Clothesline/Lariat
 

Out of curiousity what is the difference between a clothesline and a lariat?

A Lariat usually involves both people in motion and an arm-swinging motion, where as a clothesline only the recepient is moving and the aggressor doesn't really move his arm.....

Lariats tend to look more powerful and stronger, JBL's Clothesline From Hell is more of a lariat.

It's always been my assumption that a clothesline is more stationary, either standing or running. Like the person delivering the move will keep there arm straight and stiff, and run it into the opponent.

A lariat on the other hand, is more like JBL, Stan Hansen, etc, where they're swinging there arm hard at the person. Does that makes sense?

Although honestly, they're probably identical.

The names, at this point, are interchangeable.

Hell, even "Clothesline from Hell" is technically wrong.

If you watch this and you can't tell the difference, I dunno...

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It's also the difference between a standard move and a finisher. A clothesline is not an acceptable finisher, but a lariat is.

Sort of like how Jake Roberts DDT is a finisher but for everybody else it'ss a mid-match move even though the name is the same.

The Lariat also involves some sort of launching, and/or the leaving of the feet of the deliever. A John Cena clothesline doesn't mean John Cena falls down, but a Murder by Lariat means that Skip Sheffield is falling down after delivering it.

Yeah, the "follow through" (Did Sid ever use a Lariat?) is what makes the lariat look harder than a clothesline, as if the guy is putting his whole body behind the move.

Cena does a standard clothesline where his arm doesn't move.

Stan Hansen looks to take your fucking head off.

Theres the difference.

In a clothesline you are running into a stationary object (outstretched arm)

A Lariat is a clubbing motion with the arm.