10 Epic Finishers Wrestlers Must Bring Back

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Becky Lynch once had another killer submission that 'The Man' should dust off!

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00:00Hopefully this talented lot remember just how awesome their former explosive finishers actually

00:05are and unleash them on TV a few more times before they decide to ride off into the sunset

00:11and away from the wrestling business. So I am Gareth here from WhatCulture Wrestling and here

00:16are 10 epic finishers wrestlers must bring back. Number 10, The Brain Buster, Sami Zayn.

00:23After years of never honestly feeling like a guy WWE would really embrace near the top of the card,

00:28the much loved underdog known as Sami Zayn finally became an undeniable main event babyface star in

00:352023 and he did it all without ever dropping a single heel's head on top of the turnbuckle with

00:41an almighty Brain Buster. Zayn's halluva kick is undoubtedly one of the most simple yet effective

00:47finishers on the WWE product at this current moment in time. So why bring back a weapon as potentially

00:53dangerous and difficult to execute as a certain El Generico's top rope Brain Buster then?

00:58Because on top of being a cute nod to Zayn's days outside of the biggest promotion on the planet,

01:04this extravagant finisher simply looks cool as hell. Why not throw in a few orange crushes in the

01:10coming years too? Number 9, The Dominator, Bobby Lashley.

01:13Back when Bobby Lashley first burst onto the WWE scene in 2005, The Dominator used that very move to

01:20obliterate the vast majority of stars who dare to step inside the squared circle with him.

01:25However, when the powerhouse eventually made his sensational return to sports entertainment 10

01:30years after his last WWE appearance, this explosive power finisher suddenly appeared to have been

01:36replaced. First by a stalling suplex and then a Yokozuna cutter. Lashley would actually notably retain his

01:42body-breaking spear from that initial WWE run during his second stint with the company, but the

01:47titanic figure would also embrace a new merciless hurtlock for Nelson, as he eventually bullied his way to the WWE

01:54championship. By smashing the likes of Matt Riddle and Kofi Kingston with it over the last few years,

02:00you'll struggle to find anyone who wouldn't welcome the idea of Lashley properly reinstating the finisher

02:05as one of his go-to weapons of mass destruction. Number 8, The 630 Splash, Ricochet.

02:11Admittedly, executing a double front flip before crashing back first onto your opponent below can't

02:16be the easiest move in the world to pull off night after night. However, since Ricochet has traded the

02:21epic 630 for a slightly more common shooting star press, the ridiculously athletic and talented

02:27high-flyer hasn't quite electrified the masses in the way he did during those staggering NXT and early

02:33main roster days. According to the one and only himself, he simply hasn't had the need to use it,

02:40with one of his last real successful high-profile 630s coming during his winning display in the

02:45SmackDown World Cup Finals in December 2022. He also failed to connect with one in his SummerSlam

02:51loss against Logan Paul this year. Ricochet doesn't need to be throwing out this insane

02:56double cent on at every single house show and Raw taping he pops up on, but getting to see it more

03:01than once or twice a year would definitely help make the former Intercontinental Champion feel like

03:06more of a must-see attraction again. Now I've got a question for you, is Ricochet the greatest

03:11high-flyer in the business today? Well, if he's not, then you tell me right now in the comment

03:15section down below who is? Tell me, damn it!

03:18Number 7. Spiral Tap AJ Styles

03:21With AJ Styles now being well into his foot off on the WWE stage, even if it was just for one night

03:27only. The Phenomenal One himself openly admitted a few years back that there's a good chance he'd

03:32hurt himself if he went to twist his body inside out with this one-time match-ender at this stage in

03:38his life. However, if anyone can pull off this absurd spinning top rope attack safely at 46 years

03:44young, surely it's the same bloke who has been stunning crowds for two decades straight with

03:49his innovative manoeuvres. Number 6. The Mizzard of Oz

03:52The Miz WWE's awesome one has been occasionally putting away his opponents with the skull-crushing

03:58finale for a whopping 14 years. What old could very much become new if he finally decided to freshen up

04:05an act that hasn't exactly evolved all that much over the last decade or so? Before making the

04:10jump up to the main roster, Mike Mizanin actually used a rather emphatic swinging DDT of sorts in

04:16OVW. And its fantastic name alone, The Mizzard of Oz, is enough to justify bringing it back to the

04:23sports entertainment party after all this time. It's a no-nonsense and somewhat believable way of

04:29bringing a bout to an end, and it's about time the A-lister offered an alternative to his

04:33increasingly stale Full Nelson facebuster. Number 5. The Single Knee Facebreaker

04:38Sean Spears

04:40Jumping all the way back to 2015, a then-Tie Dillinger debuted a sickening Single Knee

04:46Facebreaker match winner to defeat Solomon Crowe, a.k.a. Impact Wrestling's Sammy Callahan,

04:51on the August 12th edition of the Black and Gold Show. However, this 10 out of 10 sudden knockout blow

04:57was then disappointingly replaced by his Tiebreaker Fisherman's Carry Netbreaker by 2016.

05:02So if the veteran is set to call time on his 20-year career in the business in the not-too-distant

05:08future, why not go out with a few of his old crowd-popping knees to the face?

05:12Number 4. The Prince's Throne

05:14Finn Balor

05:15With the Prince currently possessing a delicious coup de grace, and devastating 1916 in his vicious

05:21arsenal. If he does feel like adding another unexpected layer to his already effective offensive

05:26game though, then perhaps the Judgment Day menace should dip into his past, and pull out a few

05:32Prince's thrones as the villainous group look to continue their Monday night dominance.

05:36The former Universal Champion went by the name of Prince Devitt in New Japan Pro Wrestling,

05:41and could often rely on his Fireman's Carry Double Knee Gutbuster to get the job done in the ring.

05:47It's time for this Prince to bring his throne to WWE, baby!

05:51Number 3. The Brock Lock

05:52Brock Lesnar

05:53The Beast Incarnate may already boast one of the most brutal submission locks in the game in his terrifying

05:59Kaimura, but there's really nothing quite like the visual of this monster hoisting a helpless victim

06:04up into the air by their slowly crumbling leg. The former WWE and UFC champion hasn't bullied a

06:10rival in between the ropes with that hilariously cruel submission for over two decades, with the

06:15likes of Rey Mysterio, Chris Benoit, and Shannon Moore all being violently bent in half by the next

06:20big thing during his first run with the company all those years ago. Could you imagine seeing someone

06:25like Logan Paul or Ricochet being effortlessly yanked up into the sky and hung over the behemoth's neck

06:31like a piece of defenceless meat? Simply put, the long-awaited return of the Brock Lock would

06:36definitely be a welcome detour away from Suplex, City, and Snapping Arms.

06:41Number 2. The Ozone

06:42Randy Orton

06:43When slash if Randy Orton does eventually make a return to in-ring action, so with this legend

06:48likely not wanting to risk doing any more damage to an already battered back, Orton will likely need

06:53to think of another way he can end a match instead of always relying on his classic RKO.

06:59And that's where the Ozone comes in. When the eventual Evolution member first showed up on the

07:03main roster 20 years ago, this future WWE champion wasn't popping up with a violent cutter out of

07:09nowhere. The youngster preferred to throw his leg over his adversary's neck, grab their closest arm,

07:14and then horrifically rotate forwards. This overdrive swinging netbreaker was pretty successful during

07:20those early days, too. Again, Orton doesn't need to retire his iconic RKO completely should he

07:26finally make his long-awaited WWE comeback in the next few months, but it wouldn't be the worst idea

07:30to chuck in a few Ozones here and there to preserve that surgically repaired back.

07:35Number 1. The Four-Leg Clover

07:37Becky Lynch

07:38With Becky Lynch already proving that she's willing to introduce new ways to best her rivals in between

07:43the ropes, adding the man-handle slam to her arsenal and using that power move to help her win title

07:48gold on a number of occasions over the last two years, the man is likely always thinking of more

07:53fresh attacks she can catch her enemies off guard with going forward. And the last thing those rivals

07:59would ever expect is for the one-time last kicker to re-debut an old faithful submission from her

08:04developmental days. Just before she started snapping arms with her signature brand, Lynch actually

08:10opted for an intense inverted figure-four leg lock. Big-time Bex even managed to tap out her fellow

08:16horsewoman Bayley with this nasty-looking four-leg clover. If a four-leg clover boasting version

08:22of the man came around, no limb would be safe. And that's our list. Know of any other epic

08:27finishers that wrestlers must bring back? Well, let us know all about them in the comments section

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08:44Wrestling. Cheers for finishing this particular video and hopefully we'll see you very, very soon.

08:49Bye-bye!

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