So what's YOUR finishing move?

Using a non protected finisher makes it special in a way that the wrestler gives it its power, like Jericho’s back elbow or even the various DDTs

Just a thought from a wrestling fan, perhaps a lack of universalism could be a benefit to a finisher for expanding storytelling. For instance: A wrestler is in a match with an opponent two heavy to powerbomb. Realising this, the wrestler is forced to adapt and change his strategy, going for unconventional means of defeating his opponent. A challenge that could engage the audience that asks: "How will he win without his finisher?"

I literally met this man once at a seminar I learn so much from this the little things counts

I'm thinking of using the crucifix driver. If you've seen the movie Logan, then you probably seen the fight scene in the woods. Logan does a move similar to the crucifix driver. That's what I'd like to use

Mike your videos have helped me so much in my career thank you

I'm a simple man but the finisher I choose the Emerald Flowsion. I keep brainstorming ideas of how to hit the move out of nowhere.

The rainmaker is so simple, but so hype.

Just started wrestling school and looking at ur videos is really helping

I always thought the Slingshot Suplex was a super cool finisher!

My finisher is called the Goetia's Fall. It's essentially a pop-up lariat, followed usually by a submission

There's a lot to consider. Thanks for pointing this out.

Mike I just wanna thank you so much you know a lot about this business and you are a vet. I will be wrestling soon at a training school I thank you for all this information you installed. 😃😃

I was thinking of using the One wind angel

Currently I’m using a spinning knee strike called the “KILLSHOT” as my finisher. I came up with it awhile ago and really like it because it hasn’t been used much and it looks pretty good when I use it. However, the people I train with think I should use that instead as a setup for a shining wizard (finisher), but so many people have done a shining wizard, and if sold right, the spinning knee strike could be a simple yet well received finishing move. What do you think Quack?

Someone once said, “believability” and “less is more”. He was right!

My finishing move would be a Double Underhook DDT but with a legsweep. It would be called "The Lobotomizer" cause... You know, it damages the head. The only thing the other guy should do is protecting his head with his hands, which I should let go while falling.

Back when I was a yarder believe it or not I got my finisher off a video game.(Tekken 5) anyway my finisher was (and still is) a fireman's carry stunner that i called (At the time) nightmare syndrome. What makes the finisher unique is that not a lot of people have use the move,when I did my research the only one who used the move was a wrestler (lei'D Tapa)

I’m thinking of using one winged angle

Always a big fan of the Gotch style piledriver, but its dangerous if you fuck up. I'd love to use a submission hold just because it would translate well with my background in submission grappling!

Been flirting with the idea of going back to training and these videos are making me wanna go back even more, been thinking about using emerald flowsion

im a teen thats dreaming of becoming a wwe superstar whats the best path for someone like me

In a way I feel the "protected" element ends up negating most of not all of the others. Namely risk factor, complexity, and even adaptability. And this happens because the finisher "has" to be something nobody else would do. I remember seeing a shoot the other day HBK was the butt of, talking about how back in his heyday virtually nobody in the WWE was doing siperkicks and nowadays you've got everybody and their mother throwing out superkicks practically after the first tie up. This kind of thing forces a wrestler to come up with a move so bizarre, so convoluted, and at times so contextually-dependent all to avoid doing something anybody else might pull out as a filler spot. Leg drops, DDTs, hurricanrannas, even long delay vertical suplexes have become so commonplace it's virtually ompossible to put them over as finishers anymore.

Useful as hell

I've got two moves, the OK stunner( spinning torture rack onto stunner) and the German suplex project( German suplex but you maintain the waist lock like a chaos theory and than do a project champa style power bomb)

I want my main finisher to be the TKO, but I’m not very good at lifting people up so I might need to work on that one The sweet chin music as my second finisher. That’s fairly easy so no problem The triangle dropkick as my first signature. I want to use it as a tribute to the first ever wrestler I ever watched, Suicide Anaconda Vice as my last signature to use as a tribute to my favourite wrestler of all time, CM Punk

i’m still young but i plan to be professional wrestler so my finisher is while my opponent is kneeling and i do a bicycle knee strike, also i love the figure 4, and also a diving double foot stomp from the top turnbuckle

I always wanted to go with a torture rack that turns into a cutter kind like a reverse AA

I've always had an interesting idea how my character when I get into wrestling would would have a completely different moveset depending on whether I'm calm or angry. If I'm calm I would do a lot of limb grapples and wear down moves, and when angry be doing wild powerful strike combos and slams. Calm finisher would be some flashy arm or leg submission (still undecided). and my angry finisher would be a gut punch to make them buckle over and an axe kick to the ground as the follow up, and then several stomps to the back. I would be yelling through all the stomps, and the pin. Is this a good idea, or too complex?

Choose more than one finishing move this way if you are injured or sick that night or not able to climb on the top ropes to do a fly and body press it will still look good.

I have this idea for a finisher it’s a reverse full Nelson DDT

the only finisher i havnt seen from wrestlers is walls of jerchol

If I was to ever try and be a pro wrestler, there are three moves that I can think of off the top of my head that I would love to make my Finishing move. The first one was move previously used by Kevin Steen (better known as Kevin Owens) which as then being called the Steenilzer, it's essentially a bridging package powerbomb or piledriver, whichever you prefer to. The second one which I've never seen anyone do before is a twisting Death Valley driver. In the sense that as your doing the move itself you're doing a full 360 degree spin. Another variation on this that would be awesome would be to keep spinning, essentially turing a twisting death valley driver in to a twisting death valley cutter. The third and final one that I would love to do is probably one the most simple moves out there, that being Randy Orton's punt kick. What do you think of these choices?

My finishing move is called the “Big Bang” I’ve got it from how I’m chaotically interested in the solar system, I basically get my opponent on my shoulders, but its how Ryback lifts them up on his shoulders, do a reverse AA, landing them face down while my knee hits their face.

Sweat chin music is my finishing move 😊😊

As someone whose training to be a pro wrestler I’m using something that would be universal, the Pumphandle GTS

Just thought of a move named Jo! Jo! It's a super kick while the opponent is on their knees. Very simple and little margin for error.

Started training recently having my first match in a week my finisher is a lariat to the back of the head called the backcheck. My trainer has taught me to hit it from out of nowhere so I started working on a variation from a fireman’s carry knee which pops his head up ready for the lariat. Variation is also very important to me hopefully it all goes well.

I have this thing where its a kick to the gut but its a fake out and I twist into something kind of like a one footed mule kick

Hi Mike! When naming a move, does it have to make complete sense to your character? Or can you name it something that has a more personal meaning to you?

Actually, I wish wrestlers would bring back the Tickertot. It was a cartwheel with your boot connecting with your opponents head. It has since passed from wrestling to MMA.😞

The Steiner Screwdriver is just my favorite finisher ever lol …just devastating

If you are thinking of a finisher you have to think to yourself am I able to do it on people from all types of weight classes, like having something as a super kick is great because you can do it on someone who severely outweighs you and it's easy to set up, think of someone like Finn Balor who is 200 pounds do you think he could do a power bomb to someone like the big show? No thats why he has a diving attack that doesn't have too much set up and can do it to anyone regardless of weight, submissions are excellent because when we think of submissions we think of Ric Flairs figure four leg lock or Brett Harts Sharpshooter where they can do it on opponents of all different sizes, something as a strike or kick or diving attack or submissions are definitely great to be able to do it on all types of opponents and being able to have a strike or kick you can hit it out of no where, I really appreciate submissions as finishers because they are my ideal finishing maneuvers along with strikes or kicks because it's easier to set up and your able to do it to anyone and being able to do it out of no where to hear the crowd pop is a delight

Ive been a enthusiast of the chokeslam

Missed out on having a Boston Crab you call the Boston Quack.

I'm thinking about becoming a pro wrestler! Would a "Mule kick," or a handstand dropkick be a good finisher?

For my finisher I’m thinking 3 different versions of the cutter on all called the sami Cutter so I’m thinking for the first version a rip-cord cutter 2nd a spring board cutter 3rd version is the Uno Lock it’s a dragon slayer

Hi! I do not wrestle in college or professionally, but I have created my own finisher at home. It's called "1770" . It's kind of a variation of the "Futureshock DDT", but instead of driving the opponent's face into the mat straightaway, I lift the opponent up and then fall down. Please comment on this. Anyone is welcome to do so. I just want to know if it is original, or if someone already has this finisher. Also, if it is original, can you please rate it out of 10?

I have four finishers, but I'm not kinda satisfied. I have a Lifting Rolling Cutter (because i like Cody Rhodes), Fisherman's Lift transitioned into a Emerald Flowsion (because i love Mitsuharu Misawa), Cloverleaf Submission but elevated more while kneeling on the back, and inverted cloverleaf with heel hook. That's all.

9:39 did he accidentally cut the part where he gives the definition of move protection?

To the first point take for example Bailey. Her Bailey To Belly is a simple but over finisher that looks good and gets the crowd to pop. Meanwhile the Rose plant is overly complicated and fumbly and also not that spectacular. I'm sure someone is gonna berate me saying the Rose Plant is their favorite finisher but honestly Bailey should have just stuck to Bailey to Belly.

Can curb stomp be a finisher move in pro wrestling

Garvin stomp is the best finisher of all time

the quacken crab sounds hilarious tho

Can you choose two finishers??

Hey man, I'm thinking about using a sit-out chokebomb as a finisher.what do you think?

What about creating a totally original finisher??

My finisher would be Clothesline from hell. Submission finisher would be crippler cross face

If I was a wrestler for example can I have more than one submission or finisher?

How do I make a finisher a regular move I’ve seen it done

So what is the best finisher in your opinion ?

I know this was old but what is your finisher

Rubicscube but it’s extremely dangerous and I don’t wanna hurt anyone on accident. Do you maybe have som suggestions that are safer but is kinda like that?

Hi Mike, not sure if you'll respond, but I have a question about your archived seminars. I was wondering if they would be downloadable or if the link is reusable, i.e. so it can be watched multiple times, or if there is an expiry on how long the video will be available to view after purchase?

Hey Mike, so I have a question about a conversation I had not too long ago applying to finishers. So I've been trying to perfect a move that I've seen Marty Scurll do called "Black Plague." It's kind of a double underhook twist bomb thing. It's kind of hard to explain. Anyway, there's this other individual who is doing a double underhook DDT as their finish. I asked since we both have the same setup for our moves with both starting in the same underhook position, if I can continue to use the move. She agreed I could. But I was wondering, does that affect anything in terms of what the audience is expecting if that makes any sense? If not, I'll try my best to reword it. Thanks so much.

The walls of jericho is the Boston crab

so lets say if I want to use another wrestlers finisher like the Attitude Adjustment do I need to ask for permission or would I be allowed to use it or do I need to ask for permission to use it?

hi i was thinking that i was gonna do the coup de grace or the rko with the name of the point blank would you have any input on which one would be better with this name?

i have 2 in mind. a diving senton, similar to like shotzi or akira tozawa for example another move i have in mind is literally impossible (probably) on anyone who isn't a cruiserweight, but its the orange crush. i'd want a mix of el generico's speed and kenta kobashi's technique to it. kenta doing it here (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fKuFhrlq3NrdmJ8.html) is quite slow. el generico on the other hand here (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mtiIlrOk3L2Uqas.html) does it fast, but has a weird start. i kinda want to be able to use it unexpectedly, cuz i think having a finisher that doesn't have a lot of set up (rko, stunner, attitude adjustment, etc.) is what makes a finisher great

Hey man I'm from India its possible to become Pro werestler from India

I had to type your channel in and resub. YT unsubbed me from your channel

Hey Mike, I Don't currently recall if you touched base on this in the video but what would you do in a situation where you've come up with a move or a new variation of something and someone asks you if they can use it? Just an hour or so ago I had someone on TikTok ask if they could steal my finisher that I've been using for 11 years called Sleeping Beauty and I mixed on how I feel about it.

Hey Mike I have to ask a question I am 6'3 300 lbs but I'm really athletic for my size and I kinda wanna to a 450 as a finisher I've pulled it off plenty of times but from some of the critics I've heard it's not right for a big man like me to do it any thoughts if need be I can result to the other finisher I use also I can see why cause my stature is more of an Otis but 6'3

So, just a question. First of all I'm still relatively young and long way off to being a Wrestler but I've always wanted to so my question is am I able to use a finisher that someone had used in the past and had retired? We're mostly Talking Brock Lesnar's F5 since it always looked kinda cool and yeah he's relatively young and far off from retirement but by the time I make it to WWE I don't think he's gonna be there since as I said I'm a long way off, but that was my question.

A spearing Damian

Finishing moves have been watered down people kick out with all of them! The only time this shit happened is that a wrestlemania

Lariat = Simple but deadly

Im the future wwe superstar

Or the dko

I love everyone marking out to their own finish in the comments..

My last names Killough it’s pronounced clue basically o I thought of the no Killough

Step one, dont involve your spine.

I feel like a finisher is a lot like a joke. If you need to explain it (I.e the audience can't just intuitively figure it out ) then it's bad.

Wrestling is crap because of things like the concept of finishing moves, absolutely no surprise whatsoever, you know when it's coming, you know the match always ends on a finishing move, it sucks.

I can't be a wrestler due to my back problems but I was wondering would these finishers or should they be Signatures? Noogies of Doom: Grabbed your opponent in a side headlock and give your opponent eight noogies. Then smash his/her face onto your knee.

You are so cute

I am just now becoming a professional wrestler. I am 37 spent time overseas and got hurt while there. And for 10 years i was depressed and hated myself after iraq, everyone i ever brought up the fact my dream was to become a wrestler laughed at me called me a joke and i allowed that to get to me. Now at 37 i have had enough i am persuing my dream i dont want to be famous i dont have any major goals. I just want to have a handful of matches and be able to be proud of myself and have something i can tell my son i was and actually be proud of what ive done. Being a disabled broken soldier isnt something i want my son to know me as. I may have started late BUT THIS BUSSINESS IS MY HEART MY SOUL I NEED THIS AM I BEING STUPID OR SHOULD I CHASE MY DREAMS