Ultimately though, its hard to look beyond the innovator himself, Jake the Snake Roberts, as the greatest ever user of the DDT. As the story goes, his variation was in fact the absolute original, and one that dozens of Superstars have looked to for inspiration for over three decades since. Shawn Michaels, The Rock, Triple H, John Cena, CM Punknot to mention every name that has featured on this listsome of the very best that the business has had to offer have emulated Roberts, and theres no greater form of flattery than that. One quick look through YouTube will prove just how great the move was received at the time. Night after night, city after city, the crowd would pop when Jake pulled out the DDT. Main have postulated what the name actually means. On Jake's DVD, former WWE official Bruce Prichard noted that the move was named after a type of poison. Others speculated that it might mean Damiens Death Touch, after Jakes pet snake, or Death Drop Technique. For Jake though, the DDT means immortality, and an eternal place in pro wrestling history. Innovations that have such a lasting effect on the industry dont come around too often, and thats why Jakes DDT earns himself a place at the top of this list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sHWP3F_gk8
