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Originally Posted by Feldman
Finishing moves in general don't make any logical sense. One guy has a secret super effective move that ends the match instantly, but only he can do it?
Finishers are like big entrances-- by giving them to everyone, and having dumb punny names on them it dilutes their effect in total.
I think wrestling would be way more interesting if it was more sport-like; not every baseball game ends on a grand slam. Make things more special by not using them every damn match.
Well, it works for Kazuchika Okada. He can do a lot of things (an awesome dropkick, tombstones, the diving elbow drop, etc.), but if he is winning, that match is not over until he hits that Rainmaker lariat. Anyone else does that maneuver and it may get a near-fall, but when Okada does it, its over (unless he's going against Hiroshi Tanahashi). Though I do understand that people sometimes find it hard to believe that a lariat variant would effectively end a match where other stuff that looked more high-impact don't.
I do agree about making matches more special by not ending matches on finishes every time, which is why I praise the ending to Asuka/Bayley. I don't see referee stoppage ending a match too often, but I think this was well-done as Bayley didn't tap and it puts over her resilience (where Graves stated it best, Bayley didn't tap out, her body gave up) and its puts Asuka as a dominating force.