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It's often been said about [[Professional Wrestling]] that a successful wrestler doesn't need to have an extensive library of moves that he can execute with average proficiency: he just needs a few moves that he can do ''well''.
Just about every wrestler has a [[Finishing Move]]. Some wrestlers, however, have an entire finishing ''sequence''
The trope's name comes from fan commentary (particularly [[Scott Keith]]'s) on one of the most infamous examples of using a sequence, [[Bret Hart]], from the newsgroup rec.sport.pro-wrestling in the mid '90s.
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This can be somewhat expanded to apply to ''all'' Martial Arts, as (to quote the [[Bruce Lee]] page heading) - "I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks once. But I fear the man who has practiced one kick ten thousand times."
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* [[Bret Hart]] is one of the most well-known examples: his sequence, the original
** The inverted atomic drop was often substituted for a snap suplex or a running bulldog. As it was rare for Bret to actually go straight to a successful Sharpshooter, this led to the chain still being five moves long.
** Bret even has sequences for other specific spots in a match, such as rapid pinfall attemtps (sunset flip, inverted sunset slip, crucifix, small package, victory roll) or simply working the leg (hamstring pull, elbow drop, knee drop, seated senton, figure four leglock)
* Bret's perennial rival, [[Shawn Michaels]], has his own sequence: Manhattan drop, flying forearm, scoopslam, elbowdrop from the top rope, Superkick (aka Sweet Chin Music). He originally had another move after the Superkick, a spinning side suplex called the Teardrop.
* [[John Cena]]'s sequence: Flying shoulderblock, sitout hip toss, side-release spinout powerbomb, Five Knuckle Shuffle (fistdrop), <s>FU</s> [[Lighter and Softer|Attitude Adjustment]] (Fireman's Carry Takeover). Cena has the honor of being the first, and so far only, wrestler to openly refer to his sequence as the
** Although he has recently phased out the sit-out hip toss, as well as his guillotine legdrop, to bring it back down to Five.
** It should also be noted that Cena turned this into an [[Ascended Meme]].
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