5 current WWE finishers and their true inventors

Brie Bella delivers the Daniel Bryan kicks
Brie Bella delivers the Daniel Bryan kicks

#2 Etsuko Mita - F5/ Attitude Adjustment

Devastating!!!
A devastating move in the hands of someone like Lesnar

It might be unfathomable to think when John Cena introduced his Attitude Adjustment finisher, he was ripping off the hottest move in WWE at the time, Brock Lesnar's F5.

While it has passed 13 years, the landscape in the WWE remains eerily similar. Lesnar is still the most popular Superstar on the roster and the F-5 is the most devastating manoeuvre.

While Cena has grown into a legend and the earlier name of the AA -- The FU -- has been swept under the carpet, one thing that is true is that neither Cena nor Lesnar was the innovator of the move.

It was a female Japanese wrestler Etsuko Mita, who invented the concept of carrying an opponent over the shoulder and then slamming him/her on to the mat. The move went through several modifications including the Fireman's carry slam and the Death Valley Driver since then.

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Mita's original version looks to be more devastating than the finishers of both Cena and Lesnar, though.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram
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