10 devastating top rope pro wrestling moves

Latino Heat Eddie Guerrero dives off the top rope with his patented Frog Splash on a helpless Booker T.

#5 Moonsault

Indy star Leah Von Dutch hits a moonsault off the ropes — Indy star Leah Von Dutch hits a

Used by: The Great Muta, Chris Jericho, Charlotte Flair

Strengths: Spectacular and devastating, leads easily into a pin.

Weaknesses: The aggressor must turn their back on their opponent to perform the move, leaves the performer in a vulnerable state if missed.

When it comes to high flying pro wrestling moves, one of the most fascinating and prevalent is the Moonsault. In order to perform a moonsault, one's opponent usually is lying prone, though some variants involve diving onto a standing foe.

Turning their back to their opponent, the wrestler ascends the top rope and then leaps backward, turning a reverse somersault to crash down hard on their opponent's body. The moonsault often leads directly into a pin.

Variants on the move include the Lionsault, or springboard Moonsault, which is performed off the middle rope, and AJ Styles's moonsault into a reverse DDT.

Edited by Nishant Jayaram