The non-finisher finish

[Mr Wrestling X]

Double post

[Mr Wrestling X]

I seem to remember Bret occasionally ending a match with his driving elbow from the turnbuckle or using a piledriver, although I think the piledriver was actually used more often prior to him adopting the sharpshooter as his signature move. I think that NintendoLogic is spot on with the assertation that Vince didn't want his top guys all tapping out to Bret, because simply put it's much more credibility breaking for a guy to tap out than it is to take a pinfall loss. However, that idea isn't always true, in some cases the tap out finish can be a logical scenario when a wrestler is unable to use his non-submission finisher against the likes of Big Show, Mark Henry or The Great Khali because they aren't strong enough to safely execute it (as an example, CM Punk has not performed the GTS on anyone larger than Kane and he even struggles lifting Kane off the ground) thereby necessitating that the big guy will dominate and the smaller guy will lock in their submission for the victory.

 

There are only two wrestlers I can think of that have possibly never tapped out in an official match:

 

- The Undertaker: not sure about his pre-deadman days, but Taker has never lost via legitimate submission to anybody, Kurt Angle's triangle choke on an episode of Smackdown in 2002 was the closest anyone has came (Taker tapped whilst Angle still had the hold applied just after Taker got the three count)

 

- The Ultimate Warrior

[Yo-Yo's Roomie]

Bret was a wrestler though. A technician. It never felt like a fluke win to me. Just Bret outwrestling the guy.

[Al]

Indeed. Wrestling a chess match and he trapped the other person. Or vice versa.