10 greatest super-finishers in wrestling history

#7 John Cena’s Avalanche/Top Rope Attitude Adjustment

Cena has managed to make the plain, boring-looking AA more interesting with this variation

As strong as John Cena is, the Attitude Adjustment doesn’t look like that painful of a wrestling move. After all, it looks like a basic ‘back bump’ that almost anyone can do in any martial arts class (the fireman’s carry is a very simple move taught in many martial arts disciplines).

While Cena’s AA did bring him much success over the years, the move became overused and ineffective over time, especially since Cena would do the move twice or thrice in a single match. From a psychology standpoint, this makes the AA weak, as it becomes harder to believe the move as effective if the first one could be kicked out of so easily.

This is why Cena added a super-finisher element to his matches beginning in mid-2015. The Attitude Adjustment from the top rope is a more powerful version of his standard AA and has much more power behind it due to gravity giving the impact extra force.

Although it might look impractical and might be awkward to set up, one cannot deny that this move has been a much-needed addition to ‘Big Match John’s’, well, big matches.