Over the top rope DQ

[D Mac]

Was it WCW that had this rule at one time? I can't remember.

Were they the only ones to have this rule?

[Disturbed316]

Most feds had it back in the day. WCW were the last company to enforce it I think. They stopped it around 91/92.

[FourFifty]

Read Jesse Ventura's book. He lost his first match by DQ after he threw the guy over the top.

[hb2k]

A lot of companies had it - SMW used it, and WCW kept it until the late nineties I believe.

[Avenger]

Didn't Bill Watts introduce that? Or did he just ban any top tope activity in general?

[Chico]

Didn't Bill Watts introduce that? Or did he just ban any top tope activity in general?

Watts banned all top rope moves. Wrestlers got DQed if they did them.

[mrslackalack]

I remember that, I beleive even in the WCW video games early on that it was banned for jumping off the top rope.

[hb2k]

LOL.

ITS STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT

[The Mackem]

The NWA once screwed the Headbangers out of winning the belts with that stupid rule.

[VonErich Lives]

The NWA once screwed the Headbangers out of winning the belts with that stupid rule.

:wtf:

You meant to say "back when I thought it was real" somewhere in there....

[Y3J]

That's why WWF were clever, they made it so that if someone throws a guy over the top rope they win. That's why WCW couldn't invent the RR.

[Skippord]

I remember that that was like the gayest rule ever.

[Vastardikai]

Well, it was something that looked like it could injure somebody, and, in the NWA and WCW, it could make for a good heel tactic for an intentional DQ to keep a title or to do behind the ref's back for heel heat. Then again, someone going over the top rope and landing on the concrete NEVER got injured, right?

Maybe I should ask John Cena...