10 Most Impractical Wrestling Moves

By Alexander Podgorski /

10. The Jumping Reverse STO

I honestly don€™t understand how this move can be perceived as an effective finishing maneuver. Unlike Ken Anderson€™s Mic Check, Edge€™s Downward Spiral, or other similar moves, the Jumping Reverse STO (Shelton Benjamin€™s Paydirt, R-Truth€™s Little Jimmy, MVP€™s Play of the Day) basically requires the user to jump in the air, grab their opponent across the collar, and then fall backwards, landing hard on the mat, while supposedly having their opponents face plant into the canvas. While that sounds good, the user is clearly absorbing more of the impact on their backs then the victim would. This isn€™t an effective way to finish one€™s opponent off; if anything the move looks like the supposed victim of the move is giving the user a Rock Bottom or Book end. The user isn€™t even hooking the recipient€™s head as though it were a DDT to make it look more convincing. It just comes off as ineffective. Furthermore, there is this strange pattern in WWE, whereby Black wrestlers in WWE€™s mid-card are automatically given this move. So instead of making them different from one another, they€™re each given this move one by one. Maybe that€™s because it€™s safe; but since the user has to jump up and land hard on their back, that might not be entirely true.