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* [[JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]] with the Clothesline from Hell was '''not''' [[CallASmeerpARabbit an example of this trope]] because it was a lariat, a much more violent evolution of the clothesline popularized by Stan Hansen...until he started using a [[PlayedStraight diving clothesline instead.]]

* Damien Sandow, the "intellectual savior of the masses", has a finisher called the Terminus. (Ter-min-OOSE). It's a neckbreaker he does by crossing his opponent's arms over their head and neck, and standing back to back, he drops down with a neckbreaker. Steven (William) Regal possibly used this move as the Regal Cutter as well. Sandow's is a little different as he rolls backward as soon as he lands, which is supposed to make it different enough somehow. It has a name? It's a match ender.

* Zach Rider's finisher is a leg lariat he calls the rough rider, though he does jump higher than needed, similar to when Dough Basham would use it, but Dough's wasn't as guaranteed to end matches because it wasn't named.
* Chris Masters could get away with finishing people with the full nelson by having it booked as unbreakable and dubbed the master lock.
* Trish Stratus at one point used a regular headlock bulldog as a finishing move. She called it the "Trish Dog". She later upgraded to a more impressive spring board version called the Stratus faction.
* Orlando Jordan once won a match with a series of punches dubbed the Orlando Jordan shuffle. They were usually just a spot he was known for than a match ended though.
* Michael Mcgilicutty won matches with a running neck breaker he called the Mcgilicutter.
* Damien Sandow, the "intellectual savior of the masses", has a finihser called the Terminus. (Ter-min-OOSE). It's a neckbreaker he does by crossing his opponent's arms over their head and neck, and standing back to back, he drops down with a neckbreaker. Steven (William) Regal possibly used this move as the Regal Cutter as well. Sandow's is a little different as he rolls backward as soon as he lands, which is supposed to make it different enough somehow. It has a name? It's a match ender.

*** To be more fair, a straight punch can be one of the most devastating strikes there is. Its just not as showy as most finishers.

* Michael Mcgilicutty won matches with a running neck breaker he called the Mcgilicutter.

* Chris Masters could get away with finishing people with the full nelson by having it booked as unbreakable and dubbed the master lock.

** Paul Wight's original finisher (as the Giant in WCW and for a small while as Show) was a chokeslam...a longtime setup move for both The Undertaker and Kane.

*** Unless, of course, your name is {{Sheamus}}. Then you can have Orton punt you in the head and [[MadeOfIron come back basically at full strength within a few days.]]

* Relatedly, when Bryan Danielson was the Ring of Honor World Champion, he actually got the Small Package over as a legitimate finishing maneuver. For a while, his inside cradle was considered unbreakable, and therefore a guaranteed victory. This didn't last, of course--in big-time matches, after about 30 minutes, one of the easiest ways to put Danielson's opponent over as a truly worthy opponent was to simply have him kick out of this small package.

In the older days of wrestling, finishing moves were pretty much anything not a headlock. Shawn Michaels used a superkick called Sweet Chin Music for a finishing move. Other wrestlers today use a superkick as a transitional, or a set-up, move. None of them will EVER get a pinfall with it... but Shawn can, because he's given it a Name of Power.

* The DDT is a very basic move that happens just about every match today. [[JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] used to use it as a finisher and it was sold as extremely powerful (it was downright chilling to see TheUndertaker NoSell Jake's DDT ''twice in one match''), but everyone and their grandmothers uses it these days. Randy Orton has his own version where he hooks the legs of his opponent over the middle rope, elevating the opponent completely horizontally before delivering the DDT. This is sometimes referred to as the IEDDT, after the storyline where Randy (kayfabely) revealed he had IED.
* More DDT's: Raven with the Evenflow DDT, Tommy Dreamer with the Dreamer DDT, and more recently, Drew [=McIntryre=] (on WWE SmackDown) with an as-yet-unnamed double underhook DDT. They're pushing him as a big star, so wait for a name to show up for it.

* JBL with the Clothesline from Hell was '''not''' [[CallASmeerpARabbit an example of this trope]] because it was a lariat, a much more violent evolution of the clothesline popularized by Stan Hansen...until he started using a [[PlayedStraight diving clothesline instead.]]
* [[DwayneJohnson The people's elbow]] is basically an elbow drop with a whole lot of setup, and was sometimes used as a finisher (he had other finishers).
* How can the Big Show win matches as soon as he lands one punch? Because it's not a punch, it's a "big right hand"!

* Parodied by Sting and The Rock, who stick the same adjective on any move, making it that much more powerful. The Stinger Splash, the People's Elbow, etc.
* The Atomic Legdrop. "Immortal" or not, Hogan's finisher is a move that nobody else in history has gotten a "legitimate" pin with.

** That's to say nothing of the Punt, which is a running KickThemWhenTheyAreDown to the side of the head. Not only do most people not get up after a Punt, it's usually a signal that they [[PutOnABus won't be back on TV for a while.]]

*** Unless, of course, your name is {{Sheamus.}} Then you can have Orton punt you in the head and [[MadeOfIron come back basically at full strength within a few days.]]

* In TNA or Impact Wrestling or whatever the hell they're calling themselves these days, James Storm uses a super kick as a finisher. It is, of course, named the Last Call, as part of his "beer drinking cowboy" gimmick (lifestyle?)

* Scotty 2 Hotty had quite possibly one of the most extreme examples of this. His finisher was called The Worm. He would simply face-buster or bulldog the opponent, and then...dance for a good ten seconds, including the long worm move, stand up, and drop a chop to their chest/neck area. Nobody knows why he didn't just use that bulldog as a finisher since it could apparently keep his opponent down for as long as he wanted it to.

* The DDT is a very basic move that happens just about every match today. Jake "The Snake" Roberts used to use it as a finisher and it was sold as extremely powerful (it was downright chilling to see TheUndertaker NoSell Jake's DDT ''twice in one match''), but everyone and their grandmothers uses it these days. Randy Orton has his own version where he hooks the legs of his opponent over the middle rope, elevating the opponent completely horizontally before delivering the DDT. This is sometimes referred to as the IEDDT, after the storyline where Randy (kayfabely) revealed he had IED.

* If JeffHardy uses a stunner, it's flashy and powerful, but nowhere near a match winner. When StoneColdSteveAustin does it... Then it's a STONE COLD STUNNER!

** It appears to be called The Scot Drop.
*** Actually its Future Shock. The Scot Drop was his finisher back in the FCW.
* JBL with the Clothesline from Hell is '''not''' an example of this trope because it's a lariat, a much more violent evolution of the clothesline popularized by Stan Hansen.
** Are you sure? I would say it might well be an example of this, unless you're saying the Lariat is a Name of Power unto itself...

* JBL with the Clothesline from Hell is '''not''' an example of this trope because it's a lariat, a much more violent evolution of the clothesline popularized by Stan Hansen

* DragonGate veteran Genki Horiguchi can win matches with a backslide, of all moves. His "Backslide from Hell" (or Heaven, if he's a face) is almost an afterthought when used by anyone else.

* More DDT's: Raven with the Evenflow DDT, Tommy Dreamer with the Dreamer DDT, and more recently, Drew McIntryre (on WWE SmackDown) with an as-yet-unnamed double underhook DDT. They're pushing him as a big star, so wait for a name to show up for it.

* Alright, I'll say it. The Atomic Legdrop. "Immortal" or not, Hogan's finisher is a move that nobody else in history has gotten a "legitimate" pin with.
** Wrong! King Of The Ring 1993. Yokozuna beat the Hulkster for the WWF Championship with that very same move. Hulk wasn't seen in the company for years after that.