A finishing maneuver or finisher is a wrestler's trademark move; one that he/she relies on most of the time to end a match. For the past few decades, virtually every professional wrestler has his/her own finishing move, usually with a name that suits the wrestler's gimmick. The finisher may simply be a glorified version of a move that other wrestlers use as a regular maneuver, or it may be an innovative attack that no one else had executed before. Regardless, if a wrestler is scripted to lose a match after receiving a finisher, he will sell that move as if it is the most damaging attack in his opponent's arsenal.

Examples of well-known finishers

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• "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's Stone Cold Stunner, a swift kick followed by a three-quarter facelock chinbreaker. One of the main draws of this move is that it can come out quickly and without warning. Austin was often portrayed as a foul mouthed rebel and liable to 'stun' every wrestler he met regardless of whether they were face or heel. The Rock was a regular reciever of the move, selling it with an exaggerated backflip on more than one occasion. Diamond Dallas Page used a variation, called "Diamond Cutter", a move where the user drops to their back instead of the sitting position forcing the opponent to fall to their stomach. Randy Orton uses a jumping variation of the Diamond Cutter, which he calls "RKO".
• Triple H's Pedigree, a double underhook facebuster. The set-up of the move is slow enough for fans to realize what he is attempting before he actually does it. The move gets its name from his original gimmick, that of a "blue-blooded" upper-crust socialite Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Christopher Daniels uses a variation of the Pedigree known as the "Angel's Wings," only the move is a Spinning Sitout Double Underhook Facebuster.
• The Rock's People's Elbow. This is a good example of a finisher that is portrayed as being much more damaging than it actually is. It is basically a simple elbow drop, preceded by a routine that involves The Rock pulling off his elbow pad (and throwing it into the crowd), bouncing off the ropes and lifting one leg as if performing a leg drop. All this time, his opponent has to lie motionless on the mat, waiting to receive the elbow drop. Typically, the People's Elbow was used as a follow-up to a spinebuster or the Rock Bottom, which was supposedly powerful enough to keep his opponent down long enough to execute his showboating finisher.
• The Undertaker's Tombstone Piledriver. Where the opponent is held belly-to-belly, up-side-down, with head between the thighs. The wrestler then drops to their knees, supposedly sending the opponent's head crashing into the mat. Usually, The Undertaker then lets down the opponent on the mat, back-first, where he takes one hand, followed by the other, placing it on their chest and holding them down for the pin, while 'overshadowing' the opponent, staring off into the distance, extending his tongue. This move is also infrequently used by Kane.
• Bret Hart's Sharpshooter. It is a submission hold that damages his opponent's legs and back, and can legitimately hurt a wrestler if the person applying the move applies more pressure. Previous to Bret Hart using the move Sting in WCW used the same move, which he called the Scorpion Deathlock, although he placed the opponent's legs below the knee instead of the thigh. Bret's younger brother Owen Hart also used this as his signature move. Although the name originally referred to Hart's "Hitman" gimmick, it was popular enough that it became the common name for the hold. Many wrestlers, such as Chris Benoit and The Rock, have used the move since. While the invention of the move is often attributed to Bret Hart, Konnan actually taught Hart the move and the first person to use it in professional wrestling was puroresu (Japanese wrestling) star Riki Choshu, who has used it since his debut in 1974. His name for it was the Sasori-Gatame, which translates to Scorpion Hold, which may have had some bearing on why Sting started using the move, as scorpions are a part of his gimmick and are emblazoned on the sides of his wrestling singlet.
• Chris Benoit's Crippler Crossface, a submission hold applied while the opponent is on their stomach. Their arm is secured in between Benoit's legs, at which point the 'Rabid Wolverine' applies pressure on either the opponent's face, bridge of the nose, or throat, using his arm. The Crossface can be applied from almost any situation, including as a reversal to choke slams and clotheslines. Many forms of crossface have been innovated since.
• Keiji Mutoh's Shining Wizard. This move is so popular that many Japanese professional wrestlers and independent American wrestlers use it. It is a running step-up knee strike done to a kneeling opponent. Mutoh often executed the move from various positions. The most common variant is the Shining Enzuigiri, which ends in a kick to the back of the head instead of a knee strike. Gregory Helms calls his running enzuigiri to a kneeling opponent a Shining Wizard as a tribute to Mutoh, although it bears little resemblance to the actual move.
• Shawn Michaels' Sweet Chin Music (also known as a superkick) is a standing side kick to the chin of an opponent. Shawn Michaels has often used this quick, yet effective move to show authority in the ring, whether in promo interviews or 'clearing house'. In a match Shawn tries to generate heat from the crowd by 'tuning up the band' (going to a corner of the ring and stomping one foot repeatedly) and getting ready for the Sweet Chin Music. The appeal of this move lies in its swiftness as the opponent cannot see when it's coming.
• John Cena's F-U. Coined by Cena as a take on Brock Lesnar's F-5 finisher. The F-U is a safe version of the Death Valley Driver, where Cena puts his opponent on his shoulders in a firemans carry places his right arm over his opponents head and raises his opponents lower body and sends his opponent crashing to the floor back first, either in front of him or to his right. Variations used by John Cena include him landing his opponent in a sit-out version, or falling to the right with his opponent. More recently, it has been a precursor to the STF-U, which is Cena's variation of the STF (Stepover Toehold Facelock). The biggest difference between the F-U and the Death Valley Driver is that in the Death Valley Driver, the opponent usually lands on their head or neck, not flat on their back. The F-U is executed this way to help reduce the risk of injury.
• Kurt Angle's Ankle Lock is another example of a finisher that can be executed in almost any situation. The move, which was originally used by Ken Shamrock, can be placed while being held upside down, out of a pin, and even through an opponent's finisher. If more pressure is applied the lock will cause genuine pain to the receiver. Recently Kurt Angle has been using a modified version by wrapping his legs around the opponents in a grapevine style. This supposedly makes the move virtually inescapable.
• Rey Mysterio's 619. It has become a well known move because of the versatility in which Mysterio can set up the opponent in the "Stun Gun" (hanging over the second rope) position. Rey can set up the opponent using a drop to-hold, dropkick to the back, head-scissors takedown, hurricanrana, having the wrestler stumble on from a previous attack or simply waiting as the other wrestler uses the ropes to pull himself up. As soon as the opponent is positioned, he runs back to the opposite ropes and swings around the top and second ropes, kicking his opponent with both feet and normally following it with a Springboard Hurricanrana, Leg Drop, Splash or Seated senton.
• Hulk Hogan's Leg Drop. After "Hulking up" Hogan delivers a grounding move, such as a body slam or big boot, and bounces off the ropes or simply jumps to deliver the Leg Drop. This move, like The Rock's "People's Elbow", is portrayed as being much more damaging than it actually is for the reasons of kayfabe.

Current master list of wrestlers and their finishers

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Wherever possible, the move names listed below are linked to demonstrate the terms and pop-cultural references that give each finisher its name.

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187 : New Jack (Off the top turnbuckle chair shot)

3.0 : Mike Sanders (Chinlock backbreaker)

3D (Deadly / Dudley Death Drop) : Team 3D (Flapjack and ¾ cutter bulldog double-team combination)

3D-B : Team 3D (Neckbreaker and backdrop double-team combination)

420 : Rey Mysterio & Rob Van Dam (Double leg drop)

450 Splash : Jason Cross, Austin Aries, Paul London, Juventud Guerrera (Off the top turnbuckle 450-degree flip splash)

619 : Rey Mysterio (Tiger feint kick)

630 Senton : Jack Evans, Jerrelle Clark (Off the top turnbuckle double front flip senton)

718 : Amazing Red (Tiger Feint Kick)

720 DDT : Jody Fleisch (Springboard Backflip Tornado DDT)

911 Juvi Driver: Juventud Guerrera (Wrist Clutch Michinoku Driver II)

1812 : Anthony Kingdom James (Off the top turnbuckle leg drop)

A

Ace Crusher : Johnny Ace (Sit-Out ¾ Facelock Bulldog)

Acid Drop (Dudley Dog) : Spike Dudley (Ascending Springboard Corner 3/4 Facelock Bulldog)

Aftershock : Matt Sydal (Gory Special into Neckbreaker)

Akiosault : Akio (James Yang) (Off the Top Turnbuckle Corkscrew Moonsault)

Alabama Slam : Hardcore Holly (High-Angle off the shoulder Spinebuster Slam)

Amazing Leg Drop : N8 Mattson (Off The Top Turnbuckle Guillotine Leg Drop)

Ameriplex : Scotty Riggs (Fisherman Suplex)

Amish Bomb : Roadkill (Off the Top Turnbuckle Splash)

The Amityville Horror : Chris Chetti (Fireman's Carry into a Michinoku Driver)

Anaconda Vice : Hiroyoshi Tenzan, CM Punk (Modifed Shoulder Hold Submission)

Angel's Wings : Christopher Daniels (Spinning Sit-Out Double Underhook Facebuster)

Angle Lock : Kurt Angle (Ankle Lock)

Angle Slam (Olympic Slam) : Kurt Angle (Spinning Elevated Argentine Backbreaker Slam)

Arabian Facebuster : Sabu (Leg Drop with Chair)

Arrivederci : Nunzio (Springboard Armbreaker)

Asai DDT : Ultimo Dragon (3/4 Facelock into Backflip Reverse DDT)

Asai Moonsault : Ultimo Dragon (Off the Second Rope Springboard Moonsault)

Assault Driver : "Sick" Nick Mondo (Sit-Out Wrist-Clutch Electric Chair Drop Front Slam)

Atomic Leg Drop : Hulk Hogan (Running Leg Drop)

Atom Smasher : Adam Bomb (Powerbomb with Kneeling Pin)

Au Revoir : La Resistance (Suplex Combo into Spinning Neckbreaker)

Awesome Bomb : Mike Awesome (Running one-shoulder Crucifix Powerbomb)

Awesome Splash : Mike Awesome (Off the Top Turnbuckle Frog Splash)

B

Back Cracker : Carlito (Modified Backbreaker)

Back to the Future : Frankie Kazarian (Wristclutch Electric Chair Bomb bridged into a pin)

Back to the Future : Tony Armstrong (Double underhook Piledriver)

Badd Splash (Wildman Splash) : Johnny B. Badd (Running Corner Body Splash)

Badd Day : Johnny B. Badd (Super Hurracanrana)

Ball Breaker : Balls Mahoney (Irish Whip into Sit-Out Spinebuster)

Ball and Gag : Basham Brothers (Clothesline and Russian Leg Sweep Combination)

Bankruptcy : Kid Kash (Elevated Cradle Neckbreaker)

Banzai Drop : Yokozuna (Off the Second Turnbuckle Sitting Splash)

Bareback : Danny Doring (Shoulder Jawbreaker)

Barber's Chair : Brutus Beefcake (Sleeper Hold)

Batista Bomb (Demon Bomb): Batista (Sit-Out Powerbomb)

Benjamin Frostkick : Shelton Benjamin (Super Sidekick)

Bear Hug : "Superstar" Billy Graham, Mark Henry

BK Bomb : Billy Kidman (Sitout Spinebuster Slam)

BME (Best Moonsault Ever): Christopher Daniels (Double Springboard Moonsault)

Big Dick Driver : Big Dick Dudley (Argentine Neckbreaker)

Bionic Elbow : "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (Elbow Smash to Head)

Bitch Clamp : Jazz (Sky Lift Double Chickenwing)

Black Hole Slam : Abyss (Spinning Side Slam)

Black Out : Rodney Mack (Cobra Clutch Sleeper Hold)

Blackout : Lance Hoyt (Reverse Crucifix Powerbomb)

Blackout : Orlando Jordan (Reverse STO)

Blonde Bombshell : Chris Candido (Off the Top Turnbuckle Powerbomb)

Bombs Away Knee Drop : Ray "The Crippler" Stevens (Off the Top Turnbuckle Knee Drop)

Bomb Scare Knee Drop : Doug Williams (Off the Top Turnbuckle Knee Drop)

Bonsoir : La Resistance (Double Spinebuster)

Book End : Booker T (Kneeling Side Slam)

Boomerang Clothesline : Outback Jack (Clothesline into Spinning Clothesline)

Boss Man Slam : Big Boss Man (Spinning Sidewalk Slam)

Breakdown : Chris Jericho (Inverted Full-Nelson Russian Legsweep)

Breakdown : Chris Jericho (Full Nelson Legsweep Facebuster)

Brain Damage : Danny Basham (Double Choke Sit-Out Powerbomb)

Brock Lock : Brock Lesnar (Stretch Muffler Crab)

Bronco Buster : X-Pac (Head Squash In Corner)

Bubba Bomb : Bubba Ray Dudley (Sit-Down Full Nelson Drop)

Bubble Bobble Buster : Player Uno (Inverted Brainbuster)

Buff Blockbuster : Buff Bagwell (Top Rope Somersault Neckbreaker)

Burning Hammer : Kenta Kobashi, Dan Maff (Inverted Fireman's Carry Brainbuster)

Busaiku Knee Kick : KENTA (running knee smash)

Buzzsaw Kick : Tajiri (Roundhouse Kick to the head of a seated opponent)

C

C-4 : Paul Burchill (Standing Moonsault Uranage)

Cactus Clothesline : Cactus Jack (clothesline to the outside)

Camel Clutch : Iron Sheik, Muhammad Hassan

Canadian Destroyer: Petey Williams (Front Flip Piledriver)

Canadian Maple Leaf (Straight Shooter) : Lance Storm (Rolling Single Leg Crab)

Catatonic: Chris Harris (Wind-Up Uranage)

Cattle Mutilation : "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson (Bridging Grounded Double Chicken Wing)

Celtic Cross : Finlay (Air Raid Crash)

Chainsaw Kick : Tyson Tomko (Quick Big Boot/Yakuza Kick)

Chartbuster (Last Dance) : Disco Inferno (Sit-Out 3/4 Facelock Jawbreaker)

Chaos Theory : Doug Williams (Roll-through German Suplex Pin)

Chick Kick : Trish Stratus Mickey James (Standing Roundhouse Kick)

Chokebomb : The Boogeyman (Two Handed Chokeslam/ Chokebomb)

Chokeslam : The Undertaker The Big Show (Chokeslam)

Chokeslam from Hell : Kane (Chokeslam)

Christo : Gail Kim (Hurricanrana into Armbar)

Chyna Bomb : Chyna (Powerbomb)

Clapper : Scotty Anton (Sharpshooter)

Clawhold STO : Kenzo Suzuki (Clawhold into a Leg Sweep)

Clothesline from Compton : "Monsta" Steve Mack (Strong Running Clothesline)

Clothesline from Hell / Clothesline from Wall Street : John Bradshaw Layfield (Strong Running Clothesline)

Cobra Clutch : Sgt. Slaughter, Rene Dupree, Muhamed Hassan (Cobra Clutch Sleeper Hold)

Cock o' the Walk : The Red Rooster (Sharpshooter)

Code Red : Amazing Red (Sunset Flip Powerbomb into Pin)

Code Red : Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo (Reverse Electric Chair and Off the Top Turnbuckle Bulldog combination)

Colt 45 : Colt Cabana (Double Underhook Backbreaker)

Con-Chair-To : Edge & Christian (Double Chair Shot to Head)

Consequence : Ron Killings (Kneeling Muscle Buster)

Contra Code (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right-B-A-SELECT START) : Jimmy Jacobs (Running Corner Back Flip Sit-Out 3/4 Facelock Bulldog)

Cool Breaker : Carlito Caribbean Cool (Single-Arm Swinging Leg Cradle Neckbreaker)

Coquina Clutch : Samoa Joe (Rear Naked Choke)

(Da) Cop Killer : Homicide (Reverse Gory Special Piledriver)

Cosmic Cyclone (Calling London) : Paul London (Off the Top Turnbuckle 450 Splash)

Cradle Shock : Chris Sabin (Fireman's Carry into a Michinoku Driver)

Crash Landing : Crash Holly, EZ Money (Inverted Double Underhook Belly-to-back Mat Slam)

Crazy Bomb : Super Crazy (Straight Jacket Hold Lift into Powerbomb)

Cred-Ability (J-Kick) : Justin Credible (Thrust Kick)

The Crosstrainer : The Gymini (Double team straitjacket neckbreaker)

Crossfire : Jason Cross (Shooting Star Press into Legdrop)

Cryonic Kick : Glacier (Shuffle Super Kick)

Crippler Crossface : Chris Benoit Dean Malenko (Single-Arm Crossface)

The Cure : Sick Boy (Double Underhook Facebuster)

Curtain Call : Goldust (Inverted Facelock Suplex)

Cut-throat driver : Mark Briscoe (Inverted Fireman's Carry Brainbuster with the left arm across the neck)

D

Danshoku Driver : Danshoku Dino (Michinoku Driver II with the opponent's head in Dino's pants)

DDT : Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Dead Sea Drop (DSD) : Shark Boy (Top-rope Somersault Three-quarter Facelock Jawbreaker)

Dead Level : Kid Kash (Brainbuster)

Death is Welcome : Chris Hero (Jumping Rolling Cutter)

Death Sentence : America's Most Wanted (Bearhug Hold, Top Rope Leg Drop Combination)

Death Valley Driver : Perry Saturn, Orlando JordanBeth Phoenix (calls it the Beth Valley Driver), Rene Dupre(Fireman's Carry into Brainbuster),

Deep Impact : Lance Storm (Jumping Piledriver)

Demolition Decapitation : Demolition (Cross Knee Backbreaker and Off the Top Turnbuckle Elbow Drop Combination)

Derailer (Baldo Bomb) : A-Train (Double Choke into Sit-Out Powerbomb)

Diamond Cutter : "Diamond" Dallas Page (3/4 Facelock Bulldog)

Diamond Dust : Masato Tanaka (Top-rope Somersault Three-quarter Facelock Jawbreaker)

Doctor Bomb : Dr. Death Steve Williams (Gutwrench Powerbomb)

Doggy Pump Handle Slam : Road Dogg (Pumphandle Drop Slam)

Dogface Bulldog : Rick Steiner (Off the Top Turnbuckle Bulldog)

Dominator : Faarooq, Bobby Lashley (Standing Inverted Pancake Slam)

Doomsday Device : Road Warriors (Electric Chair Drop and Off the Top Turnbuckle Clothesline combination)

Downward Spiral : Edge (Reverse Russian Leg Sweep)

Dragon Clutch : Low Ki (Reverse Naked Choke Hold)

Dragon Sleeper : Ultimo Dragon , Jamie Noble, Undertaker (Inverted Facelock Choke Hold)

Dragon Suplex : Tatsumi Fujinami, Jay Lethal, Paul London (Full Nelson Suplex) (Flipping Release Full Nelson Suplex)

Dragon Whip : Shelton Benjamin (Standing Side Spin Kick)

Dream Cutter : Tommy Dreamer (Cutter)

Dreamer DDT : Tommy Dreamer (Snap DDT)

Dreamer Driver: Tommy Dreamer (Scoop Slam Piledriver)

Dropsault: Paul London Brian Kendrick (Dropkick Moonsault)

Droppin' the Dime (or Droppin' Da Dime) : Rey Mysterio (Springboard Leg Drop)

Dudley Device : Bubba Ray Dudley & Devon Dudley (Electric Chair Drop and Off the Top Turnbuckle Clothesline combination)

Dupree Driver : René Dupree (Modified Sit-Out Brainbuster Driver)

E

E-Bomb : Erik Watts (Powerbomb into Turnbuckles)

Edge O' Matic : Edge (Backward Slam)

Edgecution (C.O.D (Concussion On Delivery)) : Edge (Impaler DDT)

Edgecator : Edge (Modified Leg-Lace Grapevine)

Ego Trip (Whiplash) : Rob Conway (Spinning Neckbreaker from Suplex Position)

Egoist Schwein : Gene Snitsky (Pumphandle Side Slam)

Eight Second Ride : James Storm (Over the Shoulder Side Headlock Spinning Bulldog)

El Fondo Del Abismo : Apolo (Side Slam)

Exploder : Jun Akiyama, Shelton Benjamin (T-Bone Suplex)

Extreme Twist of Fate : Christy Hemme Jeff Hardy used by Lita from 2004-early 2005 (reverse twist of fate)

Eye of the Hurricane (Nightmare on Helms Street) : Gregory Helms (Inverted Facelock Elbow Drop)

E.Z. Driver : E.Z. Money (Reverse Tombstone Piledriver)

F

F-5 (also: The Verdict/Cyclone) : Brock Lesnar, Matt Morgan The Big Show (Fireman's Carry Spinning Rack DDT)

F-500: The Big Show (Fireman's Carry Spinning Rack DDT)

F-U : John Cena (Modified Standing Fireman's Carry Slam)

Fall From Grace : Christopher Daniels (Cross-Arm Iconclasm)

Fall From Grace : Trinity (Off the Top Turnbuckle Moonsault)

Fameasser : Billy Gunn (Leg-drop Bulldog)

Feliner : Ernest "The Cat" Miller (Spinning Roundhouse Kick)

Final Cut : Big Show (Inverted Facelock Elbow Drop)

Five Arm : Terry Taylor (Flying Clothesline)

Five Star Frog Splash : Rob Van Dam (High Elevation Frog Splash)

Flatliner : Chris Kanyon (Reverse STO)

Flux Capacitator : Frankie Kazarian (Moonsault Uranage Slam off the top turnbuckle)

Flying Crossbody : Ricky Steamboat

Flying Elbow Drop : Shawn Michaels, Lance Cade, "Macho Man" Randy Savage

Franchiser : Shane Douglas (Shoulder Jawbreaker)

Frankensteiner : Scott Steiner (Frankensteiner)

Freestyle (Protoplex) : John Cena (Spin-Out Side Powerbomb)

Frog Splash : Eddie Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero, Rey Mysterio Jr. Art Barr

Fuhgetaboutit : Johnny Stamboli (Sitout Uranage) (Gorilla Press Slam)

Funky Flash Splash (Scorpio Splash) : Flash Funk (2 Cold Scorpio) (Off the Top Turnbuckle 450 Splash)

Future Shock : Chris Sabin (Double-Leg Fisherman's Buster)

Future Shock : Christian York & Joey Matthews (Double Super Powerbomb)

G

G-Spot Sweep : Danny Doring (Full Nelson Front Russian Leg Sweep)

Game Genie : Player Uno (Rope-Assisted Double Underhook Piledriver)

Garvin Stomp : Ronnie Garvin (Stomps all around the body)

Gas Mask : Pete Gas (Reverse Full Nelson Slam)

Gatorbreaker : Skinner (Reverse DDT Neckbreaker)

Ghetto Blaster (Back Brain Kick) : Bad News Allen (Standing Enziguri)

Goodnight: The Boogeyman (Pumphandle Slam)

Gore! : Rhino (Spear)

Go 2 Sleep : KENTA (Fireman's Carry Drop Into Knee Smash)

Green Bay Plunge : Mr. Kennedy (Middle-Rope Rolling Fireman's Carry Slam)

Greetings From Asbury Park : Bam Bam Bigelow (Over-the-Shoulder Belly-to-Belly Sit-Out Piledriver)

Gunn Slinger (Gunn Stinger/Bossman Slam/Scrapbuster) : Billy Gunn Heidenreich (Swinging Side Slam)

H

Haas of Pain : Charlie Haas (Elevated Inverted Leg-Lace Stretch)

Halo : Shannon Moore (Top Rope Corkscrew Moonsault)

Hammer : Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart (Running Shoulder Tackle)

Hands of Stone : Ronnie Garvin (Straight Punch)

Hang Time : Matt Morgan (Sit-Out Powerbomb)

Hanging Dragon : Low Ki (Hanging Reverse Naked Choke Hold from the Top Turnbuckle)

Hangman's Clutch : Chris Hero (Three-Quarter Chancery/STF Combination)

Hangman's Clutch II : Chris Hero (Three-Quarter Chancery/Crossface Combination)

Hart Attack : Hart Foundation (Bearhug into Running Inverted Bulldog Combo)

Hart Attack : Teddy Hart (Shooting Star Press)

Hart Attack 2.0 (Lethal Injection) : Teddy Hart (Shooting Star Elbow Drop)

Hero's Welcome : Chris Hero (Rolling Cutter)

Hero's Welcome Championship Edition : Chris Hero (Twisting Michinoku Driver II)

Hindu Press : Sonjay Dutt (Off the Top Turnbuckle Corkscrew 450 Splash)

Hip Hop Drop : Grandmaster Sexay (Top Rope Leg Drop)

Ho Train : The Godfather (Corner Body Avalanche)

Hollycaust (Falcon Arrow) : Hardcore Holly (Delay Brainbuster Suplex into Michinoku Driver)

Honor Roll : Christopher Nowinski (Rolling Double Underhook Slam)

Hot Shot : "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert (Stun Gun)

Hurrislam (Hurri-Chokeslam) : Hurricane (Chokeslam)

I

Impaler : Gangrel (Elevated DDT), Christian (Rotating inverted double underhook facebuster)

Infrared : Amazing Red (Off the Top Turnbuckle Corkscrew Senton)

Inverted 3-D : Dudley Boyz, Acolytes Protection Agency (Back Suplex Neckbreaker Combination)

It Came From Japan : Alex Shelley (Straightjacket Northern Lights Bomb)

It Came From Japan II : Alex Shelley (Cross Legged Brainbuster)

J

Jackhammer : Goldberg (Stalling Suplex Powerslam)

Jackknife Powerbomb : Kevin Nash (High Angle Powerbomb)

Jalapeño Popper : Julio Dinero (Modified Fireman's Carry into Neck Breaker)

JBL Bomb: John Bradshaw Layfield (Powerbomb)

J-Driller: Jay Briscoe (Leaping Double Underhook Piledriver)

Johnson Shuffle: Rocky Johnson, Orlando Jordan (Punching combo)

Jungle Kick (The Whack) : Chuck Palumbo (Thrust Kick)

Juvi Driver : Juventud Guerrera (Sit-out Scoop Powerslam)

Juvi Splash : Juventud Guerrera (450 Splash)

K

Kanyon Cutter : Chris Kanyon (3/4 Facelock Bulldog)

Kenton Bomb : Mr. Kennedy (Swanton Bomb)

Ki Krusher 99 : Low Ki (Fisherman Screwdriver)

Kiss Of Death : Little Guido (Inverted Double Underhook Facebuster)

K.O.D. (Kash On Delivery) : Kid Kash (Elevated Boston Crab)

KyraPractor : Melina Perez (Sickle Hold)

Kryptonite Krunch : Nova (over the shoulder Belly to Back Piledriver)

Krush Rush : Low Ki (Slam into Turnbuckle while Grasping Mid-Suplex)

L

La Parkinator : LA Park (Corkscrew moonsault press)

La Silla : Rey Mysterio (Springboard Seated Senton)

Le Felina Bomb : Gail Kim ( Extreme Sitout facebuster)

Lasso From El Paso : Eddie Guerrero (Modifed Elevated Inverted Leg Lock Stretch)

Last Call : Bradshaw (Overhead Fall Away Powerslam)

Last Dance : Disco Inferno (Reverse Standing Figure Four Leglock)

Last Impression : Doug Basham (Running Leg Lariat)

Last Ride : The Undertaker (Elevated Powerbomb)

Last Rites : "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels (Inverted Facelock Spinning Neckbreaker)

Lawler Fist Drop : Jerry Lawler (Off the Second Turnbuckle Fist Drop)

Leap of Faith : Shane McMahon (Off the Top Turnbuckle Elbow Drop)

Lethal Injection : Jay Lethal (Cutthroat Pumphandle Sitout Powerbomb)

Lethal Injection II (Lethal Driver) : Jay Lethal (Springboard Implant DDT)

Liger Bomb : Jushin Liger (Running Sitout Powerbomb)

Lion Tamer : Chris Jericho (Elevated Boston Crab with knee placed in lower back)

Lionsault : Chris Jericho (Running Springboard Moonsault)

Litacanrana : Lita (Diving Hurricanrana)

London Calling : Paul London (Off the Top Turnbuckle 450 Splash)(Shooting Star Press)

'Lo Down : D'Lo Brown (Hyper Extending Off the Top Turnbuckle Frog Splash)

Love Handle : Dude Love (Mandible Tongue Nerve Hold)

M

Magic Carpet Ride : Khosrow Daivari (Shawn Daivari) (Off the Top Turnbuckle Splash with a Carpet)

Mandible Claw : Mankind (Mandible Tongue Nerve Hold)

Mark of Excellence/Perfection : Mark Jindrak (Back Suplex into Uranage)

Master Lock : "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters (Swinging Full Nelson)

Matthew Kevin Connection : Kevin Matthews (Running sit-out powerbomb)

Ma-Trish : Trish Stratus ( Back bend to avoid an attack) ( seen on Matrix)

Meltdown : Adam Bomb (Pumphandle Powerslam)

Melina-Fire : Melina (Running Neckbreaker)

Michinoku Driver: Taka Michinoku (Double Underhook Implant DDT)

Michinoku Driver II: Taka Michinoku (Sit-out Scoop Piledriver)

Micki-Rana: Mickie James (Huracanrana)

Mick Kick: Mickie James (Standing Roundhouse Kick - Similar to Trish Stratus's Chick Kick)

Mickie DT: Mickie James ( Tornado DDT)

Million Dollar Dream : "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase (Cobra Clutch Sleeper Hold)

Modified Swinging Neckbreaker :Carlito

Molly-Go-Round : Molly Holly (Swanton Bomb Pin Off the Top Turnbuckle )

Money Maker : Kid Kash (Double Underhook Piledriver)

Money Shot : Val Venis (Off the Top Turnbuckle Splash)

Mooregasm : Shannon Moore (Off the Top Turnbuckle Somersault Neckbreaker)

Moonsault : Super Crazy, Kid Kash, Kurt Angle, Matt Hardy, Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow

Mosh Pit : Mosh (Off the Top Turnbuckle Sit Down Splash)

Moss Covered Three Handled Family Credenza : Perry Saturn (Swinging Fisherman's Suplex)

Muscle Buster : Samoa Joe (Double Leg-Capture Brainbuster)

Move With No Name : Paul Burchill (Grounded Pumphandle Lift into Sidewalk Slam)

N

Nail in the Coffin : Vampiro (Scoop Sit-Out Powerslam)

Natural Disaster : The Naturals (Kneeling Stunner/Gutbuster Combo)

New Jersey Jam : Balls Mahoney (Off the Top Turnbuckle Leg Drop)

New Jersey Naptime : Droz (Sit-Down Powerbomb)

Niqua Bomb : Shaniqua (Jacknife Powerbomb)

Nightmare on Helms Street : Gregory Helms (Spinning headlock elbow drop)

No Joke : Hugh Morrus (Inverted Swinging Neckbreaker)

No Laughing Matter : Hugh Morrus (Off the Top Turnbuckle Moonsault)

No Remorse : Riggs (Chicken Wing)

Northern Lariat : Bobby Roode (Lariat to the back of the opponent's neck)

Nosejob : Torrie Wilson (Sitout facebuster)

Novacaine : Nova (Reverse STO)

Nutcracker Suite : Balls Mahoney (Sit-Out Brainbuster Driver)

O

Old School Expulsion : Steve Corino (Inverted Facelock Neckbreaker)

Omega Event : Hardy Boyz (Double Off the Top Turnbuckle Leg Drop)

One and Only : Billy Gunn (Sleeper Hold into Uranage)

One Night Stand : Alex Shane (Modified Standing Fireman's Carry Slam)

Open Hart Surgery : Teddy Hart (Somersault Corkscrew Legdrop)

Osaka Street Cutter : Super Delfin (Inverted Suplex into a cutter)

Outsider's Edge (Razor's Edge) : Scott Hall/Razor Ramon (Crucifix Powerbomb)

Overdrive : Randy Orton, Matt Striker, Carlito (Leg Cradle Spinning Neckbreaker)

P

Panty Drop Elbow : Danny Doring (Off the Top Turnbuckle Elbow Drop)

Paydirt : Jamie Noble (Front Facelock Choke)

Pearl River Plunge: Ahmed Johnson (Double Underhook Sit-out Powerbomb)

Pedigree : Triple H, Chyna (Double Underhook Facebuster)

Penile Implant : Big Dick Dudley (Shoulder Carry into Spinning Facebuster)

People's Elbow : The Rock (Augmented Running Elbow Drop)

Pepsi Plunge : CM Punk (Off the Top Turnbuckle Double Underhook Facebuster)

Perfect-plex : Mr. Perfect (Fisherman's Suplex)

Pickin' the Dime : Rey Mysterio (Springboard Splash)

Picture Perfect Elbow : Michael Shane (Diving Elbow Drop)

Pimp Drop : The Godfather (Fireman's Carry into Brainbuster)

Pittsburgh Plunge : Shane Douglas (Fisherman's Suplex Brainbuster)

Phoenix Splash : Hayabusa (Off the Top Turnbuckle Twisting 450 Splash)

Play of the Day : "Primetime" Elix Skipper (Single-Arm Swinging Leg Cradle Neckbreaker)

Poison Ivory : Ivory (Leaping Kneeling Facebuster)

Polish Hammer : Ivan Putski, Scott Putski(Running Double Axehandle)

Porn Plex : Val Venis (Fisherman's Suplex Pin)

Pounce : "Alpha Male" Monty Brown (Running Shoulder Block with Exploding Shove)

Power of the Punch : William Regal (Left-handed punch using Brass Knuckles)

Problem Solver : Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger (Flapjack and DDT combo)

Psycho Guillotine : Psychosis (Diving Leg Drop)

Psycho Driver : Super Dragon (Torture Rack into Piledriver)

Q

Quackendriver : Mike Quackenbush (Reverse Crucifix Powerbomb)

Quackensmash : Mike Quackenbush (Springboard Front Flip 360 Spinning Senton)

R

Rana Invertiva : LA Park (Sunset flip powerbomb)

Rat Star Press : Deranged (Standing Shooting Star Press)

Rat Trap : Steven Richards (Reclining Chin Lock)

Raven Effect (Evenflow) : Raven (Flowing DDT)

Red Star Press : Amazing Red (Standing Shooting Star Press)

Regal Cutter : William Regal (Single-Arm Trap Neckbreaker)

Regal Stretch : William Regal (Modified STF)

Reverse Twist of Fate : Lita

Rewind Hurricanrana: Jonny Storm (Over-the-Top Turnbuckle Jumping Hurricanrana)

Rhino Driver : Rhino (Spike Piledriver)

Rikishi Driver : Rikishi (Over-the-Shoulder Belly to Belly Sit-Out Piledriver)

Rings of Saturn : Perry Saturn, Austin Aries (Side Double-Arm Stretch)

Rising Sun : Funaki (Off the Top Turnbuckle Tornado DDT)

RKO : Randy Orton (Jumping inverted neckbreaker)

Rolling Elbow : Masato Tanaka (Running Spinning Elbow Smash)

Rock Bottom : The Rock (Side Slam)

Rocker Dropper : Marty Jannetty, Brian Pillman (Wrist Lock Leg-Driven Bulldog Facecrusher)

Roll of the Dice : Reno (Inverted Facelock Spinning Neckbreaker)

Royal Flush neckbreaker : A-1 (Arm Trap Shoulder Neckbreaker)

Royal Mutilation: Paul Burchill (High Fujiwara Armbar)

Rude Awakening : Rick Rude (Neckbreaker)

Rump Shaker : Rikishi (Off the Second Turnbuckle Sit Down Splash)

Running Powerslam : Davey Boy Smith, Harry Smith, Lashley

Russian Sickle : Nikita Koloff (Strong Running Clothesline)

Rydeen Bomb : Satoshi Kojima (Sky Lift Powerbomb)

S

Sable Bomb : Sable (Powerbomb)

Saving Grace : D-Von Dudley (Lifting Reverse DDT)

Samoan Spike : Umaga (Thump spike to neck)

Scissors Kick : Booker T, Ron Killings

Scorpion Death Drop : Sting (Reverse DDT)

Scorpion Death Lock : Sting (Sharpshooter)

Scot Slam : The Highlanders (wrestling) (Double Flapjack)

Seanton Bomb : Sean O'Haire (Off the Top Turnbuckle Somersault Senton)

Seven Year Itch : Billy Kidman (Shooting Star Press)

Sex Drive (Embalmer) : Viscera (Double Choke Sit-Out Powerbomb)

Shake, Rattle, and Roll : Honky Tonk Man (Augmented Swinging Neckbreaker)

Shamrock Anklelock : Ken Shamrock (Fujiwara armbar into Anklelock)

Shake, Rattle, and Roll : Road Dogg (B.G. James) (Augmented Series of Jabs)

Sharpshooter : Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Chris Benoit, Shawn Michaels, The Rock, Petey Williams, Lance Storm(Leg-Lace Grapevine)

Shattered Dreams (Dust Buster) : Goldust (Rope Entangled Kick to Groin)

Shellshock : Alex Shelley (Swinging Reverse STO)

Shining Wizard : Keiji Muto, Gregory Helms, Antonio Inoki, Homicide, CM Punk (Running stepup Knee Strike)

Shooting Cross Press: Jason Cross (Off the Top Turnbuckle Reverse Backflip Splash)

Shooting Star Press: Billy Kidman ( Backflip Press)

Showstopper : Big Show (Choke Slam)

Showstopper : Eric Young (Wheelbarrow into neckbreaker;side wheelbarrow suplex)

Siakilypse : Sonny Siaki (Inverted Spinning Neckbreaker)

Sicilian Slice : Nunzio (Off the Top Turnbuckle Leg-Driven Bulldog Facecrusher)

Simonizer : Simon Diamond (Fireman's Carry into Reverse DDT)

Simonizer : Simon Dean (Modified Spinning Leghook Fireman's Carry Slam)

Sky Elbow : "Macho Man" Randy Savage (Off the Top Turnbuckle Elbow Drop)

Sky High : D'Lo Brown (Sky Lift Powerbomb)

Slap Jack : Stevie Ray (Lifting Double-Underhook Facebuster)

Sliced Bread No. 2 : Brian Kendrick, Alex Shelley(Running Corner Back Flip 3/4 Facelock Bulldog)AKA a Ninja

Snapmare Driver : Emil Sitoci, (cravate w/ legsweep which results in a DDT-like headplant)

Snapshot : MNM ( flapjack/DDT Combo )

Snow Plow : Al Snow (Scoop Slam Side Brainbuster Driver)

Southern Neckbreaker : "Classy" Freddie Blassie (Augmented Swinging Neckbreaker)

Soylent Green: Nate Webb (Canadian Back Breaker into 3/4 Facelock Bulldog)

Spanish Fly : The S.A.T./Los Maximos (Off the Top Turnbuckle Double Moonsault Uranage)

Spear : Edge, Goldberg, Lashley(Running Double Leg Takedown)

Spider's Web : Victoria (Firemans Carry into a spinning side slam)

Spicolli Driver : Tommy Dreamer (Death Valley Driver)

Spike Piledriver : New Age Outlaws (Partner Assisted Piledriver)

Spineline : Jeff Hardy (One-Arm Boston Crab)

Spiral Tap : A.J. Styles (Front Flip 360° Spinning Senton)

SST (Severe Skull Trauma) : Axl Rotten (Inverted Brainbuster Suplex)

Stage Dive : The Headbangers (Powerbomb and Off The Top Turnbuckle Leg Drop Combo)

Steiner Flatliner : Scott Steiner (Reverse Russian Leg Sweep)

Steiner Recliner : Scott Steiner (Modified Camel Clutch)

Steiner Screwdriver (SSD) : Scott Steiner (Falcon Arrow Inverted Piledriver)

Stevie Kick : Steven Richards (Superkick)

Stevie-T : Steven Richards (Leaping Double Underhook DDT)

STFU : John Cena (Modified STF)

Stinger Splash : Sting, Shelton Benjamin (Running Standing Splash to Opponent in the Corner)

Stone Cold Stunner : "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (Sit-Out 3/4 Facelock Jawbreaker)

Storm Kick : Lance Storm (Thrust Kick)

Stratusfaction : Trish Stratus (Springboard Bulldog)

Stratusphere : Trish Stratus (Top Rope Leg Scissors Takedown)

Stroke : Jeff Jarrett (Front Russian Leg Sweep)

Styles Clash : A.J. Styles (belly to back inverted mat slam)

Stunner : Eugene (Modified Stone Cold Stunner )

Sudden Impact : D'Lo Brown (Modified Uranage Suplex)

Super Hero Slam : Rosey (Wind-Up Sit-Out Uranage Slam)

Super Kwang : Kwang (Spinning Heel Kick)

Superfly Splash : Jimmy Snuka (Off the Top Turnbuckle Augmented Splash)

Supernatural Driver : The Boogeyman (Inverted Falling Slam)

Super Styles Clash : A.J. Styles (Top rope belly to back inverted mat slam)

Swanton Bomb : Jeff Hardy (Off the Top Turnbuckle Delayed Front Flip Senton Splash)

Sweet Chin Music : Shawn Michaels (Superkick)

Sweet 'N Sour : Trevor Murdoch and Lance Cade (Tandem Clothesline and Chop Block)

Sweet Shane Music : Michael Shane (Superkick)

Sweet Shin Music : Dude Love (Strong Shin Kick into Double Arm DDT)

Swing Thing : Johnny Swinger (Cobra Clutch Leg Sweep)

T

T-3 : Trytan (Fireman's Carry Spinning Rack DDT)

Takin' Care of Business : The Undertaker (Reverse Naked Choke Hold) (Dragon Sleeper)

Tazzmission (or Tazmission) : Tazz (Half-Nelson Choke, Kati-hajime)

Tequila Sunrise : Konnan (Modified Rolling Single Leg Crab)

Texas Cloverleaf : Dean Malenko, Chad Collyer, Stone Cold Steve Austin (Cloverleaf Crab)

Texas Tower Bomb: Lance Hoyt (Single leg one shoulder powerbomb)

Test Drive : Test (Rolling Cutter)

Test Elbow Drop : Test (Diving Elbow Drop)

That's Incredible : Justin Credible (Spinning Belly to Belly Piledriver)

The Trifecta : Super Crazy (Three moonsaults in a row, the first on the lower turnbuckle, the second on the middle turnbuckle and the third off the top turnbuckle followed by a pin)

Tiger Driver: Jamie Noble, Scott Steiner, Mitsuharu Misawa (Double Underhook Powerbomb)

Tiger Driver '98: Excalibur (Double Underhook Piledriver)

Tiger Suplex : Ultimo Dragon (Double Chicken Wing Belly-to-Back Suplex)

TKO : Marc Mero, Rhyno (Fireman's Carry into a 3/4 Facelock Bulldog)

Toblerone Driver : Ares (Double Underhook Sit-Out Powerbomb)

Tombstone Piledriver : The Undertaker, Kane, Fit Finlay (Belly to Belly Kneeling Piledriver)

Tommyhawk : Tommy Dreamer (Reverse Crucifix into Cutter)

Tongan Death Grip : Meng (Haku) (Nerve Pinch to Neck)

Tornillo Mortal: Super Crazy (Corkscrew Moonsault}

Torture Rack : Lex Luger (Argentine Back Breaker Submission), Chuck Palumbo

Total Elimination : The Eliminators (Spinning Heel Kick and Leg Sweep Kick Combination)

Total Penetration : Big Dick Dudley (Double Choke Sit-Out Powerbomb)

Tower Of London : Nigel McGuinness (Top Rope Cutter)

Trailer Hitch : Jamie Noble (Inverted Leg-Lace)

Train Wreck : A-Train (Canadian Back Breaker Drop)

Trash Compactor : Duke Droese (Stalling Tilt-a-Whirl Powerslam)

Triple Bypass : Teddy Hart (Shooting Star Legdrop)

Triple Jump Moonsault : Sabu (Triple Jump Moonsault)

Truth Conviction : Ron Killings (Sit-Out Gordbuster)

Truth or Consequences : Ron Killings (Sit-Out 3/4 Facelock Bulldog)

Twist of Fate : Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Lita (Front Facelock to 3/4 Facelock Bulldog)

Test Elbow Drop : Test (Modified Elbow Drop Off Top Rope)

U

Ultimate Press Slam : Ultimate Warrior (Gorilla Press Drop)

Ultimate Splash : Ultimate Warrior (Running Splash)

Ultimo DDT : Ultimo Dragon (Standing Shiranui)

Unprettier (Impaler) : Christian (Reverse Double Underhook DDT)

V

Vader Bomb : Vader (Splash off the Second Turnbuckle)

Vader Sault : Vader (Off the Top Turnbuckle Moonsault)

Van Daminator : Rob Van Dam (Augmented Kick of Chair to Head)

Van Terminator : Rob Van Dam and Shane McMahon (Springboard Turnbuckle to Turnbuckle Dropkick, usually to chair or trash can)

VD - Viscera Drop : Viscera (Big Splash)

Venis Flytrap : Val Venis (Half Crab Leg Grapevine)

Veg-O-Matic : Midnight Express (Bear Hug Hold into Top Rope Leg Drop Combo), James & Chad Dick

Vertebreaker : Shane Helms (Reverse Gory Special Piledriver)

Vicious Bomb : Sid Vicious (Powerbomb)

Vicktory : Scott Vick (Over the Shoulder Back to Belly Piledriver)

Victimiser : Vic Grimes (Second Rope Belly-to-Belly Piledriver)

Von Erich Claw : Fritz Von Erich and other members of the Von Erich family (Iron Claw)

W

Walls of Jericho (Lion Tamer) : Chris Jericho (Elevated Boston Crab)

Waffle Face : Paul London (Sky Lift Double Chickenwing Face First Powerbomb)

Wam-Bam-Thank You Ma'am : Bam Bam Bigelow (Off the Top Turnbuckle Diving Headbutt)

Wam-Bam-Thank You Ma'am : Danny Doring (Leaping Double Underhook DDT)

Warrior's Way : Senshi (Double Foot Stomp)

Wave of The Future : Frankie Kazarian (Twisting Facebuster)

West Coast Pop : Rey Mysterio (Top Rope Springboard Hurricanrana)

Whiplash : Lash LeRoux (Fireman's Carry into a Michinoku Driver)

Whippersnapper : Mikey Whipwreck (Sit-Out 3/4 Facelock Bulldog)

Whisper In the Wind : Jeff Hardy (Off the Top Turnbuckle Twisting Somersault Kick/Senton)

White Out : Kerwin White (Chavo Guerrero) (Roll-Through into Single Leg Boston Crab)

White Russian Leg Sweep : The Sandman (Russian Leg Sweep with a Singapore Cane)

Whoopee Cushion : Doink the Clown (Off the Top Turnbuckle Sit Down Splash)

Widow Maker (Prophecy) (Cruel Intentions) : Sean O'Haire (Reverse Fireman's Carry Slam)

Widow's Peak : Victoria (Gory Special into Sit-Out Neckbreaker)

Wild Driver : Gary Williams (Finishing Touch)

Wild Thing (Marvelocity) : Marc Mero (Off the Top Turnbuckle Shooting Star Press)

World's Strongest Slam : Mark Henry (Falling Powerslam)

Worm : Scotty 2 Hotty (Augmented Falling Chop to Throat)

Write-Off : Irwin R. Schyster (Jumping Lariat)

Wykea : Tatanka (Swinging Sideslam)

X

X-Clamation Point : Brian-XL (Inverted Suplex into Minchinoku Driver) ("Michinoku Driver Beta")

X-Factor : X-Pac (Leaping Sit-Down Facebuster)

X-Marks The Spot : X-Pac and Justin Credible (Double Thrust Kick)

X-Breaker: Xavier (Cross-Arm Hangman's Neckbreaker)

Y

Yang Time : Jimmy Yang (James Yun) (Off the Top Turnbuckle Corkscrew Moonsault)

Yellow Jacket Suplex : Buff Bagwell (Fisherman Suplex)

See also

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• Professional wrestling attacks
• Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers
• Professional wrestling high-flying techniques
• Professional wrestling holds
• Professional wrestling slang
• Professional wrestling throws

External links

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• List of WWE signature moves
• List of finishing moves
• The big, big book of wrestling moves
• List of Trademark Finishing Moves

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