10 Greatest Diving Elbow Drops Of All Time

10. Curt Hawkins

When you think of the most iconic flying elbow drops of all time, Curt Hawkins isn’t necessarily one of the first names that springs to mind. But as the above footage shows, few could compete with Hawkins’ Heat Seeking Elbow in terms of the move’s smoothness.

Standing over six feet tall, Hawkins was by no means a nimble high-flyer. But despite this, he was still able to get incredible distance on his flying elbow drop, all the while maintaining impeccable posture as he propelled himself through the air.

Unfortunately though, Hawkins was rarely given the chance to show this. Much of his time in the WWE was spent at the bottom of the card in luckless tag teams with the likes of Zack Ryder, Vance Archer and Tyler Reks. As a result, he left the company with a measly haul of one tag team title win over an eight year stretch.

He may have displayed near-perfect technique, but a distinct lack of resultant success makes it hard to rank Hawkins much higher than this.