Finishers you associate with certain gimmicks

[wildojinx]

What are some finishers that you associate with certain gimmicks? For example, even though only a handful of "cowboy" wrestlers used the lariat (Stan Hansen, Bobby Duncum Jr, and Adam Page), for some reason, I associate that move with those type of gimmicks.

[pinja]

I liked Mongo using the Tombstone just because Mongo, but generally I didn't like anyone using it outside of Taker and Kane. As great as Finlay is, I always found his Tombstone looked out of place, although flawlessly executed. Do I associate it with a type of gimmick however? Not sure.

[SneakMan]

I'm sure I'm not alone in associating chokeslams with giants.

["Playboy" Don Douglas]

Figure Four leglock with blonde guys who strut.

[TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out]

Athletic heavyweights who aren't high-flyers almost always get some form of the Complete Shot

[tafkaga]

Giant fat dudes always finish their matches with some form of dropping their massive bodies on top of someone else.

[wildojinx]

Jan 27, 2023 15:40:42 GMT -5 tafkaga said:

Giant fat dudes always finish their matches with some form of dropping their massive bodies on top of someone else.

Just once I'd like to see some guy like that use a submission move like the chickenwing crossface.

[chrom]

Jan 27, 2023 15:40:42 GMT -5 tafkaga said:

Giant fat dudes always finish their matches with some form of dropping their massive bodies on top of someone else.

747 Splash, or Air Fatman as I call it.

[Hypnosis]

Canadian Destroyer: Nearly everyone
Powerbomb: Hosses
Sitout Facebuster: Women with limited wrestling ability
DDT: Jake Roberts and hardcore brawlers (Raven, Tommy Dreamer)

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Jan 27, 2023 15:51:05 GMT -5 chrom said:

Jan 27, 2023 15:40:42 GMT -5 tafkaga said:

Giant fat dudes always finish their matches with some form of dropping their massive bodies on top of someone else.

747 Splash, or Air Fatman as I call it.

Think closest you'll find is the moonsault (see "Vader, Big Van", "Bigelow, Bam Bam", "Headhunter 1", "Headhunter 2").

[Mozenrath]

Jan 27, 2023 13:07:23 GMT -5 wildojinx said:

What are some finishers that you associate with certain gimmicks? For example, even though only a handful of "cowboy" wrestlers used the lariat (Stan Hansen, Bobby Duncum Jr, and Adam Page), for some reason, I associate that move with those type of gimmicks.

JBL works for it, too, really.

[Deleted]

Generic Hoss - The Pumphandle Slam

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Any short, stocky wrestler (especially with a collegiate background) will be a 'suplex machine'.

[XIII]

Camel Clutch. Anyone of vague Arabian descent or gimmickry is 100% using the camel clutch.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

It felt like a ton of black wrestlers used Pay Dirt at one point... just Shelton popularizing the move I guess.

[thegatewaydrug]

Are you a skinny, low card youngster in the 80s? Flying cross body it is!

Are you a skinny, low card youngster in the 00s? Overdrive it is!

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Jan 27, 2023 13:28:19 GMT -5 pinja said:

I liked Mongo using the Tombstone just because Mongo, but generally I didn't like anyone using it outside of Taker and Kane. As great as Finlay is, I always found his Tombstone looked out of place, although flawlessly executed. Do I associate it with a type of gimmick however? Not sure.

I love Finlay, but especially in the 1990s his tombstone finisher looked out of place. He executed it like a technical wrestler so it looked too pretty. With Undertaker a lot of the time he was sloppy in getting the guys in position so it looked like a real fight to put them down.

[Aceorton]

Samoan drops and .. Samoans?

[wildojinx]

Tomahawk chops and "Native American" wrestlers.

[TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out]

Moonsaults from guys with amateur/MMA backgrounds. I don't understand why it's become a thing but it has.