In addition to helping them secure a victory, a wrestler’s finishing move can also serve as an extension of their personality and in-ring style. From Lita‘s moonsault to the Sable Bomb to the Glam Slam to the Widow’s Peak, there were and are many finishing moves as memorable as they are devastating. Which move, then, is the best of them all?
Based on your nominations, we picked the 16 most popular moves to advance to our knock-out bracket tournament. Keep your eyes peeled over the next several weeks as you will be asked to vote between some of women’s wrestling’s best loved finishing moves and help us whittle it down from just 16 to one! (View the brackets below.)
Round 1: A tale of two inescapable finishing moves: Sara Del Rey‘s Royal Butterfly latches on and doesn’t let go until it’s too late, while Molly Holly‘s Molly Go Round knocks them flat on their back and keeps them there.
It’s a tough choice, but the vote is entirely down to you!
Watch both moves in action:
Royal Butterfly
Molly Go Round
Vote below:
More Round 1 polls: Widow’s Peak vs. Stratusfaction | RamPaige vs. Implant Buster | Eat Defeat vs. Sharpshooter
Tournament brackets (drawn at random)