10 Superstars and the most iconic WrestleMania use of their finisher(s)

The iconic Stone Cold Stunner
The iconic Stone Cold Stunner

#6 Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania XXX

Daniel Bryan has two finishers, and each one perfectly encapsulates him as a performer; both, coincidentally, were used to finish his two matches at WrestleMania XXX in the best way possible.

The Running Knee (also known as the Knee Plus, an ode to his being termed a "B-Plus Player"), which won Bryan his short-lived WWE Championship from John Cena in 2013 and which Bryan also used to defeat Triple H in the WrestleMania XXX opener, is an out-of-nowhere offensive explosion, which doesn't seem like it would get the job done but is surprisingly effective and very over with the crowd (like Bryan).

The YES! Lock, meanwhile, is a very traditional submission hold with influences from ju-jitsu and amateur wrestling; like Bryan, it's a highly technical move and a very traditional piece of professional wrestling.

Bryan countered a Pedigree to explode out of the corner with a Knee Plus to beat the WWE executive to start the show, and finished the show forcing Batista to tap out to the YES! Lock, both picture perfect variations of those moves in the most dramatic situation possible.

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Other Great Uses

Bryan broke out the Knee Plus to great applause at WrestleMania 31, and fans have been salivating to see both the knee and the YES! Lock on Bryan's indie scene pals at WrestleMania 34.

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Edited by Kishan Prasad
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