potato
n.— «potato v.t. To injure or knock another wrestler unconscious by hitting him on the head.» —“Wrestling Glossary” by bch@uncecs.edu (Byron C. Howes) Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling July 17, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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