Leg drop
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 | This article possibly contains original research. (February 2007) |
A Leg drop or Legdrop refers to an attack used in professional wrestling in which an attacking wrestler will jump and land his leg across a fallen opponent's chest, throat, face or head.
Variations
Discus leg drop
The wrestler spins 360° while they jump and land their leg across an opponent's chest, throat, face, or head.
Leg drop bulldog
A move best known as a Fameasser, due to its use by "Mr Ass" Billy Gunn who also called it Famouser. The move involves an attacking wrestler placing the back of his/her opponent's head (who is leaning forward) under his/her leg before dropping their leg and the opponent's head down to the mat.
A version of this move was first made popular by Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty as part of the tag team "The Rockers", it was called the Rocker Dropper, this variation involved the opponent being placed in a wrist lock while the move took place.
An inverted version of this sees the attacking wrestler drop the opponent on the back of their head. This can be achieved by first holding an opponent in an inverted facelock or by simply grabbing the opponent and forcibly leaning them back before lifting one of their legs over the opponent's head and dropping to a sitting position.
Guillotine leg drop
This move is similar to the leg drop although it is done with the opponent's body hanging over something, sometimes with the opponent's head hung over one of the ring ropes or most notably the ring apron (so the head is suspended over the outside), the wrestler will then walk across the apron and execute a leg-drop onto the opponent's sternum, causing both of them to fall and land on the outside of the ring.
A regular Diving leg drop is also referred to as Guillotine leg drop, especially if it goes across the neck.
Somersault leg drop
An attacking wrestler would perform a jumping forward somersault to drop their leg across the throat or chest of an opponent.
See also
- Double leg drop - Two man tandem leg drop
- Diving leg drop - Leg drops from elevated positions
- Scissors kick - modifed leg drop style attack
- Professional wrestling attacks