3. Last Ride
The Powerbomb is the go-to strongman’s finisher in wrestling. You see few lighter wrestlers used this move because this finisher’s all about sheer power. Lifting your opponent onto your shoulders and then slamming them back-first into the canvas is as devastating as it gets. Of course, there are ways to make this finisher even more powerful, as seen with the Last Ride.
Used primarily during his American Badass run, the Undertaker managed to take the Powerbomb that pretty much everyone used and make it his. The Last Ride is an elevated Powerbomb, meaning that he lifts his opponents even higher up before driving them downwards. The sound of hearing ‘Taker’s opponents hitting the mat with such force was deafening.
The move looked and sounded way worse than how it must’ve felt in reality. That’s the key in this finisher: it looked so good to the audience that they were sold on its brutality.