10 Surprising Origins Of Your Favourite Wrestling Moves

10. DDT: Black Gordman (The Move) & Jake Roberts (The Name)

The DDT is like the dive or suplex, in that it is a father move that has a stupid amount of variations or 'child' moves. The butterfly DDT, the Lucha DDT, the VINTAGE ORTON! - all of these are based on the classic technique of firmly face-locking the opponent and dropping to the mat.

Although the DDT was originally used by Black Gordman as something of a transition move, it was Jake The Snake Roberts who used the move as a finisher and gave the drop its famous three-lettered name.

According to Jake, he never actually meant to do the DDT. During a match when Jake had an opponent in a front face lock, his feet were stepped on, causing him to fall backwards. It was the reaction of the fans who gave a collective wince that made Jake use the move intentionally.

The name DDT is something of a mystery, though: WWE (formerly WWF) claimed it stood for Damien's Death Trap, although Jake states that he came up with the name after looking at a newspaper headline about the banning of the toxin DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, so yeah, definitely just call that DDT).

Gordman did invent the move, but ultimatly Jake branded it best.