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The Top Five Finishers to Apply in WWE '12

11:21 AM - November 28, 2011 by RaychelSnr

In a wrestling videogame, few things are more satisfying than applying your favorite superstar’s finisher to win a match.

Since I have the privilege of reviewing the game this year, I thought I would share with you the top 5 finishers I love to apply in WWE 12.

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# 1 Bellsprout @ 11/28/11 12:06 PM

The Rock Bottom, with wake up taunt, is easily my favorite.

# 2 Gramps91 @ 11/28/11 12:55 PM

I like the Killswitch myself, AKA Unprettier

# 3 willz1985 @ 11/28/11 02:28 PM

for the life of me i cant work out how to do this new submission thing this year. Is their a certain technique or do you just mash buttons like a ******?

getting back to the finishers I still love the F5. I'm pretty much playing 90% of my games with Brock Lesnar

# 4 BDKiiing @ 11/28/11 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JerseySuave4


	ive never been a fan of CM Punk's finisher. Some about putting the guy on your shoulders like your setting him up for this devasting slam to finish him off and then drop him and knee him to the face? Always seemed a little weak to me.

yeah okay...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fdA2nGDy_E

# 5 PVarck31 @ 11/28/11 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by willz1985


	for the life of me i cant work out how to do this new submission thing this year. Is their a certain technique or do you just mash buttons like a ******? getting back to the finishers I still love the F5. I'm pretty much playing 90% of my games with Brock Lesnar

You just hit A/X repeatedly.

# 6 jasontoddwhitt @ 11/28/11 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JerseySuave4


	still a lame finisher IMO. Granted there have been many lame finishers in the history of wrestling but i just wish CM Punk had a cooler finish.

Punk does have the Pepsi Plunge, but I doubt anybody in WWE would take that bump.

Then there is the Anaconda Vise.

# 7 BDKiiing @ 11/29/11 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jasontoddwhitt


	Punk does have the Pepsi Plunge, but I doubt anybody in WWE would take that bump. Then there is the Anaconda Vise.

Plus how close it is to the Pedigree and I doubt Trips would allow that. As well as Punkster saying how bad it was on his knees.

# 8 Molarmite @ 11/29/11 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by JerseySuave4


	the Pepsi Plunge was good but i can see how that can be brutal on the knees. I also liked the .45 Special as a submission, the Devil Lock DDT wasn't bad, but i liked the Pepsi Twist, i think thats what he should go with. I just don't like how he puts guys on his shoulder, you're thinking this devasting slam or something is coming (if you didn't already know the move) and then a knee finishes it off? It just looks really weak because most of the time the guy's legs are on the ground by the time he gets kneed so it doesn't even look like a move that should finish you. I just think for someone as big as CM Punk has become, his finisher should be cooler.

It's better then other big stars, The Rock just slams you down with one hand or drops an elbow on you. Hulk Hogan drops a leg on you. Cena lets you fall 6 feet to the mat. Austins stunner had people's legs hit the mat way before they got stunned, you think they could've stopped that. The point is, it's hard to get a finisher that looks deadly that's actually really safe because since it's their big guy, it has to be done every night essentially with no error.

# 9 BDKiiing @ 11/29/11 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by JerseySuave4


	the Pepsi Plunge was good but i can see how that can be brutal on the knees. I also liked the .45 Special as a submission, the Devil Lock DDT wasn't bad, but i liked the Pepsi Twist, i think thats what he should go with. I just don't like how he puts guys on his shoulder, you're thinking this devasting slam or something is coming (if you didn't already know the move) and then a knee finishes it off? It just looks really weak because most of the time the guy's legs are on the ground by the time he gets kneed so it doesn't even look like a move that should finish you. I just think for someone as big as CM Punk has become, his finisher should be cooler.

Just wondering if you have WWE 12, have you seen a version of the Pepsi Twist in the game?

# 10 ebugaloo @ 11/30/11 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JerseySuave4


	oh i totally agree that there are a lot of lame finishers out there. Hulk Hogan's might have been the lamest. The Rock Bottom i like because the set up is easy and its a hard slam. I've never liked Cena's finisher either. In fact his is probably lamer than CM Punk's. I don't want it to seem like i'm picking on just CM Punk, the reason i brought up his finisher was because it was mentioned in the article. And no, bdolski i haven't bought the game yet, i'm gonna wait for a price drop but my brother has it and i've played it but not as CM Punk so i don't know if the Pepsi Twist is in the game.

The Rock Bottom was great because of Rock's athleticism, and the ability for his opponent and camera angles to sell the move. Austin's was great for many of the same reasons. And yeah, it's great that neither move requires a lot of risk, given their stature (at the time).

Agree that Cena's AA and Punk's GTS finishers are weak. I like their submission moves though. Cody Rhodes has a pretty good one.

# 11 ryumeijin @ 11/30/11 01:14 PM

i think no 1 is the lamest on the list... i think wrestlers from decades ago was already using that move... but it looked cool compare to hogan's... lol

# 12 TripleCrown9 @ 11/30/11 02:38 PM

The F-5 has been, and always will be my all time favorite.

# 13 TheVinylHippo @ 12/16/11 06:50 PM

On the CM Punk thing, I'd like to see him use the Koji Clutch as one of his finishers. I think Punk's had the GTS for so long that he might as well keep it.

As for WWE '12, my favorite finisher is the Skull-Crushing Finale.

# 14 RazorFang @ 12/17/11 05:10 PM

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but didn't Jeff Jarrett have a finisher much like the Skull Crushing Finale?

# 15 st0rmb11 @ 12/18/11 12:01 AM

Wow, that list contains 4 of the worst (in my opinion). Wasteland is a pathetic excuse for a finisher. World's Strongest Slam is weak. Skull Crushing Finale is like many other finisher's I've seen. and The Cross Armbreaker is the same move that countless "technical" wrestlers have used for years.

Not that anyone asked, but this would be my 5 (in no particular order)

RKO (with the wake up taunt)

Killswitch (or as I still call it, Unprettier. why did he change the name of it?)

Kane's Chokeslam (with wake up taunt)

Pedigree

Sweet Chin Music

# 16 azdawgpound @ 12/18/11 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by RazorFang


	Forgive me if I'm wrong, but didn't Jeff Jarrett have a finisher much like the Skull Crushing Finale?

yea it was called the stroke.

# 17 TheVinylHippo @ 01/09/12 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RazorFang


	Forgive me if I'm wrong, but didn't Jeff Jarrett have a finisher much like the Skull Crushing Finale?

They have the same common purpose to slam someone on their face, but they are different. The Stroke was more of a reverse Russian Leg Sweep and the SCF is a full nelson facebuster/crusher.

# 18 TripleCrown9 @ 01/10/12 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by st0rmb11


	Wow, that list contains 4 of the worst (in my opinion). Wasteland is a pathetic excuse for a finisher. World's Strongest Slam is weak. Skull Crushing Finale is like many other finisher's I've seen. and The Cross Armbreaker is the same move that countless "technical" wrestlers have used for years. Not that anyone asked, but this would be my 5 (in no particular order) RKO (with the wake up taunt) Killswitch (or as I still call it, Unprettier. why did he change the name of it?) Kane's Chokeslam (with wake up taunt) Pedigree Sweet Chin Music

Not to get too technical, but it didn't start as the Unprettier, either. When he was with the Brood, it was called the Impaler.

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