The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History

Every WWE Superstar has a finishing maneuver that usually results in victory. WWE Home Video has created a countdown of these moves and then selected a variety of matches featuring the Superstars that had their moves listed.

Format of the DVD: This set is available as both a 2-disc Blu-ray set and a 3-disc DVD set. This review is for the 3-disc DVD set. Disc one features a countdown of 50 greatest finishing moves while discs two and three feature 16 matches.

Packaging Issue: There is no chapter listing provided in this set. While a partial listing would make sense if WWE Home Video wanted to keep the packaging spoiler free, it is still inexcusable not to have a chapter listing for the last two discs in the set.

Rating: This set is rated TV-PG.

The List: If you want to see the list before buying this DVD, I have put it on the following page. Unlike the joke of a list WWE Home Video made for The Top 50 Superstars of All Time, this one makes sense and can be used in a serious debate on the topic.

Thoughts on Disc One: I hated it. Watching a variation of the same thing 50 times gets tedious very quickly. Each segment features the move shown at least a dozen times with a few Superstars saying how much they admired the move and at least one person giving a kayfabe explanation for the move being devastating. I really wish they would change up these styles of discs. Instead of having a panel say variations of the same thing over and over again, put them all together in a room and have a great debate on the topic, similar to the Legends of Wrestling set that came out a few years ago.

Match Selections on Discs Two and Three: I'm convinced that the producers of this set stopped caring after disc two and decided for disc three and the Blu-ray extras to just find random multi-man matches so they could include as many big names on this set as possible.

Overall Recommendation: This is a rare dud for a multi-disc set from WWE Home Video. The main programming is massively repetitive and there are no matches on this disc that you really need to spend money on. If you are a fan of countdowns, I recommend checking out OMG! instead of this set.

The bolded items listed below represent matches while the unbolded items are non-match segments. For matches that are available on other compilation DVDs, I will note the DVD it is also available on in parenthesis and italics.

Disc Two

• World Wide Wrestling 12/10/81: Sgt. Slaughter demonstrates the cobra clutch on Tony Anthony
• MSG 10/24/88: DDT vs. Rude Awakening - Jake Roberts vs. Rick Rude (Jake Roberts: Pick your Poison)
• Dayton 1/13/91: Intercontinental Champion Curt Hennig vs. Kerry Von Erich
• Superstars 7/30/94: WWE Champion Bret Hart vs. Bob Backlund
• Superbrawl VII: WCW Tag Team Champions Kevin Nash & Scott Hall vs. The Giant & Lex Luger
• King of the Ring 1997: Semi-final Match - Mankind vs. Jerry Lawler
• Living Dangerously 1998: Rob Van Dam vs. 2 Cold Scorpio
• Spring Stampede 1999: Randy Savage is Special Guest Referee - WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair vs. Dallas Page vs. Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting

Disc Three

• SmackDown 11/15/01: Chris Jericho & The Rock vs. Kurt Angle & Steve Austin
• RAW 6/3/02: Rob Van Dam & Bubba Ray Dudley vs. Brock Lesnar & Eddie Guerrero
• RAW 2/17/03: No Disqualification Match - Shawn Michaels & Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho & Christian (Jeff Hardy: My Life, My Rules)
• Backlash 2003: The Rock vs. Goldberg
• RAW 7/14/03: Elimination Tag Team Match - Bubba Ray, D-Von & Spike Dudley vs. Triple H, Ric Flair & Randy Orton
• RAW 12/6/04: Women's Champion Trish Stratus vs. Lita (Viva Las Divas; Wrestling's Highest Flyers)
• RAW 12/29/08: #1 Contender's (World Heavyweight Championship) Elimination Match - Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton vs. JBL vs. Chris Jericho
• Bragging Rights 2009: World Heavyweight Champion Undertaker vs. Batista vs. Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk
• Night of Champions 2010: Elimination Match - WWE Champion Sheamus vs. John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho vs. Edge vs. Wade Barrett

Blu-ray Exclusives (source: Silvervision)

• SmackDown 2/6/09: Triple H & Undertaker vs. Big Show & Edge
• RAW 6/22/09: Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy & The Great Khali vs. Edge, Dolph Ziggler & Chris Jericho
• RAW 8/24/09: No Disqualification Match - Mr. McMahon, Shawn Michaels & Triple H vs. Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase
• Survivor Series 2010: Elimination Match - Rey Mysterio, Big Show, Chris Masters, Kofi Kingston, & MVP vs. Alberto Del Rio, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Drew McIntyre, & Tyler Reks
• RAW 5/23/11: Bret Hart is the Referee - John Cena & Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk & R-Truth