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One or two moves can really make or break a match in WWE. A bad finisher can make an otherwise great match feel underwhelming. The use of certain other kinds of moves can prevent matches from getting off the ground in the first place, especially if they're spammed.
WWE's had its share of bad moves over the years. The list will shift from year to year, but some have been mainstays. As of May 2018, at least one or two of these moves are likely to annoy you.
#10 Bayley to Belly (Bayley)
If I had to pick the most ordinary, underwhelming finisher on the roster, Bayley's would take the cake. People kick out at two for far better suplexes, so it's really hard to believe that Bayley's is super powerful.
Since Bayley has been buried near the Earth's core, the move isn't as much of a head-scratcher as it once was, but it's still humorous that Charlotte of all people fell prey to it in the past.
#9 DDT (Alexa Bliss)
The DDT has been resurgent as a finisher these days, though some uses of it are far better than others. Bobby Roode and Andrade "Cien" Almas have excellent versions. Dean Ambrose's leaves much to be desired. Alexa Bliss' however, is the worst of the lot.
Slowly delivered, and entirely normal, it feels very underwhelming as a finisher, and many of her opponents have looked worse the wear for falling prey to it.
Thankfully, we haven't seen it a whole lot this year. It would have been ranked higher on the list last year.
#8 Suicide Dive
Everyone does a suicide dive nowadays. It's no longer special as a result. Gone are the days when The Undertaker would wow us with his dive over the top rope. It's now dull and routine, often used as a convenient way to cut to a commercial break.
The impacts are often underwhelming, too. The suicide dive is by far the least interesting part of Seth Rollins' repertoire. The same goes for Dean Ambrose. Sasha Banks nearly killed herself in an infamous botch during her match with Asuka in January while attempting one.
The only Superstar that does a suicide dive in a way that wows me nowadays is Ember Moon, who puts all of her weight into it and looks like she's really tackling an opponent from the air.
If it were up to me, I would ban the move for everyone except for her.
#7 Corner Clothesline (Roman Reigns)
Granted, this one isn't entirely Roman's fault. WWE's constant camera cutting from one clothesline to the next is irritating and unnecessary, another in a long list of production values that could use some changing.
Roman's arm, however, sometimes makes no or minimal impact. His opponents sell it well, but it's really hard to suspend disbelief, especially since WWE insists on having multiple close-ups on the move when it would be better served being viewed from a far off angle to make it more believable.
Someone call Kevin Dunn and tell him to stop the constant camera cuts.
#6 Vertical Suplex (Bobby Lashley)
Nothing has gone right for Bobby Lashley since his return to WWE. Quickly becoming an afterthought, he's now involved in a feud with Sami Zayn that has already become one of the year's worst.
His finisher is just as underwhelming as his return so far. He has an excellent spear, but due to Roman Reigns, that's off the table. The Dominator looks like it is too because of Braun Strowman's powerslam.
So all we're left with is a normal suplex that's just delayed by a few seconds. Are we supposed to suddenly believe that the delay adds a ton of power all of a sudden?
His finisher is one more thing that needs fixing.
#5 Woman's Right (Lacey Evans)
Speaking of underwhelming, Lacey Evans, has shown some improvement in NXT lately, but her finisher is...a punch? There's a way to make your opponent look like a geek and then there's this. The fact that the move felled Kairi Sane this week really sucked a lot of heat right out of her.
The move just looks lame. You can't convincingly end a match with a punch, not even the Big Show was able to do it well. Lacey is still developing, so let's hope she finds another finisher soon.
#4 Superkick (Carmella)
The superkick has devolved from its match-ending glory during the days of Shawn Michaels' Sweet Chin Music. It's commonplace now, overused as much as the suicide dive. One Superstar, however, does it particularly terribly, and that's the current SmackDown Women's Champion, Carmella.
All of her superkicks have been badly botched, including the one she used to win the title off of Charlotte Flair.
That's the state of the SmackDown Women's Championship right now. It's on a wrestler whose finisher is commonly used, and she can't even get it right.
She couldn't even use the move to finish Charlotte off at Backlash, but had to get a cheap pin after using it on her knee instead.
Hopefully Carmella will soon become an afterthought again and this move can appropriately move down the card, but for now, it's one of the company's most irritating.
#3 Superman Punch (Roman Reigns)
Roman Reigns is a strange case. He's evolved into a reliable ring performer, though he's definitely having an off-year this year (it happens to the best of them).
The worst part of his matches though, is the constant spam of Superman Punches which have often defined his matches.
Granted, Roman doesn't do this in all of his matches, but the times that he does, the matches suffer severely.
Obviously, the recent Brock Lesnar matches need no explanation, but the Superman Punch has played its part in detracting from other ones too.
The worst part about the fantastic SummerSlam main event last year was Roman Reigns' overuse of the Superman Punch.
Ironically, by overusing this move, Roman Reigns has made the Superman Punch one of the weakest signature moves on the WWE roster.
#2 German Suplex (Brock Lesnar)
Suplex City was fun the first couple of times. Since then, it's become a dull monotony, as dreadful as it is inevitable.
With the very notable exception of his meeting with AJ Styles at last year's Survivor Series, and the squash match with Goldberg the year before that, all of Brock Lesnar's singles matches have become essentially the same.
A Brock Lesnar match these days goes like this - show up, sell some, do German Suplexes for 10 minutes (if that), leave.
This formula worked with Goldberg at last year's WrestleMania, but he was the exception to the rule.
Underwhelming matches with Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman last year, and two disastrous encounters with Roman Reigns this year have worn the formula thinner than a sheet of paper.
This dull formula has strangled the main event scene to death for years, and the sooner it ends, the better.
#1 The Rollup Pin
Ah, the classic Rollup of Doom, the guaranteed momentum-killer and go-to arrow in the quiver of 50/50 booking. It's the most common underwhelming ending to a hot match, and it's also the most common way to leave fans shaking their heads.
In addition to all of these other dubious qualities, The Rollup of Doom is so depressing because it's so emblematic of WWE's often lazy booking formula.
Need cheap heat because you can't get it through a well-crafted story? Use a distraction roll-up. Does a feud have to be needlessly extended? Use a distraction roll-up. Does a subpar wrestler need a push for no reason against a much better one? Have Mandy Rose get a roll-up pin on Becky Lynch out of nowhere.
The roll-up pin embodies WWE in all of its worst, most frustrating aspects. If the move was banned, we'd all be better off.
