10 WWE Finishers Leftover From Old Gimmicks
4. Marty Jannetty - Rocker Dropper
Nothing about The Rockers should have fed into Marty Jannetty's solo career following their acrimonious split. Unfortunately, getting smashed through the Barber Shop window only benefitted attacker Shawn Michaels in the long run, leaving Jannetty no choice but to try and recapture the glory days as a struggling solo star.
From keeping the theme music and look to eventually trying to rebadge a makeshift team with Leif Cassidy as 'The New Rockers', Jannetty's penchant for the glory days also extended to a finisher that belonged in a part of the past you'd think he'd want to forget about.
The Rocker Dropper didn't look any more dangerous than any other move (that is to say, dangerous in the wrong hands, but not when performed by polished in-ring talents such as Jannetty), but it cost Marty $500,000 and WWE $10,000,000 when prelim wrestler Charles Austin sued the company after being paralysed by an attempt gone wrong in a 1990 squash.
There were no repeat incidents with the move, but by the mid-1990s, the story hung over the hold with far more gravitas than Marty's former gimmick.