The Worst Finishers in Pro-Wrestling History

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The finisher is the move that ends the match. It is a devastating wrestling move that will knock an opponent out long enough to count to three. There have been some great wrestling finishers over the last 100 years. The Stone Cold Stunner. The Rock Bottom. The Pedigree. 

Great wrestlers are synonymous with great finishers. And through the years there have been several awful moves to end a match. Moves that make no sense or look like they do not hurt. some moves are terrible because the name of the maneuver is terrible. Here are some of the absolute worst and why.

5. The Kick of Fear/Big Boot of Death

Ridiculous names, same move. The Kick of Fear was performed by The Barbarian and The Big Boot of Death belonged to Test. a kick to the face is a fight-ender in reality but in the scripted world of wrestling, it is a move that every person does. What makes their boot special?

4. People's Elbow

I know. I am calling out The Rock. But this move makes no sense. To complete this move, The Rock knocks someone down and then removes an elbow pad and throws it to the crowd. He then runs around and hits both ropes. Then he comes to a COMPLETE FUCKING STOP! He looks out at the crowd and then drops the elbow. After his opponent lays down for 30 seconds. Every wrestler uses the Elbowdrop. Not special. Should not finish matches.
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3. RKO/Diamond Cutter

If this list was from 1998, then this would be the biggest and best move in wrestling. 15 years later and it has been the finishing move of Randy Orton, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Robbie E, Johnny Ace, and countless others. You grab your opponent by the neck and slam their face into the mat while you fall flat with them. Every wrestler without a finisher just uses a version of the Diamond Cutter. (EDITORS NOTE: I will fight to the death over the awesomeness of DDP's Diamond Cutter. You never see it coming! HERE)

2. The Rough Ryder

Zack Ryder deserves a lot of credit for just having a job. He has defied the odds. Ryder has a terrible theme song and does not win many matches. But the man has charisma and has come up with two catch phrases that crowds love to chant. "Woo Woo Woo, You Know It!" and calling people "Broski". Ryder also has 1,000,000 twitter followers. But he also has a terrible finisher. To complete the Rough Ryder, Zack jumps into the air and he falls down on his opponent in legdrop position. He took Hulk Hogan's finisher and mixed it with a clothesline. He does not win many matches but when he does actually win he must use this Legline to get the 1-2-3.

1. The Worm

This move sucks. It is terrible. "The Worm" has nothing to do with the move. Like the People's Elbow, it requires the opponent to be on the ground for almost a minute. To set the move up Scotty 2 Hotty hits his opponent with The Bulldog. He slams a dude's face into the ground. Then he hops on one leg and every time he hits the ground, the crowd chants W-O-R-M. Then he does The Worm. The break-dancing move. Then Scotty crosses his arms across his chest twice and hit his opponent with a falling karate chop to the chest. A chop. A move performed in every match. And then he wins matches with it!