5 WWE Finishers that lost its effect

#4. S.O.S - Kofi Kingston

Kofi Kingston started out with a Jamaican gimmick

When Kofi Kingston debuted in the WWE with a questionable Jamaican accent and his 'S.O.S' theme song, his finisher was also called S.O.S. The move was impressive to look at, with the side flip leg sweep combo a convincing end to any match. However, by the time he entered into a high-profile feud with Randy Orton in 2009, he had introduced 'Trouble in Paradise' as his finisher.

It isn't clear as to why Kingston chose to discard the S.O.S as his primary finisher considering that the move always got a good pop. One reason might be that Kingston had decided to drop the fake Jamaican accent and had started to be billed from Ghana rather than Jamaica, so he might have felt that a change was in order.

Another rumour is that Kingston simply wasn't the best proponent of the move. While he still did it well and may be more safely, the S.O.S is basically a rip off of a Japanese manoeuvre called The Ranhei, innovated by a Japanese wrestler named Madoka. Madoka executed the move at a faster pace compared to Kofi.

Kingston would come up with his new spinning kick finisher - 'Trouble in Paradise' - which also got a great pop. But Kingston wouldn't remove the S.O.S from his arsenal, eventually relegating the move to a 2-count transitional spot.