List of sports terms named after people

[American football]

• Cleveland Browns: The Cleveland Browns were named after their first coach, Paul Brown. Brown would later become the first coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, which shared the same color scheme as the Browns in part due to Brown.
• Rooney Rule: a National Football League policy that requires league teams to interview ethnic-minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation jobs. Named after Dan Rooney, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the NFL's diversity committee when the policy was created in 2003.

  [Artistic gymnastics]

• Amanar – Yurchenko family vault, roundoff on and 2 twists off, after Simona Amânar
• Araújo – salto forward stretched with 2 twist, after Heine Araújo
• Belyavskiy – double front salto dismount in piked position, after David Belyavskiy
• Blanik – handspring forward on – double piked salto forward off, after Polish artistic gymnast Leszek Blanik
• Borden – straddled piked jump from a side position or side split jump done on the balance beam with a or turn, after Amanda Borden
• Bhardwaj – a backward flip on the high bar with full-twist and then catches the low bar, after Mohini Bhardwaj
• Bhavsar – pull through momentary, front lever press to Maltese, after Raj Bhavsar
• Bhavsar – long hang swing forward, straddle cut backward, and regrasp with straight body at horizontal, after Raj Bhavsar
• Bi turn – after Bi Wenjing
• Biles – double layout with turn, after Simone Biles
• Biles 2 – triple-twisting double back tucked somersault, originated at the 2019 US National Championships and pending successful completion at an international competition to receive naming credit, after Simone Biles
• Biles — Yurchenko on into 2/1 twists off, after Simone Biles
• Biles – double-twisting double back tucked somersault, originated at the 2019 US National Championships and pending successful completion at an international competition to receive naming credit, after Simone Biles
• Brause – done from the low bar facing away from the high bar with a cast to front salto forward and catching the bar, after Doris Fuchs-Brause
• Bretschneider – release with double-twisting double back tucked somersault over bar before regrasp, after Andreas Bretschneider
• Bryan – scissors with turn to handstand, pirouette and straddle back down, after Casey Bryan
• Bulimar – a Johnson leap with additional full turn, after Diana Bulimar
• Cassina – full-twisting double layout or straight Kolman somersault over bar, after Igor Cassina
• Cheng – Yurchenko on into 1 twists off, after Cheng Fei
• Chusovitina – full-twisting double layout salto, after Oksana Chusovitina
• Chusovitina – handspring forward on – piked salto with full twist off, after Oksana Chusovitina
• Chow–Khorkina or Khorkina–Chow – Stalder 1 pirouette, after Amy Chow
• Chow 2 – Stalder to Shaposhnikova, after Amy Chow
• Comaneci salto – front support on high bar, cast with salto forward straddle to hang on high bar, after Nadia Comăneci
• Daggett – scissor backward with counterturn, after Tim Daggett
• Dalton – roll backward with turn tuck or Harada to hang, after Jacob Dalton
• Dawes – back giant with 1 turn in handstand, after Dominique Dawes
• Derwael–Fenton – backward stalder with counter straddle reverse hecht over the high bar with half turn to hang in mixed L-grip, after Nina Derwael and Georgia-Mae Fenton
• Diomidov – swing forward with a full turn on one arm to handstand, after Sergei Diomidov
• Dos Santos – Arabian double pike, after Daiane dos Santos
• Dos Santos 2 – Arabian double layout, after Daiane dos Santos
• Dowell - front double piked salto Brenna Dowell
• Downie - stalder backward on high bar with counter pike – reverse hecht over high bar to hang, after Rebecca Downie
• Drăgulescu – handspring double front tucked somersault with turn, after Marian Drăgulescu
• Drăgulescu piked – officially named the Ri Se Gwang 2 originated by Ri Se Gwang of North Korea; use of Drăgulescu piked when referring to this skill is often preferred in practice because of how well-known the regular Drăgulescu is; one of only 5 vaults currently with highest official D-score of 6.0; variant of the Drăgulescu where only difference is somersaults done in piked position, after Marian Drăgulescu and Ri Se Gwang of North Korea
• Erceg – round off Arabian front tuck onto the end of the beam, after Tina Erceg
• Fan - from L-grip swing backwards, turn to double salto Fan Yilin
• Ferrari – a ring tour jete with turn and a landing on both feet, after Vanessa Ferrari
• Fontaine – double somersaulting dismount is a back tuck with twist into a front tuck, after Larissa Fontaine
• Galante – 1 turns with leg held in split position, after Paola Galante
• Garrison – cat leap forward with bent legs and 1 turn, after Kelly Garrison
• Garrison – free shoulder roll forward to stand or tuck stand without hand support, after Kelly Garrison
• Garrison 2 – from an extended tuck sit, Valdez swing over backward through horizontal plane with support on one arm, after Kelly Garrison
• Garrison 3 – round-off, tucked full mount, after Kelly Garrison
• Gatson – a swing backward with full turn hop to handstand, after Jason Gatson
• Gaylord – front giant into a 1-twisting front salto over the bar to regrasp – a front somersault in tucked, piked or straddled position over the bar, after Mitch Gaylord
• Gaylord 2 – back giant into a layout Gienger over bar to regrasp – a back somersault over bar, after Mitch Gaylord
• Gebeshian – 360° turn from low to high bar known as a full twisting jump Hecht mount, after Houry Gebeshian
• Gienger salto – after Eberhard Gienger
• Gienger salto – after Eberhard Gienger
• Gómez – quadruple spin, after Elena Gómez
• Grigoraş – after Cristina Elena Grigoraş
• Hayden – a double salto backwards in layout, with full twist over the bar, after Daniel Hayden
• Henrich – a stag-split, split-leap or jump forward with turn, landing on both feet or in a one-two step-out or a split jump in side position with bending of rear leg backward upward that starts from a cross stand, after Christy Henrich
• Hindorff – clear hip circle to immediate Tkatchev release, after Sylvia Hindorff
• Huang – a stalder forward in L-grip with full turn to handstand, initiated on one arm before handstand, after Huang QiuShuang
• Humphrey – switch split leap forward with a turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after Terin Humphrey
• Humphrey – 2 turn on one leg, in tuck stand, with free leg optional, after Terin Humphrey
• Hypolito – Arabian double pike with a full twist, after Diego Hypólito
• Jäger salto – swing backwards and salto forwards to catch high bar again, after Bernd Jäger
• Janz salto – after Karin Janz
• Johnson – a switch-split leap forward with leg change and turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after Brandy Johnson
• Kasamatsu – after Shigero Kasamatsu
• Kim – double tucked back salto, after Nellie Kim
• Kim-Shirai or Shirai-Kim – round-off—back-handspring into triple twist layout, after Kim Hee Hoon
• Khorkina – back uprise and straddle flight over high bar with turn to hang, after Svetlana Khorkina
• Khorkina 2 – inner front support on low bar, clear hip circle to handstand with turn in flight to hang on high bar, after Svetlana Khorkina
• Khorkina – gainer back-handspring with full twist before hand support, after Svetlana Khorkina
• Khorkina 2 – gainer 2-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after Svetlana Khorkina
• Khorkina 3 – gainer triple-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after Svetlana Khorkina
• Khorkina-Chow or Chow-Khorkina – Stalder 1 pirouette, after Svetlana Khorkina
• Khorkina – hop with 1 turns to front lying support, after Svetlana Khorkina
• Khorkina – round-off, back-handspring with turn on, turn into back pike off, after Svetlana Khorkina
• Khorkina 2 – round-off, back-handspring with turn on, 1-twisting front tuck off, after Svetlana Khorkina
• Kolman – a full-twisting Kovacs with two back somersaults and one full twist over the bar, after Alojz Kolman
• Komova – clear pike circle backward through handstand with flight and turn to hang on high bar, after Viktoria Komova
• Komova 2 – clear pike circle backwards through handstand with flight to hang on high bar, after Viktoria Komova
• Kononenko – counter straddle hecht with turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after Natalia Kononenko
• Kotchetkova – full-twisting back-handspring, after Dina Kotchetkova
• Korbut flip – standing back somersault to swing down on beam, after Olga Korbut
• Korbut flip – standing on the high bar, does back flip, then catches the bar, after Olga Korbut
• Kovacs – double back somersault over bar, after Péter Kovács
• Liukin – one of only 2 skills with highest D-score of H on men's floor; triple back tucked somersault, after Valeri Liukin
• Liukin – Tkatchev with full-twisting layout, after Valeri Liukin
• Liukin – salto front pike, take off from one leg to one foot landing to scale, hold for two seconds, after Nastia Liukin
• Li Li German Giant – after Li Li
• Li Li – 1 turns on back, after Li Li
• Li Ya salto – straddled Jaeger caught in a mixed grip, after Li Ya
• Li Ya – backward giant into an Arabian double front pike, after Li Ya
• Liu Xuan salto – giant circle backward to handstand on one arm, after Liu Xuan
• López – round-off, twist on, front straight somersault with turn off, after Denisse López
• Magyar traverse – after Zoltán Magyar
• Magyar spindle – after Zoltán Magyar
• Maloney – a piked sole circle backward to handstand with a 360° turn after the handstand phase to mixed-L or L-grip, after Kristen Maloney
• Maloney – begins from inner front support on low bar and consists of piked sole circle backward through handstand with flight to hang on high bar, after Kristen Maloney
• Ma dismount – a hecht-front-salto-full, after Ma Yanhong
• McCool – beam mount approaches toward the end of the beam and is a flyspring forward with flight before and after the hand support on the beam and lands on both feet – approach at end of beam, after Courtney McCool
• McNamara – a jump to hang on the high bar into a free hip circle to handstand with turn in handstand, after Julianne McNamara
• Melissanidis – a round off entry onto the vault table followed by a 2-twisting back tucked or piked somersault, after Ioannis Melissanidis
• Memmel – double turn with leg held in split position, after Chellsie Memmel
• Memmel – front flip with turn in piked position, after Chellsie Memmel
• Mikulak – full scissors from one end of the pommel horse to the other, after Samuel Mikulak
• Miller – cast to handstand with 1 turn after handstand to mixed-L grip, after Shannon Miller
• Mitchell – triple turn in tuck stand on one leg - free leg optional, after Lauren Mitchell
• Miyachi – officially the only skill with highest D-score of I in men's gymnastics; a variant of the Bretschneider where the skill is done in a layout position; the straight Bretschneider, double-twisting Cassina or straight double-twisting Kovac, after Hidetaka Miyachi
• Mo salto – Gaylord 2, front tuck over high bar, starting and ending in a mixed grip, after Mo Huilan
• Moors – from underswing, with feet on bar, salto forward stretched with turn, after Victoria Moors
• Moors – only skill with highest D-score of I in women's gymnastics, double-twisting double back layout, after Victoria Moors
• Mostepanova – front handspring with full twist before hand support, after Olga Mostepanova
• Mukhina salto – double salto backwards tucked or piked, with full 360 twist – after Elena Mukhina
• Mukhina – Korbut flip with full twist – after Elena Mukhina
• Mustafina – 1-twisting double back tuck dismount, after Aliya Mustafina
• Mustafina 2 – full-twisting Maloney caught in a mixed grip, after Aliya Mustafina
• Mustafina – triple Y-turn, after Aliya Mustafina
• Mustafina – round-off, turn on, full twisting front off, after Aliya Mustafina
• Nabieva – toe-on reverse Hecht in the layout position, named after Tatiana Nabieva
• Nguyen – a free hip circle mount from the side of the bars with turn to handstand position, after Marcel Nguyen
• Okino – a free hip underswing with twist to layout back salto, after Elizabeth Okino
• Okino – triple pirouette or triple turn, after Elizabeth Okino
• Omelianchik – back handspring with turn dive to handstand, after Oksana Omelianchik
• Omelianchik – round-off, on, front pike off, after Oksana Omelianchik
• O'Neill – a stretched double feige backward to a hang, after Paul O'Neill
• Onodi – back handspring with turn, after Henrietta Ónodi
• Pak salto – does a backward flip on the high bar and then catches the low bar, after Gyong Sil Pak
• Patterson – an Arabian double front dismount, after Carly Patterson
• Pegan – double front salto with turn – 180°, after Aljaž Pegan
• Phelps – turn onto the vault to a layout backflip with turn, after Jaycie Phelps
• Phillps – a handstand straddle split, with a 90° backbend, originally performed on the balance beam and press to side handstand, front walkover to side stand on both legs, after Kristie Phillps
• Preziosa – full turn with free leg held backwards with both hands, after Elisabetta Preziosa
• Podkopayeva – round-off, twist on, front piked somersault with turn off, after Lilia Podkopayeva
• Podkopayeva – double front somersault with a twist, after Lilia Podkopayeva
• Popa – straddle pike jump with full turn, after Celestina Popa
• Produnova – one of only 2 skills with highest D-score of 6.4 in women's vault
• Ray – a Stalder backwards with release and counter movement forward to catch the high bar, after Elise Ray
• Ray 2 – a handstand on the high bar to a pike sole circle backward into a backward counter straddle-reverse hecht over the high bar and a rematch, after Elise Ray
• Ray 3 – double-twisting double layout bars dismount, after Elise Ray
• The Retton Flip – a transition from low to highbar, resulting in the gymnast perched or "sitting" on top of the high bar, after Mary Lou Retton
• Ri Se Gwang – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; full-twisting double Tsukahara, after Ri Se Gwang
• Ri Se Gwang 2 – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; front handspring double piked with twist, or Drăgulescu piked in practice, after Ri Se Gwang
• Roth – from cross support, rearways, reverse Stockli, wendeswing forward to reverse Stockli to cross support forward on other end, not touch pommel, after Bill Roth
• Semenova – a double spin with the leg in back attitude, after Ksenia Semenova
• Semenova – full spin with leg in back attitude, after Ksenia Semenova
• Seitz – on low bar, pike sole circle through handstand with flight to hang on high bar with full twist during flight phase, after Elisabeth Seitz
• Shaham – 1-twisting double back somersault over bar, after Noam Shaham
• Shaposhnikova – on the low bar, free hip circle with flight to hang on high bar, after Natalia Shaposhnikova
• Shewfelt – aka Amanar for women, Yurchenko stretched with 2 twists, after Kyle Shewfelt
• Shirai or Shirai-Nguyen – quadruple-twisting layout backwards, after Kenzo Shirai
• Shirai 2 – triple-twisting layout forwards, after Kenzo Shirai
• Shirai 3 – triple-twisting double layout backwards; one of only two skills with highest official D-score of H currently in men's floor, after Kenzo Shirai
• Shirai or Shirai-Kim – round-off, back-handspring into triple-twisting layout, after Kenzo Shirai
• Shirai 2 – round-off, back-handspring with 3-twisting layout; one of only 5 vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0, after Kenzo Shirai
• Shirai 3 – round-off, full-twisting back-handspring on into double twist off, after Kenzo Shirai
• Shushunova – straddle jump to lay on front support, after Yelena Shushunova
• Shushunova – full-twisting Tkachev, after Yelena Shushunova
• Silivaş – after Daniela Silivaş
• Silivaş – double twisting double back tucked, after Daniela Silivaş
• Stalder – free circle backwards in straddle or legs together through handstand Josef Stalder
• Stroescu – stretched forward salto with 2 twists, after Silvia Stroescu
• Strong – shoot over to low bar with 1 twists, after Lori Strong
• Strong hop – after Lori Strong
• Strug – a tour jete with additional turn and landing on both feet, after Kerri Strug
• Sugihara – double turn with the leg held in split position Aiko Sugihara
• Talavera – pommel horse-like move with the circle done like a flair, after Tracee Talavera
• Teza – Yurchenko loop is performed with a full-twisting handspring, after Elvire Teza
• Thomas flair – after Kurt Thomas
• Thomas salto – salto backwards in a tucked or piked position with 1 twists, after Kurt Thomas
• Thomas salto – salto backwards in a layout position with 1 twists, after Kurt Thomas
• Tkachev – reverse hecht; can be performed in straddled, piked, tucked or laid out, after Aleksandr Tkachyov
• Tsukahara – involving a or turn onto the vault and back salto off, after Mitsuo Tsukahara
• Tweddle – sole circle backward with counter straddle hecht with turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after Beth Tweddle
• Urzică – salto forwards to full turn to upper arm hang rated, after Marius Urzică
• van Leeuwen – in the low bar, piked sole circle through handstand with flight to hang on high bar with twist during flight phase, after Laura van Leeuwen
• Wang Huiying – front handspring layout Barani, after Wang Huiying
• Wells – a giant swing backwards with in-locate forwards, after Trent Wells
• Wevers turn – a double turn on beam with leg held horizontally, after Sanne Wevers
• White – a front Stalder into an L-grip to handstand with turn in handstand, after Morgan White
• Wong – salto forward tucked with turn mount, after Hiu Ying Angel Wong
• Yang Hak Seon – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; front handspring triple twist, after Yang Hak-Seon
• Yang Hak Seon 2 – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; Tsukahara with 3 twists or Kasamatsu with 2 twists, after Yang Hak-Seon
• Yang Bo – stag ring jump with head tilted back, losing sight of the beam, after Yang Bo
• Yurchenko – round-off, back-handspring onto the vaulting table, after Natalia Yurchenko
• Yurchenko loop – on side position, back-handspring to backward hip circle, after Natalia Yurchenko
• Zamolodchikova – Tsukahara stretched with double turn off, after Elena Zamolodchikova
• Zamolodchikova – flic-flac or back-handspring with full twist to hip circle backwards, after Elena Zamolodchikova
• Yarotska – Stalder hecht from low bar to high bar, after Irina Yarotska
• Zanetti – from hanging scale rearways press to planche, after Arthur Zanetti
• Zonderland – 1 Diamadov to one bar immediate Healy to both bars, after Epke Zonderland

  [Association football]

• Panenka penalty kick – after Antonín Panenka
• Zidane Spin/The Roulette – after Zinedine Zidane
• Cuauteminha/Blanco Hop – after Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• Bosman ruling – after Jean-Marc Bosman
• Cruijff Turn – after Johan Cruijff

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• Fosbury Flop – a high jump style, named after Dick Fosbury
• Volzing – a now illegal pole vault technique, named after Dave Volz

  [Baseball]

• Mendoza Line – named after Mario Mendoza
• Pesky's pole – named after Johnny Pesky
• Tal's Hill – named after Tal Smith
• Tommy John surgery – named after Tommy John
• Ruthian – a term for a longer home run, named after Babe Ruth
• Steve Blass Disease – a term applied to talented players who seem to inexplicably lose their ability to accurately throw a baseball

  Basketball

• Elam Ending – a method for ending games once a specified target score is reached; currently used in The Basketball Tournament. Named for its creator, Ball State University professor Nick Elam.

  [Brazilian jiu-jitsu]

• D'Arce choke
• De la Riva Guard
• Ezequiel choke
• Kimura Lock

  [Boxing]

• Ali shuffle – named after Muhammad Ali
• Queensberry rules – after John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry

  [Cricket]

• Bosie – after Bernard Bosanquet
• Kolpak – a Slovak team handball player whose victory in the European Court of Justice opened the door to numerous non-English players in English county cricket, term also used in both codes of rugby, after Maroš Kolpak
• Mankading – after Vinoo Mankad
• Marillier shot – after Dougie Marillier
• Dilscoop – after Tillekaratne Dilshan, A cricket batting stroke, also known as a "ramp shot", developed by Sri Lankan right-handed batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan during the ICC World Twenty20 held during June 2009 in England.
• Duckworth-Lewis – is generally accepted to be the most accurate method of setting a target score in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances, after Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis
• Nat-meg - after Natalie Sciver. It is an inventive shot against yorkers.

  [Croquet]

• Duffer tice – a tice positioned, usually a yard or so North, and a touch East, of Hoop 6, laid on the second turn of the game, named after the Irish croquet player Duff Mathews
• Peel – to send a ball other than the striker's ball through its target hoop, named after Walter Peel
• Solomon grip – the grip used by and named after John Solomon

  [Figure skating]

• Axel jump – after Axel Paulsen
• Besti squat – after Natalia Bestemianova
• Biellmann spin – after Denise Biellmann
• Charlotte spiral – after Charlotte Oelschlagel
• Ina Bauer – after Ina Bauer
• Kerrigan spiral – after Nancy Kerrigan
• Lutz jump – after Alois Lutz
• Salchow jump, – after Ulrich Salchow
• Loop jump – in some countries this jump is called a Rittberger, after Werner Rittberger
• 'Tano lutz – after Brian Boitano
• Walley jump – after Nate Walley
• Kayla Catch – after Kayla Doig
• Rippon lutz – after Adam Rippon

  [Ice hockey]

• The Datsyuk – after a particular move by Pavel Datsyuk
• Gordie Howe hat trick – after Gordie Howe
• Lemieux cycle – after Mario Lemieux
• Rob Ray Rule – after Rob Ray
• Savard spin-o-rama – originally named after Serge Savard, but made famous by Denis Savard
• The Brodeur Rule – due to his ability to play the puck outside of his crease, named after Martin Brodeur

  [Lacrosse]

• Air Gait - a maneuver in which a player scores by jumping from behind the goal crease, dunking the ball over the top goal crossbar, and landing on the opposite side of the crease, after Gary Gait

  [Motorsport]

• Gurney flap and Gurney Bubble – named after Dan Gurney

  [Rhythmic gymnastics]

• The Shugurova – tipping / spinning a rolling hoop with the feet during a leap, after Galina Shugurova
• The Timochenko – after Alexandra Timoshenko
• Backscale Pivots – after Alina Kabaeva
• The Cid Tostado – starting on one knee, leg forward, ball held with the foot. large roll of the ball on both legs, after Almudena Cid Tostado
• The Kabaeva – on floor Back split pivot with hand help, after Alina Kabaeva
• The Tchachina – Switch leap with changing legs, after Irina Tchachina
• Reverse illusion turns – after Irina Tchachina
• The Utyasheva – backsplit to backscale to backsplit pivot with help, after Laysan Utiasheva
• Ring Pivots – after Evgenia Kanaeva
• Switch Turn – after Evgenia Kanaeva
• Pivot Turn – revolutions, after Daria Kondakova
• Pivot connecting turns – after Daria Dmitrieva
• The Staniouta – cossack turn starting on floor + connecting penchee turn, after Melitina Staniouta
• The Kudry – back bend to roll over apparatus catch, after Yana Kudryavtseva
• The Ashram – back-bend turn on floor with help, after Linoy Ashram

  [Rugby league]

• Sonny-Billed – to have a hard driving tackle performed on someone, named after Sonny Bill Williams who consistently performed these tackles
• Hopoate – named after John Hopoate
• Falcon – to get hit in the head by a football, named after Mario 'The Maltese Falcon' Fenech

  [Skiing]

• Gundersen method – for the point time differential set up between the ski jumping and cross-country skiing portions of the event, after Norwegian Nordic combined skier Gunder Gundersen

  [Speed Skating]

• To do a Bradbury – to win a contest or race as the one standing, after Australian speed skater Steven Bradbury won his 1000m Speed Skating gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics when all other contestants crashed out on the final lap. Can apply to multiple sports or situations.

  [Tennis]

• Henman Hill – after Tim Henman

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• The Miller – triple-twisting double straight back, after Wayne Miller

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• Callahan – after Henry Callahan

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• The van Dam Lift – after Rob Van Dam

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• Karelin lift – after Alexander Karelin
• John Smith single – after John T. Smith
• Gable Grip – after Dan Gable

  [Professional wrestling]

• Lou Thesz press – after Lou Thesz
• Fujiwara armbar – after Yoshiaki Fujiwara
• Asai moonsault – after Yoshiro Asai
• Muta lock – after The Great Muta
• Gory special – after Gory Guerrero
• Romero special – after Rito Romero
• Meltzer Driver – after American wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer
• * The Young Bucks would name a variation of the move the Herbert Meltzer Driver after the journalist's late father.