The booking style of Paul Heyman was spotlighted in a way that showed the strengths of the ECW wrestlers while hiding their flaws. Many performers shunned by WWE or WCW were given the ideal scenario to prove they had a place in the wrestling industry. ECW protected the wrestlers by making some of their finishers nearly impossible to kick out of.

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Not everyone would get the same luxury as ECW was also known for having more matches with false finishes than WWE or WCW did. Heyman picked the wrestlers he felt deserves to have respected finishers and which afford to not protect theirs as much. As a result, many stars of Extreme Championship Wrestling were highly impacted. Some finishers were legendary, while others were just plain rubbish.

10 Protected: Five-Star Frog Splash (Rob Van Dam)

Rob Van Dam was the most beloved ECW wrestler over the last few years of the company’s existence. The high-level matches of RVD allowed the company to have one game-changer that WWE and WCW lacked with the must-watch performer.

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Every move executed from Van Dam provided an awe-inspiring moment for the viewer, but the Five-Star Frog Splash was the finisher. Most RVD matches were won with the move as ECW protected it with minimal kickouts.

9 Useless: Stevie Kick (Stevie Richards)

ECW utilized Stevie Richards in a few different roles from Raven’s lackey to the Blue World Order faction leader to a few other small changes. Richards was known more for his personality, but he did compete in some high-profile matches.

The Stevie Kick was a weak finisher that saw many opponents kicking out. Richards delivering his version of the superkick just felt like a poor man’s version of Shawn Michaels’ Sweet Chin Music at the time.

8 Protected: Total Elimination (The Eliminators)

Perry Saturn and John Kronus broke out as the first truly dominant tag team for ECW as The Eliminators. Both wrestlers looked strong working together with the tandem moves taking apart any opposing team.

ECW even chose to spotlight The Eliminators as a top act when WWE gave them airtime on Monday Night Raw. Total Elimination was the finishing move with each wrestler targeting the lower or upper half taking out the opponent.

7 Useless: That's Incredible Piledriver (Justin Credible)

Paul Heyman pushed Justin Credible in a top spot after his failed WWE run as Aldo Montoya left him on the free-agent market. Credible was allowed to show more of an edge and got over teaming with Lance Storm in The Impact Players.

The eventual split allowed Credible to win the ECW Championship as the top heel in the company. Justin’s That’s Incredible Piledriver was used often in false finishes. Many of his matches were won with weapons being used as the real way he finished his opponents.

6 Protected: Gore (Rhyno)

The rise of Rhyno in late 2000 saw Paul Heyman trying to set up a new star to build around when ECW was reaching the point of no return. Rhyno was pushed as one of the most vicious wrestlers in company history.

The winning streak saw Rhyno destroying his opponents with the Gore finisher to victory. Rhyno’s Gore challenged Edge’s Spear and Goldberg’s Spear for the best execution of the move. WWE even treated the Gore as an important finisher when Rhyno signed there based on the ECW success.

5 Useless: Triple Jump Moonsault (Sabu)

The wrestling style of Sabu was ahead of his time with many moves that were introduced by him. Sabu rarely talked or showcased deeper character skills, so he used his match time as the way to stand out in ECW.

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The matches featured Sabu having a lot of false finishes compared to the average wrestler. Sabu used the Triple Jump Moonsault as a finisher and failed to get the pinfall on the first attempt in his big matches.

4 Protected: Tazmission (Taz)

Taz became the top star for ECW during a streak of him destroying his opponents. Paul Heyman’s genius booking was on display when he convinced fans that one of the shorter talents in the company was the most unstoppable monster.

The suplexes of Taz were vicious before he utilized the Tazmission finisher to choke out his opponents with ease. Opponents rarely broke out of the Tazmission since Taz was adamant about getting his gimmick across to huge success.

3 Useless: Acid Drop (Spike Dudley)

The Acid Drop finisher from Spike Dudley was fun to watch, but it wasn’t a highly effective finisher when looking at the results. Spike lost most of his biggest matches against larger wrestlers like Mike Awesome and Bam Bam Bigelow.

ECW wanted to get the false hope of fans believing Spike was going to pull off the upset which led to the move being kicked out of more than the average finisher. Spike still got over in a strong manner by connecting with the audience.

2 Protected: Dudley Death Drop (The Dudley Boyz)

Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley became the top tag team in ECW history when dominating the division for a few years. The heel heat put The Dudley Boyz over the top as a hated act, but Dudley Death Drop finisher added a layer of dominance to the in-ring moments.

Masato Tanaka was the only wrestler in ECW history and one of two total wrestlers to ever kick out of the finishing move. The Dudley Boyz would make the Dudley Death Drop even more popular in WWE as the 3D.

1 Useless: DDT (Tommy Dreamer)

Tommy Dreamer’s matches required a lot of back-and-forth action that saw his finisher becoming ineffective quickly. It became rare that Dreamer would actually score the pinfall victory during his first use of the DDT in a match.

ECW protected Raven’s DDT more than Dreamer when the two were feuding and Dreamer just saw more people surviving it as time went on. The DDT would become viewed as more of a secondary move through the years with Dreamer’s version playing a role in that shift.

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