Dropkick
Sign in to savethumb|Joe Savoldi|Jumping Joe Savoldi in Australia 1937. thumb|Joe Savoldi|Jumping Joe Savoldi publicity article in 1933. alt=Jumping Joe Savoldi, Madison Square Garden 1934|thumb|The original dropkick by Jumping Joe Savoldi at Madison Square Garden in 1934. right|350px|thumb|Jeff Hardy performing a dropkick on Umaga during a live show.
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9 sectionsContents
- Variations
- Dropsault
- Front dropkick
- Missile dropkick
- Running single leg dropkick
- Standing dropkick
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
thumb|Joe Savoldi|Jumping Joe Savoldi in Australia 1937. thumb|Joe Savoldi|Jumping Joe Savoldi publicity article in 1933. alt=Jumping Joe Savoldi, Madison Square Garden 1934|thumb|The original dropkick by Jumping Joe Savoldi at Madison Square Garden in 1934. right|350px|thumb|Jeff Hardy performing a dropkick on Umaga during a live show.
A dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as they jump so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than the other (depending on which way they twist) and the wrestler falls back to the mat on their side, or front. This is commonly employed by light and nimble wrestlers who can take advantage of their agility, and is often executed on a charging opponent, while charging at an opponent, or a combination of the two.