In the world of professional wrestling, the
moves of superstars are constantly evolving.
These days more and more performers lean towards
taking dives during their matches to excite
the crowd, and most of the time these moves
pay off.
My name is John, and these are 10 of the best
top rope moves in professional wrestling.
The superplex like just about every move with
the name super in it is a suplex that is performed
all the way at the top of the turnbuckle with
both opponents in a standing position.
This move can be dangerous just like all top
tope moves, especially since one person has
to rely on the other to carry and hold their
weight the whole way down to the ground.
One of the most iconic moves in all of professional
wrestling; the elbow drop is one of the most
well-known moves in the entire business.
The likes of Randy “The Macho Man” Savage
made this top rope dive popular, using it
as his finisher move during his time as a
wrestler.
The diving elbow drop is a great move and
is performed my many superstars today.
The blockbuster is one of the most brutal
and insane looking neck breakers inside the
squared circle.
This move sees an opponent ascend to the top
rope and flip over a standing opponent and
catch their head in air to perform a neck
breaker.
The impact is brutal and is a great move to
get a reaction out of the crowd.
The diving headbutt is flat out dangerous,
as you are witnessing a person ascend to the
top rope to throw themselves with their arms
out landing their head on someone, or in some
cases, landing their head on the ring mat.
The move was invented by Harley Race and was
also used by the likes of Dynamite Kid, Chris
Benoit and Daniel Bryan, who all have suffered
from head related injuries.
And this is why Harley Race regrets creating
the move in the first place, but it is still
an awesome dive regardless.
The frog splash was first made popular by
La Fiera, who innovated the move in the 1980’s.
The move was called the frog splash after
2 Cold Scorpio claimed that Art Barr, who
performed the dive, looked like a frog while
attempting to land the move.
The move was made even more famous by the
likes of Eddie Guerrero as well as Rob Van
Dam and many more.
The 450 splash is a top rope jump that sees
a competitor do a flip in midair before landing
stomach first on their opponent.
This move was innovated by 2 Cold Scorpio.
This move was actually banned in the WWE around
2005 because of the likelihood that the move
would be botched by performers and leading
to serious injury.
Splash after splash after splash.
The phoenix splash is a move that sees a competitor
go to the top rope and set up facing away
from their adversary and proceeding to jump
and turn 180 degrees in air.
It is an awesome looking move that has been
performed by the likes of Seth Rollins and
more recently Rich Swann.
Credit for innovating this move goes to the
late Hayabusa, who died at the age of 47 due
to a brain hemorrhage.
The Pepsi Plunge is a move that was used by
CM Punk during his time on the independent
wrestling circuit.
This move sees CM Punk put his opponent into
position by having him stand on the middle
rope, while Punk puts his head between his
legs and takes hold of his arms behind his
back.
Then he jumps and brings his opponent down
to the floor as well, it is basically a super
pedigree.
Maybe this is why Punk had to use the Go to
Sleep.
In all seriousness though, Punk was never
told to not use the Pepsi Plunge, and he has
told fans that he will never do the move again
because of the toll it takes on his knees.
The 630 senton is a move that fans are still
waiting to see in WWE.
While the move is available in the character
customization menu for the WWE 2K game series,
the move has yet to be performed in a ring.
The move was made popular by Jarelle Clark
who was also known for performing a flipping
reverse tombstone piledriver.
The move is also used by Ricochet, Will Ospreay
and even Neville.
Another amazing high flying move is the corkscrew
shooting star press, which you may know as
the red arrow.
The red arrow is a move popularized by Neville,
as this dive sees him jump from the top and
twist a full 360 degrees before landing on
his opponent.
It is a beautiful and even more so a devastating
maneuver that always gets the crowd off their
feet when landed.
And these were 10 of the best top rope moves
in professional wrestling.
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