10 Times Wrestlers Stole An Opponent’s Finisher (& Did It BETTER)
9. Yokozuna - Atomic Leg Drop (WWF King Of The Ring 1993)
Yokozuna once tipped the scales at an alleged 804 pounds. Of course, having his leg drop across your throat is going to be mental.
The King of the Ring 1993 encounter, which pitted Yoko against the defending WWF Champion Hulk Hogan, served as the superheavyweight Samoan's mandated revenge against Hogan, who had committed a different kind of robbery three months prior at WrestleMania 9. Yokozuna, you see, had just thwarted Bret Hart's reign as the WWF Champion when Hogan dug out his all-American red and yellow shovel, burying him as if Yokozuna was Enhancement Talent #51 loitering around his locker room.
Why?
Because 'Murica trumps all.
(Yokozuna was born in San Francisco, for those wondering.)
Here, at the WWF's second-biggest Party of the Summer, Yokozuna forced Hogan to a pinfall loss with his own finisher. Hogan lay motionless under the full weight of Yokozuna's right leg, which, while not quite as extreme a way to go out as having Yokozuna sitting atop him via Banzai Drop, still caused Hulk a great deal of pain - so much so that he fled the company and didn't return for nine years.