WWE Top 59 Finishing Moves Listing
The Top 50 Countdown will consist of:
50. JBL - Clothesline
49. Vader - Vader Bomb
48. Dusty Rhodes - Bionic Elbow
47. Million Dollar Man - Million Dollar Dream
46. Kerry Von Erich - Iron Claw
45. Ravishing Rick Rude - Rude Awakening
44. Lex Luger - Torture Rack
43. Dudley Boyz - 3-D
42. Bam Bam Bigelow - Moonsault
41. DDP - Diamond Cutter
40. Mankind - Mandible Claw / Socko
39. Honky Tonk Man - Shake Rattle and Roll
38. Yokozuna - Bonzai Drop
37. Flash Funk - 450 Splash
36. Sting - Scorpion Lock
35. Lita - Moonsault
34. Kevin Nash - Jack-knife
33. Jerry The King Lawler - Piledriver
32. RVD - Five-Star Frog Splash
31. Big Show - Chokeslam
30. CM Punk - GTS
29. Brock Lesnar - F-5
28. Bob Backlund - Chicken Wing
27. Batista -...
It's supposed to be about finishings, not superstars.
Once again WWE offers something that seems to be original and we find the same ol' situation.
When I was a kid the first thing that caught my attention about wrestling was the finishing moves, I thought these were like real-life fatalities or something like that so when this Blu-ray/DVD came out I couln't expect anything to get it. If you're a really WWE or wrestling fan you'll realize that WWE focuses its lights only on the top superstar always, but let me give you a few examples:
What difference does it make the 'Scorpion Death Lock'(Sting) or the 'Sharpshooter'(Bret Hart)?
The answer is in fact the superstar because the finisher is exactly the same. Or what about the '5-Star Frog Splash'(RVD) with the 'Frog Splash'(Eddie Guerrero)? That's right, there ain't no difference.
Another example that supports my review, Shawn Michael has been one of the best WWE superstars of all the time but I don't think his 'Sweet Chin Music' should be the #6 in the list because...
A surprisingly good list, although not perfect...
Any brand-published Top 50 list is bound to have its share of opinionated discussion. I was moderately surprised at who was and wasn't on the Top 50 Greatest Wrestlers video, but with something that should be far less subjective than popularity contest as a 50 Greatest Finishing Moves, I was skeptical going in to this one. Main things I were worried about was WWE just putting over current stars with slight homage to older wrestlers, bad or non-informative interviews, and seemingly arbitrary choices on what was chosen and who went where. On the first point, all fears were unfounded. On the second, interviews varied with Mick Foley and C.M. Punk giving the most real input into things (with occasionally interesting additions from Drew McIntyre), but with Dusty Rhodes giving progressively more nonsensical commentary, and Jim Ross and Brodus Clay giving the type of commentary that deserves a Nic Cage "You Don't Say?" meme almost each time. And on the last point, while I don't disagree...
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