We’ve got a new wrestling feature in “Battle of the Finishers”! We’re looking at three finishing moves used by AEW superstar Paul Wight. Which was the best among The Showstopper, the Final Cut, and the W.M.D?
Let’s find out!
Wait! What About the Chokeslam?
Oh, the Chokeslam? That’s Wight’s best finisher. It’s a reliable and impressive-looking go-to finisher for the former Big Show. No, we’re getting into the other finishers he used over the years.
Paul Wight’s W.M.D
That just sounds as if Big Show had a band that split and this is his version of W.M.D. the initials stand for “Weapon of Mass Destruction” and is his K.O punch. Mind you, Wight had been clucking opponents with his fist for years but in the early 2010s, he began using the punch as a finisher.
It’s just a punch to the jaw—or the entire side of the head in Wight’s case. The most impressive thing about it on TV is the size of his fist colliding with a human head. However, the simplicity of the attack is what makes it a good one.
Again, it’s a punch. Every wrestler throws a couple of them every week. So, it’s good and practical…plus it’s one of those finishers that you can’t rightly tell people to stop using.
Effectiveness: 5 out of 5
Simplicity: 5 out of 5
Razzle Dazzle: 2.5 out of 5
Final Finisher Score: 4.1 out of 5
Hog Log: Please Tell Me Someone Remembers This Move
The Hog Log was a short-term finisher that kind of became a signature move after a while. This was his standing leg across the throat—basically a super heavyweight version of Zack Ryder’s Zack Attack or an inverted Rocker Dropper.
Honestly, this is my second favorite finisher of Paul Wight. It had a little more flash compared to what the Giant normally did but wasn’t completely outside of what he would use as a finisher.
I mean, he’s putting his big ass leg over an opponent’s neck and drops all that weight on them. It’s simple enough, very effective, and pretty impressive depending on the opponent.
Now, the name “Hog Log” was pretty trash, and “The Showstopper” seemed like what the Chokeslam should’ve continued to be called. That’s right, this move was called the Showstopper for a period—which is what his Chokeslam was called early in his WWE run and in WWE video games for years afterward.
Effectiveness: 4.25 out of 5
Simplicity: 4 out of 5
Razzle Dazzle: 3 out of 5
Final Finisher Score: 3.75 out of 5
Final Cut: Cruiserweight Moves in Slow Motion Part Deux
For our Ruthless Aggression era fans, the Final Cut might ring a bell. It’s a move used by cruiserweights and junior heavyweights in almost every promotion since the early 2000s when The Hurricane and Kaz Hayashi were doing it in WCW.
There’s a fluidness to it when cruisers do it but it’s utter devastation when Big Show does it. Think of it in the same way as the Hog Log: a slow-motion cruiserweight move. Wight only used the move between 2001 and 2003.
Effectiveness: 4.5 out of 5
Simplicity: 4 out 5
Razzle Dazzle: 3 out of 5
Final Finisher Score: 3.8 out of 5
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