John Cena's Signature Finishing Moves

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The FU - Named due to John Cena's early feud in WWE with Brock Lesnar (whose finisher was the F5), Cena can take almost any opponent out with this powerful finisher. When the opponent is weak enough, Cena will pick them up in a Fireman's Carry, holding them over his shoulders. Cena will then throw his weight to the side with a Death Valley Driver-like maneuver, sending the opponent down to the mat. The pinfall can come soon afterwards, unless Cena wants to apply his STFU submission hold.

The STFU - The STF, short for Stepover Toehold Facelock, was said to have been started by Lou Thesz and perfected by wrestlers like Masahiro Chono. Cena opted to take on the move due to his frequent battles against much-larger wrestlers, where a submission hold might be easier to land than the FU. Of course, to fit with Cena's move set, the submission hold became the STFU (also known as the abbreviation for "Shut The **** Up"). With the opponent face-down on the mat, possibly after an FU, Cena will lock one of the opponent's ankles behind him, twisting it backwards. Cena then leans over the wrestler, grabbing the head and pulling back, creating tremendous pressure on multiple parts of the wrestler's body. It is not an easy hold to escape from, and wrestlers from Triple H to the Great Khali have been forced to tap out to the Doctor of Thuganomics.

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