9 Laws Of Physics That Only Exist In Wrestling

You'd expect that any strike directed at an opponent bouncing off the ropes would have the same effect. If anything, a strike from outside the ring to an opponent mid-rebound would be less effective, given that the time during which his back is stretching against the ropes is when he is closest to standing still. Anyone who has seen a Brain Busters match, however, knows that a strike through the ropes is crippling, but why?

We've already discussed the bizarre network of electromagnetic currents that are created by the ring ropes, but these physical marvels have other, more sinister uses. Any strike which passes through the ropes disrupts the carefully-calibrated electromagnetic field and causes the normal impact of the move to be augmented with a taser-like effect. It's why Arn Anderson forearming a guy in the lumbar region after Tully throws him into the ropes can cause him to collapse as if he's been shot, and why all 150 pounds of Rey Mysterio's 619 bonking into you can send you sailing across the ring.

Dean Ambrose knows it, too. Why else would he go for that dumb-looking rebound clothesline 60 times a match?