The finisher is exactly what it proclaims to be, a final devastating maneuver to put an emphatic end to a hard-fought contest. As such, the finisher becomes intrinsically linked to the wrestler who performs it, growing in status and popularity along with its user.

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However, the road to finding the perfect weapon in one's arsenal is often full of twists and turns with many experimental stages being not the right fit, almost perfect or alongside another move that would fit the character to the tee. That being said, sometimes a move either just needs a tweak or to be replaced entirely.

10 Matt Riddle

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The Original Bro has a bevy of amazing moves to draw on to smoke his foes, with his MMA background making him an expert in submission wrestling and adding a disciplined form to his stiff strikes with his penchant for corkscrew dives and sentons adding dimension to his move set. So why does he choose to end his matches with the modified tombstone known as the Bro Derek?

The Final Flash Knee strike was so beautifully built up in his debut against Kassius Ohno that it could easily take this spot. But the one move that encapsulated Riddle perfectly would be the Bro To Sleep, a bridging German suplex. The name of this move draws immediate comparisons CM Punk's Go To Sleep finisher, a fireman's carry knee strike.

9 Tony Nese

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Tony Nese should have been positioned as the Juggernaut of 205 live, a hulking beast of a man who somehow fits within the parameters of a cruiserweight while still being as breathtaking a high-flyer as anyone else in his division. But he is definitely doing himself a disservice by ending matches with a running knee.

If Nese is attached to the idea of using his knees in his finish, a military press gut-buster or back-breaker would be a brilliant way to show off what makes Nese unique as a performer especially if he can catch his compatriots out of the air.

8 Bayley

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When Bayley turned heel, she made an entire overhaul to her move set. This upped the viciousness that her character had embraced as such the Bayley to belly needed to go as well. That being said her chosen new finisher, the kneeling headlock driver while decently painful looking is a fair bit clunky and awkward as the opponent was already on the floor and only traveling half their body length to the mat. whereas a standing headlock driver requires significantly less setup and could easily be used in a hardcore setting with the opponent being put through tables.

7 The Butcher and the Blade

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On the subject of clunky and awkward, the suplex-backstabber combination used by MJF's hired guns almost always ends with the recipient's legs taking the brunt of the impact. Now if this is done purposely to ensure the safety of the wrestler taking the move then it should stay the way it is, but a powerbomb or spine buster into the aforementioned backstabber would achieve the desired effect in a more visually appealing fashion with the latter being a callback to Arn Anderson's spine buster.

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This would be appropriate as The Butcher and the Blade's first target, Cody has been using the enforcer as something of a mentor as of late.

6 Kevin Owens

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While yes, Kevin Owens did receive an endorsement from Stone Cold himself to use the stunner. That begs the question of how often KO will warrant comparisons to the Rattlesnake? Being compared to one of the greatest of all time certainly isn't a bad thing but Owens should strive for a move to make his own. Using the package piledriver as only a super finisher to be summoned once every few years would solidify the move's iconic nature and avoid the potential injury associated with it, but the inverted F5 used by Owens once in a blue moon could be a more permanent solution

5 Pentagon Jr.

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Lucha Underground's greatest gift to American wrestling, Pentagon Jr., should be far more than one point of a Death Triangle. While there's nothing inherently wrong with the fear factor piledriver, it's perfect for tandem moves with Fenix. Pentagon's hammerlock armbar could and should be one of the most dangerous moves in AEW.

Once used as a reason to write a character off television for weeks the move was shrugged off by the Young Bucks in disappointing fashion. Be that as it may, the rise of Death Triangle provides the perfect opportunity for someone to be put on the kayfabe shelf with the limb snapping move.

4 Velveteen Dream

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The Sartorial Superstar savors superficial satire, so spoofing signatures shouldn't surprise anyone who has followed his career. A long-winded attempt at alliteration aside, from his wearing Marina Shafir on his crotch to dawning a feather boa and getting Hogan's leg drop over in 2018, Velveteen Dream's penchant for mind games knows no bounds.

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So it's an uncharacteristically missed opportunity that a move named Purple Rainmaker isn't an Okada style ripcord lariat. Not only would the move be a thinly veiled potshot at the competition that the meta-contextual Dream would relish in but it would also cleanse his move set of the elbow drop that Kairi Sane has turned into a spectacle.

3 Daniel Bryan & Drew Gulak

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Before they inevitably split and got back to tearing the house down the world over, the super worker duo should absolutely develop a tag team submission finisher. The two mat maestros could very easily stretch an opponent into capitulation with a slick tandem maneuver that if protected properly could become a submission equivalent to the Dudley Death Drop.

2 Naomi

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This one is an almost redundant entry. The relatively ridiculous Rearview is already being phased out by Naomi's phenomenal split-legged moonsault and innovative leg trap armbar, both of which showcase her flexibility and athleticism. Now running face-first into someone's chiseled behind might hurt somewhat, but the fact that Naomi is capable of so much more means the move should go the way of the Diva era.

1 Damian Preist

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They should have Velveteen Dream using the Rainmaker as a parody of NJPW's finest feels in character, considering the Tough Enough standout is known for such brazen meme-baiting exploits. What doesn't feel thematic is having Damian Priest whose character is that of a hedonistic bruiser seeking infamy and immortality steal the finish of the creative force behind WWE's biggest competition in decades. Politics aside, Priest's cyclone roundhouse looks far more devastating and exemplifies his reach and stopping power far more than the Reckoning ever could.

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