This is my list and came about due to boredom.

The other 5 later.

Yeah, a lot of those finishers from back in the day were bad. But what can you do, it's the late 80s/early 90's when it was a lot easier to work. Von Erich's finisher was called the Tornado Punch. And the Angle Slam isn't a bad finisher, it's not bad as long as Angle's working a back story. Plus, you're forgetting about the Bushwhacker's finisher, the Battering Ram. Jesus, that wasn't even funny.

I would agree with everyone but the Angle Slam. It's not like i think the Angle slam is the best finisher ever, but I KNOW there are worse...

How the Worm doesn't win this, I do not know.

Because the Garvin Stomp is just that much worse.

You're forgetting two famous stinkers: Crush's Head-vise, where he'd just squueze someguy's head. Then Sgt. Slaughter's short-lived finisher from late 1990: the Atomic Noogie. He'd just grind his kunckle into someone's grill.

Bushwhackers didn't use the Battering Ram as their full-time finisher. They used a double team slam/knee-smash thingie. They'd hit the battering ram almost every match, but only used their official double team slam thingie in jobber matches.

Also, the Garvin Stomp was NOT his finisher. It was one of his trademark moves, but I don't ever recall him hitting it, then immediately pinning someone. In his WWF days, Garvin used the piledriver and the Sharpshooter ("Reverse Figure Four"). It was a lame move, but nit his finisher...that's a myth that's been spread by smarks, as equally incorrect as "Turkey on a pole was the last AWA match"

It was his finisher at some point in time. I think for awhile in the NWA. I know I've seen him pin someone after using it.

On the Battering Ram, I thought they used the double gutbuster right after hitting it.

Garvin only beat jobbers with the stomp. Otherwise, he used the piledriver or figure four.

For comparison's sake, my top ten:

10. Hulk Hogan's Legdrop
9. Billy Gunn's Fameasser
8. Johnny B Badd's Punch or something (didn't he just hit people with his left hand, and that knocked them out for some reason)
7. Warrior's Splash
6. Scott Steiner's Steiner Recliner
5. Mick Foley's Mr. Socko
4. Monty Brown's Pounce
3. Crush's Kona-Head Grip Thingy
2. The Rock's People's Elbow
1. Scotty 2 Hotty's The Worm

I was never too offended by the Iron Claw. Have someone squeeze the shit out of your temples sometime...it doesn't feel good.

I remember Garvin using his "Hands of Stone" punch as a finisher in the NWA. A lame finisher in itself. I'm still unconvinced that the Stomp was a finisher. I'll shut up when I see some proof :)

Yeah, the gutbuster was the the name I was forgetting. In my world, "gutbuster" = "double team slam/knee-smash thingie".

I'm another Claw mark as well.

I'd find proof for you but that would require me sitting through Garvin matches.

Just to be clear, when Magnum TA used a Belly to Belly Suplex in NWA, it was an awesome finisher. It looked great, and the crowd totally bought it.

Yeah, the Belly to Belly Suplex was mostly referring to Shane Douglas.

What did Shane Douglas do great? In the ring, he reminds me alot of Jeff Jarrett. He was obviously more charismatic, but in the ring, just nothing special.

Rick Stone brought the heart punch back in NACW 3-4 years ago. He actually was able to get it over. But yeah, in general, it sucks.

I sometimes wonder if the move would be better remembered if it hadn't been used by some of the worst workers out there.

I'll agree with this. Was it supposed to be a more "devastating" camel clutch or something? Because it was actually giving the opponent relieve, not to mention it looked weak as hell...

Outback Jacks "Boomerang" Clothesline needs to be mentioned. IT'S A FUCKING CLOTHESLINE! Anyone who jobs to a clothesline sucks, unless...


1. It's the Survivor Series and an elbow drop is enough to pin someone

2. It's a Lariat. LARIATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!


Earthquake's vertical splash/butt-drop looked quite shitty, since he always did it too gentle. Maybe if he dropped his weight on the person now and then like Yokozuna would with his Banzai Drop, it would've been better.

Swear like a motherfucker?

I Was trying to think of an answer to that, and I'm pretty sure DK just gave the most accurate answer possible.

Actually, Douglas' facial expressions were great. He could also cut a damn good promo when needed, although that goes along with the swearing. Other than that, he was pretty mediocre/bland, and yes, the belly to belly is a horrible fucking finish.

Magnum TA used it fairly effectively as his finisher

Douglas using it in the 21st century is awful. In the 70's-80's, that was a credible move, just like Hogan's leg drop was.

I'll have to disagree with the Angle Slam. I actually prefer watching the Angle Slam over the Angle Lock lately.

One move that you might want to add to the list:

Eugene's finishers - He uses finishers that his favourite used to di, like the Rock Bottom, Stunner, et cetera. But when Eugene does them, they noever have the same feel or look to them, like they should, and the move loses a little credibility in this moment of time.

If Hogan's Leg Drop was bad, can we say that Savage's Elbow Drop was bad?

These days? It's not the greatest. I still think the leg drop is a good move, as long as it's not a 140 pound twig doing it.

The Worm is hilarious, even if it sucks.

Savage's elbow drop bad? No chance.

A top rope elbow drop should continue to be a devastating move, and I never once had a problem with it as a finisher.

Ditto like a motherfucker....

A couple of things..

It's not often that the Angle Slam is the actual Finisher. Normally it is a comeback "out of nowhere" type move, and it pops the crowd pretty good. I've seen it times where it looked great and times...not so much. Probably like The Pounce, where the guy taking the move is more important than the guy giving.

It was implied that the Belly-to-belly suplex was OK in the 80's simply because it was a different era. I disagree. Watch Magnum do the move. He makes definite contact and then just snaps the move. It looks painful. Sort of like Edge and Goldberg both using the spear. With Edge it looks stupid, yet with Goldberg, he looked like he had chopped the guy in half.

I liked Douglas using the Pittsburgh plunge.

Then why is Hogan's Leg Drop considered one of the worst finishers? Hogan's Leg Drop had a hard impact on it - especially when the move was dropped on the throat, much like Savage's elbow drop.