In addition to helping them secure a victory, a wrestler’s finishing move can also serve as an extension of their personality and in-ring style. From Lita‘s moonsault to the Sable Bomb to the Glam Slam to the Widow’s Peak, there were and are many finishing moves as memorable as they are devastating. Which move, then, is the best of them all?
Based on your nominations, we picked the 16 most popular moves to advance to our knock-out bracket tournament. Keep your eyes peeled over the next several weeks as you will be asked to vote between some of women’s wrestling’s best loved finishing moves and help us whittle it down from just 16 to one! (View the brackets below.)
Round 1: The Glam Slam is the iconic and devastating finisher that has helped Beth Phoenix earn four championships in WWE, while the Break-a-Bitch from Angelina Love may be the secret to her success as a former five time Knockouts Champ. But which is better?
It’s a tough choice, but the vote is entirely down to you!
Watch both moves in action:
Glam Slam
Break-a-Bitch
Vote below:
More Round 1 polls: Widow’s Peak vs. Stratusfaction | RamPaige vs. Implant Buster | Eat Defeat vs. Sharpshooter | Royal Butterfly vs. Molly Go Round | Faith Breaker vs. Barbie Crusher/Voodoo Drop | O-Face vs Last Call/Code Red
Tournament brackets (drawn at random)
62 Comments
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Glam Slam all the way for me. I always have loved that move.
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I know everyone will go with Glam Slam, but Jazz used something similar so I’m gonna go with ‘Break a Bitch’. It was SICK.
Raekon Reply:
November 22nd, 2012 at
Jazzs was a chickenwing drop in which she just picks up someone and drops them somewhere in the ring.
The pick up is almost the same (first part of the move), the second part and pinning combination after is different.
jayjayholler Reply:
November 22nd, 2012 at
I know that’s why I said “Jazz used something SIMILAR”. I like Break A Bitch because it’s more unique. Also Natalya used the Glam Slam outside of WWE before Beth.
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b.a.b. looks brutal but grand slam is a much flashier move in my opinion. won my vote!
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I went with Glam Slam. Sure Jazz used the chicken wing suplex but Beth took that and transformed it into something brutal. It was more forceful. The Break a bitch was more of a dramatic move but it was just a back breaker.
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I’m really torn between the two, I love the Glam Slam (It was actually Natayla’s move before Beth, when they meth in Japan) but I love the Break A Bitch because it’s just had that appeal to it, all the the video choice doesn’t do it justice :/ First time I’m not voting by the looks of it.
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Im going with break-a-bitch. Its unique and I haven’t seen anything like it. It also is very devastating.
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Break-a-Bitch is a sick and innovative move!
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The Glam Slam is devastating but I’ve always been in love with backbreakers and this one looks perfect !! Moreover “Break-a-Bitch” is such an appropriate name for a finisher !!
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not a big fan of either but went with A Love because i like the name of her finisher.
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I am going with the Glam Slam.And it’s so dramatic and such impact.And l love when Beth starts applying it.And the landing before she pins them that landing “implantbuster” just so fun to watch.! And rolls them over for the win JUst love the whole thing about the GlamSlam.!
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There’s nothing unique about Break-a-Bitch. The Glam Slam blows it out of the water quite frankly.
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So hard to decide….. when I saw this in the brackets, I knew then and there it would be hard for me to decide. Both moves are amazing! I honestly don’t care who wins this, but I’m going with Angelina because I only picked randomly.
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Break A Bitch, I love Beth but she went with the stereotypical power move because she strong, but I think Angelina put more thought into her move! I don’t remember anybody who did that move before so innovation wins it for me!!!
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I went with “Break A Bitch” because it looks more unique. The “Glam Slam” is impressive, but got kinda stale for me after a while. Plus it’s (the “Glam Slam”) just a sitout version of Jazz’s “Bitch Clamp.” In fact, both of the finishing moves she used in WWE were lifted directly from Jazz’s moveset. I like Beth, but I have to go with the move that looks more original.
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The Break a Bitch is an innovated backbreaker, but every time i see the Glam Slam, i remember when Beth didn’t released Michelle’s arms in their women’s champion vs divas champion match. And if you want to be innovative, there is of course the Glam Slam from the top rope on Eve at Survivor Series (i know Eve put herself in position, but who would have thought to ever see THAT glam slam!) So it’s Glam Slam for me.
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Angelina’s Botox Injection is a better finisher. The backbreaker is too difficult to sell as a high impact finishing manoeuvre, in my opinion. The Glam Slam, I feel, is more iconic.
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Should have been Botox Injection instead of Break a Bitch and the video should have been the one where she did it to Rosita on Xplosion. It almost broke her in half!!! But I have to give it to the Glam Slam. So devastating and so awesome. I will never forget the top rope Glam Slam on Eve!!
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I’ve honestly never cared for the Glam Slam as a move, in general. However, I feel that it looks like more of a finisher than Break-A-Bitch.
I do love B.A.B. though. I just think it’s better suited as a normal move, rather than a finisher.
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Which finisher would I like to see over and over? That’s how I’m judging these moves. I prefer B.A.B. over Glam Slam even though the Glam Slam is cool in it’s own right.
VarsityBaseDude Reply:
November 22nd, 2012 at
Just saw a few variations of the B.A.B., and I will say that the one on this page is not her best one. Look for it, and you will see how cool it is.
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Glamslam because it looks better…..
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I went with Break A Bitch .. looks like it would hurt more lol
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very tough…. But if I had to choose, id go with the glam slam. I love power moves.
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Glam Slam <3
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i prefer the botox injection to the break-a-bitch, surprised that wasn’t in one of the brackets, tbh.
when it comes down to it, as much of a powerful move it appears, depen/ding on who’s selling it, some times the glam slam doesn’t really look like it hurts as much and sometimes looks as if it’s being done in slow motion, whereas the break-a-bitch has always looked as if it hurts like hell. .
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Lol is there any real battle here? Glam Slam. The video isn’t the only display that the “Break A Bitch” may not only be innovative, but it’s obviously too hard for Angelina to pull because most of the time it’s botched and doesn’t look good. I don’t care how innovative a move is – if you can’t pull it off, it’s not worth anything. The Glam Slam is an iconic move that will go down in finishing maneuver history – meanwhile, I didn’t even really know the “Break A Bitch” had a name, nonetheless was considered a finisher maneuver, until this poll.
Choko Reply:
November 23rd, 2012 at
Break A Bitch is way more devastating and it was always done right, except for this version. Watch the ones she did on Mickie or Velvet.
Melanie probably posted the worst one on purpose because she wants Beth to win.