10 Insane Wrestling Moves Created By Women

Also known as: Death Valley Driver, Spicolli Driver, Dreamer Driver

Created by: Etsuko Mita

The Death Valley Bomb is one of the most popular finishing moves in all of pro wrestling. Akin to the AA's big brother, the Death Valley Bomb sees the user lift their opponent into a fireman's carry, before throwing their opponent off their shoulders while turning their body in the direction of the victim's head. 

Unlike most other fireman's carry maneuvers, the DVB looks genuinely dangerous because the user turning their body amplifies the illusion of recklessness and damage being done to the victim's head.

You would think that this move, which was popularized in the United States during the 1990s by the likes of Louis Spicolli and Tommy Dreamer, and used everywhere thereafter, was created by one of those ECW guys who'd wanted a dangerous move to fit with the ECW image. But you'd be wrong; the DVB was created by Etsuko Mita, an eighteen-year veteran of Japanese women's wrestling.

Mita was throwing DVBs all over Japan and beyond, in promotions like AJW, Dramatic Dream Team, ICE Ribbon, and more. The way she delivered this impressive maneuver inspired an entire generation of future wrestlers, both male and female, to pay tribute to her by using her infamous move as their finishers.

Clearly she knew what she was doing when she was throwing people around.