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Who has the best finisher and signature move(s)?

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#1 ·
There's some good finishers in AEW and out of it, but who are the ones that have that and also amazing signature moves? Or even just a boss movest they can pull out and execute perfectly?

For me I don't think anyone beats Kenny Omega's OWA, V-Trigger, Snap Dragon suplex and fudge I'd put his Tiger Driver 98 in there too. After seeing him vs Ospreay I honestly don't think any wrestler in the world executes his main moves as well as he can.

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(I think it can strain believability a bit him getting them up on his shoulders - but when he hooks the head and drives them down there's nothing better.

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Recently I don't mind Jamie Hayter and her Backbreaker, running clothesline and Rainmaker.
 
#4 · (Edited)
For me the best all-around move set is Gresham. Signature-wise he’s got a beautiful German suplex right off an amateur wrestling trophy.


That springboard moonsault into the arm stomp (which gfycat cuts off).


And the sequence where he locks up their arms with his leg and rolls around with them into the bridged pin.


And then the octopus stretches.


There’s a smoothness to everything he does and his signatures all hit great. They look graceful and athletic, and he does that combo after the moonsault effortlessly. There’s never the pause between the moves that slightly disconnects them, like you see with even really great wrestlers (Rollins’ falcon arrow combo, or the one Omega does off the second ropes in the corner.)

And I think he’s in a special category with ZSJ and Danielson where his hidden signature is an X factor, meaning you’re going to see him break out very impressive things that he doesn’t regularly use. There was that stretch, for instance, where he used a different finisher in 17 consecutive matches so that the variety itself was the signature.
 
#10 ·
Ill just do my favourites
All time
signature - hogan big boot
finisher - stings scorpion death lock / harts sharpshooter / savage top turn buckle elbow

AEW (I will exclude Sting as he would be both answers lol)
signature - chris daniels BME (although we never see it) and jerichos lionsault
finisher - Kenny’s OWA

HM - I loved watch Tazs suplex so much. As I am older now I don’t like suplexs as much seeing the impact on the neck.
 
#19 ·
Ill just do my favourites
All time
signature - hogan big boot
finisher - stings scorpion death lock / harts sharpshooter / savage top turn buckle elbow

AEW (I will exclude Sting as he would be both answers lol)
signature - chris daniels BME (although we never see it) and jerichos lionsault
finisher - Kenny’s OWA

HM - I loved watch Tazs suplex so much. As I am older now I don’t like suplexs as much seeing the impact on the neck.
I know you didn’t just try and give credit to Bret for the Scorpion Deathlock.
 
#15 ·
The One Winged Angel is my favorite because it is such a unique move and always looks like it would end someone. I also love moves that easily transition into a pin because it adds to the realism of the move being a "finisher." The fact that the OWA is the most protected move in wrestling also a great detail.

Outside of that, I also love Jungle Boys snare trap. It looks like a move that would be difficult to get out of, even with Jungle Boy's smaller size.
 
#20 ·
For signatures
Darbys suicide dive
Omegas v trigger if the opponent is by the rope's or his snap dragon
Wardlows execution knee lift. Why that didn't get over is beyond me

For finishes
The OWA/JML Driver
The black mass
 
#24 ·
My favourite finisher is Hangman's Buckshot Lariat. It's a spectacular athletic move but it's the drama that can be built around it that makes it so good, the positioning to get there and the tension created of will it hit.

Best move-set belongs to Kenny. The One Winged Angel's is the most protected finisher in the business and still looks terrific, then you've got explosive power moves like his Tiger Driver and Dr Willy Bomb, spectacles like his suicide dive and the rollout+moonsault More Bang for your Buck and then there's the match tempo setters with the V-triggers and Snapdragons and all the ways Kenny chains them into his arsenal.

Special mention for Jericho. He's still delivering bulldogs and breakdowns as well as anyone and the Lionsault, Liontamer, Walls of Jericho, Judas Effect and Codebreaker are all crowd popping favourites.
 
#32 ·
Brody King's Gonzo Bomb looks fucking menacing.
Keith Lee's Spirit Bomb is fun too, though I'm not sure he's gonna do better ones than he did against Drew and Roman.
I'm a sucker for any knee or kick--super kick, heel kick, bicycle knee etc.

AEW has a lot of great finishers.