100 Best Wrestling Moves EVER
78. The 1-2-3 Kid | Running Legdrop
Sean Waltman was the WWE in-ring litmus test during a time where in-ring product meant more to the brand than any time during Vince McMahon’s ownership.
The mid-1990s represented the company’s commercial wasteland, but “New Generation” wasn’t just a marketing slogan designed to neg Hulk Hogan. Just about everything the 1-2-3 Kid and others like him were doing bell-to-bell raised the bar past the organisation’s “land of the giants” reputation, and Kid’s running legdrop might be the most beautifully-executed move from a laundry list of options.
A pneumatic drill of a move, Waltman’s ability to get between his opponent’s head and half the ring via a spring from the ropes over and over again was futuristic in the extreme. Playing to how smaller, quicker guys need to do things twice as hard, twice as fast or just literally twice, it’s the most in-character attack strategy and the most beautifully executed.