Seth Rollins’ former finisher, the Curbstomp, has since been banned from WWE by Vince McMahon for a few years now, which forced “The Architect” to briefly adopt Triple H’s Pedigree while he was a member of The Authority. After his feud with “The Game” concluded, however, Rollins has been in search of a new finishing maneuver, and has seemed to find it with the Ripcord Knee he has been using for the past few months. While he’s been using the move, however, it hasn’t had an official name on WWE TV.
That all changed last night (Sun. September 24, 2017) at the WWE’s No Mercy pay-per-view (PPV) in Rollins and Dean Ambrose’s RAW Tag Team Title defense over Sheamus and Cesaro. RAW commentator Corey Graves referred to Rollins’ finisher as Kings Landing, which some fans of HBO’s Game Of Thrones series may have caught since it’s the name of one of the show’s major cities. Rollins’ nickname, the King Slayer, is also a play off of Game Of Thrones. WWE fans took to Twitter to react to the new finishing maneuver’s name:
Haha Rollins finisher is called "Kings Landing?" Haha nice GoT reference
— ?? (@throwing_sparks) September 25, 2017
Seth Rollins finisher is now called Kings Landing which I presume is a Game of Thrones thing
— BradWardFight (@BradWardFight) September 25, 2017
Btw, is "Kings Landing" the official name of Seth's finisher now? I hope so, because I like it a lot. #NoMercy
— Steph (@butwevegotheart) September 25, 2017