>>11938977You can finish the guy's career with a well applied wristlock and a bit of torque.
The whole point of the work is to prolong and amplify the entertainment value to draw as many viewers to the show as possible.
Part of the work is the finish. If you kick out of a guy's finisher, it makes everyone else who doesn't kick out of the same move look bad without making you look good.
Finishers should always work when they're clean. Keeps the crowd psychology going.
If you wanna kick out of a finisher, do it dirty.
Too many wrestlers are kicking out clean and that buries the entertainment value.
It's gotten to the point where people don't pop for cool finishers anymore. Everybody kicks out anyway.