, a finishing maneuver is most often the best part of a match and obviously the wrestler’s most iconic and important move.
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