DDT (professional wrestling)
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In [[professional wrestling]] a '''DDT''' is any move in which the wrestler falls down or backwards to drive a held opponent's head into the mat. The classic DDT is performed by putting the opponent in a [[Professional wrestling holds#Front facelock|front facelock]] and falling backwards so that the opponent is forced to dive forward onto his or her head.<ref name=wwemag>{{cite|title=WWE Magazine (p.23)|author=WWE|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|date=July 2007}}</ref> The DDT is often prefaced with a kick to the stomach in order to drive the head of the opponent downwards; a kick and a DDT in quick succession is referred to as a '''Flowing DDT'''.
The move was named by [[Jake Roberts|Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], who [[Jake_Roberts#The_origins_of_the_DDT|accidentally invented the move]] in the 1980s.<ref name=wwemag/> Rumors abound as to what the letters DDT supposedly stood for, including ''Drop Dead Twice'', ''Demonic Death Trap'', ''Death Drop Technique'' and ''Damien's Dinner Time'' after Jake's pet python Damien. When asked what DDT meant, Jake once famously replied "The End." The abbreviation itself originally came from the chemical [[DDT|dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane]], a notorious [[pesticide]], as stated during shoot interviews and on his ''Pick Your Poison'' [[DVD]]. Many think the term DDT was appropriated because the chemical DDT is something "bad" that is buried in the ground and causes extreme danger (and possible brain damage/birth defects) when there; similarly, a DDT is bad in that it buries an opponent's head into the mat, creating [[kayfabe]] extreme danger to the brain and spinal cord.
== Variations ==
=== Front facelock variants ===
==== Argentine DDT ====
The wrestler lifts the opponent onto his shoulders as in a [[Backbreaker#Argentine backbreaker rack|Argentine backbreaker rack]], pushes the opponent's legs while still holding the front facelock, flipping them over to the front of the wrestler. The wrestler falls down to the mat back first, driving the opponent face first down to the mat.
==== Brainbuster DDT ====
See: [[Brainbuster#Jumping brainbuster|''Jumping brainbuster'']]
==== Cradle DDT ====
See: [[Brainbuster#Cradle brainbuster|''Cradle brainbuster'']]
==== Cross Armed DDT ====
The attacker puts the opponent in a front facelock, like to do a regular DDT, but the crosses the opponents arms under their body. The attacking wrestler then falls onto his back, driving the opponent's face and crossed arms onto the mat, causing damage to the arms and head.
==== Double underhook DDT ====
Instead of applying a head or face lock, the wrestler bends his opponent forward and hooks each arm behind the opponent's back, tucks the opponent's head under one of his arms, and then falls back to pull the opponent down either flat on his face, which is the more common variant, or onto the top of their head, causing them to roll over, like in a regular DDT. It is also known as a '''double arm DDT''' or a '''butterfly DDT'''. The faceplant variant is technically known as an ''implant double underhook DDT''. This move is used by [[Mick Foley]], usually to set his opponent up for the [[Mandible Claw]]. It is also used by [[Stevie Richards]], who calls it the '''Stevie-T'''.
==== Elevated DDT ====
This version of a DDT first sees an attacking wrestler place the opponent on an elevated surface, usually the ropes/turnbuckle, while applying a front facelock. The attacking wrestler next draws the opponent away from the elevated surface leaving the opponent's feet over the elevated surface (i.e. ring ropes), making them the only thing other than the wrestler keeping the opponent off the ground. The attacking wrestler then falls backwards so that the opponent is forced to dive forward onto his/her head with extra force due to the height of which they were dropped.
This can also be performed as a [[Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Elevated DDT|double team move]].
====Flip-over DDT====
Also known as a '''Samurai Driver''' this DDT sees a wrestler place his/her head between the thighs of an opponent before jumping up while pushing away from the opponent's thighs to flip up and sit on the shoulders of the opponent. The wrestler then spreads their legs, dropping off the opponent's shoulders as they grab hold of the opponent's head in a front facelock to fall down to the mat back first, driving the opponent's head down to the mat. This move sees the attacking wrestler get lifted up in a [[powerbomb]] position so often this move is used as a counter to a powerbomb.
[[Essa Rios]] used this move as a finisher in his [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] career.
====Float-over DDT====
First referred to as a '''Maivia Hurricane''', this DDT, which was innovated by [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]], sees the wrestler stand in front of his opponent facing at him, duck, hook one of his arms over the opponent's shoulder (if it's the opponent's left shoulder that the attacker chooses to seize, he hooks with his right, or opposite if sides are reversed), swing himself under the opponent's armpit then around and over the opponent's back so that he faces the same way as the opponent, lock the opponent's head under his other hand's armpit, spin another 180[[Degree (angle)|°]] to end up having the opponent locked in a [[Professional wrestling holds#Front facelock|front facelock]] and fall back to drive the opponent skull first to the mat, as in a regular DDT.
The maneuver is usually performed after the attacker ducks a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Punch|punch]] or a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Clothesline|clothesline]].
====Fireman's carry DDT====
Also described as a ''fireman's carry implant DDT'', this move sees the attacking wrestler first put an opponent up in the [[Professional wrestling holds#Fireman's carry|fireman's carry]] (across the wrestler's shoulders) position, then throw the opponent's legs out in front of him/her to spin them out while the attacking wrestler switches the position of his/her arm that's holding the opponent's head to a [[Professional wrestling holds#Front facelock|front facelock]] and falls backwards to drive the top of the opponent's head in to the mat.
====Fisherman DDT====
After applying a [[Professional wrestling holds#Front facelock|front facelock]], the wrestler hooks the opponent's near leg with his other arm, lifts them up into a vertical position, and falls backwards on to his back, driving the opponent's head down to the mat. This move is also known as a '''Leg hook DDT'''.
==== Implant DDT ====
Implant DDT refers to variations of the DDT where the opponent is driven to the mat face first, as in a faceplant, and not on to their heads. The most common variation is the [[#Lifting DDT|Lifting DDT]].
A common variation of the [[#Double underhook DDT|Double underhook DDT]] is the implant variation.
Another variation of the implant DDT sees the wrestler place their opponent in a headlock, but instead of falling backwards they leap backwards onto their back, pulling the opponent with them face first to the mat. Also, most times when a wrestler dives from an elevated surface and catches the opponent in a DDT, it is an implant DDT.
==== Jumping DDT ====
A slight variation where instead of just falling backwards, the wrestler jumps up while holding the front facelock, so that they are horizontal, and then uses the weight and momentum to pull the opponent down on their head. [[Mickie James]] uses this as her finisher, which she calls the '''Mickie-DT'''. Also, a variation of this move is sometimes seen where, as the wrestler jumps, they use the horizontal position to execute a [[Dropkick#Front dropkick|Front Dropkick]] to the knees of the opponent to add additional impact to the move.
==== Lifting DDT ====
This version of a DDT is similar to a [[#Spike DDT|spike DDT]] and is often referred to as a '''Low angle [[brainbuster]]''', or simply as an '''[[#Implant DDT|implant DDT]]'''. The attacking wrestler applies a front facelock to an opponent then lifts the opponent off the ground just before falling backwards to drive the opponent face or head first down to the mat. A common name for the move is the '''Impaler''', as named by one of the move's users, [[David Heath (wrestler)|Gangrel]]. Other common names is the '''Edgecution''' used by [[Adam Copeland|Edge]]
A slight variation of this, sees the wrestler spin the opponent's body away from themselves as they raise the opponent off the ground. Another version, the '''lifting [[#Reverse DDT|reverse DDT]]''', sees the wrestler apply an inverted face lock, lift the opponent off the ground and fall back. This version was used by [[Devon Hughes|D-Von Dudley]] who called it the '''Saving Grace''' in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]].
==== Legsweep DDT ====
In these versions of a DDT the wrestler applies a front facelock and then performs a type of [[Professional wrestling throws#Trips and sweeps|legsweep]] to essentially take out the legs from under the opponent before falling backwards to drive the opponent face first down to the mat.
[[Paul London]] used a variation of this in [[Ring of Honor]] where he hooked one of his legs around the opponent's, in a manner similar to that of a [[Facebuster#Complete Shot|reverse STO]], before sweeping their leg as he fell backwards to deliver extra force.
[[CM Punk]] uses a version he calls the '''Devil Lock DDT''' where he first puts the opponent in a [[Professional wrestling holds#Hammerlock|hammerlock]] before sweeping out their legs. [[Consequences Creed]] also uses this version and calls it the '''Creed-DT'''.
====Over the shoulder swinging DDT====
Innovated by [[John Hugger|Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli]], the attacking wrestler puts the opponent over the shoulder as in a [[Powerslam#Front powerslam|powerslam]] set up but instead throws them off and around their body grabbing their head and executing a [[Professional wrestling throws#Front facelock drop|modified DDT]] or a modified [[facebuster]]. Stamboli also innovated a variation in where he [[Powerslam#Gorilla press powerslam|military presses]] an opponent before putting him on his shoulder.
==== Running DDT ====
The wrestler while charging at an opponent, who is bent forward, applies a [[Professional wrestling holds#Front facelock|front facelock]] before dropping backwards to drive the opponent down to the mat head first. Usually seen used by The Undertaker.
In another variation the wrestler will also push the opponent up with his free arm, hitting a [[#Spike DDT|spike DDT]] version of the move.
==== Scissored DDT ==== <!--- I think it needs to be renamed into something more technical --->
This move, innovated and dubbed the '''Desecrator''' by [[MsChif]], sees the wrestler apply the [[Professional wrestling holds#Front facelock|front facelock]] and then puts one of their legs on one of the opponent's arms before falling backward and driving the opponent head first to the mat. It is sometimes ''wrongly'' referred to as a [[#Single arm DDT|scissored single arm DDT]]. [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Inverted DDT|An inverted variation]] is also possible.
==== Sitout DDT ====
''See [[Professional wrestling throws#Facebreaker DDT|Facebreaker DDT]]''
==== Snap DDT ====<!-- This section is linked from [[Amy Dumas]] -->
The wrestler applies a [[Professional wrestling holds#Front facelock|front facelock]] to their opponent. The wrestler then jumps down onto his back, swinging his legs forward, bending the opponent, and driving them down to the mat face, forehead, or head first.
[[Satoru Sayama|Tiger Mask]] and [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] used a swinging variation where the attacker draws one of their legs backwards (usually the leg closest to the opponent) before swinging it forward to build extra momentum. They then drop onto their back, driving the opponent head first to the mat. This variation is known as a '''Swinging Snap DDT'''. [[Tommy Dreamer]] uses a version were he keeps them vertical when they hit the mat so they are on top of their head. He calls it the '''Dreamer DDT'''.
Another version is when the wrestler kicks the opponent in the gut as in a flowing DDT and hits the snap DDT. This flowing version is popularly used by [[Scott Levy|Raven]], who dubbed it the '''Raven Effect DDT''' or the '''[[Even Flow]] DDT''' and was also used by [[Mike Lockwood|Crash Holly]] and [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]], who dubbed his version the '''People's DDT'''. That variation was also by [[John Cena]] in his early career .
==== Spike DDT ====
The wrestler applies a [[Professional wrestling holds#Front facelock|front facelock]] to his opponent and lifts them up with his free arm. He then falls backwards, driving the opponent vertically down to the mat head first. The Spike DDT is a version of the DDT which is somewhere between a [[#Lifting DDT|lifting DDT]] and a [[brainbuster]].
Another version of the Spike DDT, known as a '''Diving DDT''' or a '''Halo DDT''', exists in which the wrestler dives off of the top rope, catches the opponent in the front facelock and hits the DDT. This version is most notably used by [[Ace Steel]], who calls it the '''Steel Spike''', and by [[Maven Huffman|Maven]].
==== Tornado DDT ====<!-- This section is linked from [[Oscar Gutierrez]] -->
The tornado DDT is also referred to as a '''Swinging DDT''' / '''Spinning DDT'''. A wrestler applies a [[Professional wrestling holds#Front facelock|front facelock]] to an opponent from an elevated position (for example, sitting on the top turnbuckle against an opponent standing on the mat, or from the apron against an opponent standing on the ground). The wrestler then jumps forward and swings around to fall backwards and drop the opponent's head into the mat. [[Shoichi Funaki]] referred to it as the '''Rising Sun'''.
There are variations to this move which are all commonly known as a '''Tornado DDT'''. One version sees the wrestler apply the front facelock while on the same level as the opponent and then [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Springboard|run up the ring ropes]] (or even another opponent) to springboard round and deliver the DDT.
In grounded versions a wrestler charges at a standing opponent, jumps up and applies the front facelock in mid air before swinging his/herself round and falling backwards down to the mat to deliver the DDT. This is sometimes known as a '''Jumping swinging DDT''' and is regularly used by wrestlers that use a standard Tornado DDT. [[Mickie James]] is best known for using this variation, calling it the '''Mickie-DT'''.
===Inverted facelock variants===
This subsection lists DDTs that involve the opponent being dropped on the back of their heads. The basic ''Reverse DDT'' is also known as an [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Inverted DDT|Inverted DDT]].
==== Inverted DDT ====
Standing behind his / her opponent with the opponent in front of him / her, the wrestler bends his / her back and applies an [[Professional wrestling holds#Inverted facelock|inverted facelock]], then falls backwards to slam the opponent's head into the mat. Also known as a '''Reverse DDT'''. Most famous for using this move in the U.S. is [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]]. Another variation used can be done when the wrestler falls on his / her stomach instead of their back, which is known as a '''falling inverted / falling reverse DDT'''.
==== Lifting inverted DDT ====
Sometimes referred to as an '''inverted suplex'''. The wrestler applies an [[Professional wrestling holds#Inverted facelock|inverted facelock]] on the opponent with one arm, and lifts the opponent up with the other. The wrestler then falls backwards down onto their back, slightly to their side, driving the opponent down to the mat upper back and head first. Another variation used can be done when the wrestler falls on their stomach instead of their back, which is known as a '''lifting falling inverted / lifting falling reverse DDT'''.
==== Reverse tornado DDT ====
The wrestler applies an [[Professional wrestling holds#Inverted facelock|inverted facelock]] from an elevated position (for example, sitting on the top turnbuckle against an opponent standing on the mat, or from the apron against an opponent standing on the ground). He/she then jumps off so that he/she swings around the opponent. Using the momentum from the jump, he/she falls forwards and slams the back of the opponent's head into the mat.It could also be done when the wrestler is standing on the mat instead of an elevated position.
==== Standing shiranui ====
This is a ''backflip three-quarter facelock reverse DDT'', which is a variation of the ''[[Professional wrestling aerial attacks#Shiranui|Shiranui]]''. In this move a wrestler applies a [[Professional wrestling holds#Three-quarters face lock|three-quarter facelock]] on the opponent and performs a backflip over the opponent while maintaining the facelock turning it into an [[Professional wrestling holds#Inverted facelock|inverted facelock]] and then either landing face down to the mat, on their own back to the side, or in a sitting position, to drive the opponent's head back-first down to the mat.
==== Swinging reverse DDT ====
This variation sees a wrestler lock in a [[Professional wrestling holds#Front facelock|front facelock]] and, while falling backwards, twist their opponent around resulting in the opponent landing on the back of their head, as in a normal reverse DDT.
A slight variation of this, used by [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]], who calls it the '''Mizard of Oz''', sees the wrestler reach under the opponent while setting up the move to grab their far arm. From there, the wrestler pull the arm over, causing the opponent to twist around until they are in an [[Professional wrestling holds#Inverted facelock|inverted facelock]] before then dropping backwards for a standard Inverted DDT.
=== Other variations of the DDT ===
==== Single arm DDT ====
''See [[Professional wrestling throws#Armbar takedown|Armbar Takedown]]''
==== Exploder DDT ====
This is where the wrestler reaches across the opponent's torso with one hand and grabs the thighs with the other, the wrestler lifts the opponent up horizontal to the mat and falls back like a [[#Lifting DDT|lifting DDT]]. The move is known by the names '''T-Bone DDT''', '''DDT-Plex''' and the '''T-Bone Driller''' / '''Driver'''.
==Notes==
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==See also==
*[[Professional wrestling throws]]
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