Information about Leg Drop

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.

Another variation, dubbed the Twisting Leg Drop^[1], sees the user spin 180° to the inside of the attacking leg before hitting the leg drop^[2]. This would mean that the user approaches a prone opponent from the opposite side of a normal running leg drop that uses the same leg. This move is also called the Revolving Leg Drop.

Leg drop bulldog

A move best known as a Fame-ass-er, due to its use by "Mr. Ass" Billy Gunn. 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.

Inverted leg drop bulldog

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 their far leg, rotating so the leg is over the opponent's head, and dropping to a sitting position. Another variation is used by Matt Sydal that sees him use his near leg, thus falling with a split-leg position rather than a seated one; Melina uses a minor variation as her finisher, in which she maintains the splits for a pinfall.

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. This also refers to the attacker's leg hitting the opponent's throat in a standard leg drop.

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 - modified leg drop style attack
• Professional wrestling attacks

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