Rushed finish

A rushed finish is a professional wrestling term for the end of a match, which its competitors had to undertake with haste.

[edit] Reasons for a rushed finish

A match may have a rushed finish for the following reasons:

A person in the match is injured, and needs the match to finish as soon as possible to protect themselves. They often do this by rolling up their opponent for a pin or sometimes a disqualification.
The match is a timed match, where the viewers can see a clock, and the match must end before a certain time on the clock, in order for storylines to continue.
The match is televised, and it had been going on for too long, so its end had to be shortened.
There was a botch in the match, and the wrestlers have to recover the situation to make it look realistic.

Due to the reasons listed above, there have been many rushed finishes in pro wrestling. These include:

Lita and Matt Hardy versus Trish Stratus and The Big Show from July 2001. Lita had to rush a Litasault on Stratus to win this mixed tag-team match, after a Twist of Fate was botched.
William Regal and Eugene versus Tyson Tomko and Christian for the World Tag Team Championship at New Year's Revolution 2005. Eugene became legitimately injured during the match. This meant that he had no choice but to pin Tomko with a schoolboy roll-up, as he and Regal were booked to retain the titles.
Kurt Angle versus Matt Striker on the July 11, 2005 edition of RAW. It was a Kurt Angle Invitational match, meaning that Angle had to defeat Striker in three minutes or he would lose his gold medal. Striker was dominating at the end of the match, but Angle locked in his Ankle Lock with only four seconds of the match remaining, resulting in Striker having to tap out almost immediately.
Trish Stratus versus Mickie James at WrestleMania 22 for Stratus' WWE Women's Championship.Mickie was supposed to win the match with a Stratusfaction, but the ending of this match was botched, so James used a quick Mick Kick to become the new WWE Women's Champion.
Trish Stratus dislocated her shoulder when facing Mickie James at Backlash 2006, prompting Mickie James (who also had injured her left elbow) to disqualify herself.
Shelton Benjamin vs. Jeff Hardy from February 2007. Shelton botched a springboard, hurting his head and neck. Hardy quickly did a Twist Of Fate and a Swanton Bomb to finish the match.