10 Hidden Meanings Behind Wrestling Moves

10. DDT - Insecticide

In hindsight, Jake Robert's patented DDT is perfectly named twofold, in that it was once lethal and is now largely harmless.

It's lamentably used as a transitional move these days, but once over absolutely nobody recovered from The Snake's deadly DDT. The same applied to anyone taking a swig of its namesake, a supremely deadly insecticide contracted from its chemical name, Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane.

It's not clear why Roberts chose the name of a potent pesticide for his face-planting finisher, given his gimmick. In 2019, it'd almost certainly be called something painfully naff such as 'Snake Eyes' or 'Fangs For Nothing'. Just as the DDT was watered down in the wrestling ring by a glut of modern so-and-sos with no respect for the business, the chemical was gradually phased out in the '70s, before being banned outright.