10 Most Protected WWE Finishing Moves Ever

Protecting your finisher is important

Otherwise, it's not a finisher. Oh my gosh, we've entered a paradox

It has been a constant chat among fans, though, and how a wrestler's final move these days has moved away from that

And do not forget that it's solely down to The Rock and Steve Austin. They proved how well it would work at WrestleMania 17

We never looked back. Let us celebrate those stars who have gone out of their way to do this, though

because hello, I am signed from WhatCulture. That hello was way too over the top

Please do subscribe. This is the 10 most protected WWE finishers. Number 10, the KOD

Never forget how terrifying this is. If you are taking Bianca Belair's finisher

you have to be hurled into the air before your face comes crashing into the match

I'm amazed more people don't go to their knees on this. Somebody once described it as a cross between

John Cena's AA and a burning hammer, which I quite like. Well, thank goodness it's not like the latter

Be warned, it is terrifying. Belair has this down to a T now as well, which does tie in

It looks so impactful that if everybody was kicking out, it would suck

I get some people breaking it up, but if you've got no friends, that's it. You're done

Bianca has done this to everybody too, from Oscar to Piper Niven, so it doesn't matter who you are

And it really does stand out. And the reason to keep it special, because it is

Number nine, the punt kick. Do you remember when Randy Orton used to do this

In hindsight, maybe we should have transitioned across properly because the damn RKO ruined his back

He only came back in November 2023 after an 18-month layoff. Maybe that is why Orton did the big boot to the head for a while

but seriously, this was brutal. It goes exactly as it sounds. And how Randy managed to time this so he didn't brain people, I don't know

Well, other than Vince McMahon, when it was his turn, he told the Viper to do it for real

Because of course he did. Got concussed. It had plenty of stories around it too

as Randy used it in 2011 to ruin the Nexus before facing CM Punk at WrestleMania 27

Maybe the highlight was two years prior when Randy used it in his Triple H feud

I mean, the whole McMahon family got it. Eventually he was told to stop doing this and I sure you can figure out why And yeah for ages if you got smashed with this you were done Number eight The Eclipse Or the O We are of course going back to Ember Moon WWE days here though

and honestly, round of applause for her. She never screws this up

The current day Athena has it down. I would assume one reason it does have an air of protection about it

is because it's essentially a top-rope stunner. Trust me, anything that's even remotely like Stone Cold Steve Austin's finisher

is treated like gold. you don't flub with it. Watching her do it for the first time is excellent too

because she leaks off the top rope and drills people with a modified cutter

The sell comes into play as well. Just go and watch Mickie James, Liv Morgan

or Alicia Fox take it. Wonderbar. Throughout her WWE career, it was only kicked out once by Oscar

during an NXT takeover. And that made sense. But everybody else, forget about it

Number seven, The Red Arrow. Now the Black Arrow, we're doing it again

He is packed these days and Neville back in WWE. and the way he does this is so special

I don't get how this man flies around like he does. It's as if he was born in the skies

I don't know what that means. When you do go through his success rate, however, sheesh, even though Vince McMahon wanted to dub Neville Mighty Mouse

for whatever reason, nobody was allowed to kick out. I don't think that either version of the Arrow has ever been stopped in AEW or WWE either

He has a perfect record. Although there was that time we teased it with Seth Rollins

as he got his foot on the bottom rope at the last second. That was all-time levels of timing

Number six, the 3D. Boomeray and D-Bond deliberately decided that nobody gets to flub with this move

I think they got this from the Beverly Brothers. I mean it. Those two dudes used to do the shaker height spike

which would kill people as the opponent landed right on their edge. So maybe the Dudleys looked at it and thought

well, if we have them land flat, they'll be fine. Correct. This was so protected that it was even part of a feud in TNA

between 2010 and 2011 and when Chris Saban finally got his shoulder up at 2.999 that continued the

law of this move if there were a hall of fame for maneuvers which would be weird this should just go in as Barbara and Devon took it so darn seriously I love it Number five the Black Mass Has anybody ever hit a roundhouse kick in wrestling

as well as Malachi Black? I don't think so. While it was the Black Mass in WWE

it became the earned in AEW, and that sums it up. If he gets you with this

you better write a postcard to your loved ones. You're done. He used to sell it so well in NXT too

and turned himself into a champion thanks to it. And surely there must have been a memo

sent around about this. When he hits it, the likes of Michael Cole and Corey Graves would go nuts

Black got so into this as well, if he wasn't going to win, he just wouldn't hit it. And I don't think

you can get away with that unless it looks as devastating as it does. It's also one of those

moves that you can show to a non-fan and they will double take. It's just a massive hit

Number four, The End of Days. So this one makes me sad. That's right. Baron Corbin was so desperate

to never have anyone kick out at the end of days, he would make deals with people. Sort of. He told

a great story of working with John Cena and just saying, hey, I'm down for whatever you want to do

All I ask is that we don't kick out my finish. Cena understood. Onwards we walked. Nobody does

it better than Corbin either because it looks like what a finisher should do. And so far

it's only Drew McIntyre who has survived back at WrestleMania 38. Given that it didn't really tie

into the overall story though, I just think it was a mistake. This should have been the new

iteration of the Undertaker streak. I'm not kidding. I'm intrigued to see what we do with

Baron going forward, in particular with this move. He found his momentum again at the end of 2023

If we can jump on that and continue to remind people that the end of days is death, it's all

there and ready to go. Number three, The Razor's Edge. Let us tell the best Scott Hall story to

start this entry. He would go up to new hires, ask about their finish, and then respond with great

can't wait to kick out of it. He is a hero. Maybe this was due to the fact he had The Razor's Edge

a move that nobody ever found a way to beat. A modified bomb of power, I suppose, is the best way to describe it

But this , the strength to hold someone by their arms behind his back

Not everybody could do it. So many dudes fell on their neck too which made it look even more horrific And Scott would limit this on purpose It wasn an every move It was special like Christmas He would take it out too if he was losing because he didn want this to feature in the fight at all and sure look some people wiggled out of it but did anybody kick out

No, they didn't. It ruled. Number two, the bonsai drop. I mean, sometimes you don't need to overthink

things. Yokozuna was a beast, so his finish was just sitting on someone, and here's another one

that looked like death. At one point he weighed 600 pounds too, so that can't have been fun

and as legend has it, there were two types of these. If Zunes was fond of you, he would hold

the ropes. If he didn't, you were being crushed, maybe even literally. WWE sold this like it was

impossible to kick out of as well, because Yoko was so big, and this went for Hulk Hogan too

he couldn't do it. If you do want to see it in full swing, go and watch the 3rd of January Raw

from 1994. For whatever reason, Yoko Zuna did not think much of his opponent, Dan Dubial

he just flattened him with the bonsai drop. Number one, the cobra

So you will laugh, and maybe you should, but the proof is in the pudding. If Santino Marella hit you with his puppet

you were gonna lose. It's one of those only-in-wrestling scenarios, because nowhere else can you put a snake on your hand

before karate chopping someone. In fact, saying it out loud makes it sound illegal

You're going to jail. It was the theatrics around it as to why people loved it and look

The only time I can recall it didn't really help is that he spiked Alberto D'Aria with it at the 2011 Royal Rumble

before Del Rio recovered and threw Morella out. But even then, the Mexican aristocrat was out for a good minute

The real evidence of this is that when Santino was ready to smash Daniel Bryan with it

during the final sprint of the 2012 Elimination Chamber, fans actually thought he was going to win the World Heavyweight Championship

Amazing. Know of any other current WWE finishes that are massively protected

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