# Pro Wrestling 10 List Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 17, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674 "2024-05-17T04:01:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/241 "2024-06-12T20:06:11Z")
**Lame finishers** 1. Hogan’s leg drop of doom 2. Dusty Rhodes’ Million Dollar Elbow/Bionic Elbow 3. Mads Krügger’s backdrop 4. Kevin Nash’s Jack Knife Powerbomb 5. Jake Roberts’ DDT 6. Dick the Bruiser’s Stomach Claw 7. Bailey’s Bailey to Belly 8. The Rock’s People’s Elbow 9. Chris Jericho’s Walls of Jericho Just straightening out the last 2 entries ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/242 "2024-06-12T20:45:44Z")
**Lame finishers** 1. Hogan’s leg drop of doom 2. Dusty Rhodes’ Million Dollar Elbow/Bionic Elbow 3. Mads Krügger’s backdrop 4. Kevin Nash’s Jack Knife Powerbomb 5. Jake Roberts’ DDT 6. Dick the Bruiser’s Stomach Claw 7. Bailey’s Bailey to Belly 8. The Rock’s People’s Elbow 9. Chris Jericho’s Walls of Jericho 10. Santino Marella’s Cobra Strike The People’s Elbow started as a way to rib Undertaker and have some fun on house shows, and it caught on. Same with the Cobra Strike (except the Undertaker part). Started as some silliness on house shows and caught VKM’s attention. “That’s good shit!” Next list: **Male Wrestlers with the Best Hair** 1. Ric Flair, especially late 70s / early 80s ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/243 "2024-06-13T05:30:23Z")
**Male Wrestlers with the Best Hair** 1. Ric Flair, especially late 70s / early 80s 2. Chris Jericho, mid-'90s to present ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/244 "2024-06-13T10:24:01Z")
**Male Wrestlers with the Best Hair** 1. Ric Flair, especially late 70s / early 80s 2. Chris Jericho, mid-'90s to present 3. Rick Rude’s mullet ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/245 "2024-06-13T13:21:07Z")
**Male Wrestlers with the Best Hair** 1. Ric Flair, especially late 70s / early 80s 2. Chris Jericho, mid-'90s to present 3. Rick Rude’s mullet 4. Mr. Perfect’s ponytail ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/246 "2024-06-13T13:31:06Z")
**Male Wrestlers with the Best Hair** 1. Ric Flair, especially late 70s / early 80s 2. Chris Jericho, mid-'90s to present 3. Rick Rude’s mullet 4. Mr. Perfect’s ponytail 5. [Adrian Adonis going all in with his gay gimmick.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/my-verisons-of-favorite-things-and-people/images/e/e0/Adrian_Adonis.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200906225728) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/247 "2024-06-14T01:38:21Z")
**Male Wrestlers with the Best Hair** 1. Ric Flair, especially late 70s / early 80s 2. Chris Jericho, mid-'90s to present 3. Rick Rude’s mullet 4. Mr. Perfect’s ponytail 5. [Adrian Adonis going all in with his gay gimmick.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/my-verisons-of-favorite-things-and-people/images/e/e0/Adrian_Adonis.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200906225728) 6. Broken Matt Hardy His wild hairdo with the dyed blond streak in it made that version of his character look that much more deranged. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/248 "2024-06-14T13:29:58Z")
**Male Wrestlers with the Best Hair** 1. Ric Flair, especially late 70s / early 80s 2. Chris Jericho, mid-'90s to present 3. Rick Rude’s mullet 4. Mr. Perfect’s ponytail 5. [Adrian Adonis going all in with his gay gimmick.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/my-verisons-of-favorite-things-and-people/images/e/e0/Adrian_Adonis.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200906225728) 6. Broken Matt Hardy 7. The Road Warriors One had a mohawk, the other had a reverse mohawk. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/249 "2024-06-14T13:43:08Z")
**Male Wrestlers with the Best Hair** 1. Ric Flair, especially late 70s / early 80s 2. Chris Jericho, mid-'90s to present 3. Rick Rude’s mullet 4. Mr. Perfect’s ponytail 5. [Adrian Adonis going all in with his gay gimmick.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/my-verisons-of-favorite-things-and-people/images/e/e0/Adrian_Adonis.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200906225728) 6. Broken Matt Hardy 7. The Road Warriors 8. Bam Bam Bigelow’s flame tattoo Actually the opposite of hair, but a pretty cool substitute. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/250 "2024-06-14T17:28:45Z")
I almost added “must have hair”, but didn’t. Oh well. 😛 **Male Wrestlers with the Best Hair** 1. Ric Flair, especially late 70s / early 80s 2. Chris Jericho, mid-'90s to present 3. Rick Rude’s mullet 4. Mr. Perfect’s ponytail 5. [Adrian Adonis going all in with his gay gimmick.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/my-verisons-of-favorite-things-and-people/images/e/e0/Adrian_Adonis.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200906225728) 6. Broken Matt Hardy 7. The Road Warriors 8. Bam Bam Bigelow’s flame tattoo 9. Dominic Mysterio’s mullet Yet another nod to his father, the late Eddie Guerrero. Dom has gone all in, and it’s working. Dom is a nepo baby, but he’s earning his way and not taking his name for granted. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/251 "2024-06-15T05:33:54Z")
**Male Wrestlers with the Best Hair** 1. Ric Flair, especially late 70s / early 80s 2. Chris Jericho, mid-'90s to present 3. Rick Rude’s mullet 4. Mr. Perfect’s ponytail 5. [Adrian Adonis going all in with his gay gimmick.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/my-verisons-of-favorite-things-and-people/images/e/e0/Adrian_Adonis.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200906225728) 6. Broken Matt Hardy 7. The Road Warriors 8. Bam Bam Bigelow’s flame tattoo 9. Dominic Mysterio’s mullet 10. Terry Taylor as the Red Rooster Dumb gimmick, but the blond mullet + red fauxhawk combo was something else. Moves/Spots That Make No Sense 1. The Canadian Destroyer Pretty much the dictionary definition of “awesome but impractical”. It’s pretty cool to see it pulled off, but it clearly requires the cooperation of the person receiving the move, wouldn’t work in an actual fight, and I’m not even sure how it’s supposed to work in kayfabe. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/252 "2024-06-15T12:07:53Z")
Moves/Spots That Make No Sense 1. The Canadian Destroyer 2. Russian Leg Sweep The announcers always say the pain point is the back of the victim’s head falling against the opponent’s bicep, but it seems to me the bicep would be more of a cushion, and hitting the back of one’s head against the hard mat would be much more painful. Maybe it’s because I once saw Sergeant Slaughter do a really lazy version of this move where he didn’t even hook the opponent’s leg and won the match with it. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/253 "2024-06-15T18:58:07Z")
**Moves/Spots That Make No Sense** 1. The Canadian Destroyer 2. Russian Leg Sweep 3. Mandible Claw Why wouldn’t you just bite down on the guy’s fingers? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/254 "2024-06-15T20:24:57Z")
**Moves/Spots That Make No Sense** 1. The Canadian Destroyer 2. Russian Leg Sweep 3. Mandible Claw 4. Exploder The Assblow in Glasgow just reminded me about this. It’s just a backdrop in the corner. I’ve seen it done where the wrestler was thrown upside down against the turnbuckles with the potential of a bad landing on their head and neck, but that’s not what anyone does anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/255 "2024-06-15T22:14:12Z")
**Moves/Spots That Make No Sense** 1. The Canadian Destroyer 2. Russian Leg Sweep 3. Mandible Claw 4. Exploder 5. Slingshot My college friends and I called it the GLOW Throw. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/256 "2024-06-15T22:36:35Z")
**Moves/Spots That Make No Sense** 1. The Canadian Destroyer 2. Russian Leg Sweep 3. Mandible Claw 4. Exploder 5. Slingshot 6. Pulling down your elbow/knee pad before a strike The point of those pads is to protect you, not the other guy. Pulling it down isn’t going to make you hit harder, it’s just gonna make it easier for you to break a bone. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/257 "2024-06-16T00:30:43Z")
**Moves/Spots That Make No Sense** 1. The Canadian Destroyer 2. Russian Leg Sweep 3. Mandible Claw 4. Exploder 5. Slingshot 6. Pulling down your elbow/knee pad before a strike 7. No instant replay / referees never learn Wrestling refuses to figure out how to make instant replay a work, and in 5 decades referees, especially in tag matches, haven’t ever reviewed a tape and learned how to improve. Just like movies and TV shows needed to evolve in the cellphone/information era, so does wrestling. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/258 "2024-06-16T03:02:19Z")
**Moves/Spots That Make No Sense** 1. The Canadian Destroyer 2. Russian Leg Sweep 3. Mandible Claw 4. Exploder 5. Slingshot 6. Pulling down your elbow/knee pad before a strike 7. No instant replay / referees never learn 8. Inactive participants in Triple/Quadruple-Threat matches Somehow being thrown over the top rope incapacitates the extra participants aside from the two in the ring for several minutes. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/259 "2024-06-16T13:20:41Z")
**Moves/Spots That Make No Sense** 1. The Canadian Destroyer 2. Russian Leg Sweep 3. Mandible Claw 4. Exploder 5. Slingshot 6. Pulling down your elbow/knee pad before a strike 7. No instant replay / referees never learn 8. Inactive participants in Triple/Quadruple-Threat matches 9. Running the ropes. Why would a person continue to run? Wouldn’t they just stop or fall down? It makes no sense. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/260 "2024-06-16T14:22:04Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > Why would a person continue to run? Wouldn’t they just stop or fall down? It makes no sense. I don’t know if this answers your question, but “Running the ropes” is a test to see if the participant has the timing right and can no-sell the pain of contacting the ropes, because they hurt on bare skin. It’s like Wrestling 101, if you can’t do it right, you shouldn’t be in wrestling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674.md?page=14)