Well, ok, I don't really have a problem with this one. Not again! What's Irish here? And where the hell is the whip in this? Clearly taking a guys head and ramming it straight into the ground is reminiscent of insecticide. Maybe if Vladimir Kozlov performed it on Nikolai Volkov. I get the leg sweep part, sure, but I dare say there is nothing Russian about it. These days it's called a Russian Leg Sweep. Today's WWE commentators certainly don't. in all fairness, that move name isn't really used anymore. So the opponent is the grapevine, right, and the other guy. I can't even begin to guess where that name is coming from. Was the inventor German? But why name it after his nationality, not his name? We don't call the Lou Thesz Press the American Press, now do we? The last time we picked a fight with other nations we were pretty straightforward about it. Do Germans like to attack from behind? Not really. How about the German Suplex? What's German about it? I'm German and even I don't have a clue. Granted, I can see where the clothesline gets it's name from, but isn't it kind of a silly name for such a violent strike? Even the figure-4-leglock makes sense.īut then there are those where you must wonder what the person who named it must have been smoking. With some moves it's pretty straightforward and clear. Ever notice how many wrestling maneuvers have names that just don't make any sense? I never really questioned them because I learned those names long before I even learned to speak English, so for the most part I sidestepped the whole "why is it called that?"-phase.
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