5 Abandoned WWE Finishers

#2 Running Shoulder Breaker

In 1996, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson made his WWE debut as a clean-cut third generation babyface wrestler billed as Rocky Maivia. He wasn't yet the most electrifying man whom we know of today.

Rocky's finisher was not very electrifying either, as it was just a running shoulder breaker.

Rocky went on to become The Rock, and became the face of the company. He went on to drop the running shoulder breaker as his finisher and used the Rock Bottom and People's Elbow as his new finishers instead.

Although the shoulder breaker isn't a bad move, it still didn't suit The Rock's persona and he abandoned the move. It can still be used in WWE today but only as a signature move and not a finishing move.