The finishing moves that I was afraid of when I was a kid, were those that were made to seem scary. King Kong Bundy's avalanche move was just him running into the guy in the corner - but I was terrified of it.
And the idea of Kamala (yeah that character didn't age well) coming off the top rope absolutely petrified me.
Anything can be scary if it is treated that way.
And of course there was the element of which ones you could do yourself. I liked the full nelson in that regard, as well as the figure four. And I'm sure we all used to slap a sleeper on each other in gym class, until a kid passed out and vomited all over himself.
Good times!
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