As the 90's began to wane down, WCW and the WWF/E were in the midst of The Monday Night Wars. One selling point WCW could claim over their Stanford rivals was a deeper roster stocked with luchadores brought in from Mexico and technicians from Canada, Europe and Japan. Combining all the great parts of the international flare was The Ultimo Dragon, a Japanese born martial artist and Mexican trained luchadore. While American audiences have seen hurricanrana-like maneuvers such as Scott Steiner's Frankensteiner, the top rope variation was part of a near endless highlight reel produced by the WCW cruiserweights, with The Ultimo Dragon front and center.
3. 5 Star Frog Splash - Rob Van Dam
Paul Heyman's ECW promotion is recognized as the forerunner to both the WWE's Attitude Era and WCW's modern Cruiserweight Division. One of the promotion's crown jewels was Rob Van Dam, an uncanny performer with unmatched flexibility and agility. While there were other frog splashes before (Art Barr and Eddie Guerrero come to mind), RVD's makes the list for sheer aesthetics. Sometimes covering 3/4 of the ring, sometimes rotating his body horizontally, and with a parabolic arc "higher" than any other top rove move, RVD's 5 Star is a commonly associated image with ECW.