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2006-09-14 08:49:45 · 16 answers · asked by jtdupin 1 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
It was indeed Jake "The Snake" Roberts. It was a move designed to drive the opponent's face into the mat, at it was supposedly named after Jake's pet snake, Damien -- Damien's Dinner Time, was one reputed name. It also possibly stood for Drop Dead Twice. But the tie-in with the chemical poison DDT was obviously the starting point for the name, largely because of its lethal potential. Jake's use of the DDT was also very lethal, which has made the move legendary in wrestling circles.
2006-09-14 09:11:26 · answer #1 · answered by CapnPen 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The move was named by Jake "The Snake" Roberts. Rumors abound as to what the letters DDT supposedly stood for, including Drop Dead Twice and Damien's Dinner Time after Jake's pet python Damien. When asked what DDT meant, Jake once famously replied "The End." The abbreviation itself originally came from the chemical dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, a notorious pesticide, as stated during shoot interviews and on his "Pick Your Poison" DVD. Many think the term DDT was appropriated because the chemical DDT is something "bad" that is buried in the ground and causes extreme danger when there; similarly, a DDT is bad in that it buries an opponent's head into the mat, causing extreme danger to the brain and spinal cord.
2006-09-14 16:28:55 · answer #2 · answered by tyrone b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jake the Snake Roberts
2006-09-14 15:54:26 · answer #3 · answered by gabifred 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A German chemist named Zeidler invented DDT. But Paul Muller first discovered it's ability to control insects. DDT is a mixture of dichorodiphenyltrichlordethane isomers, it is composed of fourteen carbon atoms, nine hydrogen, and five chlorine atoms. It is produced by mixing chloralhydrate and chlorobenzene.
2006-09-14 15:51:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Jake the Snake made it famous.
2006-09-14 17:16:26 · answer #5 · answered by valleyman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jake the Snake I think. Who knows, maybe it was some jobber guy you never heard of. Do you know who ivented the Stunner?
2006-09-14 15:51:32 · answer #6 · answered by Bababooye1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since DDT is a pesticide, and wrestlers are pests, use of this chemical on them is a blessing to mankind.
2006-09-14 15:58:18 · answer #7 · answered by Lonnie P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jake the snake !
2006-09-14 15:51:49 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jake the snake roberts
2006-09-14 22:23:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ben Dover?
2006-09-15 00:28:53 · answer #10 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋