Finishers that seem more faceish or heelish

[Burst]

Ever notice that some finishers just seem more inherantly faceish or heelish? Top rope finishers tend to skew faceish with one particular recent exception, and really any moves that allow for mugging to the crowd before their execution tend to skew faceish as well. Sometimes it's more obvious than others, methinks, but it's also kind of interesting when you have two similar moves that seem to predominantly fall on different sides of the spectrum. For example,

Superkick (faceish) vs. Bicycle Kick (heelish)
Maybe it's just years of HBK working as a face, rocking the superkick, but it could also be the tuning-up-the-band that accompanies a superkick even when it's not specifically Sweet Chin Music. Comparatively, the Bicycle Kick seems a lot more raw, rougher, less graceful than the superkick, and seems to work best when used by heels like Matt Morgan and Sheamus.

Shooting Star Press (faceish) vs. 450 Splash (heelish)
I never thought I'd see a top rope finisher successfully used to get heat instead of the usual "Holy shit!" pop, but Justin Gabriel has somehow managed to turn the 450 into something ominous and devastating; even as Nexus and the Core have been made into jokes, the 450 still manages to get heat, at least whenever he can hit it.

Any other moves you all can think of that tend to seem more one way or the other, even independent of the wrestler's alignment?

I know if I booted up Fire Pro Wrestling it'd probably give me some suggestions; I seem to recall the fighting styles vs. movelists having something to do with this.

["Hollywood" Cactus Matt]

Piledrivers have always seemed a bit heelish to me.

[Brainbustaaah!]

Sharpshooter (face) vs. figure-four (heel)

I think that one has more to do with the associations with Bret (one of the biggest faces in WWE history) and Flair (THE heel in pro wrestling, PERIOD) than anything else.

[CMWaters]

The Backstabber (besides the WWE name it was given) seems like a heelish move to me, IMO.

[siredger]

I think I'd put the Chokeslam in that category too. Since we've mostly seen big monster heels use it, I think it fits in as a heelish move.

[casualobserver]

A rollup seems faceish to me. Win the match without hurting your opponent.

[BigJerichool222]

Eat Defeat is heelish

[Dave the Dave]

Pumphandle Slam: Heel

[kidglov3s]

Apr 28, 2011 22:43:41 GMT -5 siredger said:

I think I'd put the Chokeslam in that category too. Since we've mostly seen big monster heels use it, I think it fits in as a heelish move.

I think it's neutral. Taker's usually a face, and Kane and Big Show turn so many times it makes our heads spin.

[Cela]

Chokeslam is a heelish move used by faces. I say this because it involves grabbing opponent by the throat, often staring down at them with murderous intent, and then lifting them by a weak part of their body and slamming down.

And I always will buy the rollup as a heelish way to win. Winning the easy backhanded way. See: Carlito, tight's rollup.

[Deleted]

The Crucifix Powerbomb is a very heelish move. It's like "look at my opponent before I try and break his neck."

[Wolf Hurricane]

Apr 28, 2011 22:39:07 GMT -5 Brainbustaaah! said:

Sharpshooter (face) vs. figure-four (heel)

I think that one has more to do with the associations with Bret (one of the biggest faces in WWE history) and Flair (THE heel in pro wrestling, PERIOD) than anything else.

I was just about to say the same thing, except more because of the perpetual babyface, Sting, in the case of the Sharpshooter. Also, I'd add that there aren't a lot of faces that seem to use the Camel Clutch.

Also, the roll-up (especially with the tights) seems more like a heel move; dirty, underhanded and very much cheating. That of course, versus a rana pin, especially as a hurracanrana. Everything about the rana says lucha/little man; and as shown by Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, and plenty others, lucha wrestlers just come off as fan favorites, especially against opponents bigger than they are.

[Kay Faban]

Shooting someone in the face with a gun has always seemed sorta heelish to me.

[Citizen Zero]

Apr 29, 2011 0:35:28 GMT -5 Kay Faban said:

Shooting someone in the face with a gun has always seemed sorta heelish to me.

To be fair, Pillman was shooting at Steve Austin.

[Ricky Nightshade]

High flying moves regardless seem to radiant "face" to me. Roll-ups look more heelish to me.

[MichaelMartini]

A lot of faces have used Spears. A quick, high impact move that pops the crowd. Sleeper holds are good for heels. Boring move that puts faces in peril.

[Bang Bang Bart]

Wade Barrett's Wasteland just seems like quite the heelish finishing maneuver. The exclamation point to a brutal attack.

Cutter-like maneuvers (Orton's RKO/DDP's Diamond Cutter) go either way, but seem like a face-ish maneuver, given how both Orton and DDP have the gimmick of hitting their respective cutters in any way imaginable.

[fortknox]

Apr 28, 2011 22:39:07 GMT -5 Brainbustaaah! said:

Sharpshooter (face) vs. figure-four (heel)

I think that one has more to do with the associations with Bret (one of the biggest faces in WWE history) and Flair (THE heel in pro wrestling, PERIOD) than anything else.

Replace Bret with Sting and you have my thoughts on the matter.

[Jeremy]

Tornado DDT has always seemed face-ish to me.

[Realtalk]

Pedigree is heelish for sure.