10 greatest super-finishers in wrestling history

#8 Finn Balor's 1916/Bloody Sunday

This is one of many reasons why Balor experienced such success as a wrestler

Although he’s a small man by comparison to most WWE superstars, Finn Balor compensates for this by having a wide array of powerful moves in his arsenal. Though he finishes most of his matches with a diving double foot stomp, he does use a few other moves in desperate situations.

One of those moves is the 1916, known outside of WWE as ‘Bloody Sunday’. This move is technically called a single underhook brainbuster, which means that he lifts his opponent for a brainbuster while hooking one of their arms. A normal brainbuster is still dangerous because the wrestler taking the move is vertical before being dropped on their head or neck/shoulders.

But the 1916/Bloody Sunday is even more dangerous because Balor hooks one of their arms, preventing that wrestler from making full use of the shoulder, thus increasing the damage on Balor’s opponent’s head/neck.

We’re not likely to see this move on a regular basis in WWE, which makes it the perfect candidate for a super-finisher for Balor to use in his biggest matches.