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10 Secret Genius Details Behind Wrestling Finishers - Steve Austin's Stunner! Cody's Cross Rhodes! Chris Jericho's Judas Effect! JBL's Clothesline From Hell?!

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🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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You can't escape Kenny Omega's fireman's carry...but you can escape the One-Winged Angel. Simon Miller presents 10 Secret Genius Details Behind Wrestling Finishers...


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0:00.0

You gotta have a good finishing move in wrestling.

0:11.6

If you don't fans get mad and more importantly, come up with one people love and you can build

0:16.2

your entire career around it and why the hell not, keep it simple stupid.

0:20.6

There's plenty of these around today but some do ignore that last bit, instead of being

0:24.6

straightforward, they have been born out of some serious thinking.

0:28.4

I'm Simon from WhatCulture, please do smash that subscribe button and this is 10 secret

0:32.9

genius details behind wrestling finishes.

0:36.2

10. Kenny Omega's One-Wing Angel

0:38.5

Aside from being one hell of a move, Kenny Omega basically just drops people right on their head.

0:42.8

It's how this came together which will put a smile on your face, especially if you're a

0:46.9

video game nerd like me. Absolutely drowning in mentions to Final Fantasy, including representing

0:51.9

the One-Wing of Sephiroth as Omega sets his move up with one hand, it's how wrestlers also

0:56.5

use this to their advantage that has made it so good. Knowing that if Kenny hits this that's

1:00.7

probably the end, unless your name is Couture Abushi, we have seen plenty of performers shine rather

1:05.5

than be finished off. John Moxie went nuts with his fists when he was perched on Omega's shoulders,

1:09.7

pack hit the most ludicrous reverse ever, and a card awayved his magic wand and the things

1:13.8

that only a card can do. The way we build to this rocks too, as Omega has to apply this from behind,

1:18.9

he works over his opponents back and next so when it's time, up they go. So serious thought has

1:23.9

gone into this, and it looks like it can kill you. Number 9 Kazuchika Akada's Rainmaker

1:29.7

One of the reasons why Omega vs Akada got the love it did is why they both kick off this list.

1:34.7

They put a lot of thought into every single detail, including their ending move.

1:39.6

It's ridiculous to begin with that the multiple time IWGP champion got a short arm

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