10 Best Clotheslines in Pro Wrestling

#4 Ivan and Nikita Koloff (The Russian Sickle)

Ivan Koloff, RIP, delivers his trademark Russian Sickle.

When it comes to brutal looking clotheslines, you need to look no further than the Russian Sickle performed by Ivan Koloff and his 'nephew' Nikita Koloff.

Yes, during the 1980s Russian supermen made the ultimate wrestling villains. How times, and global political dynamics, have changed!

The two faux Russians--neither man is actually from Western Asia--definitely added to their foreign heel mystique with this simple yet devastating maneuver.

Ivan is credited with inventing it, though to be fair it's really just a minor variation on a clothesline.

What makes the sickle so special? For one thing, instead of hitting their foe in the chest, the practitioner of a Russian Sickle strikes their throat.

Attacking a more vulnerable area is bad enough, but both men would throw their full body weight into the move, resulting in a tremendous impact.