This move sees the attacking wrestler get lifted up in a powerbomb position so often this move is used as a counter to a powerbomb. The wrestler then spreads their legs, dropping off the opponent's shoulders as they grab hold of the opponent's head in a front facelock to fall down to the mat back first, driving the opponent's head down to the mat.
#Ddt wrestling move driver
After applying a front facelock, the attacking wrestler pushes off the mat with his/her legs to flip the opponent and drive them onto the top of their head in a manner similar to the flip piledriver.Īlso known as a Samurai Driver this DDT sees a wrestler place his/her head between the thighs of an opponent before jumping up while pushing away from the opponent's thighs to flip up and sit on the shoulders of the opponent. This can also be performed as a double team move.Īlso known as a front flip DDT. The attacking wrestler then falls backwards so that the opponent is forced to dive forward onto his/her head with extra force due to the height of which they were dropped. ring ropes), making them the only thing other than the wrestler keeping the opponent off the ground. The attacking wrestler next draws the opponent away from the elevated surface leaving the opponent's feet over the elevated surface (i.e.
This version of a DDT first sees an attacking wrestler place the opponent on an elevated surface, usually the ropes/turnbuckle, while applying a front facelock. Jon Moxley used it and calls it "Dirty Deeds". Kizarny uses a variation with body scissors. It was also used by Ricky Landell and also by Stevie Richards who called it the "Stevie-T". This move was used by Mick Foley to set his opponent up for the Mandible claw. The faceplant variant is technically known as an Implant Double Underhook DDT. It is also known as a Double Arm DDT or a Butterfly DDT. Instead of applying a head or face lock, the wrestler bends his opponent forward and hooks each arm behind the opponent's back, tucks the opponent's head under one of his arms, and then falls back to pull the opponent down either flat on his face, which is the more common variant, or onto the top of their head, causing them to roll over, like in a regular DDT. See: Cradle brainbuster Double underhook DDT The wrestler falls down to the mat back first, driving the opponent face first down to the mat. The wrestler lifts the opponent onto his shoulders as in a Argentine backbreaker rack, pushes the opponent's legs while still holding the front facelock, flipping them over to the front of the wrestler. Many think the term DDT was appropriated because the chemical DDT is something "bad" that is buried in the ground and causes extreme danger (and possible brain damage/birth defects) when there similarly, a DDT is bad in that it buries an opponent's head into the mat, creating kayfabe extreme danger to the brain and spinal cord. When asked what DDT meant, Jake once famously replied "The End." The abbreviation itself originally came from the chemical dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, a notorious pesticide, as stated during shoot interviews and on his Pick Your Poison DVD. Rumors abound as to what the letters DDT supposedly stood for, including Drop Dead Twice, Demonic Death Trap, Death Drop Technique and Damien's Dinner Time after Jake's pet python Damien. The move was named by Jake "The Snake" Roberts, who accidentally invented the move in the 1980s. The DDT is often prefaced with a kick to the stomach in order to drive the head of the opponent downwards a kick and a DDT in quick succession is referred to as a Flowing DDT. The classic DDT is performed by putting the opponent in a front facelock and falling backwards so that the opponent is forced to dive forward onto his or her head. In wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler falls down or backwards to drive a held opponent's head into the mat. For the wrestling promotion known as DDT see Dramatic Dream Team.
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