Crazy Japanese Wrestling Move of the Week: Top Rope DDT

The DDT is a simple move. You put your opponent in a front headlock, then fall backward, driving the top of their head into the floor.

Invented by Jake the Snake (allegedly by accident), it's a legitimately devastating move that has broken necks in pro wrestling and given many little brothers their first concussions.

So what happens when you turn a 3' drop into a 7' drop? Jushin "Thunder" Liger sure wanted to know, and poor Owen Hart had to find out:



Hats off to Jushin, and a somber, respectful tip of the hat to Martha Hart (RIP Owen).