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The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History presents the most amazing, devastating and bone crunching signature moves in this countdown-style production guaranteed to stir up controversy and banter among the WWE Universe. From Sweet Chin Music to the Rock Bottom, Attitude Adjustment and everything in between, these are the moves guaranteed to bring the masses to their feet and to leave the unfortunate recipient lying on the mat for the inevitable three count. Which moves made the cut, and what is the greatest finishing move in the history of WWE. This 3-Disc DVD is great for the opinionated WWE history buffs who love to debate which Superstar's moves are the greatest.
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By D.P.
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It's always that one thing that when executed, it gets the crowd out of their set with a loud "pop" while also become a very important trait when it comes to a performers identity...the finishing move. Now I'm not going to post the list to avoid spoiling it for some people (just it's already listed on many other reviews) but what I can tell you is that just like the previous countdown set of "O.M.G.: Top 50 Moments", there isn't a host here & has a voice over before each selection along with a graphic (which resembles a lotto drawing in this case) while each finishing hold along with highlighted superstar is talked about for 2-3 mins. with footage & comments (both new & archived footage) from various talents like Mick Foley, Wade Barrett, Matt Striker, Daniel Bryan, The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Jim Ross, William Regal, Jerry Lawler, Drew McIntyre, Brodus Clay, C.M. Punk, Dusty Rhodes, Bubba & D-Von Dudley, Alex Riley, Lita, Rob Van Dam, John Cena, Josh Matthews, Edge, Eddie Guerrero, Hulk Hogan, and Mason Ryan.
Matches Include:
DDT vs. Rude Awakening Match: Jake Roberts vs. Rick Rude - This was a rare match in itself in that you could only win the match after hitting your finishing move on your opponent while it should be noted that Cheryl Roberts was in Jake's corner while Bobby Heenan wasn't in Rude's. Jake heavily focused on Rude's arm cranking & twisting it to the point where he dragged Rude back into the ring from the apron over the top rope by his arm. Rude would eventually work over Jake's neck by whipping his head into the ropes & using various moves like the chinlock & side headlock with him constantly going after Cheryl on the outside whenever he had an advantage. Rude & Roberts were two of the best in-ring technicians at this time resulting in a match that went back & forth between both men.
"MSG" Oct. 89
[Jake Roberts: Pick Your Poison]
WWE Intercontinental Champion Mr. Perfect vs. Texas Tornado - This was a match that was good for what it was as both men traded momentum throughout the contest but appropriately picked here for the heavy amount of times the signature moves of both Tornado (Tornado Punch & the Claw) & Perfect (PerfectPlex) with the only downside being how confusing the ending came off.
Jan. 91
WWE Champion Bret Hart vs. Bob Backlund - Backlund was getting his first WWE championship match in over a decade & threw Bret off his game early with the various pin attempts & being able to keep countering Bret's offense. As the match went on, both men began to be more aggressive than usual with Backlund using a piledriver while Bret did moves like the headbutt to the point where he hurt himself & also had moments where both men had the same thing in mind like their reversals from the abdominal stretch into one of their own. This was very technical & physical match to the point where after the match, Bob Backlund has NEVER been the same sense.
"Superstars" July 94
WCW Tag Team Champions The Outsiders vs. The Giant - This was originally suppose to be Lex Luger & Giant challenging for the tag titles but with Luger not medically cleared by Eric Bischoff, Giant took Hall & Nash who also had Syxx in their corner. Giant dominated both men & even dropkicked (yes, you read that right) Nash out of the ring to the point where Syxx had to get involved in order to give Outsiders the momentum which they kept through various double teaming. Giant didn't stop though as he was able to still fight all 3 men off to the point where Hall used a title belt to allow Nash to deliver the powerbomb that ended up hurting his own back in the process. The match was what you expected as it did it's job in establishing Giant as an unstoppable force & the abuse of power issues involving Eric Bischoff with this case being the involvement of Lex Luger.
WCW SuperBrawl VII 97
Mankind vs. Jerry Lawler - This match became the face turn of Mankind with his pre-match promo along with Jerry Lawler doing his usual insults before the match as he kept avoiding Mankind early & used a hidden object whenever he could to get an advantage. Mankind took a risky move launching himself towards Lawler that didn't pay off resulting in his neck being a heavy target for the remainder of the match. Past the actual good storytelling & selling by Mankind in regards to the neck, the match itself wasn't much as Lawler was still playing the "comedic heel" during this time instead of the legendary figure we would know him to be.
King Of The Ring 97
2 Cold Scorpio vs. Rob Van Dam - This match had a unique background in that during this time, RVD was still on his "Mr. Monday Night" run that originated in his crossover appearance in the WWE while 2 Cold Scorpio was still under contract with WWE under the name "Flash Funk" but returned to ECW under his original wrestling name while it should be noted that both men's respective tag team partners (Sandman & Sabu) were also involved in an intense feud as well. Both men had various stalemates early on in the match along with Scorpio's offense sending RVD to the floor but it happened too many times causing Scorpio to follow and attack RVD using the guardrails by throwing him into & dropping him on & clotheslining him over them. RVD was able to regain momentum using his legs with kicks & even his corkscrew legdrop before Scorpio took it back with a release powerbomb & belly to back suplex that folded up RVD. Both men went aerial with the big splash that he turned in mid-air followed by up a moonsault & later a somersault legdrop by Scorpio with RVD's delivering a 5 star frog splash & split legged moonsault as the match continued onto the ramp with RVD's Van Daminator before Scorpio drilled RVD on the ramp with the piledriver & reverse tombstone. As you can tell just from this review, this was a highly competitive match between both men.
ECW Living Dangerously 98
Special Guest Referee - Randy Savage: WCW Champion Ric Flair vs. Dallas Page vs. Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting - This match started off as two singles matches in one as Hogan & Flair singled each other out while Sting & DDP fought from in the ring to the outside but only got involved with the other two to break up a pin attempt. Flair targeted Hogan's leg followed by DDP took a page out of Bret Hart's playbook that ended up taking Hogan out of the match turning this into a 3 way. Everyone had blocks & counters to each others moves before going in to the divide & conquer strategy of tossing one guy to the outside while attempting to get a pin on the other. This was a competitive match with everyone involved including the special referee having his moment.
WCW Spring Stampede 99
Chris Jericho & The Rock vs. Kurt Angle & Steve Austin - This was the final "WWE vs. WCW/ECW Alliance" match before Survivor Series & was your basic tag match with everyone squaring off with each other at one point before the Alliance singled out one member leading to the hot tag to the fresh member of the team but the bigger story here was when all chaos broke loose leading to all the members of each Survivor Series team being laid out except for one person who was left smiling.
"SmackDown" Nov. 01
Rob Van Dam & Bubba Ray Dudley vs. Brock Lesnar & Eddie Guerrero - This overall was a good TV tag match that went back & forth while allowing everyone to showcase their strengths like RVD's educated feet, Guerrero's athleticism along with a few "lie, cheat, steal" traits he would be remembered for later on, Brock's freakish strength while Bubba showing he's got some power of his own like the release german suplex that had Brock land on the back of his head.
"RAW" June 02
No Disqualification Match: Shawn Michaels & Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho & Christian - For those who don't remember, weeks before this match had Jeff Hardy on a losing streak causing him to get very frustrated & begin to show heelish actions with Shawn trying to reach out to Jeff to get him back on the right track. This was a tag match made last minute with the No Disqualification stipulation causing Shawn to wrestle in his normal shirt & jeans instead of his usual gear. It started out with everyone brawling on the floor before Jericho & Christian were able to handcuff Shawn in the corner causing Hardy to fight both men alone. Both men worked over Jeff while taunting HBK before Shawn was able to get himself uncuffed & deliver Sweet Chin Music to Jericho's face with a chair followed by a swanton to victory in what turned out to be Hardy's last big victory before leaving WWE a short time later.
"RAW" Feb. 03
[Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules]
Goldberg vs. The Rock - Goldberg's WWE in-ring debut here started with dueling chants from the crowd as Rock kept getting knocked out of the ring before both Rock & Goldberg tried to show up each other here as Goldberg gave a Rock Bottom while Rock delivered a spear. Rock also resorted to dirty tactics to gain control & took advantage of Goldberg's spear being miscalculated resulting in him fight with only one arm while the crowd began to turn on him as time went on. This was as good as Rock was his usual entertaining self while you got as much as you could from Goldberg.
Backlash 03
Elimination Match: Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray, D-Von, Spike) vs. Evolution (Triple H, Ric Flair, Randy Orton) - This was action from start to finish as expected in a team elimination match where both teams were able to apply their various signature moves at one time or another but this was all about establishing Evolution as the dominant faction for the future on RAW but it didn't come easy as one member was bleeding when it was over.
"RAW" July 03
WWE Womens Champion Trish Stratus vs. Read more ›
Matches Include:
DDT vs. Rude Awakening Match: Jake Roberts vs. Rick Rude - This was a rare match in itself in that you could only win the match after hitting your finishing move on your opponent while it should be noted that Cheryl Roberts was in Jake's corner while Bobby Heenan wasn't in Rude's. Jake heavily focused on Rude's arm cranking & twisting it to the point where he dragged Rude back into the ring from the apron over the top rope by his arm. Rude would eventually work over Jake's neck by whipping his head into the ropes & using various moves like the chinlock & side headlock with him constantly going after Cheryl on the outside whenever he had an advantage. Rude & Roberts were two of the best in-ring technicians at this time resulting in a match that went back & forth between both men.
"MSG" Oct. 89
[Jake Roberts: Pick Your Poison]
WWE Intercontinental Champion Mr. Perfect vs. Texas Tornado - This was a match that was good for what it was as both men traded momentum throughout the contest but appropriately picked here for the heavy amount of times the signature moves of both Tornado (Tornado Punch & the Claw) & Perfect (PerfectPlex) with the only downside being how confusing the ending came off.
Jan. 91
WWE Champion Bret Hart vs. Bob Backlund - Backlund was getting his first WWE championship match in over a decade & threw Bret off his game early with the various pin attempts & being able to keep countering Bret's offense. As the match went on, both men began to be more aggressive than usual with Backlund using a piledriver while Bret did moves like the headbutt to the point where he hurt himself & also had moments where both men had the same thing in mind like their reversals from the abdominal stretch into one of their own. This was very technical & physical match to the point where after the match, Bob Backlund has NEVER been the same sense.
"Superstars" July 94
WCW Tag Team Champions The Outsiders vs. The Giant - This was originally suppose to be Lex Luger & Giant challenging for the tag titles but with Luger not medically cleared by Eric Bischoff, Giant took Hall & Nash who also had Syxx in their corner. Giant dominated both men & even dropkicked (yes, you read that right) Nash out of the ring to the point where Syxx had to get involved in order to give Outsiders the momentum which they kept through various double teaming. Giant didn't stop though as he was able to still fight all 3 men off to the point where Hall used a title belt to allow Nash to deliver the powerbomb that ended up hurting his own back in the process. The match was what you expected as it did it's job in establishing Giant as an unstoppable force & the abuse of power issues involving Eric Bischoff with this case being the involvement of Lex Luger.
WCW SuperBrawl VII 97
Mankind vs. Jerry Lawler - This match became the face turn of Mankind with his pre-match promo along with Jerry Lawler doing his usual insults before the match as he kept avoiding Mankind early & used a hidden object whenever he could to get an advantage. Mankind took a risky move launching himself towards Lawler that didn't pay off resulting in his neck being a heavy target for the remainder of the match. Past the actual good storytelling & selling by Mankind in regards to the neck, the match itself wasn't much as Lawler was still playing the "comedic heel" during this time instead of the legendary figure we would know him to be.
King Of The Ring 97
2 Cold Scorpio vs. Rob Van Dam - This match had a unique background in that during this time, RVD was still on his "Mr. Monday Night" run that originated in his crossover appearance in the WWE while 2 Cold Scorpio was still under contract with WWE under the name "Flash Funk" but returned to ECW under his original wrestling name while it should be noted that both men's respective tag team partners (Sandman & Sabu) were also involved in an intense feud as well. Both men had various stalemates early on in the match along with Scorpio's offense sending RVD to the floor but it happened too many times causing Scorpio to follow and attack RVD using the guardrails by throwing him into & dropping him on & clotheslining him over them. RVD was able to regain momentum using his legs with kicks & even his corkscrew legdrop before Scorpio took it back with a release powerbomb & belly to back suplex that folded up RVD. Both men went aerial with the big splash that he turned in mid-air followed by up a moonsault & later a somersault legdrop by Scorpio with RVD's delivering a 5 star frog splash & split legged moonsault as the match continued onto the ramp with RVD's Van Daminator before Scorpio drilled RVD on the ramp with the piledriver & reverse tombstone. As you can tell just from this review, this was a highly competitive match between both men.
ECW Living Dangerously 98
Special Guest Referee - Randy Savage: WCW Champion Ric Flair vs. Dallas Page vs. Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting - This match started off as two singles matches in one as Hogan & Flair singled each other out while Sting & DDP fought from in the ring to the outside but only got involved with the other two to break up a pin attempt. Flair targeted Hogan's leg followed by DDP took a page out of Bret Hart's playbook that ended up taking Hogan out of the match turning this into a 3 way. Everyone had blocks & counters to each others moves before going in to the divide & conquer strategy of tossing one guy to the outside while attempting to get a pin on the other. This was a competitive match with everyone involved including the special referee having his moment.
WCW Spring Stampede 99
Chris Jericho & The Rock vs. Kurt Angle & Steve Austin - This was the final "WWE vs. WCW/ECW Alliance" match before Survivor Series & was your basic tag match with everyone squaring off with each other at one point before the Alliance singled out one member leading to the hot tag to the fresh member of the team but the bigger story here was when all chaos broke loose leading to all the members of each Survivor Series team being laid out except for one person who was left smiling.
"SmackDown" Nov. 01
Rob Van Dam & Bubba Ray Dudley vs. Brock Lesnar & Eddie Guerrero - This overall was a good TV tag match that went back & forth while allowing everyone to showcase their strengths like RVD's educated feet, Guerrero's athleticism along with a few "lie, cheat, steal" traits he would be remembered for later on, Brock's freakish strength while Bubba showing he's got some power of his own like the release german suplex that had Brock land on the back of his head.
"RAW" June 02
No Disqualification Match: Shawn Michaels & Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho & Christian - For those who don't remember, weeks before this match had Jeff Hardy on a losing streak causing him to get very frustrated & begin to show heelish actions with Shawn trying to reach out to Jeff to get him back on the right track. This was a tag match made last minute with the No Disqualification stipulation causing Shawn to wrestle in his normal shirt & jeans instead of his usual gear. It started out with everyone brawling on the floor before Jericho & Christian were able to handcuff Shawn in the corner causing Hardy to fight both men alone. Both men worked over Jeff while taunting HBK before Shawn was able to get himself uncuffed & deliver Sweet Chin Music to Jericho's face with a chair followed by a swanton to victory in what turned out to be Hardy's last big victory before leaving WWE a short time later.
"RAW" Feb. 03
[Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules]
Goldberg vs. The Rock - Goldberg's WWE in-ring debut here started with dueling chants from the crowd as Rock kept getting knocked out of the ring before both Rock & Goldberg tried to show up each other here as Goldberg gave a Rock Bottom while Rock delivered a spear. Rock also resorted to dirty tactics to gain control & took advantage of Goldberg's spear being miscalculated resulting in him fight with only one arm while the crowd began to turn on him as time went on. This was as good as Rock was his usual entertaining self while you got as much as you could from Goldberg.
Backlash 03
Elimination Match: Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray, D-Von, Spike) vs. Evolution (Triple H, Ric Flair, Randy Orton) - This was action from start to finish as expected in a team elimination match where both teams were able to apply their various signature moves at one time or another but this was all about establishing Evolution as the dominant faction for the future on RAW but it didn't come easy as one member was bleeding when it was over.
"RAW" July 03
WWE Womens Champion Trish Stratus vs. Read more ›
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I ditto what Wrestle Dude said, the crippler crossface should be on this dvd, but you true fans know why it isnt. There is a good mix of old moves so WWE does a good job of paying homage to their roots. Then of course there is a whole buffet for the WWe universers out there. This isnt a dvd that you will watch over and over again but still pretty good. I loved seeing the Brett Hart v Mr Bob Backlund match which i havent seen in years. Good stuff, although they did leave off The Stieners and the British Bulldogs finishers.
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My fiance loves wrestling and this is a good dvd he states that it was great gift glad i bought it
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I bought this for my son about 3 months ago for Christmas. My son loves it & probably watched it every night for a couple weeks straight.
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Great gift for my son, a huge WWE fan. The finishing move are legend, and he loved every minute of it.
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The best WWE DVD of the year
I was skeptical of buying this DVD at first. When I watched it I was amazed at how well this DVD was. There is a few finishers that shouldn't be on here but you'll have that. Read more
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This DVD collection was a purchased as a gift for a friend. This DVD collection was a purchased as a gift for a friend.
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I bought this for my son who is handicapped. He seems to enjoy it. He saw it advertised and wanted it.
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This provides a very good list of finishing moves. My gripe is that it should be called "Most Memorable Finishing Moves," not "The Greatest". Read more
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