JBL almost always connected, knocking the poor sap across the ring from him into next week. — TOM HERRERA. It takes time and many failures before one sticks.

If you're locked in Big Show's Colossal Clutch, you don't. In the case of Petey Williams, he would define a finisher as powerful if it ends up getting banned from the sport because of how dangerous it is to perform.

Of all the moves in wrestling, none has had more of an impact on jiu-jitsu than the arm drag. It’s insanely difficult to affix correctly (just ask The Rock), and it’s one of the most classic — and painful — submission holds of all time.

As the fans began to turn against him, the move began to get worse.

But nothing demonstrated the sheer electricity and powerful essence of such a wild Superstar like his Gorilla Press Slam. Oooh yeah! “The originator of the move in Mexico was Huracán Ramirez, who wore a mask and called it the hurricanrana. With his opponent lying on the canvas, Sabu would run the ropes, leap onto a chair set up next to the victim and then spring from the chair to the top rope. Using his awesome strength, the University of Oklahoma graduate twists his opponent's ankle until he hears the gruesome sound of tendons snapping.

Most Samoan Drops require time for the victim to be hoisted on his opponent’s shoulders, but not when done by Umaga. This is also where wrestling fans were introduced to Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen, the legendary wrestling stable.

“I’d seen that move in Mexico, but I’d never seen Scott Steiner, an American wrestler, especially a man of that size, do it.

— R.M. Before Roman Reigns, Batista, and Edge made the spear a signature weapon in their arsenals, the forceful tackle was brought to prominence 173 times between 1997 and ’98 as Goldberg decimated everyone in his path on an unbelievable winning streak. His finishing move, the Stunner, was so effective that once he landed it, only about 5% of opponents were ever able to recover from it and continue fighting. But in English, it’s The Frankensteiner. What makes the Sleeper Hold such a devastating maneuver?

There’s something to be said about how dominating Scott Hall looked when he pulled off his Razor’s Edge. His status arises from a series of events that occur early on in a wrestlers career like when The Undertaker made his first appearance during Survivor Series and immediately made a lasting impression during his match. The hold even dealt Kurt Angle his first loss.

Cena went from wrestling under the moniker, Prototype, to being dubbed the Doctor of Thuganomics around 2002. The Anomaly hoists his foe onto his shoulders in a fireman’s carry, but instead of dumping them to the mat, he shoves them skyward — pushing their legs and pulling their head simultaneously — rotating them in midair before they fall face first to the mat. — M.Mc. It was this very mindset that created his signature hold, the Walls of Jericho. When he crashes on the unfortunate soul with every ounce of his weight and momentum — an impact which visibly pains Van Dam as well — it’s simply all she wrote. Same goes for his Warrior’s Way — a brilliant take on the double stomp, which looked oafish when performed by brutes like Kevin Sullivan, but beautifully destructive when executed by Kaval.

Ziggler, severely outgunned by The Punjabi Titan, jumped on the massive Superstar's back and locked in the submission. That difference is why Rob Van Dam is truly one of a kind.

His rise to the top was aided by a finisher that was similar to Stone Cold Steve Austin's finisher, The Stunner, but with enough of a difference as to not compare the two men as copying from another. By the way, Scorpio is now 48 years old, hasn’t aged a day and still finishes off opponents with his 450. You’d have to be a real sucka to not appreciate Booker T’s Harlem Hangover.

With a maneuver like this, he didn't lose too many challenges. It was perfect.” — Z.L.

The understated grappler had no contrived set-up for the move, no tell that gave away what was about to happen.

Much like Bret Hart's Sharpshooter, the move embarrasses his opponent while forcing them to tap out eventually. And what exactly do we mean by coolest? How many times did Stone Cold Steve Austin run into the ring, use the Stunner on someone, and blow the roof off the joint? Take a special look at the Van Terminator.

Lock is a quadruple threat that proves sooner or later, everyone taps. “It was just so awesome, it was ridiculous,” John Cena told WWE.com. It was done perfectly, at the perfect place against the perfect guy.” – MICK FOLEY, AS TOLD TO ZACH LINDER, It wasn’t always known as Old School.

One of the pieces of Austin Aries gimmick that so many fans love is his move set. From his early days as a daredevil member of The Thrillseekers to his multiple reigns as World Heavyweight Champion, nothing has been too outlandish for the nefarious Superstar.

Watch Goldberg spear Chris Jericho through an Elimination Chamber pod. If finding a four leaf clover is considered good luck, then finding yourself in Dean Malenko’s Texas Cloverleaf must be just the opposite.

It has downed hundreds of fallen competitors while defining both a legendary career and the ultimate Streak. A paralyzing submission hold known as the Tazzmission. What made Anderson’s Spinebuster so dangerous was that he could hit it out of nowhere. From the Boston Crab to the Indian Deathlock, these dangerous maneuvers can turn even the toughest man into a quivering little girl. Hart just locked it on to show that the moniker of “Excellence of Execution” was more about the damage he could cause than the graceful way he caused it.

When Captain Charisma is efficient, the fluidity of the Killswitch holds a beauty that few other match-ending maneuvers can equal. Slaughter's Cobra Clutch, The Million Dollar Man's signature hold put more men to sleep than a Giant Gonzalez match. Of all the moves on the list, Triple H's Pedigree just might be the most valuable because it earned him win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship (4 times), the WWE's World Heavyweight Championship (9 times), and a dozen other titles like the Intercontinental Championship and the European Championship.

For Randal Keith Orton, it’s a lightning-quick front face neckbreaker that has defined a career filled with venom and victory. Simultaneously targeting a victim's neck, shoulder, elbow and nose, the newly rechristened "Yes!"

), but the most impressive maneuvers have stood the test of time. The Brainbuster can only be described as the scariest vertical suplex because it throws a wrestler into the mat on their head. Scott Steiner is 250-plus, yolked, jacked up, and I saw him shoot a guy to the ropes, jump up in the air, hook him with his feet and give him a Frankensteiner. It sometimes even looks like a botched move but is still extremely effective. Thanks to the impressive size of the Von Erichs, the grapplers were literally able to squish their opponent's heads in their hands, resulting in intense pressure, pain and severely lowered IQs. — CRAIG TELLO. How's that for filthy rich? However the rule book goes out the window when Roman Reigns lands his breathtaking Superman Punch.

Pro wrestlers have been dishing out cool moves since the early 1900s when Frank Gotch was suplexing dudes.