flying elbow
Leaping arm blow
A flying elbow is a wrestling move where a performer leaps from an elevated position—typically the top rope—and drives their elbow into a prone opponent.
Made famous by professional wrestlers like Randy Savage, it's one of wrestling's most theatrical finishing moves.
The term extends to any dramatic elbow strike delivered while airborne: He came off the couch with a flying elbow during the pillow fight.
- pro wrestlingStaged athletic performance combat
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
- dropkickAerial two-footed strike
- smashBreak violently apart
- turnbuckleThreaded device for adjusting tension
steel cage · impact · slam · finisher · ring · canvas · airborne · leap · crowd · roar · devastating · Randy Savage · top rope · dive · crushing · spectacular · clothesline · suplex
flying elbowleg lock
Submission restraining lower extremity
ankle lock · sprawl · ground and pound · submission hold · headlock
flying elbowarmbar
Elbow hyperextension hold
submission hold · sleeper hold · kimura · rear naked choke · catch wrestling
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