3. Randy Orton
Outside of a few places that still consider Randy Orton king, Sir Randall K. Orton Esq has fallen out of regard with much of the wrasslin' community. A lot of this isn't entirely his fault - there is only so much you can do to overcome puzzling booking decisions. Although some of it certainly is, since if this was a "Top 10 Superstars Who Could Do the Perfect Headlock Repeatedly For About Eight Years" it would have been Randy Orton 9 times and then the
guy on the cover of Pro Wrestling for the Sega Master System. When he tries though, he is one of the best around. No matter how many times he hits an RKOUTTANOWHERE on somebody you'd rather see in the main event, he still delivers a dropkick so good it could heal his dad's broken arm.
2. Kazuchika Okada
The closest Okada has ever come to wrestling for the WWE was losing to Rob Terry and dressing like Kato in TNA, but I refer you to the AJ Styles entry for my opinion on whether or not he should be included. Good dropkicks transcend borders, and the two time IWGP Heavyweight Champ's dropkick is one of the best of all time. If he started pinning opponents with it instead of the Rainmaker I don't think a single person would be surprised, as he is really one of the few current wrestlers that can get a crowd out of their seats with one. It is so pretty that Gedo once burst through a wall of the tsuka Museum of Art's Scrovegni Chapel recreation like the Kool-Aid Man, hung up a projector screen with just Okada's dropkick on endless loop, and not a single person complained.* *
1. Erik Watts
This goes without saying. There has not been a single person in human history that could deliver a dropkick as majestic as Erik Watts. Tekno Team 2000 wasn't actually a gimmick, it was a result of Erik Watt's dropkick being so beautiful that it caused a rip in the space-time continuum that only silver vests, zubaz, and mullets could fix. "Cowboy" Bill Watts was strictly against putting Erik on WCW television but, when he saw Erik Watts stop a bank robbery with his perfect dropkick he decided that he was ready to be pushed to the moon. When George Washington was deciding whether or not he would accept a third term as president, he received a vision from the future of Erik Watts dropkick and knew, deep down, nothing he did could ever top that as the greatest moment in American history. During the Cold War, the only thing that kept Russia from pushing their big red button wasn't America's nuclear arsenal, it was the knowledge that, somewhere, Erik Watts and his dropkick were waiting. The original ending for Ong Bak was actually Tony Jaa beating Nathan Jones and then being broken down into his atomic makeup by a surprise Erik Watts dropkick. Erik Watts' dropkick was the only thing the Spanish Inquisition didn't expect. On the 7th day, God didn't rest - he taught Erik Watts how to deliver a dropkick.
Actual 1. Mr. Perfect
Okay, okay. You got me. I was just kidding about the Erik Watts thing. Did you really think I'd include Maven and not Mr. Perfect? The real number one goes to the only guy on this list who actually called his dropkick perfect. Curt Hennig was one of the most iconic wrestlers of an era that a huge number of us remember quite fondly, and also one of the most technically sound of all time. He hit better than Wade Boggs and had a better shot than Mike Modano, but it is his legendary dropkick that gets him the top spot on this list. Even when his back was being held together by towels and chewing gum he still delivered it, well, perfectly. It is the perfect combination of almost every dropkick on this list's strengths. The snap of Bob Holly. The showmanship of Dolph Ziggler. The vertical of Randy Orton. The hair of the Rock 'n' Roll Express. Perfect indeed.
