5 interesting stories about the origins of WWE finishers

#3 Angelo Dawkins took the Twisted Bliss dozens of times just so Alexa Bliss could perfect the finisher in WWE

Twisted Bliss. #RAW @AlexaBliss_WWE pic.twitter.com/EYuBlDHJ5z

— Alexa Bliss France | French Fansite (@AlexaBlissFR) June 11, 2019

Alexa Bliss has one of the coolest characters in WWE today, and her finisher, The Twisted Bliss, has a great ring to it. However, did you know that Bliss’s finisher was known as the Sparkle Splash earlier on?

“It used to be called the ‘Sparkle Splash’ which was not very intimidating or threatening, whatsoever.”

Doesn’t sound too threatening, does it?

Bliss is currently a top star in WWE, but it took the Superstar several tries to perfect her finisher in the Performance Centre. While Lance Storm helped her perfect the move, it was Angelo Dawkins who had to take the finisher 30 times for Bliss to do it perfectly:

“The move itself is a top-rope, half twisting, kind of front flip. And it used to be my gymnastics dismount off of the balance beam and that’s kind of where it came from.”

“I remember Lance Storm was helping out in the performance center and he wanted to be the first one to ever take it. But then our coach made me hit the finish at least 30 times on Angelo Dawkins and made him move everywhere in the ring to make sure I can hit it at any point and not hurt anyone. So poor Dawkins took that thing about 20 to 30 times in one day.”

"Poor @AngeloDawkins took that thing about 20-30 times a day."@AlexaBliss_WWE shares the origins of her high-flying finishing move: Twisted Bliss.💫 pic.twitter.com/EPxwl5uBbg

— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) March 5, 2020

The WWE Universe owes Dawkins for putting himself on the line to help the former RAW Women’s Champion bring the finisher to our television screens, and help The Goddess win multiple championships in WWE.