Professional wrestling aerial techniques

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Arm twist ropewalk chop

The wrestler grabs hold of one of the opponent's wrists, and twists that arm. The wrestler then climbs up the corner turnbuckles and walks on the top rope, before jumping down and chopping the opponent on their chest or side of their neck. Notably used by The Undertaker, who calls it Old School.
Jinsei Shinzaki uses a praying variation, where he bows his head and holds his free hand in front of his head while walking on the top rope, in a praying fashion.

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Axe handle

A top-rope axe handle is accomplished by jumping from the top turnbuckle to the mat or floor and striking your opponent with two fists held together in the fashion of holding an axe. This is usually done on a standing or rising opponent, not a prone one.
A signature move of Randy Savage, who also often performed it from the ring apron to an opponent standing on the floor.

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Banzai drop

A Banzai drop is a move in which a wrestler jumps down from a raised platform and drops his buttocks on the opponent's body. This move was originated by Yokozuna. Rikishi also used this move, dubbing it the Rump Shaker.

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Crossbody


Rey Mysterio performing a Crossbody


A crossbody (or "cross body block") is a maneuver in which a wrestler jumps onto his opponent and lands horizontally across the opponent's torso, forcing them to the mat and usually resulting in a pinfall attempt. This can be accomplished from the top rope or by going over the top rope to the outside. In lucha libre, this is called a "pescado" when the top rope is used as a slingshot, though the term "plancha" has been popularly accepted in American wrestling for the same maneuver. In Mexico, a plancha is any move which uses the chest or abdomen.
This is another move used by many wrestlers, usually of lighter weights. Ricky Steamboat often used this as his finishing move.

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Diamond Dust

This can refer to a Forward Somersault three-quarter facelock bulldog or Forward Somersault three-quarter facelock jawbreaker, but it is best known by the name Diamond Dust, given to it by Masato Tanaka. This move involves an attacker standing on the top rope facing the back of a standing victim. The attacker then leaps forward, somersaulting, and catches the victim in a three-quarter facelock (the victim's head on their shoulder with the attacker's arm pinning the victim's head in place) as they fall. The attacker falls to a seated position and pulls the victim down with them, driving the victim's jaw into the shoulder of the attacker (Jawbreaker), or falling flat on his/her back forcing their victim's face into the mat (bulldog).
This move is also used by Shark Boy as a finisher; he refers to it as the Dead Sea Drop (DSD).

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Diving bulldog

This is a Bulldog (head-lock takedown) performed by an attacker from an elevated position. a bulldog is a move in which the wrestler applies a head lock or face lock to his opponent and leaps forward, so that the attacker lands on his back or in a sitting position, driving the victim's face into the mat.
A standard diving bulldog sees an attacker jump down on an opponent from an elevated platform and apply any version of a headlock to take down the victim to the mat. This move is currently used by Trevor Murdoch, and has been used by Lance Cade and Maven to finish matches

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Springboard bulldog

This is a Bulldog performed after springboarding (bouncing) off the ring ropes, in some cases a headlock is first applied before the wrestler bounces off the ropes, Trish Stratus uses this move and calls it Stratusfaction.
All types of bulldog can be performed in this way including the Three-quarter Facelock Bulldog variation which sees the attacker run up to ropes while applying Three-quarter Facelock then dropping the victim to the mat face first. This version is used by Spike Dudley as the Acid Drop (in ECW) or the Dudley Dog (in WWE).
Another version is the springboard bulldog is seen where a wrestler will springboard off the ring ropes before applying the headlock. While flying towards an opponent, a wrestler will catch the victim in a headlock and the drive them into the ground as he fall to the mat. A notable user of this variation is Shelton Benjamin.

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Diving elbow drop


Shawn Michaels executing a Diving elbow drop on Triple H



A diving elbow drop is executed by diving onto a prone opponent with one's elbow cocked, driving the elbow into the opponent's shoulder or chest. Variations of this move have been used as signature maneuvers by Bret Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Randy Savage, Test, Lance Cade, Chris Jericho, Satoshi Kojima, Shawn Michaels, and each of The Nasty Boys.
Shane McMahon would place his opponent on an announcer's table, climb to the top rope, and then leap off and drive his elbow into the opponent's chest, breaking the table in the process. He called this "The Leap of Faith."

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Axe handle elbow drop

The attacker sits on the top rope with a foot on each second rope, facing a supine victim. The attacker then leaps towards the victim, clasping their forearms together, and lands on their knees, driving both elbows into the shoulder or chest of the victim.