THE DROPKICK

From Antonino Rocca in the 1940's through to the high-octane luchadors of today. Fe moves have remained in use within the wrestling ring.

One of those moves is the topic of this video - The Dropkick.

Through it's inception in wrestling, though it's evolution in the squared circle, Dod Wrestle Pod's 5 Minute Moves takes a brief look at why the move is so popular today in the WWE, in NJPW in anime and especially in video games in Japan.

We Always Thought the Future Would Be Kind of Fun by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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