Real Reason Why These WWE Superstars Changed Their Finisher

[@yakumoyomi5765]

Really classy of HHH to change his finisher to the Pedigree just because DDP politely asked him to.

[@jrbudoybudoy]

Paul really is a classy guy if you ignore the Chyna thing

[@tubbymontana7090]

@@jrbudoybudoyno one can blame hhh for choosing Stephanie over Chyna you’re lying if you said you wouldn’t

[@jrbudoybudoy]

@@tubbymontana7090 yeah I don't blame him for that as well

[@DamonSlater]

​@@tubbymontana7090 No one's blaming but just a shitty thing to do. Plus he should have had the balls to tell chyna that it wasn't working out and to end it rather than just going behind her back.

[@C0C0.MALICE]

​@@jrbudoybudoy Katie Vick?

[@Sunstreaker2k5]

'Two top stars having the same move would have been awkward' -- Uh, the Spear would like to have a word.....

[@michael7054]

Yeah lol Edge, Roman Reigns, Goldberg lol

[@Sunstreaker2k5]

@@michael7054 Bron Breakker, Jey Uso, Lashley, Batista, Rhyno…..

[@michael7054]

@@Sunstreaker2k5 lol yeah

[@KingRapz13]

Bret Hart's Sharpshooter Sting's Scorpion Deathlock... DDP= Diamond Cutter Cody Rhodes = Cody Cutter Randy Orton= RKO Stone Cold=Stunner KO= Stunner Razor Ramon= Razors edge Damien Priest= Razors edge and also South of Heaven which is basically....... (Had to come back) Undertaker= Tombstone, Chokeslam Kane= Tombstone, Chokeslam Big Show= Chokeslam

[@juanspears5567]

Super kick called too

[@DaddyFutbol]

Sadly the superkick has been so watered down

[@doootheytho9821]

Agreed.. I hate it so much now

[@Cooljohn760]

Shawn Micheals was the only one that was good. Everyone else is boring.

[@goldenwolf8081]

Shawn made the superkick iconic, imo tho the usos are the ones that milked it.

[@anthonylshearman6122]

The Young Bucks do a "Super Kick Party".... They milked it more than anyone

[@KTF0]

I still like it 😂🤷‍♂️ Still looks cool to me

[@Arizona77549]

Best decision in HBK's life...💔

[@lexkanyima2195]

Thanks to Pat Patterson

[@corbinselanne7990]

@zanethind Dean still uses the move as Jon Moxley, only he's renamed the move 'Paradigm Shift'

[@Prossdog]

Yeah I remember when he first went I into singles and he used the teardrop suplex a few times and thinking “well that was kinda lame.” I honestly don’t think he would’ve made it as far as he did if he hadn’t switched to the super kick.

[@paladin181]

I don't know. I LOVED the way he did that teardrop suplex. It was almost like a modified Angle Slam (before there was an Angle Slam). I was disappointed to see it change. As a kid who was watching that happen, it really turned me off Shawn Michaels as a fan.

[@JerseyJeff84]

Even as a young fan in the early 90s, I knew that tear-drop suplex was a terrible finisher. Him changing it probably saved his career.

[@billyc2493]

And his back too.

[@FonkedUpProductions]

I used to think he was winning with a regular move. The announcers didn't even sell it

[@ashtonkusher433]

Imagine Shawn saying “thank you I love you” then hitting ric with a tear drop suplex “/

[@lexkanyima2195]

It was a bit of a angle slam

[@dannygonzales3331]

😂😂😂😂

[@michael7054]

Shawn Michaels old finishing move was in the WWF Royal Rumble and WWF Raw video games on Sega Genesis though. Great video!

[@desertraider8628]

Heck yeah ,I remember that !

[@michael7054]

@desertraider8628 Yeah I loved those games! Acclaim made them I think.

[@desertraider8628]

@@michael7054 yupp exactly.those games were awesome and it was before the Nintendo 64 games which were great as well

[@michael7054]

@desertraider8628 Yes they were!!!

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Honorable mention: Nikki Bella. She had a finisher called The Rack Attack, a torture rack backbreaker. However, due to the effect the move had on her neck which resulted in her neck surgery, she changed her finisher to a TKO and called it The Rack Attack 2.0.

[@SolaryFlames1]

Jesus Christ is coming repent and turn to Christ while you can ❤❤❤

[@ShaneDouglas713]

Yup, Great Decision

[@S.O.M-l5i]

Also her knees.

[@Leanzazzy]

I thought she would attack her opponents' racks 😈 Ah, I miss the old Bra & Panties matches of the early 2000s (I think it was called the Attitude Era?)

[@chris_t2020]

I discovered Shawn did the suplex in the past due to WWF Royal Rumble for the SNES.

[@michael7054]

I think WWF Raw video game after that too.

[@TheJStale]

Don't forget Orton used to use the Overdrive as a finisher before the RKO. He called it the O-Zone.

[@ScoobySnacks7]

That's what I thought they were gonna bring up lol

[@Wurzelknecht]

Man, the Overdrive was basically what was left in the "pick your beginniner-Finisher"-basket that seemingly everyone in the 2000s got before they found something better. Of the top of my head I remember Orton, Rico and MVP using it. Never looked good. Never caught on. Why did they continue to give it to people?

[@dtanobo]

Actually such a bad finisher lol

[@dmt_world]

It's a shame he had to drop it since the Overdrive is so much cooler than the RKO and the Punt Kick

[@dtanobo]

@@dmt_world troll comment for sure lmao

[@BDESal]

They also didn’t want kids imitating the punt kick or the curb stonp

[@stevenpagnani7005]

They still imitate moves.

[@najmussaqib7055]

I used the punt kick against my friend when I was in school. Although I was careful enough that it didn't hurt him one bit.

[@Hitomora]

​@@najmussaqib7055it's different for some kids that haven't realized that Wrestling is scripted and Orton wasn't making actual contact with his opponent

[@justsayin._.]

Yeah, think of the children! Anyway, heres a bunch of gay jokes n half naked divas

[@CarolinaSportz]

@BDESal Yeah because kids NEVER imitate wrestling moves...

[@ianfeuerhake1859]

Superkick turned Patterson on more than a suplex

[@WolfsBane__3]

Patterson beat off to sweet chin music 😺🎶

[@itsladytruth]

Right

[@kenterminateddq5311]

DAMN! ​@@WolfsBane__3😅

[@modponsan1618]

thought the same thing 😭😭😭😭

[@Chichimee]

He patted his Patterson to it

[@DamonSlater]

I had no idea DDP and Triple H were friends back in 97. I know H worked at WCW but didn't know he and Dallas were that close.

[@tomseville2345]

It was in '94 in WCW when they met, they stayed friends after "Jean-Paul Levesque" jumped ship and became "Hunter Hearst Helmsley"; this story is from around '95, which is why Hunter started using the Pedigree within around a month of his debut, and the early Cutter finish is a trivia point for videos like this; they just used a famous '97 Nitro Diamond Cutter clip here to illustrate the point...

[@JoeFlanagan-ii9mb]

Jon Moxley/Dean ambrose has used a better version of the dirty deeds/paradigm shift outside of his time in WWE. In this version, he hooks up his opponents shoulders just like he normally does, however instead of dropping them immediately on their heads he lifts his opponent off the mat, and drops them on their heads.

[@jessisanchez8150]

If Hogan compressed his spine from using the leg drop from a standing position, just imagine Matt Hardy if he woulda kept if from high flying positions 😖

[@Hitomora]

Matt's spine actually started to fuse with his hips at one point and needed to undergo surgery to correct it

[@hfield07]

Don't need to imagine have you seen Matt in the last few years when he was with aew? Dude can barely move

[@Bockwursty]

Cent defending the F-U is funny, since the f-U is freaking similar to the f5

[@rockthahouse1]

That --- kinda was the point of the FU lol. He started using it during the feud with Lesnar back in 04(?).

[@antbojo]

Yes, the name came from one of those really slow raps he used to do back in the day. I think it was the same promo he made fun of Brocks tattoo that he said "you got the F5 and mines called the FU"

[@SnipingIsFun]

​@@rockthahouse1 2003

[@almightyfredder]

Another things that wasn't mentioned about the pedigree is that HHH tried it in house shows as a double underhook tombstone type move. The problem with that was that the 2nd or so wrestler it was done on injured his neck so he adjusted it into the pedigree we're all familiar with.

[@luisridez9219]

Did Shamus dirty 😂😂 2:01

[@Hillbillabeast]

Legendary shot 😂

[@kenterminateddq5311]

What Wrestlelamia didn't mentioned about Randy Orton was that the third-generation wrestler formerly used the top-rope cross-body and the awful Overdrive as finishers in the early days of his career. But I thought Orton's cross-body was as graceful as my wrestling hero, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat.

[@shadowcaptaincain]

I think they should allow Orton to punt kick in special circumstances. Like if he gets a match against Jacob Fatu or Solo Sikoa, and he is going to win, let him land the punt kick for all the trouble he has had with the Bloodline, and injuring him.

[@vaibhavdixit2822]

Sometimes I feel that if Cena had not become popular in Hollywood, he would have been the next Hogan for sure. But thank God he has changed and is better than anyone.

[@michael7054]

There wasn't as many good wrestlers in Hulk Hogans time. That's why he was so popular though.

[@studentNEET319]

​@michael7054the guy could wrestle tho

[@Sstucash]

@@michael7054 Really? Undertaker, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Yokozuna, Mr Perfect, Ricky The Dragon Steamboat?

[@michael7054]

@Sstucash I mean in the 1980s. There was Randy savage and ultimate warrior and some others but they were never as popular as hulk Hogan. Hulk Hogan was the most popular professional wrestler of the 1980s. It says that right on Wikipedia. That was hulk hogans prime and peak of popularity. The 1980s.

[@Sstucash]

@@michael7054 Hulk Hogan being the most popular does not meen those other wrestlers were not good.

[@thommoeuth6118]

I remembered using HBK on NES Royal Rumble. It was called the sling shot suplex

[@VeritasAbsoluta]

Matt Hardy did not use the leg drop as a finisher, he used the Twist Of Fate. I can remember watching WWF/E every week back then and shaking my head every time Matt did that leg drop, went for a pin, then got kicked out at 2.

[@ag806]

Cena is a prick. LA Knight has the same problem as Ambrose used to. Cant take him seriously unless he changes that crappy finisher.

[@alnsng]

You forgot to mention the “Codebreaker” for Chris Jericho

[@TheSinlessAssassin]

I'm glad Priest changed his finisher. His version of the Cross Rhoades didn't look that impactful.

[@silverchairx]

The lionsault is one of the coolest looking finishing moves

[@bernie7384]

Cena didn’t want a similar finisher to his but the F-U is based on the F-5🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KillerOrangeCat]

Shawn Michaels was actually using the piledriver for a little while before switching to the super kick. He went from teardrop suplex to piledriver to super kick.

[@WrestlingFigurineCreations]

8:24 why would you show him doing it to warrior when talking about how deadly it is😂

[@TheVampireAzriel]

It was good execution, just poor (no) selling 😅

[@RainniteGaming]

I forget who said it, but there was a superstar that said it’s important to have a finishing move. You can do on any other superstar.

[@kingwokester7324]

I actually loved Dean Ambrose’s old headlock driver Dirty Deeds. It was just so unique and new to me back in the day. How many times we’ve seem somebody do a Double-Arm DDT?

[@xtacy6044]

Mick Foley's finisher was the double arm ddt, except with Mankind he used the mandible claw

[@Kyllinge]

Even though I couldn't recall ever seeing it, I knew Shawn's original finisher was a side suplex. (which is what it was called, not a tear drop) This is because in an old WWF video game, that had Shawn in the lineup, had him using it as the finisher in the game. Re-watched the ladder match between him and Bret where he was still using it as his finisher, while the crescent kick was still only the lead up move.

[@ErikLarson-l9k]

And here I thought the part on Orton would be about him changing from the Overdrive, with the simple reasoning being “It’s a terrible-looking move” ;)

[@syndrac6254]

Somewhere in an alterate universe. "Triple H slithering in the ring." "WATCH OUT! WATCH OUT! RKOOOOOOOOO!"

[@GAM3OVR1]

Damien should've kept 'The Reckoning' at least as a signature move. It was better than the 'Cross Rhodes' in my opinion and Damien didn't have to hit 3 of em to finish a match

[@gezeo750]

5:19...AND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA!!

[@krisblackthorharris89]

That's how it's always been since the 80's to change your finisher along with your style,attire and music to create the perfect wrestling storyline and career

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

I love how Joey Mercury is the one to tell Mox, since he did a Butterfly DDT.

[@anitheroxtar]

Just like the Superkick being nerfed, I feel the same for DDT, a great devastating-looking move should have been strictly used as a finisher and not be used randomly.

[@maritalturnip8344]

Also sweet chin music, rko, and brogue kick impressive when they hit it on people in mid air.

[@hapafenix2650]

In regards to Cena telling Tyler Reks that he needed to stop using the burning hammer, one of the things thats never talked about is that happened not too long before Brock Lesnar made his return to the company. Arguably at a time where the only people aware of brocks return would be the top brass and the top talent that would be working with him when he first came back. I would argue that the burning hammer as Reks would deliver it (which usually saw his opponent flipped over and land in a DDT like position as opposed as the traditional death valler driver) looked more like an F5 than the AA.

[@jainthan7264]

Early version of the stroke from Jeff jarret in TNA He did it before the miz. Correct me if I’m wrong.

[@FlynynFennel]

The stroke came before the breakdown

[@jainthan7264]

@@FlynynFennel oh there you go then

[@edricabsin]

When you showed Randy, I was expecting the switch from Overdrive to RKO 😂

[@tomseville2345]

Jeff Jarrett and Brian Christopher used the "Front Russian Legsweep" as a finisher in the WWF before Jericho. Kanyon/Mortis and Johnny Swinger used it in WCW and ECW. Jarrett used it more prominently in WCW in 1999-2001 as "The Stroke"...

[@jasonseipler2665]

Old-- "Ba-dink, ba-doo, ba-dink, ba-doo..." New-- "Biddly-biddly-biddly-boo!"

[@superconnor1054]

Youngs bucks & Usos ruined the sweet chin music

[@aaronzalewski7566]

That was a smart move by Matt Hardy. I remember watching him do that leg drop, and would think of what Hogan said, and thought “man…. his tailbone and lower back gotta be just fucked!!” That’s a move where it’s cool and all, but not cool enough for the risk that is involved.

[@Y2Jerms]

Priests version looks better than Cody's

[@the_shortski6053]

I think that the arm swing adds to it. It's that extra anticipation.

[@Y2Jerms]

@@the_shortski6053 yea. His and test's version was a lot smoother. Cody's looks clunky.

[@the_shortski6053]

@Y2Jerms Yeah, it's probably that Cody keeps hold of the arm during the anticipation, so it looks a bit stiff.

[@Y2Jerms]

@@the_shortski6053 sounds about right.

[@PapaSean_Go]

Watching Matt Hardy do a leg drop off the cage broke MY back.

[@suoquainen]

I think Ken Anderson had the most spectacular finisher in mainstream wrestling. I only remember one other wrestler doing a similar move like The Green Bay Plunge from the second or top rope...Shane Mercer with his Moonsault & Battery.

[@thomaslatraille9629]

I must be remembering something from an alternate timeline. I could have sworn HBK said he switched to SCM because he wanted a finisher he could do to everyone, because he couldn't suplex the Super heavyweights..

[@fergalstackstreams]

The superkick was always kind of Shawn's finisher off and on. He would beat jobbers with the suplex, but against other Superstars it was usually the kick as the finish. After the Teardrop Suplex, he also tried the top rope elbow and a piledriver for a while before settling permanently on the superkick.

[@doodoomode7370]

Not an elbow drop it was a forearm smash off the top

[@robertogomez2932]

Tripple H is a real one for giving up the cutter for DDP.

[@imdanumber1]

8:48 I’ll never forget when Orton dropped the blade for Cena’s dad and he used it to get color after getting kicked in the head 😭😭

[@joseestrada5967]

I know I’m getting old when you brought Orton and I went straight the Overdrive move he’d use pre Evolution time

[@StevenCavanaugh]

Calling that a "Burning Hammer" is incredibly generous.

[@bromeethere]

i remember seeing codebreaker and RKO was in the top 10 finishers of all time in 2013. number 1 was "Rated" RKO

[@DayJay-rh2tr]

This why I love the video games we can still use and see these moves some matches are better then then the real thing

[@brendanlee8844]

Randy orton actually had a different finisher before the RKO. I thought that’s the move they were gunna talk about but he did have a different finisher before the RKO.

[@mykoniichistorychannel]

The OverDrive.

[@rickjames2.0]

I remember Shawn trying the piledriver for a minute there too

[@doootheytho9821]

Yeah I can’t remember what game it was that I had on sega but I do remember hbk having a finisher back then on that game that was named the side suplex which always confused me lol. Glad he changed it tho

[@michael7054]

WWF Royal Rumble and WWF Raw both

[@doootheytho9821]

@@michael7054 that’s it! It was royal rumble thanks for that bro

[@michael7054]

@doootheytho9821 he had it in WWF Raw too. The last LJN game.

[@doootheytho9821]

@@michael7054 right, I just never owned that game. I think the next wwf game I owned after that would’ve been wwf warzone which was on the ps1 and wcw vs the world or something like that. Either way he had sweet chin music as his finisher by the time warzone was out

[@michael7054]

@doootheytho9821 yeah. I like WWF Raw better than WWF Royal Rumble video game though. That's why I said that.

[@IXIKAYAKOxSAEKIIXI]

Smaller wrestlers usually go with a safety net for putting out bigger opponents

[@hhh2hbk4dx]

What about Undertakers Devils Triangle or Triangle Choke?

[@venomgaming7014]

Actually, HBK always used the sweet chin music as a finisher, but he’d follow it up with the teardrop suplex.

[@jeffk.9075]

I do remember him using it when he was in the Rockers. I think he and Jannety used to hit a double superkick. But I don't think it was his main finisher, or even used as a finisher by him then.

[@Paulthompson9942]

Tyler Reks used a bastardisation of the burning hammer, the only person to do it correctly was Kenta Kobashi and he only used it very occasionally because it is probably the most dangerous move in wrestling history

[@howamidriving27]

Skull Crushing finale and Cross Roads are honestly dumb finishers anyway

[@aaronzalewski7566]

I’m glad Triple H switched his finisher lol, because especially with him getting bigger the more he was in the industry and looked much more like a bodybuilder, and the pedigree was one of my favorite finishers.

[@mysteryman0216]

I’m pretty sure another reason Vince banned the stomp was because he thought that it’d be easy for kids to replicate the dangerous move

[@michaellee4276]

It's also associated with violent street fights and Mafia enforcers. So if a kid did it copying WWE, it would look really bad. Especially with the original Curb Stomp name.

[@Kingofb0ngstyle]

It's a racial issue. Since it has been used in hate crime murders. Ever watched American History X?

[@leongonzalez4404]

Tbh Randy can bring the punt kick back now it’s very much needed in his matches and could elevate him to a heel and title run at the same time especially if he performs it on Cody to ignite or win the championship once again

[@robertdaniels-lane7321]

The superkick is overused and isn’t even enjoyable anymore. 😭

[@jaimereupert4247]

When Oba Femi makes his main roster debut, he'll have to replace his "Fall From Grace pop-up powerbomb" finisher. (Because Kevin Owens already uses it as a second finisher.)

[@Emanuel_careyWX-WRI]

8:41 Randy’s first finisher was goofy, if I’m remembering correctly.. leg over head, hook the arm. It was goofy. 9:59 definitely wasn’t thinking that. I was thinking debut finisher

[@Jeyismynamelol]

The thumbnail is crazy

[@NitroRalph]

How

[@starbéreux]

Are you a real person or..?

[@Jeyismynamelol]

I'm real my name is jey and yea

[@dannygonzales3331]

Orton using the Overdrive was always funny to watch

[@sithsoldier98]

Man HBK Teardrop suplex was one of my favorite finishers

[@2stonedplaya]

KO deff getting that Punt when Randy comes back lol

[@smithmeister]

Tyler Reks' genetic jackhammer got chopped off and burnt.

[@king_koopa1017_2]

4:58 you mean she

[@chaser_allelujah3005]

Shawn Michaels should be awarded $1000 each time the Super Kick/Sweet Chin Music is used. And yes, I’m looking at you Usos 😂😂😂😂

[@ShockerTopper]

I'll always remember HBK used the Tear Drop Suplex because of the Monday Night Raw game haha...what a classic. That was the first wrestling game I ever played, I didn't play Royal Rumble and wrestlemania (not to be confused with the terrible 'arcade' style fighting game) until after that. Classic haha.

[@Ken9284]

You should do a list like this with wrestlers using good finishers and switched to terrible finishers.

[@jimbuckley2862]

I thought HBKs initial finisher before the Sweet Chin Music was a Figure Four Leglock?

[@waynecarter2169]

Rollins being stopped from using the Curb Stomp because it could lead to too many concussions, but then using other moves that involve smacking a guy's head into the floor is 100% Vince logic 🤦🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Sularus92]

Y2J: Running Bulldog--> Lionsault-->BREAK IT DOWN! Walls of Jericho!!! Best three 'peat of moves with impact done with velocity, accuracy, and above all, believability. (Edit) Razors Edge and Kryptontite Crunch are the best finishers ever for singles. With a chair...Van Daminator/Van Terminator

[@BigRedRacer]

So no mention of Orton using the Overdrive

[@Dr_1212]

Super kick Party 😎👍

[@robertyoung6167]

Yet another reason to hate Cena. How can you complain about a move looking too similar to your own when the FU was just a plagiarised F5

[@Metallizombie]

I find it hard to imagine in the current climate that Priest would admit switching the move for Cody

[@jasmith85]

Cena once a prick always a prick. He will always have a mark against his name burying talent, crying to vince on and on. He was the modern day of the Hogan.

[@jasondouglas152]

Teardrop suplex was awesome, wish hed kept it as a lead up to super kick

[@joeperry2065]

HBK called his suplex the slingshot suplex. Or at least thats what Vince would call it on commentary

[@khenee-du5bv]

These made them able to take down anyone with any weight

[@ZicoDaniel1128]

5:33 that's just not fair. You cant have one wrestler throwing commands at another wrestler as if theyre in charge

[@Libbawittz]

Burning hammer >>>> aa/f-u

[@Wurzelknecht]

Can't believe that "Cena didn't want a move similar to the Attitude Adjustment" theory. From all we know, Cena is a good guy, and saying something petty like that to a new guy, when he himself started doing the FU to mock Brock Lesnar's F5, and also poached the Code Red, the STF, the Fameasser and the Blue Thunder Driver over the course of his career, would be such a cunt-move that it feels out of character for him. I think he just generally believed that the move was too dangerous for a green guy and that he would hurt somebody with it sooner or later. That's still patronizing, but it feels more like something John would do.

[@donovanbradford8231]

while full nelson face buster or skull crushing finale looks great, Jericho's looked awkward probably because even with lifts he's a short guy and you need to be at least same size as your opponent if your hooking them like that. Also a Razor's Edge power bomb not impactful enough...BS. The crowd was either dumping in Sheamus or they were afraid he'd hurt someone because he would occasionally do that.

[@johnwebb4499]

Don't attack with your back while leaping off the turnbuckle. And don't leg drop a ladder into someone. Hurts the attacker more.

[@hfield07]

While that move didn't hurt anyone rollins had a rough run of hurting opponents early on

[@davidmurray6949]

It was his move on that sega royal rumble ( teardrop suplex)