10 Iconic Wrestling Finishing Moves You Didn't Know Were Stolen

It may be a little bit of a cheat to call Billy Gunn's leg drop bulldog an "iconic" finishing move, but you have to admit it was always a highlight of Gunn's matches, particularly when he delivered it off the top rope.

But ironically, while the Bad Ass was proclaiming to make his opponents famous using the maneuver (or Fame-Ass, depending on the timeline), he didn't even make that move famous. That was actually Marty Jannetty, who debuted the Rocker Dropper in the late '80s during his time alongside Shawn Michaels.

Although Jannetty's version used a wrist-lock to set the move up, they're essentially the same maneuver.

The Rocker Dropper briefly became infamous during the early '90s when perennial jobber Chuck Austin tucked his head while receiving the move instead of landing flat as one should, resulting in a broken neck, paralysis, and a $26 million court case against the WWE.

After the case was settled, however, Jannetty's career languished and crowds forgot all about the second best finishing move to come from The Rockers. That is until Billy Gunn came around to remind people how awesome it could be.