10 Wrestling Moves That Have Been Completely Ruined
3. Tope Suicida/Dives
What was it Randy Orton and Rip Rogers were complaining about all those years ago? That wrestlers did too many dives?
Well, they had a point.
It isn't exclusive to the independent scene, either. Many wrestlers from WWE, AEW, IMPACT, ROH and other promotions are guilty of doing dives too often. It's characteristic of the Cruiserweights, but when everyone does it, the move isn't special and feels as formulaic as a lock-up at the beginning of a bout.
Wrestlers big and small nowadays can execute a top rope dive, a.k.a. a tope suicida, with ease, to the point where it's no longer impressive. For example, it hurts the aura of a giant such as Luke Harper/Brodie Lee when he's diving out to the ringside area so often.
Worse yet, the move never looks like it hurts. In most cases, the superstar doing the dive is merely pushing their opponent out of the way or into the barricade, so they're actually the one taking the brunt of it.
When saved for special occasions (such as The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 35), a high-risk dive can do wonders. Otherwise, they're a waste of everyone's energy, especially if they don't make a match any more memorable.