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Nov 19, 2008

FP's Golden Post
Posted by: FP

  This is a historical post, ladies and gentlemen. This is the golden post, my 50th on this website. After finally finding a few minutes of free time, I have compiled a potpourri of different finishers and setup moves for TheFinishers. There will be a total of 20 things, with a couple of honorable mentions. I will present a Top 5 of tag team finishers, my favorite finishers, setup moves that lead to the end of the match (ie Hulk Hogan's boot to the face before his Leg Drop of Doom), and submission finishers.

Top 5 Tag Team Finishers

5) Top Rope Bulldog - Steiner Brothers. Scott would put the wrestler on his shoulders and Ric would come off the top rope with a pretty nasty bulldog. A good example is one they gave to the Nasty Boys at Halloween Havoc 1990.

4) Hart Attack - Hart Foundation. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart would hold the opponent in a bear hug, and Bret "Hitman" Hart would run across the ring, come off the ropes, and clothesline the opponent. Simple, yet effective.

3) Demolition Decapitation - Demolition. This move didn't have an official name when it was being used by them, but it's the apparent name for it now. One member would hold a wrestler in a backbreaker position, and another member would jump off the middle rope, drop the elbow, and the victim would flip over onto the mat.

2) 3-D - Dudley Boyz. D-Von/Brother Ray flapjacks his opponent while Bubba Ray/Brother Ray delivers the elevated Diamond Cutter. Works best through a table, and everyone yells "3-D!" when it occurs.

1) Doomsday Device - Road Warriors. Animal put the opponent on his shoulders, and Hawk delivered the top rope clothesline, usually resulting in the opponent flipping over. Henry Godwinn had his neck legitimately broken by the maneuver.

FP's Top 5 Favorite Finishers

5) 5-Star Frog Splash - Rob Van Dam. What I liked best about this move was the height and different angles he would use, depending on how his opponent was prone in the ring. Sometimes RVD could change direction in mid-air, making it more impressive. Eddie Guerrero (RIP) also used the Frog Splash, albeit more of a line drive style, as does his nephew, Chavo. Hornswoggle has the Tadpole Splash as well.

4) DDT - Numerous Wrestlers. Made famous by Jake "The Snake" Roberts, this move (and different versions of it) has been used by many wrestlers, including Arn Anderson, Raven, Tommy Dreamer, and Cody Rhodes. Sting used an inverted/reverse version of it (Scorpion Death Drop), the Godwinns (Slop Drop) used the same version, and Cactus Jack used the double arm DDT as a finisher when he was in WCW and ECW in the 1990's. Edge also did the lifting version of it known as the Edgecution, which he still uses occasionally. Others, such as the Rock and Dusty Rhodes, have used the move in matches, but not as finishers.

3) Shooting Star Press - Jushin "Thunder" Liger. Liger invented the move after reading it in a Japanese manga, and Billy Kidman used it as his finisher. Due to the high risk of the move in both executing it and receiving it, it was banned for a while in WWE. Kidman hurt Chavo on an episode of Smackdown! and most people remember Brock Lesnar's infamous execution of the move at Wrestlemania XIX against Kurt Angle, as he landed a little short and injured his neck. A.J. Styles does a springboard version to the outside, and Paul London and John Morrison have done standing versions of the move.

2) Perfect-Plex - Curt Hennig. Also known as the cradle suplex or fisherman's suplex, this move was first used by Harley Race; however, Curt made it famous as Mr. Perfect. Grab the knee, hook it, flip them over, bridge, pin, match.

1) Tombstone Piledriver - Undertaker. He is best known for the move, although Finlay used it while in WCW as well. Kane also uses the move from time to time, but it is usually associated with the Undertaker. Koko B. Ware was the first victim of it at the 1990 Survivor Series, and the rest is history.

Top 5 Setup Moves

5) Chokeslam - Undertaker. This move sets up the Tombstone Piledriver.

4) Gorilla Press Slam - Ultimate Warrior. This move set up the Warrior Splash.

3) Spear - Goldberg. This move set up the Jackhammer.

2) 619 - Rey Mysterio. This move sets up a variety of moves, from the West Coast Pop to Droppin' Da Dime or other springboard moves off the top rope cable.

1) Stinger Splash - Sting. This is my favorite setup move, and this set up the Scorpion Death Lock.

Top 5 Submission Finishers

5) Figure Four Leglock. Buddy Rogers is the one credited with this hold, although Jack Brisco, Greg Valentine, Tito Santana, Carlos Colon, and some guy named Ric Flair also used this as their finishing move (although Tito later switched to the Flying Forearm).

4) Sharpshooter. To Sting marks, it's the Scorpion Death Lock. Invented by Riki Choshu, Bret Hart is associated the most with this move. Sting used this move before Bret became a singles wrestler; however, Bret started his career first. The Rock also used the Sharpshooter in his matches, as did Chris Benoit (RIP) occasionally.

3) Human Torture Rack. Mostly associated with Lex Luger, Hercules (RIP) also used it at one time (he also used the Full Nelson as well). The name of it is what makes it cool. I put my sister in this move a long time ago in a Target store when she was getting on my nerves. She said the word "nutsack" one too many times. She brought it upon herself, folks.

2) Texas Cloverleaf. Dory Funk, Jr. invented it and this move is most associated with Dean Malenko, the man of 1000 holds.

1) Taz(z)mission - Taz(z). Some call it the kata hajime, but it's a pretty good way to choke someone out.

Honorable Mentions

Tag Team Finishers: Spike Piledriver (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard).

FP's Favorite Finishers: Sweet Chin Music (Shawn Michaels), Dragon Suplex (Chris Benoit), Flying Elbow Drop (Randy Savage).

Setup Moves: Short Clothesline (Jake "The Snake" Roberts).

Submission Finishers: Cobra Clutch (Sgt. Slaughter, Ted Dibiase), Tarantula (Tajiri), even though you can't submit to it, but oh well.

Well, I finally got it done. Hopefully we can do another fifty posts by the time it's all said and done. Wikipedia and the Online World of Wrestling are very helpful in producing my posts (as is the Guru for double checking). I'd also like to send out well wishes to my two tag team partners on this website. The Guru just moved to parts unknown to further his career, and the Outlaw recently got married and rumor has it may have a little Outlaw on the way sometime next year. In the meantime, I'm still the same old FP. See you soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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