10 Greatest Diving Elbow Drops Of All Time

But there can only be one man regarded to be the absolute best deliverer of the flying elbow drop—and that man has to be Randy “Macho Man” Savage.

Savage was dropping elbows before many of the previous entries had even been born. And more to the point, he was doing it better than most could have ever hoped to be capable of.

His signature pose atop the turnbuckle has become one of the most iconic images in professional wrestling, and the elbow itself comes across as one of the most effective thanks to the positioning of Savage’s elbow—crashing down into the sternum of his prone opponent.

The move helped Savage win his first ever WWE Championship and ultimately become one of the biggest superstars that the industry has ever seen. The fact that so many adopted the flying elbow drop after Savage show just how influential and inspirational the Macho Man and his move was.

For the legacy, success, and beauty of his flying elbow drop, Randy “Macho Man” Savage has to go down as the greatest adopter of the move in WWE history.