Jim Ross Laments The Dilution Of The DDT

Once upon a time, the humble DDT was one of the most effective moves in all of wrestling. Nowadays, a simple DDT is highly unlikely to register a three count or, really, do much damage at all.

Legendary announcer Jim Ross is one of the people who is sad to see what has become of a move that was used as a finisher by the likes of Jake Roberts and Arn Anderson.

Bemoaning how the DDT has become a transition spot during a recent edition of his Grilling JR podcast, the WWE Hall of Famer said:

"I agree that the transition spot bullsh*t is true. I also believe that if we were doing our correct due diligence, that there were certain moves that would be banned except for certain guys. Everybody can't use the DDT because they're just going to whore it out, prostitute it out as, you know, a transitional thing. Meaningless. It has no pop. So I told somebody that one time not that long ago, maybe six months ago in AEW. I said, 'You can't beat anybody with a DDT, or you haven't. Is that because you don't do it well, or what is the reason? Because it's the same move, looks the same, everything's the same, and it used to be a killer and everybody used to be in awe of it. Now, talented guys like you can't even beat anybody with it. Explain that to me so I can understand how to explain it on television.' They couldn't. It’s just a spot to get them to the next spot and that’s not a good strategy."

Ross is currently convalescing after suffering a fall prior to the debut episode of AEW Collision on June 17. He hopes to be back by All In on August 27.

H/T WrestlingNews.co

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