I like to classify/organize things, and I was working on a list of general finishing moves for various kinds of fights. I wanted to make sure I had all my bases covered and to ask what everyone's favorites are.
There are 4 broad categories. Strikes, Holds, Slams, and Drivers.
Strikes are, well, heavy blows that knock out an opponent. Punches, kicks, elbows knees, and so on.
Holds have a WIDE variety to go by and are either to elicit pain/humiliation or knock out a foe. Knockout holds include Chokes/Strangles, Bear Hugs, Claw Holds, Sleepers, Smothers, Back Breakers, Scissors, and Figure Four head/body scissors.
Submission Holds cover a LONG list of things. Clinch Holds (Bear Hug, Collar Tie, Overhook, etc), Pins (Grapevine, schoolgirl, Cradle, Stack), Join Locks (Neck, Nelsons, Spine, Armlocks, Leglocks, Compression Locks (pressing muscle onto bone -- Achilles, Biceps, and some Leg locks), Chinlock, and Headlock among them.
Slams are the next broad category. We get a lot from pro wrestling where you toss an opponent up/to the ground. Back Breakers, Chokeslam, Powerbombs, Snapmare, Suplexes, etc.
Finally, Drivers -- like slams, but the target goes head first. A lot of variants to this one. Piledriver is the most famous, but not the only one.
So, what are your favorites types or groups of holds/finishing moves? What do you want to see more of?