Backstage News On WWE Doing More Moves On Ring Apron

By John Canton / July 20, 2015

There was a trend that took place during WWE Battleground with wrestlers doing spots on the side of the ring apron. It's something that management has encouraged talent to do because they saw how common it is in Ring of Honor, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. Any regular viewer of Ring of Honor knows they have been doing those kinds of bump for many years, so it's definitely plausible to think that there was a ROH influence on it. One of the more famous ring apron spots that WWE wrestlers have done was when The Undertaker did the leg drop on the apron while his opponent's head was under the bottom rope. During the Battleground event, Big E did a splash during the tag title match on Darren Young that is pictured above. Bray Wyatt has also made a DDT on the the ring apron as part of his regular arsenal. A popular apron spot is also Roman Reigns dropkick, which is called the Drive By.

It's interesting that WWE would go out of their way to instruct their performers to do more than a dozen ring apron spots considering it's the hardest part of the ring. With so many injuries in WWE in the last few months, is it really that wise to have guys taking bumps on the apron? It's probably okay in small doses, but doing it too often could lead to some guys getting hurt. For the wrestlers, it's a way to allow them to try some different things. There's not that much room on the apron, but if they plan the spots well they should be able to do some innovative spots that fans haven't seen many times before.