in 1987 I saw a schoolmate try to use a standing dropkick in a real fight, in the middle of the street.( we were in elementary school at the time) That kid hit the pavement face first, knocked himself out, lost a fight he was winning. I had to help him home after that ,and I just remember saying, "Ya I didn't see that coming either."
Okada's dropkick is one of the few breathtaking (not a Dear God did he kill him like 15% of the NJPW moves are) moves I've ever seen in my near 40 years of watching wrestling. I think he could even ruin the move like the Young Bucks have with the superkick by doing 5 times in a match, and it would still be amazing to watch. I just hope his knees don't go on him that he stops doing it. Pre-WWF Koko was a sight to behold, but he ended up on the JYD meal plan with both of them being the shell of what they had been pre-WWF. It was such a shame.
The Bucks over do all of their moves, they don't sell and their moves mean nothing. Even the Meltzer driver looks so fake. Kenny Omega kidnapped Nakamura's high knees and does them about 10 times a match now. It doesn't shock me that those guys are friends.
I remember WK9 when Jim Ross hyped up the Okada dropkick in the beginning of the match, it immediately caught my interest. Then when he busted it out towards the end JR sold it as if it were a legit finish to the match (and I believed it for a momemt).
@@ltothemagain and have made more money than almost anyone...and didn't have to change or kiss ass to make it...you must just go on what u hear and dont watch them..when they have "big" matches they aren't too many better than the bucks and Kenny...
Saw Rocky here in Houston at the Coliseum a number of times.Me and my folks always thought he could dropkick over the Astrodome,if not the Monument itself.
in spring of 1984 i bought a t-shirt at a WWF house show in Grand Rapids, MI...it stated..."Rocky Johnson: King Of The Dropkick". w/ a bust of a chiseled Rocky on it, & while executing a perfect dropkick in the background...awesome! wishin i kept it now!!!
Yes. I remember a Superstars match he did in 1990. He slammed a jobber, and went to a corner. The guy got up, Earthquake ran and drop kicked him right in the face. The job guy flew back, rolled backward and came to his knees and face planted.
Jim Brunzell had the best dropkick. It always hit with accuracy and looked like it had a lot of force, plus he could get way up there. Before Sting blew out his knee, his dropkick was great.
Jaques Teddy Ruxpin - Back then it was illegal to go over the top rope, they didn’t use tables and chairs I’m not talking about that though, I’m saying guys from the Attitude/Ruthless Aggression Era to now are better athletes Guys like Shelton Benjamin, Apollo Crews, Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, The Rock, Bobby Lashley, Booker T, Rey Mysterio, Baron Corbin, John Morrison etc
To me The Road Warriors had amazing dropkicks for guys their size. Animal at 300 lbs. could dropkick like a man 100lbs lighter ,and Hawk...oh man, 275 lb. Hawk could jump straight up in the air from a standing position (no run up needed) and nail the guy in the head with both feet.
I always loved how Dynamite Kid threw a dropkick, especially off the top followed by the kip up. Also Art Barr's standing dropkick always looked really good
He thinks Lance has no charisma and never drew a dime, therfore he thinks he's overrated as all hell. Also Brian commented on the physique of Jericho and Lance Storm bashed him for it.
I actually don't understand why. Brian Last seems to have a strong dislike for both of the Thrillseekers and he seems to be the only person I know who does so. It's actually uncommon for people to have bad things to say about Jericho and Storm. And agreed. Storm had one of my favourite dropkicks.
@@KangDo Lance Storm having no charisma was a common argument to the point that even WWE went out of their way to point it out with a storyline. I remember them changing his theme to hip hop and having him do a ridiculous dance down to the ring. I felt bad for him but at the same time I couldn't help but laugh because of the fact that he kept the same ice cold look on his face while doing it.
I never recall benoit doing MISSLIE dropkicks. Maybe a normal but great dropkick, but not of the top rope. Booker had a good one i think the best one was against Finley on nitro. Cant remember which year. Srry
The best move in Maven's arsenal was his dropkick, I don't think I've seen a better one. Jim Brunzell and Tom Zenk's would be my close runner-ups, but I loved how Brian Pillman used his defensively. Made it different.
In regards to the move itself yes, but if we're talking about the sequence to the drop kick and the drop kock itself that would be AJ Styles' leapfrog, drop down drop kick sequence.
The killer Bees would sometimes have a six man tags where they teamed with Paul Orndorff. Orndorff would put a guy on his shoulders and Brunzell would dropkick him off without hitting Paul.
BrokenSaintRW Yup, his weren't even waist high, they were thigh high. Goof thing his daddy was the booker, otherwise he would have never stepped in a wrestling ring.
I really like Randy Orton's dropkick, he's always so precise with his timing and he gets a ton of air. I haven't seen him do it in a long time though so I guess he's knocked it off. He should still do it in big matches though. The worst I've ever seen is Erik Watts. He's the anti Orton. No sense of timing or precision. It looks like he did it on accident. Like a cartoon character slipping on a banana peel
Jim Brunzell had an insane dropkick. I saw him at an Indy show in the late 90s when Berinzell was in his late 40s smack a guy right in the mouth with a dropkick.
Yes! Thank you for mentioning Paul Roma; I was going to mention him myself. Roma was in unbelievable shape and had a 4 foot standing vertical jump during his prime in the WWF. Everyone should go back and watch the match he had with Big John Studd - Roma delivered an incredible dropkick where he put one foot on Studd's forehead while his other foot went over his head. Not an easy task.
The Nature Boy Buddy Landel had an AMAZING standing drop kick. Saw him in SMW hit his opponent right in the mouth with a standing drop kick. Definitely poetry in motion.
Erik Watts immediately comes to mind when I think about horrible dropkicks. Booker's son or not, I'm amazed Dr. Death didn't destroy him after that terrible dropkick he threw (SuperBrawl 92 or 93, I think?).
My favorite dropkick of all time was Brad Armstrong. Look at some of his Crockett era matches...his dropkick was flawless. Doug Furnas was definitely another one as mentioned. For some reason I always got a kick out of Ricky Morton's because for me seeing a guy land on his back from one was unusual. And Koko Ware too....that one they showed in the UWF's TV intro was vicious!
I agree with brad Armstrong and koko b.ware. koko's matches in uwf were some of his best. Unfortunately, I don't think too many people will remember brad Armstrong. Yea... Ricky Morton landing on his back was funny to watch.
Eddie Guerrero's dropkick for me personally has to be the sweetest, effortless looking one I've ever seen. He had suck height, speed and accuracy with it and just looked amazing.
The first few minutes....the best radio/podcasting there is!! But going way back....how about Verne and/or Greg Gagne? I seem to remember they had great dropkicks. As per usual, Jim's great.
You guys in the comments are naming some great drop kicks but we all just gonna act like FMW's Hayabusa didn't have one of the most amazing drop kicks ever. You well rounded wrestling fans know what i'm talking about.
I've always loved Minoru Suzuki's running dropkick where he gets the opponent right as they're coming off the rope by running at them and putting one foot forward into their face and the other into their chest. Looks ridiculously devastating.
I totally bought Jimmy Golden's dropkick as a finisher, even in the early 90's. A tall rangy guy with hops nailing someone with both feet... it looked like he was gonna launch them out of the ring.
I had just typed a post about Koko taking a guy's head off on a second rope dropkick on a UWF show and then Brian mentioned it. It is on TH-cam. Look for it.
in 1987 I saw a schoolmate try to use a standing dropkick in a real fight, in the middle of the street.( we were in elementary school at the time) That kid hit the pavement face first, knocked himself out, lost a fight he was winning. I had to help him home after that ,and I just remember saying, "Ya I didn't see that coming either."
I tried to Zig Zag (Dolph Ziggler's Finisher) in 8th Grade it was ok tho
He should’ve stuck with the DDT!
Could’ve been worse: He could’ve tried to do a Canadian Destroyer! 🤕
Okada's dropkick is one of the few breathtaking (not a Dear God did he kill him like 15% of the NJPW moves are) moves I've ever seen in my near 40 years of watching wrestling. I think he could even ruin the move like the Young Bucks have with the superkick by doing 5 times in a match, and it would still be amazing to watch. I just hope his knees don't go on him that he stops doing it. Pre-WWF Koko was a sight to behold, but he ended up on the JYD meal plan with both of them being the shell of what they had been pre-WWF. It was such a shame.
The Bucks over do all of their moves, they don't sell and their moves mean nothing. Even the Meltzer driver looks so fake. Kenny Omega kidnapped Nakamura's high knees and does them about 10 times a match now. It doesn't shock me that those guys are friends.
I remember WK9 when Jim Ross hyped up the Okada dropkick in the beginning of the match, it immediately caught my interest. Then when he busted it out towards the end JR sold it as if it were a legit finish to the match (and I believed it for a momemt).
@@ltothemagain and have made more money than almost anyone...and didn't have to change or kiss ass to make it...you must just go on what u hear and dont watch them..when they have "big" matches they aren't too many better than the bucks and Kenny...
Okada's dropkicks are a thing of beauty
Rocky Johnson must be remembered on this topic of conversation.
Saw Rocky here in Houston at the Coliseum a number of times.Me and my folks always thought he could dropkick over the Astrodome,if not the Monument itself.
Among current active wrestlers, Okada has the best dropkick IMHO.
Roderick Strong has very underrated dropkicks. Sometimes he almost jumps over the person he's kicking!
Hennig, Okada, AJ, Hardcore Holly to name a few
Lance Storm has an awesome Dropkick.
Missile dropkicks too real smooth
in spring of 1984 i bought a t-shirt at a WWF house show in Grand Rapids, MI...it stated..."Rocky Johnson: King Of The Dropkick". w/ a bust of a chiseled Rocky on it, & while executing a perfect dropkick in the background...awesome!
wishin i kept it now!!!
the best dropkick I've ever seen was dave england kicking bam margera in jackass 2, that thing was poetry in motion
John Tenta had a mean dropkick, especially for a guy his size.
Yes. I remember a Superstars match he did in 1990. He slammed a jobber, and went to a corner. The guy got up, Earthquake ran and drop kicked him right in the face. The job guy flew back, rolled backward and came to his knees and face planted.
Jim Brunzell had the best dropkick. It always hit with accuracy and looked like it had a lot of force, plus he could get way up there. Before Sting blew out his knee, his dropkick was great.
Randy Orton has great drop kicks
Jim brunzell were better
Jaques Teddy Ruxpin - Ehh not really
The athletes are better now than they were back then
@@gdarippa69 not really, wrestlers like Ric Flair had 45 year careers, these wrestlers today are lucky if they make it to 20
Jaques Teddy Ruxpin - Back then it was illegal to go over the top rope, they didn’t use tables and chairs
I’m not talking about that though, I’m saying guys from the Attitude/Ruthless Aggression Era to now are better athletes
Guys like Shelton Benjamin, Apollo Crews, Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, The Rock, Bobby Lashley, Booker T, Rey Mysterio, Baron Corbin, John Morrison etc
@@gdarippa69 chairs have been used in wrestling since the 1920s, but to your other point, 🎯🎯🎯
To me The Road Warriors had amazing dropkicks for guys their size. Animal at 300 lbs. could dropkick like a man 100lbs lighter ,and Hawk...oh man, 275 lb. Hawk could jump straight up in the air from a standing position (no run up needed) and nail the guy in the head with both feet.
YES! I remember that!
One of their 4 moves!!
Absolutely, without a doubt both of them could throw mean dropkicks ! Doc Death Steve Williams and Bruiser Brody both had great dropkicks also. JB
Jim Neidhart had very underrated drop kicks for a guy his size.
Highlight of my youth,watching Neidhart and Dynamite dropkicking each other live.Priceless.
The Rock & Roll Express had a big finishing move: the double drop kick, where both Ricky and Robert would drop kick the heel at the same time.
Hawk from the Road Warriors and Sting had some of the best drop kicks i have seen
Koko B. Ware had one of the smoothest dropkicks. Brian Pillman also deserves mention.
Cretinous Jester Koko is the I’ve seen.
I always loved how Dynamite Kid threw a dropkick, especially off the top followed by the kip up. Also Art Barr's standing dropkick always looked really good
Kane. Big man with a lot of agility had some great looking dropkicks. I especially liked his missile dropkick.
I know Brian hates him, and I understand why, but Lance Storm had an absolutely amazing dropkick.
CoolHandFlash Why does he hate Lance?
He thinks Lance has no charisma and never drew a dime, therfore he thinks he's overrated as all hell.
Also Brian commented on the physique of Jericho and Lance Storm bashed him for it.
I actually don't understand why. Brian Last seems to have a strong dislike for both of the Thrillseekers and he seems to be the only person I know who does so. It's actually uncommon for people to have bad things to say about Jericho and Storm.
And agreed. Storm had one of my favourite dropkicks.
@@KangDo Lance Storm having no charisma was a common argument to the point that even WWE went out of their way to point it out with a storyline. I remember them changing his theme to hip hop and having him do a ridiculous dance down to the ring. I felt bad for him but at the same time I couldn't help but laugh because of the fact that he kept the same ice cold look on his face while doing it.
I always liked Booker T's missile dropkick
Pretty much everything Benoit did in the ring was of the highest quality so I'm not going to argue even though I can't remember him doing one.
I never recall benoit doing MISSLIE dropkicks. Maybe a normal but great dropkick, but not of the top rope. Booker had a good one i think the best one was against Finley on nitro. Cant remember which year. Srry
@@zobanga2800 yeah I saw a match when Benoit did a missile drop once. He didn't do them often
Tommy Rodgers of The Fantastics had a beautiful dropkick.
The best move in Maven's arsenal was his dropkick, I don't think I've seen a better one. Jim Brunzell and Tom Zenk's would be my close runner-ups, but I loved how Brian Pillman used his defensively. Made it different.
Right now Okada has the best drop kick.
In regards to the move itself yes, but if we're talking about the sequence to the drop kick and the drop kock itself that would be AJ Styles' leapfrog, drop down drop kick sequence.
Okada, Brunzell and Bob Holly. The three best.
The killer Bees would sometimes have a six man tags where they teamed with Paul Orndorff. Orndorff would put a guy on his shoulders and Brunzell would dropkick him off without hitting Paul.
YES! "Jumping" Jim Brunzell should definitely had been mentioned by Cornette more favorably than he did
I can think of a terrible Dropkick: Erik Watts
BrokenSaintRW Yup, his weren't even waist high, they were thigh high. Goof thing his daddy was the booker, otherwise he would have never stepped in a wrestling ring.
terrible everything
Everything Erik Watts did was terrible.
Buddy Rose
Once I saw Stevie Ray pull out a dropkick on an episode of WCW Saturday Night. It was pretty impressive, considering he’s 6’ 5” and 285 lbs...
I'm crying over here hearing Brian trying to read the question would be funny enough, but Jim's cackling laugh is killing me. I love it.
I really like Randy Orton's dropkick, he's always so precise with his timing and he gets a ton of air. I haven't seen him do it in a long time though so I guess he's knocked it off. He should still do it in big matches though. The worst I've ever seen is Erik Watts. He's the anti Orton. No sense of timing or precision. It looks like he did it on accident. Like a cartoon character slipping on a banana peel
I seem to remember Tommy Rogers of The Fantastics had a beautiful dropkick
Sure did ! 👍
Christ that story about Murdoch bumping for the cup of ice about killed me.
Jim Brunzell has to be up there.
Brad Armstrong and Doug Furnas comes to mind.
Jim Brunzell had an insane dropkick. I saw him at an Indy show in the late 90s when Berinzell was in his late 40s smack a guy right in the mouth with a dropkick.
Brad Armstrong’s drop kick was sheer perfection.
Jumpin' Jim Brunzell had the best dropkick in the 80's. By the time he to got to the early 90's it was a shadow of his dropkick from the mid 80's.
I am stunned you guys got through it.
I laugh my tits off at these two. Brian is definitely a great addition to the show.
Jim Brunzell standing dropkick was ridiculously amazing. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check it out.
Paul Roma had a pretty good dropkick, he may've not had much to offer the business but give him at least that. :p
Yes! Thank you for mentioning Paul Roma; I was going to mention him myself. Roma was in unbelievable shape and had a 4 foot standing vertical jump during his prime in the WWF. Everyone should go back and watch the match he had with Big John Studd - Roma delivered an incredible dropkick where he put one foot on Studd's forehead while his other foot went over his head. Not an easy task.
Power and glory was a hall of fame team with a jobber push..
The dropkick Rick Rude put on Warrior from the top rope at Wrestlemania 5 was pretty nuts.
The Nature Boy Buddy Landel had an AMAZING standing drop kick. Saw him in SMW hit his opponent right in the mouth with a standing drop kick. Definitely poetry in motion.
Erik Watts immediately comes to mind when I think about horrible dropkicks. Booker's son or not, I'm amazed Dr. Death didn't destroy him after that terrible dropkick he threw (SuperBrawl 92 or 93, I think?).
one of the most impressive dropkick that i remember was mark jindrak the height was just incredible.
My favorite dropkick of all time was Brad Armstrong. Look at some of his Crockett era matches...his dropkick was flawless. Doug Furnas was definitely another one as mentioned. For some reason I always got a kick out of Ricky Morton's because for me seeing a guy land on his back from one was unusual. And Koko Ware too....that one they showed in the UWF's TV intro was vicious!
I agree with brad Armstrong and koko b.ware. koko's matches in uwf were some of his best. Unfortunately, I don't think too many people will remember brad Armstrong. Yea... Ricky Morton landing on his back was funny to watch.
Kazuchika Okada has the best dropkick in the business at the moment. It’s a thing of beauty.
One of my favorite drop kicks is Bryan Clarke/Adam Bomb/Wrath. He does a standing drop kick that often has beautiful form.
And yes okada is my current favorite dropkick.orton had a really nice dropkick at one time but he doesn't use it that much today.
Jeff Jarrett despite all his faults, had a wicked drop kick.
I think he has the best working punch, except for maybe Jerry Lawler
THANK YOU!!! FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE SAID IT
“Pistol” Pez Whatley (RIP) had a badass dropkick for his time, damned near did a complete backflip when he did it.
Rip
I always liked Tom Zenk and Brad Armstrong's dropkicks.
Ricky Steamboat I think had a great drop kick
Butch Reed, Rick Steamboat, Kerry Von Erich, Kevin Von Erich , Gentleman Chris Adams.
Eddie Guerrero's dropkick for me personally has to be the sweetest, effortless looking one I've ever seen. He had suck height, speed and accuracy with it and just looked amazing.
Corny, you're a genius. You need to know your Jim Brunzell. He had the prettiest dropkick I've ever seen.
Tommy Rogers, Brad Armstrong, Kerry Von Erich
The first few minutes....the best radio/podcasting there is!! But going way back....how about Verne and/or Greg Gagne? I seem to remember they had great dropkicks. As per usual, Jim's great.
Curt Henning had THE BEST dropkick I've seen. Randy Orton had the highest dropkick.
Hello Jim and Brian.
Curt Henning in full flight was a sight to se
Owen Hart had an awesome dropkick. He and Koko would do a double dropkick for a tag finisher.
You guys in the comments are naming some great drop kicks but we all just gonna act like FMW's Hayabusa didn't have one of the most amazing drop kicks ever. You well rounded wrestling fans know what i'm talking about.
jerry Blackwell !!!!!! it defied the laws of physics
Yes it did, I remember
How do you ask Jim a question on the late night drive through?
Bam Bam Bigalow used to throw a standing drop kick that would hit his apponat right on the chin. It was amazing for a big man to get up that high.
my favourite was daniel bryan's top rope dropkick.
booker t's is memorable too.
Tommy "wildfire" Rich had one of the best drop kicks around.
Mr.Perfect.
Yep, his running dropkick was amazing.
BrandonDetroitfan Michaels
Well he’s perfect
Mr Perfect had the best dropkick I've ever seen.
I feel like if Jim saw Okada without Omega or Ibushi attached he would love him.
Terry Gordy, Bam Bam Bigelow and Big Show could dropkick. Bobby Eaton one time did the most devastating drop kick on Robert Gipson in Mid-South.
I've always loved Minoru Suzuki's running dropkick where he gets the opponent right as they're coming off the rope by running at them and putting one foot forward into their face and the other into their chest. Looks ridiculously devastating.
kerry von erich had a sweet drop kick.. brunzell, jeff jarrett and okada best for me
So did his brother Kevin
R&r express's double dropkick was buetiful to watch.
I totally bought Jimmy Golden's dropkick as a finisher, even in the early 90's. A tall rangy guy with hops nailing someone with both feet... it looked like he was gonna launch them out of the ring.
He legit looked like he would kill the guy. Excellent call here. I have always thought Jimmy Golden is an under appreciated worker.
I had just typed a post about Koko taking a guy's head off on a second rope dropkick on a UWF show and then Brian mentioned it. It is on TH-cam. Look for it.
Interesting stuff, as always. I thought Animal (Laurenitis) did a credible big man dropkick.
Jimmy Golden's looked like a real finisher
Billy Gunn is one that pops right in my mind right away. Bob Holly had a very clean one too
Randy ortons dropkicks are poetry in motion
On a height perspective... Good god it's gotta be Mark Jindrak
Mr perfect wasn't too shabby
Tommy Rogers- most definitely
Jim Brunzell, Kofi Kingston, Curt Hennig and Randy Orton
Randy Orton has a picturesque dropkick
Young rko had a beautiful drop kick
Ricky Rice, from the end of the AWA days.
Best dropkick at the moment is aj styles
Worse dropkick has to be john cena
“Pistol” Pez Whatley & Brady Boone had the 2 best dropkicks I’ve seen, especially in their eras..
So glad Brian mentioned Okada
I absolutely love hearing when they crack each other up like this! LMFAO!
please tell me that koko and Bobby s team was called vanilla swirl
I think Moose's dropkick is outstanding.
Curt Hennig's was amazing. William Shatner's was decent in Trek original series
Holy Crap, Capt Kirk did throw a dropkick in the series every now and then ! And a pretty damned good one I believe ?
@@Bushmaster10MM Yeah, was a running missile dropkick. I thought it looked pretty good
@@Bushmaster10MM You don't fuck with the Kirk. Drop kicks for days.
Jacques Rougeau had a GREAT one as well.
Jim brunzell and Jim Powers had outstanding dropkicks
Johnny Wilhoit CLEARLY had the ABSOLUTE GREATEST dropkick EVER 💯
Naw that honor goes to "Jumping" Jim Brunzell
The best dropkicker of all time is brad Armstrong
as good as anybody's.
"Tickle my Taint"
Someone's a Ghost fan!
Also the Rougeau's brothers, particulary Raimond
Hardcore Holly had a great drop kick.