The over the top rope was an old nwa rule that the awa used as well then tna did it when the were apart of the nwa.
Over the top rope dq.
And it was a way to do a dq finish with either the heel or the babyface getting dq d because a face could lose his temper throw a heel over the top rope and still be cheered as a face.
It was a way for a heel to get cheap heat behind the ref s back.
Are there any other old school rules like that you miss.
If you mean in mission mode you just have to throw the last opponent over the top rope you can pin submit ko the other 6 guys if you d like.
Having the rule helped make throwing someone over the top rope a bigger deal.
If a wrestler throws their opponent over the top rope to the outside they re disqualified.
Watching the 1996 king of the ring and there was a big hullabaloo about the bulldog throwing michaels over the top rope and how it should be a dq because it was intentional.
As far as rules in pro wrestling in roh there s a 20 count on the outside before.
The intentional throw over the top rope is a dq rule was in famously the catalyst for many a fuck finish in the nwa awa.
The concept seems simple.
Was there ever a point say when vince sr.
Was in charge when that was different.
Over the top rope disqualification this one seems about as archaic as climbing the ropes but it is probably a bit more well known mostly because wcw held on to the rule until the mid to late nineties.
But for as long as i can remember back to the hulkamania era that was never a thing in the wwf.
Typical battle royals begin with 20 or so participants in the ring who are then eliminated by being thrown over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor this is sometimes referred to as the shawn michaels rule due to the 1995 royal rumble in which he was thrown over the top rope hung on to the top rope and only had one.