Arts, Music, and Recreation Sports The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History DVD Review Share Flipboard Email Print John Cena delivers the Attitude Adjustment to Kevin Federline. Matthew Simmons/WireImage/Getty Images Sports Professional Wrestling Best of Wrestling Famous Wrestlers Baseball Basketball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Climbing Cricket Diving Extreme Sports Football Golf Gymnastics Ice Hockey Martial Arts Skateboarding Skating Skiing Snowboarding Soccer Surfing Swimming Table Tennis Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Other Sports & Activities View More by Eric Cohen Eric Cohen is a sports writer focused on pro wrestling. He is a featured guest in wrestling discussions on BBC Radio and Sirius Hardcore Sports Radio. Updated March 18, 2017 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. Review and Recommendation 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. Matches and Segments on This DVD Set 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 AnthonyMSG 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 LugerKing of the Ring 1997: Semi-final Match - Mankind vs. Jerry LawlerLiving Dangerously 1998: Rob Van Dam vs. 2 Cold ScorpioSpring 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 AustinRAW 6/3/02: Rob Van Dam & Bubba Ray Dudley vs. Brock Lesnar & Eddie GuerreroRAW 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. GoldbergRAW 7/14/03: Elimination Tag Team Match - Bubba Ray, D-Von & Spike Dudley vs. Triple H, Ric Flair & Randy OrtonRAW 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 JerichoBragging 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 SmackDown 2/6/09: Triple H & Undertaker vs. Big Show & EdgeRAW 6/22/09: Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy & The Great Khali vs. Edge, Dolph Ziggler & Chris JerichoRAW 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 ReksRAW 5/23/11: Bret Hart is the Referee - John Cena & Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk & R-Truth The following is the ranking of the top 50 finishing moves WWE history according to the WWE Home Video release The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History. My review of this 3-disc DVD set is on the previous page. 50 - JBL: Clothesline49 - Vader: Vader Bomb48 - Dusty Rhodes: Bionic Elbow47 - Ted DiBiase: Million Dollar Dream46 - Kerry Von Erich: Iron Claw45 - Rick Rude: Rude Awakening44 - Lex Luger: Torture Rack43 - Dudley Boyz: 3-D42 - Bam Bam Bigelow: Moonsault41 - Diamond Dallas Page: Diamond Cutter40 - Mankind: Mandible Claw/Socko39 - Honky Tonk Man: Shake Rattle and Roll38 - Yokozuna: Bonzai Drop37 - Flash Funk: 450 Splash36 - Sting: Scorpion Lock35 - Lita: Moonsault34 - Kevin Nash: Jackknife33 - Jerry Lawler: Piledriver32 - Rob Van Dam: Five-Star Frog Splash31 - Big Show: Chokeslam30 - CM Punk: Go to Sleep29 - Brock Lesnar: F-528 - Bob Backlund: Chicken Wing27 - Batista: Batista Bomb26 - Curt Hennig: Perfect Plex25 - Kurt Angle: Ankle Lock24 - Chris Jericho: Lion Tamer/Walls of Jericho23 - Edge: Spear22 - Iron Sheik: Camel Clutch21 - John Cena: Attitude Adjustment20 - Scott Hall: Razor's Edge19 - Goldberg: Jackhammer18 - Rey Mysterio: 61917 - Road Warriors: Doomsday Device16 - Bruno Sammartino: Bearhug15 - Sgt. Slaughter: Cobra Clutch14 - Jeff Hardy: Swanton Bomb13 - Eddie Guerrero: Frog Splash12 - Randy Savage: Elbow off Top Rope11 - Randy Orton: RKO10 - Bret Hart: Sharpshooter9 - Jimmy Snuka: Superfly Splash8 - Ric Flair: Figure Four Leg Lock7 - Hulk Hogan: Leg Drop6 - Shawn Michaels: Sweet Chin Music5 - Jake Roberts: DDT4 - The Rock: Rock Bottom/People's Elbow3 - Triple H: Pedigree2 - Undertaker: Tombstone Piledriver1 - Steve Austin: Stunner Disclosure: A review copy was provided by the publisher. For more information, please see our Ethics Policy. Continue Reading