____ --WWF FINISHING MOVES_____

Al Snow Snow Plow , is basically a sideways drop out of a bodyslam pick-up, which lands the opponent on their head (or that's the aim of it, anyway). This move is known as the Northern Lights Bomb. Did You Know...? Happily (I guess) married couple, Kensuke Sasaki (of New Japan fame) and Akira Hokuto (from all over the place, including WCW as recent as '96 or so) both use the NLB as their finisher.

Bradshaw The former "Hawk" uses what the WWF is apparently calling the Clothesline From Hell, which is more commonly known as a lariat. It consists simply of the big Texan landing a huge clothesline with a lot of forward momentum and "swing" with the arm in there.

Did You Know...? The man, Stan Hansen, mastered the lariat. Bradshaw's got the "Hansen: The Next Generation" thing going. And for what it's worth, Hansen bodyslammed Andre the Giant over in Japan a few years before Hogan ever did, as you may have already heard.

Christian. Christian's finisher is a move either originated or popularized by Tommy Rogers, known as the Tomokaze. Stand facing away from a doubled-over opponent, underhook both arms, and drop straight down into a DDT variation. Also used by Rey Misterio Jr.

Darren Drozdov Droz' singles finisher, to my knowledge, hasn't been given a fancy nickname yet. It's a sit-down powerbomb into a pinning hold, more commonly known as a Ligerbomb (or Lygerbomb).

Dick Togo The Handsome one's finisher is known in the WWF as a Senton Bomb , although it's simply a flying senton splash from the top.

D-Lo Brown The Lo-Down is, just as it's often called by Ross, a frog splash.

Did You Know...? D-Lo's splash is the same style of that used by the late, great Art Barr. Barr was Eddy Guerrero's former tag team parter (and close friend), and his splash is the one that inspired the version Eddy uses today.

Edge The Downward Spiral has been compared both to a DDT and a reverse side russian legsweep (Kanyon's "Flatliner"). Edge's move, however, shows no sign of any legsweep; it's more of a fallaway faceslam.

Gangrel. Gangrel's got a neat DDT variation - whether it has an exact name, I don't know. It involves him jumping and lifting his opponent with a chancre (sort of like halfway to a vertical suplex), and dropping them on their head.

Did You Know....? Shinya Hashimoto, I believe, used/uses the "Dangerous DDT", which is quite along the lines of Gangrel's finisher. Complete vertical suplex pickup, straight down into the DDT. The idea, I guess, is a more solid brainbuster (which usually drops the guy on the back of their head, unless you totally botch it and wind up killing the guy).

The Godfather The Pimp Drop is what the Godfather calls his finisher, which is a weak variation of the Fireman's Buster/Death Valley Driver.

Goldust Nothing too fancy or technical about Dustin's new finisher, which is known as the Shattered Dreams . Slump the opponent in the corner, one leg hooked over each of the middle ropes...run up, and deliver the kick to the groin. Whammo.

The Hardy Boyz Matt & Jeff's finishing maneuver, known as the Falling Fate , is a simultaneous top-rope splash and top-rope legdrop.

The Headbangers The Stage Dive consists of Mosh hitting a flying legdrop off the top on an opponent which is being powerbombed by Thrasher.

Hunter Hearst Helmsly Triple H uses the infamous, which is either a double-underhook piledriver or (if you're picky), a double-underhook face-first piledriver. Not often used before, it's been popping up quite often lately (used by Sick Boy, a slight variation picked up by Stevie Ray, etc.)

Did You Know...? I've heard claims that Helmsly once dropped an opponent more on their head/neck, which would've been somewhere near an accidental Tiger Driver '91. Mitsuaharu Misawa created this move (in addition to the original Tiger Driver, better known in the US as Ahmed Johnson's "Pearl River Plunge"), and it's quite deadly. Picture HHH picking the opponent up for the Pedigree, but lifting them outward a bit more, and dropping them straight down onto the back of their head, folding them up with their shoulders on the mat for a pin. Yeah, somewhat like Stevie Ray's "Slapjack".

Jeff Jarrett Jarrett's apparent new finisher is what I've dubbed a Side Russian Faceslam, as opposed to a reverse legsweep (as the WWF announcers call it). A reverse sweep is more like Kanyon's Flatliner, Jarrett's move is just a variant of a plain ol' faceslam.

Ken Shamrock Shamrock's hold is very shoot-inspired. The ankle lock (which, to my knowledge, has no more-technical title) is a joint-lock which is perfectly capable of producing a nasty injury, just as Jim Ross loves to hype. Such holds are popular in shoot matches - fast, limb-snapping holds, as opposed to pro-wrestling submissions like the Texas Cloverleaf, in which there's far too much time and space to escape.

LOD2000 The Devistation Device is the same as the old "Doomsday Device" - a pick-up onto the shoulders of Animal, with Hawk delivering a flying clothesline from the top.

Mankind The Mandible Claw isn't an easy one to define. It's an oral (yeah, save the jokes) clawhold.

"Sam Shepard, you might know the name, the Fugitive movie and tv series was based on him, when he was released from prison was so notorious he couldn't practice medicine. So he went into professional wrestling. Using his knowledge of human anatomy, he developed the Mandible Claw. The move pushes down on nerves in the mouth, with the 2 fingers, and the thumb pushes up, into the underside of the jaw. When done hard enough, the victim can't move."

Men's Teioh I don't believe Teioh's had a chance to pin a man with it, but his finisher for a long time has been the Miracle Ecsatcy , nicknamed by some a "Nodowa Bomb". Nodowa being the Japanese term for a chokeslam, which Teioh picks 'em up with, only to catch them in mid-air and plant them with a powerbomb. He's used this on TAKA Michinoku to set up Togo's senton in the past.

Owen Hart Owen picked up the Sharpshooter from his older brother Bret. Anyway, if you've seen a Japanese match in which this hold is used, you'd hear the announcer call it a Sasore Gatame, the actual name of the move. And while I believe "Gatame" means hold, I'm not clear on exactly what "Sasore" would translate to. But you get the idea.

The Quebecers I've seen this move listed as the Cannonball on a site or two, but I don't remember having heard it called. At any rate, Pierre hits a somersault senton splash from the top, assisted by Jacques (who is standing below, holding the hands for a little added height/balence).

Rocky Maivia The Rock Bottom is one of the cooler WWF finishers these days, if you ask me. Variation of a move often used by one Hiroshi Hase in Japan, called the Uranage (pronounced "oo-ra-na-gay"). Some argue that the move is called a Soviet Suplex, which may also be true. Reader Submission "The Soviet Suplex is setup like the Uranage, but instead of being dropped down like the Rock does it, you are taken over to the other side. If it is executed correctly the opponent will land on their head. A good example of the soviet Suplex is from the Survivor Series 95, in the Ladies match. About 3 minutes in, one of the ladies, I forget which one, executes the Suplex twice." So the Rock Bottom, then, is a modified version of the Uranage and/or the Soviet Suplex. Yeah.

Shawn Michaels The Sweet Chin Music is known both as a Superkick, or more-technically, a thrust kick.

Shoichi Funaki Funaki's move is much like Teioh's, in that it's mostly only been used in 3-man attacks. It's been called a Fisherman Suplex/Brainbuster by Ross, when it's somewhere between the two - a Fisherman Buster. Or a Fisherman's Buster, either one works. The move is really supposed to drop the opponent more or less on the back of their head/neck, but Sho' hasn't landed it too well lately.

Did You Know...? Jushin Liger, master of the fisherman buster, also has a habit of executing the super fisherman buster. That, of course, being the FB off the top. Very rarely will you see a move like that in the US. In fact, the only time I remember seeing it was in an old "Respect Match" between RVD/Sabu a few years back.

Southern Justice As the Godwinns, it was known as the "Slop Drop". Now, Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight are using what the WWF is apparently calling The Problem Solver, which is a reverse DDT

Did You Know...? El Samurai, has some sick reverse DDTish variations. These include a top-rope reverse DDT (both men on the top, not like some lame Sting-on-Giant version), and the reverse brainbuster..picture a "Curtain Call", lifted higher up, and dropped straight onto the back of the head.

Steve Austin The Stone Cold Stunner, contrary to what some may think, wasn't created by Austin. Give that credit to Johnny Ace, who created the move as the Ace Crusher. And as a sidenote, the Rocker Dropper is better known as a Guillotine Ace Crusher (or Face Crusher, depending on who you ask).

Did You Know...? Ace has thrown several variations of the Crusher out, including from the apron to the floor, and off the shoulders of a tag team partner on a very unfortunate Mitsuharu Misawa.

Steven Regal Whether Regal is calling his finishing hold the Regal Stretch or Royal Stretch(or maybe neither) isn't yet known, but the basis of the hold, IS known. It consists of a step-over toehold (a "reverse figure four" of the legs), and reaching through with the armbar & locking on the chinlock.

TAKA Michinoku The Michinoku Driver . In Japan, it's known as the Michinoku Driver #2 (#1 being a brainbuster). And while TAKA pretty much created, and hence, named the move, the technical breakdown would be a bodyslam into a piledriver or something similar.

Did You Know...? KAORU, beautiful and talented female wrestler from Japan, uses a variation of the MD#2 which she calls the Excalibur. The idea move is more or less the same as the Driver, but the opponent is dropped straight down onto their head with considerably less "tuck".

Too Cold Scorpio The former "Flash/Scorpio Splash", is called by most US announcers (including Ross for Too Cold's finisher), the 450 Splash . In Japan, it's known as a Firebird Splash/Special. Did You Know...? Hayabusa, of FMW fame, uses the Firebird Splash. He also uses the Shooting Star Press, and has thrown moonsaults from turnbuckles, aprons, and tops of cages. But one of the most impressive moves he displays is the Star Dust Press, a moonsault twisted (in mid-air) into a firebird splash. Quite a sight to see.

Too Much I didn't know Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor had yet introduced a set tag finisher. "Too Much uses the Veg-O-Matic (top rope leg drop w/bear hug.) This move has also been used by the Midnight Express and the Heavenly Bodies."

Undertaker/Kane Both men use the properly-named Tombstone Piledriver . The over-technical defention, courtesy of the RSPW finishers list, is a "belly-to-belly piledriver", but the Tombstone has pretty much become the general term for the move.

Did You Know...? When wrestling in New Japan, Wild Pegasus (known in the states as Chris Benoit, of course) had quite the sick specialty - a tombstone off the second ropes.

Vader The Vaderbomb is pretty much a springboard splash from the second ropes. I've heard it called a slingshot splash, but that usually denotes a move done from the outside in (or vice-versa).

Val Venis Venis' Money Shot brings back memories of the old "Superfly Splash", which is essentially just a top-rope splash.

XPac X-Pac's finisher is called the X Factor, in technical terms, is a sitdown faceslam.