10 Awesome Wrestling Moves WWE Stars Aren't Allowed To Do

Professional wrestling is, at the best of times, a pretty dangerous line of work.

Instead of spending your days sat behind a desk or in an assembly line, you're in a ring with a thinly-padded floor. And quite often you have to land harshly on that thinly-padded floor in order to entertain the watching audience (many of whom probably not-so-secretly think you're overrated).

But WWE, these days anyway, is probably one of the safer places to be a wrestler. You're at risk of repetitive strain injury, of course, working matches night after night all year round, but they at least make sure - for the most part - that you don't get deliberately dropped on your head.

The company's decision to ban certain moves (or at least heavily regulate their use) hasn't gone down well among some of the purists, whose insatiable thirst for danger is probably better quenched by watching Pamplona's Running of the Bulls.

But, when you think about the career-ending and, in some cases, life-changing injuries suffered by some of its employees over the years, you can understand why they are so cautious.

The Canadian Destroyer, made famous by Petey Williams during his five-year stretch with TNA, has never seen the light of day in WWE.

And, honestly, we're probably OK with that. It certainly looks spectacular, but its impact can often seem a little underwhelming, and besides, you really have to suspend your disbelief in order to accept that the recipient isn't at least partially helping his assailant pull it off.

That's also part of the reason it's so dangerous. It relies on both of those involved timing their cues to a tee, with little scope for correcting any missteps whilst flipping backwards in mid-air (unlike, say, the Styles Clash, which - we would see last year re: James Ellsworth - AJ is a pro at executing safely).