List of wrestling fighting techniques

In order to give the audience the impression of a real combat sport, there are numerous holds , throws and other actions in wrestling , some of which are borrowed from martial arts. The clean and therefore safe execution of these maneuvers requires years of professional training.

Reference to the potential danger of the actions described

All of the techniques described here are dangerous to laypeople and require professional training. Furthermore, the following descriptions are not intended as a guide to implementing the corresponding techniques, but serve only to explain them.

Grab handles

List of wrestling fighting techniques
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Kurt Angle takes the Ankle Lock on Shawn Michaels from	Ankle lock	With the ankle lock, the ankle of an opponent lying on the ground is "twisted" and overstretched. Usually the twisted leg is clamped by the legs of the performer so that the opponent cannot move or loosen the grip. This procedure is also known as the Grapevine Ankle Lock. The ankle lock is often incorrectly referred to as the angle lock , as this handle is often used by the wrestler Kurt Angle. The handle is also used by Jake Hager and Shorty G used.
Hardcore Holly leads the armbar to Mr. Kennedy from	Armable	In this action, the opponent can be made to surrender in a standing, lying or kneeling position. The executing wrestler grabs the arm (s) of the opponent, pulls him / her backwards in his / her back area and braces himself with his body weight against the back of the opponent. The grip can be reinforced by using the performer's knees.
Chris Masters leads the bear hug of Shawn Michaels from	Bear Hug	This action is used to cut off the opponent's air and force him to give up. The executing wrestler grabs around his opponent's waist and then lifts him up slightly. He pulls his closed arms together to put pressure on the opponent's upper body and to cut off his air. Nowadays this technique is rarely used, although it was very popular with big, stocky wrestlers like André the Giant until the 1990s . " Superstar" Billy Graham used him as a finisher. Today it is mainly used by Mark Henry and Braun Strowman .
	Body scissors	In Body Scissors , also known as leg scissors in German , the wrestler performing the exercise closes his legs around the opponent's torso. In most cases such an action is combined with a handle attached to the head or upper body. The action is often called grapevine , for example move names such as the grapevine choke , in which the opponent is strangled with body scissors. This action is often shown by Randy Orton .
Chris Jericho performs a variation on the Boston Crab on Shawn Michaels	Boston Crab	The opponent of the executing wrestler initially lies on his back. The executing wrestler grabs his opponent's legs, lifts them and turns his opponent onto his stomach. He now stands with his back to the opponent and pulls the legs of his opponent backwards with the help of his body weight, whereby his abdominal muscles are to be overstretched. This action was the finishing move for Rick Martel and Pedro Morales . Chris Jericho's Walls of Jericho is a variation technically called Elevated Crab. The action can also be performed with only one leg and is then called Half Boston Crab .
	Camel clutch	In this action, the executing wrestler sits on the back of the opponent, who is lying on his stomach. The performer places the opponent's arms over his own legs and pulls the opponent's head back by the chin or forehead. El Santo and The Iron Sheik popularized the technique. A variation of the move while standing is used by Scott Steiner as a finisher ( Steiner Recliner ). Today this move is used by Rusev under the name The Accolade .
	Chickenwing	With this holding and submission grip, which is performed while standing or lying down, the wrestler takes one arm of the opponent, leads it behind his back and presses him against the body so that the arm can no longer be moved. This will put pressure on the opponent's torso and shoulder area.
	Chokehold	Chokehold refers to a grip that aims to cut off the opponent's air. A chokehold can be implemented in different ways; for example with the hand, the whole arm, the legs, etc .; but is always set in such a way that it looks as if the opponent's neck is being attacked, making it difficult for them to breathe.
	Clawhold	In Clawhold, the executing wrestler grabs the opponent's head with one hand and exerts pressure on it, especially the temples. This action became known as the Iron Claw by Fritz von Erich and Baron von Raschke . Another variant became known as Cranium Crunch by Brian Adams . In this case, pressure is exerted on the side of the opponent's head with both hands, creating the impression that it is about to be crushed. This variant is still shown today, but under the name Khali Vice Grip , by The Great Khali .
	Cobra clutch	The executing wrestler grabs the standing opponent from behind and pulls one arm over the opponent's neck. While holding this arm, the wrestler reaches under the held arm and then applies pressure to the larynx. This action was announced by Sgt. Slaughter . Ted DiBiases and The Ringmasters version was the Million Dollar Dream .
	Cross arm breaker	In the cross arm breaker, the executing wrestler sits or kneels on the shoulder of the opponent lying on his stomach or back. Then he pulls the opponent's arm up and puts pressure on the shoulders and arms. Many well-known wrestlers, such as Taz and Kurt Angle, have mastered this standard task . Alberto Del Rio is currently using him as a finisher.
Chris Benoit performs a variation of the Crossface Montel Vontavious Porter from	Crossface	At the beginning of the grip the opponent lies on his stomach. An arm of the opponent is clamped between the legs and the upper body is positioned on the side of the opponent's back. Then both forearms are gripped around the opponent's chin or the lower half of their face and pulled back, stretching the neck and shoulders. As a Crippler Crossface, this grip was the finisher of Chris Benoit and is now used by Daniel Bryan as a YES! -Lock and Robert Roode .
	Crossface Chickenwing	A combination of chickenwing and crossface performed while lying down. In addition to a chicken wing, the executing wrestler grips the opponent's neck with his free arm and exerts pressure on his larynx. This task was popularized by Bob Backlund , who used it as a finisher.
	Dragon Sleeperhold	The executive wrestler stands behind his opponent. He now clamps the opponent's head under his right arm, facing the hall ceiling. With the left arm, the opponent's left arm can also be pulled backwards. The opponent is now pressed onto his knees and his abdominal muscles are overstretched by pulling backwards. This action became known through Ultimo Dragon .
Ric Flair leads the Figure Four Leglock to Hulk Hogan from	Figure Four Leglock	The opponent lies on his back. The executive wrestler grabs one leg of the opponent and rotates it around his own with a spinning toe hold . Then he clamps the other leg of the opponent with the help of the back of his knee after he has crossed it with the leg that he gripped first. The pressure on the opponent is generated by his own leg and controlled by the movements of one of the attacker's legs. The name Figure Four comes from the martial arts and describes the position of the legs, which externally reminds of the number 4. Bret Hart sometimes used the Figure Four Leglock around the ring post, which was portrayed as particularly painful. It is possible to counter this move by turning on your stomach - this shifts the pressure to the legs of the original attacker. The counter is a variant of the Indian Deathlock . Buddy Rogers and later Ric Flair made the action famous as their finisher.
	Mandible Claw	The attacker sticks a hand in the opponent's mouth and uses two fingers to apply pressure to the area below the tongue while pressing his thumb against the lower jaw. Because of the stress on the nerves, the Mandible Claw can also lead to unconsciousness if performed hard. Typically, a match is ended by knock-out with the mandible claw , as the opponent is no longer able to submit a submission . Mick Foley used the action in his role as "Mankind" as a finisher, in which he had two of his fingers in a leather cuff, later a sock. Today "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt uses him as a finisher to sneakily force his opponents to surrender.
	Nelson Hold	The Nelson is a surrender hold in which the attacker pushes one ( Half Nelson ) or both ( Full Nelson ) arms from behind under those of the opponent and then exerts pressure on the neck with the palms of the hands. The Full Nelson was used as a finisher by many wrestlers, including Genichiro Tenryu and Ken Patera .
	Rear naked choke	see headlock
	Rings of Saturn	The opponent lies on his stomach, one hand (usually the left) is pinched while the other is pushed up. This puts pressure on the shoulder. The Rings of Saturn were Perry Saturn's finisher .
Chris Benoit leads the Sharpshooter to Chavo Guerrero from	Sharpshooter	The wrestler climbs between the legs of the opponent lying on his back and wraps them around one of his legs. Then he steps over the opponent with the other leg, forcing him to turn his stomach towards the bottom of the ring. The wrestler can then lean back to increase the pressure on the opponent's legs and stretch the back. The invention of the sharpshooter is often attributed to Bret Hart , although Riki Choshu and Sting (under the name Scorpion Death Lock ) used it before. Only the most popular name of the move to this day goes back to Hart; the technically correct name is Grapevine Boston crab or Cloverleaf leg-lace crab . Today it is often used by Bret Hart's niece Natalya .
	Sleeper hold	see headlock
	Spinning toe hold	In spinning toe hold, the opponent lies on his back. The executive wrestler takes one foot of the opponent between the legs and performs a full turn, stretching the ankle and ankle very strongly. After performing this action, the wrestler briefly releases the leg, straightens it to the starting position and repeats the grip. Terry Funk uses this move as one of his finishers under the name Spinning Funk-Hold .
	STF	STF is the abbreviation for Step-over Toehold Facelock . In the STF the opponent lies on his stomach. The performer grabs an opponent's leg and clamps it between his own legs. Then lie down on the side on the upper part of the opponent's back, put one arm around the opponent's head and pull the head back together with the other arm. The opponent's back, neck and knee are stretched. A modified version of this move is the finisher by William Regal , who uses it under the name Regal Stretch
John Cena performs a variation of the STS to Dave Batista from	STS	STS is the abbreviation for Step-over Toehold Sleeperhold . The move is performed in much the same way as the STF, with the difference that the performer puts his arm around the opponent's neck. The opponent's back, neck and knee are stretched. This move is a finisher from John Cena, who calls this move STF . Jazz used him regularly as a finisher.
	Tazzmission	The Tazzmission is the gimmick name of the Katahajime judo campaign . An arm of the opponent is hooked in from behind (as in the Half Nelson ). With the other arm you grasp around the opponent's neck to choke him, then you let yourself fall back and use a body scissor . This was the finishing move of Taz , after which it takes its name.
Ric Flair leads Testicular Claw to Jay Lethal from	Testicular Claw	The testicular claw represents an attack on the genitals of the opponent, in which the executing wrestler grabs the testicles of his opponent with his hand and squeezes it. The Testicular Claw is usually only performed by wrestlers with a particularly "dirty" fighting style. By Ric Flair this decried wrestling action became popular.
	Texas Cloverleaf	In the Texas Cloverleaf, the ankle of the opponent lying on his stomach is pressed into the hollow of the knee of the other leg. Then you press the leg, in the hollow of the knee, tightly together with one hand and reach through the gap in the middle between the legs with the other, usually also with this hand at 90 degrees - The leg located at the angle to the other leg is rotated in any way to create further leverage. The performing wrestler puts pressure on the legs and also stretches the back. The move has been used by, for example, Dory Funk, Jr. , Dean Malenko , Rhea Ripley, and Sheamus as finishers; and Eddie Guerrero used a variant (Elevated Texas Cloverleaf) of the moves under the name Lasso from El Paso .
	Torture rack	This action is a variation of the Argentine Backbreaker. The opponent's back is placed over the shoulders and held by the head and one leg. By pulling the head and leg, the back should be overstretched and the task should be brought about. The action was made famous by Hercules Hernandez and Lex Luger and is shown today by Ezekiel Jackson .

Litters

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	Olympic Slam	The Olympic Slam is mainly used by Kurt Angle as a finisher, which gives it its more popular name, Angle Slam. You stand behind your opponent. You take an arm and a leg and now lay the body on your shoulders. At the end you throw the opponent behind you with a half turn.
	Back body drop	The opponent is thrown into the ropes, the executor bends his upper body forward and lifts the bouncing opponent over him in the backward movement. In order to make the serve appear even harder, the opponent often pushes himself off the back of the performer again in order to achieve a greater height of fall.
	Flapjack	Flapjack is a variation of the back body drop in which the opponent is pushed upwards with additional support from the performer's arms. This in turn aims to increase the height of the fall.
Gene Snitsky leads to body slam to Brian Kendrick from	Body slam	The executing wrestler lifts his opponent with his own right arm between his legs, the left arm grabs the opponent's shoulder. During the lift, the opponent is turned upside down in the air and dropped onto the mat with his back first. The body slam is a standard action from which different variants can be developed.
	Burning hammer	The starting position is like the Death Valley Driver; Here the opponent lies with his back on the shoulders of the attacker, who is also hooking a leg. Then you let the opponent fall on his head. Because of the very high risk of injury, the action is rarely carried out; However, Kenta Kobashi uses them regularly.
	Chokeslam	In chokeslam, the opponent is grabbed by the neck with one hand and then lifted up with the other hand. From this position the performer hits his opponent on the ring floor. The chokeslam is a common action used by great wrestlers like Kane , Big Show and The Undertaker .
	Double-handed chokeslam	In double-handed chokeslam, the opponent is taken by the neck with both hands and held in the air. Now there are different variants: The performer can either go into the sitting position and let the opponent fall onto the mat, let himself fall forward and automatically pull the opponent down or simply push the opponent away . The latter variant is used by the Great Khali as a finisher.
	Death Valley Driver	With the Death Valley Driver, the opponent is lifted with the stomach on the shoulders (head on the right, legs on the left or vice versa). The performer lets himself fall in the direction in which the head of the opponent is pointing, causing the neck or head to hit the mat. Tommy Dreamer or Perry Saturn used this move as a finisher, in memory of the late Louie Spiccoli , his former ECW colleagues use the name Spiccoli driver.
John Cena performs a variation of the fireman's carry to Kurt Angle from	Fireman's carry	As with the Death Valley Driver , the opponent lies on the attacker's shoulders. The opponent is grabbed by the hip and one arm and thrown back to the ground ( Fireman's Carry Slam ). This action, slightly varied as Attitude Adjustment (AA), represents the finishing move by John Cena. The opponent's legs can also be pushed forward from this approach while the head is initially still held. Then the opponent lands on the ground after turning with his head and upper body looking down ( Fireman's Carry Facebuster ). Brock Lesnar attributed this variation as F-5 a, called him by his appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling , however Verdict .
	Front slam	The opponent is lifted like in body slam, but then held in a horizontal position. The executing wrestler then lets his weight fall forward onto the opponent.
	Giant swing	The Giant Swing was invented in Japan. You take the legs of your opponent under your arms and begin to turn. After a few rounds you let go of your opponent and he is thrown away. This move is known from the wrestler Cesaro .
	Gorilla Press Slam	In this throw, the opponent is held above his head with his arms outstretched before an arm is lowered to cause the opponent to fall to one side while being turned and thrown on the ground with his back. Alternatively, the opponent can also be thrown forwards or backwards. This fighting technique is often used to demonstrate the superior strength of the executive wrestler, such as Tony Atlas or Ultimate Warrior .
	Hip toss	The wrestlers stand side by side and look in the same direction. The performer reaches under the armpit of the opponent with his arm and levered him over his hip with a twist so that he lands on his back after a 270 ° turn. Often this action is also carried out by a standing wrestler against a running opponent (e.g. after an Irish whip ).
	Irish whip	Also known as hammer throw or simply whip-in . A wrestler grabs his opponent by the arm and pulls or pushes him in the direction of the ring ropes, the corner of the ring or another obstacle towards which the opponent then runs. After an Irish whip into the ring ropes, the opponent usually cushions and runs back towards the middle of the ring. This is the basis of many actions, such as a hip toss , a clothesline or a back body drop . The action only caught on in the 1970s. For example, Johnny Valentine categorically refused to take the action because it seemed too unrealistic to him.
	Last Call / Fallaway Slam	In the last call, the opponent stands in front of the executor, who grabs one arm between the opponent's legs and the other next to the neck. Then the opponent is lifted into a horizontal position. Now the performer only throws the victim backwards and lets himself fall while doing so. This action can also be performed from elevated positions (for example the top turnbuckle). The move is also called the fallaway slam. This was a signature move from Scott Hall and JBL .
	Powerslam	In classic powerslam, the opponent is lifted like in normal body slam, but the executing wrestler, holding on to the opponent who is falling on the mat, throws himself again with his own weight on him.
	Front Powerslam	The opponent is lifted upside down on the shoulder of the executing wrestler. This then lets its weight fall forward onto the opponent.
	Running powerslam	A variation of the Front Powerslam is the Running Powerslam, whereby the opponent first lies with his head down on the shoulder of the wrestler, takes this approach and then lets himself fall, as described in the normal Front Powerslam. This was the British Bulldog's finishing move . Also Bobby Lashley and Braun Strowman use it as a finisher.
	Reverse mat slam	You run to the opponent from behind, like a bulldog and throw the opponent's face onto the floor of the ring.
	Side slam	In this move, also known as 'rock bottom', the attacker grabs the opponent with his whole arm around the neck. The opponent's back is raised with the left hand. From this situation the attacker and the opponent can fall straight forward on the floor. This attack was used by The Rock as a finishing move. Booker T uses a variation of this move under the name Book End . Matt Hardy also uses another variant of this action under the name Side Effect . In doing so, however, he falls back on his back.
	Sidewalk Slam	The performer stands next to the opponent, both facing in the same direction. The executing wrestler now grasps from the side with both arms around the hips of the opponent (right arm up), lifts him horizontally upwards with his head towards the hall ceiling and lets his back fall onto the mat again. Kane uses this action a lot.
	Spinning Side Slam	This modified variant of the side slam starts with the lifting of the opponent so that he lies horizontally with his face to the executing wrestler. Then the attacker grabs the opponent with his whole arm around the neck. The other hand raises the opponent's back. Now the executing wrestler takes swing sideways from the upper body and turns around 180 degrees with the opponent in order to then throw him with full force onto the mat. Sometimes the performing wrestler throws himself on the mat to put more weight and thus more power into the action. Umaga often used this action to prepare his finisher, the Samoan Spike .
Batista leads a spinebuster on Edge of	Spinebuster	Most often the opponent is thrown into the ropes with an Irish whip . If the opponent is in front of you, you bring your own head a little under the armpits of the victim, if the head is on the left under the armpits, you grab the left leg and pull it in the opposite direction of the right leg. Then you push the opponent up and drop forward on your knees. Triple H uses a spinning spinebuster variant, where he turns 180 ° and then performs the spinebuster. Balls Mahoney used a sit-out variant called Ball Breaker and Lance Cade used a sit-down variant as a finisher.

Backbreaker variations

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	Backbreaker (classic)	The executing wrestler lifts his opponent with his own right arm between his legs, the left arm grabs the opponent's shoulder. The opponent is held in a horizontal position and dropped with the side or back on the knee of the executing wrestler.
	Tilt-A-Whirl Backbreaker	The performing wrestler throws the opponent into the ropes, catches him when he bounces back, rotates him 360 ° in the air and lets him fall with his back onto his outstretched knee. The action was best known through Brian Adams .
	Argentine backbreaker	In the Argentine Backbreaker, the opponent's back is placed over the shoulders and held by the head and one leg. The attacker drops to his knees, causing the impact to affect the opponent's back directly. The torture rack is the task grip variant of this action.
	Backstabber / Double Knee Backbreaker	The performer stands behind the opponent. Now the performer grabs both shoulders of the opponent with both hands and pulls him backwards while falling backwards. The performer draws his knees and pushes them in the back of the opponent. The backstabber is also known as the double knee backbreaker.
	Gorilla Press Backbreaker	As in the normal Gorilla Press, the opponent is lifted with both arms over the head of the performer and then dropped back to the knee again, back first. Nikolai Volkoff used this action as a Russian backbreaker .
	Side backbreaker	The performer stands next to the opponent, both facing in the same direction. The executing wrestler now grabs from the side with both arms around the hips of the opponent (right arm up), lifts him horizontally upwards with his head towards the hall ceiling and lets him fall back on his knee with his back.

DDT variations

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	DDT	Here, the wrestler clamps the head of the opponent, which is bent forward, under his arm at the neck and lets himself fall backwards so that the opponent's head hits the bottom of the ring. The name DDT was introduced by Jake Roberts and, according to legend, is the short form for "Damien's Dinner Time" (Damien was Jake Roberts' snake). Even Raven uses the DDT under the name Raven Effect . In hardcore matches, a DDT on an object (for example a chair) is very popular.
	Brainbuster	The Brainbuster is a very high (up to the vertical) raised Implant DDT , which is why the term Brainbuster DDT is also common. After the opponent has been lifted, the performer occasionally leaves the opponent in the vertical for a while until he finally lets the opponent fall with the back of his head onto the ring mat. The Brainbuster is also seen as a vertical suplex variant, as it is very similar in approach. In Japan, the name Brainbuster is indeed common for a normal vertical suplex . Well-known frequent users of this move are Jushin Liger and Chavo Guerrero . Kid Kash also uses this action and calls it Dead Level . The normal Brainbuster acts as a finisher for Austin Aries , Shawn Spears , El Generico or Joey Janela. The latter also uses a brainbuster on the top corner of the ring as a finisher.
	Reverse DDT	In a reverse DDT , the person performing the action grabs the opponent's head from behind so that his / her upper body lies horizontally in the air, looking up. Then he drops backwards and rams the back of the opponent's head onto the mat. This action is used by Sting as a finisher under the name Scorpion Death Drop . There is also a variant in which the performer drops backwards towards the floor - this is known as Diving Reverse DDT .
	Impaler DDT	This attack is also known as implant DDT . the opponent is taken into the DDT approach and raised vertically. The performer drops so that the opponent's face hits the mat. In the variant of the Wrestler Edge , the opponent is lifted a little higher from the DDT approach and thus hits the mat with even greater force. This action is also used by Christian and Bobby Roode as Glorius DDT.
	Tornado DDT	The executing wrestler is in an elevated position (for example on the ring rope) or runs towards the opponent and holds the opponent in the normal DDT approach. Now he jumps from his position, turns (and thus also the opponent) by about 180 degrees, and then falls on his back and rams the opponent's head on the ground. Crash Holly (Crash DDT) and Jacqueline (BUHI) often relied on this move.
	Jumping Swinging DDT	The executing wrestler jumps towards his opponent, leads his right arm above the left shoulder and to the left of the head and now begins to swing his body acrobatically around the opponent. When he arrives at the opponent's back, the wrestler rolls over so that he can apply the "DDT" with his left arm by taking his head under his arm. This grapple move takes place extremely quickly and demands enormous agility from both wrestlers.
	Rope Hung DDT / Spike DDT	The executing wrestler takes his opponent and puts him through the second ring rope so that only the feet are hanging on the rope. Then the executor clamps the opponent's head under his arms and then drops his head on the floor. This type of DDT is mainly used by Randy Orton .

Piledriver variations

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	Piledriver	The opponent is grasped, lifted up, held upside down and finally hit the bottom of the ring with the head by quickly sitting down. This classic variant is also known as the Texas Piledriver . Although (outside of the Kayfabe ) the opponent's head usually only hits the ring floor slightly or not at all, a piledriver has a relatively high risk of injury and is therefore prohibited in the WWE .
	Flip Piledriver	As in the approach of a normal piledriver or a power bomb , the wrestler clamps the opponent's head between his legs. From this position (according to Kayfabe ) the executing wrestler jumps forward and turns and the opponent in the air by about 360 degrees, so that the opponent comes up with his head on the floor after the rotation and the performer lands in a sitting position. In fact, the flip piledriver is mainly based on the opponent, since he moves from the starting position into a standing position and performs a backflip. The Flip Piledriver was introduced by Petey Williams under the name Canadian Destroyer and is used today by Dustin Rhodes and Adam Cole .
The Undertaker takes the Tombstone Piledriver to Edge of	Reverse or Tombstone Piledriver	The wrestlers stand face to face. The performer grabs the opponent and turns him upside down, jumps off and falls into a sitting position. The difference to the "normal" Piledriver is made clear in the alternative designation Belly to Belly Piledriver , which means nothing more than belly to belly. Owen Hart used the action temporarily under the name Hart Driver as a finisher and in 1997 he accidentally broke Steve Austin's neck . With a tombstone, the opponent is lifted so high that he looks with his head down. The performer kneels and lets the opponent get his head on his knees. Although this gives the impression of a painful action, the knees of the performer protect the opponent's head. On the contrary, however, the joints of the performer are extremely stressed. The tombstone was made famous by The Undertaker and occasionally also used by Kane , who doesn't like doing the action because of the strain.

Powerbomb variations

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Batista leads a variation of the powerbomb on Finlay from	Powerbomb	In the Powerbomb , which was "invented" by Lou Thesz through a failed piledriver, the opponent's head is clamped between the legs and then an attempt is made to turn the opponent by pulling up at the waist and then pressing him onto the shoulders. As a rule, however, a more spectacular variant is carried out in which the opponent jumps up so that he comes up to shoulder height of the person carrying out the task and is then thrown with his back on the ground. The Powerbomb is used as a finisher, for example by Kevin Nash , who calls it Jackknife .
	Crucifix Powerbomb	Here, the opponent is lifted from the normal Powerbomb approach over the head onto the attacker's back and held by the armpits or upper arms with outstretched arms. Now the executor bends forward and throws the opponent on the ground. This variation was established by Scott Hall as Razor's Edge (or Outsider's Edge in the WCW). Roman Reigns shows this move as a sit-out Crucifix Powerbomb. Also Sheamus shows them under the name of High Cross , just as Kevin Thorn in his short time as Mordecai of 2004.
	Double underhook power bomb	The performer does not grasp the opponent's waist, but hooks his arms and pulls him up. In most cases, the opponent does not sit on the attacker's shoulders but is thrown straight to the ground. The sitout variant of this action was made famous by Mitsuharu Misawa as the tiger driver .
	Ganso Bomb	Here, the opponent is only lifted until he is held vertically upside down, similar to the Piledriver . However, it then lands on the neck and shoulder area. This particularly dangerous action arose from a poorly executed piledriver by Lou Thesz and can be found particularly in Japan, but mainly by Toshiaki Kawada.
	Inverted Powerbomb	Also called Inverted Front Powerslam or Inverted Oklahoma Slam or Dominator . The opponent is lifted face up on the shoulder, the executing wrestler falls forward and turns the opponent over so that he falls belly down on the floor. This action was made famous by Ron Simmons and was used by Bobby Lashley .
	Last Ride / Elevated Powerbomb	The Last Ride is a variant of the Power Bomb. The opponent's head is taken between the legs, then the opponent is lifted first on the shoulders and then with both arms above the head. Then the performer throws the opponent on his back, while the performer remains standing. Undertaker uses this finishing move .
	Sit-Down Powerbomb	This variant is characterized by the fact that the performer sits down on the ground while throwing the opponent down, which is intended to suggest a harder serve. The action represents the finishing move of Batista under the name Batistabomb , but it is also used by some other wrestlers.
	Gutwrench Powerbomb	The Gutwrench Powerbomb differs from the normal Powerbomb in the way the performer promotes his opponent. The opponent is z. B. by a kick in the stomach, brought into a bent position. The performing wrestler now stands parallel to the opponent, grabs him around the waist or around the stomach, in order to then carry him up and with his back on the ring floor. Jack Swagger performs this action as his finisher.

Suplessen

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Big Show performs a suplex on JBL from	Suplex	Suplex is a generic term for a variety of actions, even if this simple name is often associated with a vertical suplex . The opponent's head is placed under the armpits so that he is looking at the ground. The arm close to the body is placed over the shoulder of the performer. The opponent is now lifted in a semicircle over the executor. In the end, the executor lets himself fall to the floor while the opponent lands on the mat with a lot of momentum. If this action is carried out in a single, very fast movement, it is a snap suplex . Many suplex variants can also be performed from the rope or from another elevated position; then one speaks of a superplex . One of the first important users of a vertical suplex from the corner of the ring was Bob Orton Jr.The current (unofficial) record for the longest held vertical suplex is currently held by the Swiss Claudio Castagnoli , he was able to keep his opponent on top for 70 seconds before putting him on the mat dropped.
	Back suplex	This action, also called belly-to-back suplex , is applied to the opponent's back. The executor sticks his head under his armpit and grabs his body with both hands; sometimes he unhooks a leg. Now he lifts the opponent and falls on his back. Sometimes the person performing the task remains in a bridge in order to cause a pinfall.
	Belly to belly suplex	The executive wrestler grabs the opponent from the front and lifts him up. Now he throws him either while maintaining the grip in a lateral twisting motion (side release) or over his head (overhead) backwards, so that the opponent lands on his back. The overhead variant is one of the most dangerous suplessen and is / was a trademark of Chris Benoit , Kurt Angle , Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar . For women, the Belly to Belly Suplex is used with a side release under the name Bayley-to-Belly Suplex by Bayley .
	Delayed vertical suplex	Similar to the Belly to Belly Suplex, the opponent is lifted, with the attacking wrestler placing the opponent's shoulder on his own in order to balance him upside down for a few seconds. After a few seconds the move is completed by throwing the opponent on the ground. The record for the longest delayed vertical suplex is held by Claudio Castagnoli, who was able to balance his opponent for 100 seconds. In a variation of this throw, the one-armed delayed vertical suplex, the opponent is only held up with one arm. Bobby Lashley often showed this variation .
	Exploder suplex	In this move the attacker grabs the opponent with his whole arm around the neck. With the left hand on the back of the opponent's knee, the attacker falls back and throws the opponent over his shoulder onto the floor. Shelton Benjamin used this move under the name T-Bone Suplex as a finisher.
	Fisherman's Suplex	With the normal vertical suplex approach, one hand is also used to hook an opponent's leg. When executing the action, the executing wrestler usually remains in a bridge to pin the opponent. Curt Hennig as Mr. Perfect established this variant under the name Perfect Plex (in the WCW Hennig Plex).
	Gutwrench suplex	The opponent is bent over. The executing wrestler stands in front of him, grabs the opponent around his waist from above, pulls him up, lets himself fall back and the opponent lands with his back on the mat.
Chris Benoit leads the German Suplex on Montel Vontavious Porter from	German suplex	The attacking wrestler, standing behind him, grabs his opponent around the waist, lifts him up and lets himself fall backwards while hooking himself onto the opponent's back and legs and then tossing him onto the ground with his shoulder and upper body first. The attacker remains hooked on the opponent and presses his shoulders on the mat in order to start a pin attempt. This suplex was named after Karl Gotch .
	Release German Suplex	A variation of the German Suplex is the Release German Suplex in which the opponent is released after the throw, and the Rolling German Suplex in which the attacking wrestler rolls to the side after the execution while he is still hooked in order to then join in the opponent to get up again and perform the suplex again. Among other things, the wrestlers Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit are known for this action. They usually do a Triple German Suplex, i.e. a triple repetition of the suplex by rolling to the side twice.
	Nelson Suplex	From behind one or both arms of the opponent is reached under (corresponding to Half Nelson or Full Nelson ), then a throw is made backwards on the back or the neck. Here, too, it is possible to try a pin using a bridge. Chris Benoit, Keiji Mutoh and Hiroshi Hase are some of the most famous users of this promotion . Jay Lethal often uses a variant in which the Full Nelson is released during the execution and the opponent rolls over in the air, thus landing on his stomach.
	Northern Lights Suplex	The performer sticks his head under one arm of the opponent, grasps it at the waist and throws it backwards as in the Belly to Belly Suplex . This move was introduced by Hiroshi Hase. In the most common variations, the opponent's free arm is also held on his back or a leg is hooked. Sometimes, however, a pin attempt is also started in the form of a bridge.
	Suplex Powerslam	The opponent is lifted from the normal suplex approach and mostly held vertically in the air for a while. The wrestler then performs a powerslam from this position so that he lands face down on his opponent. The move was introduced by Dean Malenko , but is best known as the finisher of Bill Goldberg , who calls it Jackhammer .
	Underhook suplex	The attacking wrestler holds one arm of the opponent under his own, the other arm he puts around his neck, hence also called necklock suplex . The opponent is now thrown sideways, similar to a hip toss. André the Giant used a variant as a finisher in which he also let himself fall on his opponent after the throw.
	Double underhook suplex	The attacking wrestler holds both of the opponent's arms under his own and holds onto the opponent's upper arms. In this position the opponent can no longer counter, he is, so to speak, caught (trap, hence also trapping suplex ), and is thrown to the ground by the attacker, similar to the overhead belly to belly suplex .

Other attacks

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	Atomic Drop	The opponent has his back to the executing wrestler. He now grips from behind with his right arm around the waist, with his left arm the leg of the opponent. So the opponent is now lifted up and dropped again with the buttocks on the knees of the executor. This was Pat Patterson's finishing move and was used more frequently by Chris Jericho , Shawn Michaels and Edge .
	Body Scissors Atomic Drop	This action was a special action by André the Giant and was often used by him in handicap matches. The opponent sits on the ground and the executing wrestler behind it. The latter now places a body scissor around the opponent's hips and pulls his arms backwards. He lets himself fall back and lifts the opponent up with his leg strength, and then lets him hit the mat with his buttocks first in the backward movement. Andre the Giant did this action with two wrestlers at the same time.
	Inverted Atomic Drop	The opponent faces the executing wrestler. This now grabs the legs of the opponent. So the opponent is now lifted up and dropped again with the buttocks on the knees of the executor. A prominent user of this campaign was Bret Hart .
Chris Jericho leads the Bulldogs at Booker T out	Bulldog	The opponent is usually gripped from behind with one arm at the neck and pressed to the floor, the person performing the task dropping himself into a sitting position. The action can also take place from a standstill; the wrestler holds the opponent's head under his armpit and jumps forward. This action was used as a finisher by Dustin Rhodes .
	cutter	Here, the executing wrestler grasps the head of the opponent standing behind him so that he pulls his chin over his shoulder. Then he jumps and drops to the ground, causing the opponent's head to hit the ground or the shoulder of the performer. The action was introduced by Johnny Ace as the Ace Crusher and is now best known as the finisher of Diamond Dallas Page ( Diamond Cutter ) and Randy Orton , who named him after his initials RKO . With Matt Hardy Twist of Fate , it also is a cutter , which, however, (a front headlock an attached face lock Front ) preceded by, followed by rotation of 180 degrees.
	Stunner	The stunner emerged from the cutter in the 1990s , in which the performing wrestler does not land with his back on the ring floor, but rather lets himself fall into a sitting position so that the opponent's jaw lands on the performer's shoulder. The stunner was made particularly famous by Stone Cold Steve Austin , while today it is often used by Kevin Owens . So a stunner is a three-quarter-facelock jawbreaker. Apart from this small difference, any variation of a cutter can also be used as a stunner .
	Facebuster	A facebuster is basically characterized by the fact that the opponent hits the mat face first. The sitout facebuster can be seen as the most common variant .
Triple H performing the Double Underhook Facebuster	Double underhook facebuster	While the bent opponent's head is positioned between the attacker's legs, the attacker hooks the opponent's arms on his back. Now the executing wrestler jumps backwards and lands on his knees, causing the opponent to hit the ground without being able to protect himself with his hands (however, the executor usually lets go of the grip so that the other can better control the landing). Triple H calls this action Pedigree and uses it as a finishing move. In the WCW, the Move was called the Face Driver .
	Sitout facebuster	The attacker grabs the opponent, who is facing him or is bent over, by the head or by the hair and jumps into a sitting position. The opponent slams his face on the ground between the attacker's outstretched legs. Sean Waltman uses this move under the name X Factor as a finisher, and he is also part of Konnan's repertoire as Facejam .
	Headbutt	Simply means a head butt. This can be done in different ways, for example with a previous jump, holding the head of the opponent, or in the stomach area. All Samoan wrestlers, as well as André the Giant and Junk Yard Dog, were notorious for the particular severity of this action .
	Jawbreaker	The executing wrestler grabs the opponent's head, places his chin on his head and pulls his legs in. This pulls the opponent down and hits the performer's head with his chin. Alternatively, the action can also be performed with the knees of the performer instead of the head. The latter variant uses Triple H more often.
	Neckbreaker	In this move, the performer takes the opponent's head from behind. Then the performer turns to face the opponent so that they are both back to back and finally drops into a sitting position so that the opponent's head hits the attacker's shoulder. This variant is also called falling neckbreaker .
	Overdrive	In overdrive, the executing wrestler places one leg over the neck of the opponent leaning forward and grabs one of his arms. From this position he drops forward on his knees so that the opponent's neck hits the back of the knees of the performer. This variant of a swinging neckbreaker is used by Elix Skipper and MVP , for example .
	Swinging neckbreaker	The swinging neckbreaker is created from a front facelock , in which the executing wrestler and the opponent turn 180 degrees so that they come into the usual neckbreaker position. The rotation and the subsequent dropping of the performer are mostly carried out in a fluid movement. Michael McGillicutty uses this variant as a finisher .
	Russian legsweep / grapevine takedown	The attacker stands next to the opponent. Both look in the same direction. The attacker puts an arm around the opponent's neck and hooks the leg closer to the opponent to that of the opponent. The attacker falls backwards and at the same time pulls the opponent to the ground with both his arm and his wrapped leg. This move was used by Bret Hart , for example, as preparation for his sharpshooter.
	Samoan Drop	The opponent is lifted on his shoulders so that he lies horizontally and looks forward. The performer can now fall backwards and the opponent slams his back on the mat. This promotion was used by Big Daddy V as a finisher. A variant in which the opponent is thrown into the ropes beforehand, caught when he bounces back and then the action is carried out, was known as Renegade Drop by Tatanka . But it was also often used by Umaga .
	Shoulderbreaker	The opponent is lifted head down onto the performer's shoulder (either back or stomach forward) and then dropped shoulder first onto the performer's extended knee.
	Stomach breaker	This action is also known as a gutbuster . The performer grabs the opponent lying on his stomach from above. The right arm grabs a leg, the left the shoulder. So the opponent is pulled up and then dropped belly first onto the knees of the performer. This action was often used by Sgt.Slaughter or as a double team move by the Bushwhackers .
Cloudy in execution	Suicide Dive / Tope	The opponent stands outside the ring, the executing wrestler now jumps between the second and third ring rope, head first at the outside opponent. Well-known users of the campaign are CM Punk , Daniel Bryan and Dean Ambrose.
	Gorilla Press Stomachbreaker	As with the normal gorilla press, the opponent is lifted with both arms over the head of the performer and then dropped again with the stomach on the knee.
	Twist Of Fate	The opponent is held under the left armpit. Now the performer raises his right arm, then clamps his elbow under his neck with a swing and after turning 180 ° to throw himself forward on his back. This action is shown by Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy .
	Snake eyes	The opponent is placed head forward on his shoulder and then thrown face down onto the ring post. The Undertaker uses snake eyes in combination with a big boot as a signature move.

Actions with the opponent lying down

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	Big Splash	In the Big Splash, the opponent lies on their back. The executing wrestler takes a running run on the ropes and jumps on the opponent with his stomach. Cruiserweights also jump this action from the turnbuckle . The Big Splash is / was mainly used by heavier superstars such as André the Giant , Big Show , Mark Henry or Viscera . Kamala called this move Air Africa.
	Diving Headbutt (opponent lying down)	The executing wrestler falls head first from standing or running onto the opponent lying on the ground. This action was very popular with Chris Benoit and Dynamite Kid .
Ric Flair performing the elbow drop	Elbow drop	The performing wrestler lets himself fall elbow first from standing or running onto the opponent who is lying on the ground.
John Cena performing the Five Knuckle Shuffle	Fistdrop	The performing wrestler lets himself fall fist first from standing or running onto the opponent who is lying on the ground. This action is often used by John Cena as the Five Knuckle Shuffle with some show elements .
Samoa Joe performing a kneedrop	Knee drop	The executing wrestler lets himself fall knee first from standing or running onto the opponent lying on the ground.
Chief goodbye performing a legdrop	Legdrop	The executing wrestler lets himself fall with his thigh, more rarely with both thighs, from standing or running onto the opponent lying on the ground (usually on his neck and chest area). The variation out of the barrel was Hulk Hogan's finishing move and was known as the Atomic Legdrop.
	Hip Drop / Sitdown Splash	In hip drop, technically a sitdown splash, the opposing wrestler lies on the floor while the executing wrestler stands. The performer stands with his buttocks exactly over the opponent and lets himself fall so that it lands on the opponent's chest. Rikishi performed this action by slapping his buttocks three times with both hands. A variant from the full run was used by Earthquake as a finisher.

Actions from the turnbuckle or ring rope

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	Crossed Hand of God	In the Crossed Hand of God, the opponent lies on his back with arms and legs outstretched, while the attacker climbs onto the corner of the ring. He crosses his arms in front of his chest and jumps on the opponent with his knees drawn up so that the cross of the arms hits the neck of the person lying on the floor. Another name for this attack is Cruzifix Splash .
	Crossbody	The crossbody or cross body block is performed against a standing opponent. From (mostly) an elevated position, the wrestler jumps off and lands perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the opponent on his upper body, so that he is pulled backwards. Most of the time, this is followed by a pin attempt. Ricky Steamboat used such an action as a finisher. For tall, muscular wrestlers, intercepting a crossbody is often used to demonstrate their strength.
	Double stomp	Can be done alone or with a partner. The executing wrestler stands on the top rope and jumps with both feet on any limb of the opponent. In the tag team variant, the partner usually twists his arm before the action.
	Plancha	A variant of the crossbody is the plancha ( better known to wrestling fans as the vaulting body press). A wrestler jumps over the top rope with or without a run-up to land on the opponent as described. The Undertaker uses this plancha as a signature move .
	Diving double stomp	The executive wrestler mounts the turnbuckle . The opponent lies either on his stomach or on his back. Then the wrestler jumps off and tries to hit the opponent with both legs on the chest. It can also have been preceded by a 180 ° turn. Low Ki and Finn Bálor use this move as finisher.
Shawn Michaels in execution	Diving Elbow Drop	The executing wrestler jumps off with the elbow first, whereby he can lie in the air either sideways or downwards. Then he lands with his elbow on the shoulder or chest of the lying opponent. This was the finishing move of Randy Savage .
	Diving Fist Drop	The wrestler jumps from an elevated position and strikes during the jump to strike. He lands his fist on the opponent's head or torso. The action is used by Jerry Lawler as a finishing move, and Marty Jannetty also showed it occasionally.
Chris Benoit leads the diving headbutt to MVP from	Diving headbutt	When diving headbutt, the opponent lies with his back on the floor and the other wrestler jumps from the rope head first onto the opponent's shoulder or head. That move was the finisher of the Dynamite Kid , Bam Bam Bigelow and Chris Benoit . Also Lars Sullivan uses this move occasionally.
	Diving knee drop	In diving knee drop, the opponent lies either on his stomach or on his back. The executing wrestler jumps from the turnbuckle with knees drawn up onto the body part of the opponent that he wants to hit, such as head, chest, knees ... Several well-known wrestlers like Petey Williams or AJ Styles have this move in their standard repertoire.
	Diving leg drop	The performer jumps from a higher level onto the lying opponent in such a way that he lands with the underside of one leg on his neck or face. Matt Hardy uses this action very often; Psicosis even uses it as a finishing move, calling it the Psycho Guillotine . There are a few variations of this move; For example, it can be jumped off the rope ( springboard ) or combined with rotations. A diving leg drop preceded by a forward somersault is called a somersault leg drop . Teddy Hart regularly impresses with a shooting star leg drop , which includes a backflip during the forward jump (see also Shooting Star Press ).
	Hurracanrana	In this action, the wrestler performs head shears against the opponent while jumping and turns from his shoulders to the right or left towards the ground, so that he lands on his back after a side somersault. Almost legendary is the Hurracanrana from the top of the cage, which Rey Mysterio showed in a cage match against Eddie Guerrero (actually a Frankensteiner , since no pin followed).
	Brainshoot	In contrast to the Huracanrana , this action, which is otherwise the same, does not follow a pin attempt, but rather the opponent is thrown forward. The move can also be performed from the starting position in which both wrestlers are standing on the rope. Scott Steiner made the campaign popular under the name Frankensteiner and is responsible for the naming. One often jumps into the head scissors after a balancing act on the top rope, what is known as Ropewalk Huracanrana or New School ; the latter based on a move of the Undertaker (see Ropewalk Chop ). When Stratusphere mentioned Frankensteiner of Trish Stratus is scheduled to head scissors from a handstand out.
Shawn Michaels leads the moonsault on Chris Jericho from	Moonsault	As Moonsault moves are referred to in which a wrestler is remote from the opponent, performs a back flip, and most lands with the belly on the opponents. Normally the opponent is already lying on the ground; occasionally he is still standing and is knocked over by the approaching wrestler. Although the moonsault is mainly performed by more agile wrestlers like Keiji Mutoh , Kurt Angle , Rey Mysterio or Essa Rios , heavyweights have occasionally made the action one of their standard moves in the past; the best-known representatives are Bam Bam Bigelow and Vader .
	Corkscrew Moonsault	While the wrestler jumps a backflip, he also turns at least once completely around his vertical axis, so that he lands like a normal moonsault . Ultimo Dragon , Jeff Hardy , Rey Mysterio , John Morrison and Amazing Red are well known users of this flying technique.
	Springboard Moonsault	Here the wrestler performing the jumps first on a ring rope (usually the middle one) and pushes himself off to perform the backflip. Chris Jericho established the name Lionsault for this move. If such a moonsault is shown against an opponent standing or lying outside the ring, one speaks of an asai moonsault ; named after Yoshihiro Asai (Ultimo Dragon). The BME (Best Moonsault Ever) by Christopher Daniels is a double springboard moonsault , as it pushes itself from the middle to the upper rope in one flowing movement and from there the action immediately jumps.
	Split-Legged Moonsault (Super Star Press)	The wrestler stands on the top rope in the corner of the ring and lets himself fall in such a way that he strikes the ropes with his legs apart and cushions them. With a backward turn he lands on the opponent who is as close as possible to the corner of the ring. Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio made the move famous; today it is also frequently used by Christopher Daniels and called the Arabian Press . Here, however, it does not jump off in the corner of the ring, but in the middle of the rope.
	Triple Jump Moonsault	In the Triple Jump Moonsault, the executing wrestler jumps (as the name of the action suggests) three times. The defending wrestler lies, as is usual with Moonsaults, in the middle of the ring. The attacker sets up a chair on one side of the wrestler lying on the ground. Then he takes a running start, runs over the wrestler lying on the ground and jumps ... from the floor to the chair from the chair to the top ring rope from the top ring rope the actual Moonsault on the opponent over the chair. The Triple Jump Moonsault is a signature move from Sabu .
The Undertaker performing the rope walk on Jon Heidenreich	Rope Walk	The executing wrestler usually grabs one arm of the opponent and twists it before stepping onto the rope in the corner of the ring. Now he balances on the top rope roughly to the middle. He then jumps into the ring and hits the opponent on the shoulder or chest, whom he is still holding tightly. The Undertaker has shown the action for almost two decades and was accordingly named Old School . Jinsei Shinzaki also uses the move.
	Seated Senton	Here the jumping wrestler does not land with his back, but with his rump on the opponent, so that he sits on the opponent after the execution. Rey Mysterio performs such an action against a standing opponent and sometimes ends his matches with this variant called La silla or Drop Da Dime . The banzai drop shown by yokozuna and rikishi is also a variation of this move.
Ric Flair performing the Senton Bomb	Senton Bomb	The wrestler jumps forward from an elevated position and turns around 90 degrees in the air so that he lands with his back on the opponent lying down. In variants like the 630 Senton , the landing is preceded by a higher number of rotations. This action is carried out by Jeff Hardy , who delays the turn in the air even longer under the name Swanton Bomb. Mr. Anderson and Sin Cara also use this move.
	Senton Splash	The Senton Splash is like a normal Senton, only it is executed from the barrel. Samoa Joe often shows the attack in combination with a Manhattan drop and a kick from the barrel.
	Splash	A splash (also known as a press or, in the simplest version without turns, called a big splash ) describes an action in which a wrestler jumps forward from an elevated position and lands with his stomach on the lying opponent. One of the first North American wrestlers to perform this action was Jimmy Snuka . He called him Superfly. The money shot used by Val Venis as a finisher is a minimally varied splash .
	450 ° splash	The executing wrestler turns 450 degrees and lands with his stomach on the opponent. Originally based in Mexico, the action was spread in North America by Paul London and Juventud Guerrera, among others . The former contributed to the fact that the 450 Splash and similar risky maneuvers were banned in the WWE in 2005 by poor execution of the move . Paul London previously used this jump as a finishing move. The 450 ° Splash is currently used by Justin Gabriel in WWE .
	630 ° splash	The executing wrestler turns 630 degrees and lands with his back on the opponent. The 630 ° Splash can be seen as an extended variant of the 450 ° Splash. It is used by Jack Evans and Teddy Hart , among others . Ricochet uses this move as a finisher. With the variation 630 ° Elbow Splash , the executing wrestler does not hit the opponent with his back after the turns, but hits him with his elbow. Like the 450 ° Splash, this technique is performed from a corner of the ring from the top rope to an opponent who is mostly on his back.
	Corner Slingshot Splash	While the opponent is lying on the floor parallel to the diagonal of the ring near a corner of the ring, the executing wrestler climbs onto the lower or middle rope and holds onto the upper rope. Now he bounces up off the rope a few times until he has enough momentum to throw his legs back and lie as horizontally as possible in the air. He lets go of the upper rope and thus flies slightly backwards, so that he lands with his stomach on the opponent. This move is popular with heavier wrestlers and has been / is frequently performed by Vader ( Vader Splash ), A-Train, and Umaga .
Eddie Guerrero performing the Frog Splash	Frog Splash	The wrestler briefly contracts in the air so that the elbows and knees touch each other as much as possible. Originally the Frog Splash was used by Art Barr . After his death, Eddie Guerrero used the move in memory of him as a finisher. Since Eddie Guerrero's death, Chavo Guerrero and Rey Mysterio have occasionally performed the move as a sign of tribute. Rob Van Dam also used the event as a finisher under the name Five Star Frog Splash , Mike Awesome under the name Awesome Splash . Hornswoggle also performs this action as a Tadpole (eng: tadpole) Splash. Variations are possible through chairs or elevated jumping-off points.
	Shooting Star Press	The wrestler stands in a normal splash position on the rope (facing the opponent), jumps forward and performs a backflip in the air. This is considered to be one of the most difficult highflying actions, which is why it is shown almost exclusively by cruiserweights. Brock Lesnar is one of the few heavyweights that can do this. Billy Kidman , Paul London and Evan Bourne use them as a finishing move. The Red Star Press is a variant that has not jumped from an elevated position and represents the finisher of Amazing Red .
	Sunset flip	This action does not serve to weaken the opponent, but leads directly to a pin attempt. The wrestler rolls forward over the hunched opponent, lands his head between his legs and then pulls him in his direction, causing the opponent to fall backwards. In a sitting position, the wrestler now pushes the opponent's legs in the direction of his head and pushes his legs onto the opponent's arms, which is considered a pin attempt.
	Whisper in the Wind	In this action, the executor runs to the corner of the ring with his back to the opponent. He jumps a backflip and turns itself 180 degrees. Then he hits the opponent on the shoulder with his foot. This promotion is a finisher from Jeff Hardy .

Blows

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	Bell clap	The executing wrestler stretches sideways with both arms and hits the opponent on the ears with flat hands. Aside from Vader, who calls them Vader Attack , Ric Flair and Eddie Guerrero also used the action occasionally; often used to get rid of a bear hug .
	Bionic Elbow	The executing wrestler hits the opponent's head from above with his elbow. This action became known through Dusty Rhodes .
Jay Lethal takes the chop to Ric Flair from	Chop	A chop is a blow with the edge of the hand or the backhand that is mostly aimed at the opponent's chest. Although many wrestlers use these punches frequently, chops are a hallmark of Ric Flair who gave this technique a huge boost in popularity. Out of respect for flair, the tradition, which is very widespread among fans today, of shouting “Wooo!” After a chop (regardless of who is doing it) arose; a kind of battle cry of the legendary wrestler. There are several variations on this action; a chop can also be performed with the forehand or in a vertical swing motion with one or both hands on the opponent's neck. The latter is called Mongolian Chop and is preferred by Low Ki and Hiroyoshi Tenzan . In WWE , The Great Khali uses a variation of the chop as one of his finishing moves. Khali hits the top of his opponent's head with his whole palm. This variation is known as “overhead chop” or “brain chop”.
Shelton Benjamin leads a clothesline on Cade from	Clothesline	In the case of a clothesline , the wrestler runs slightly offset to his opponent head-on, stretches his arm to the side and pulls him down with a hit on the neck. In the WWE, John Bradshaw Layfield uses a particularly hard hit clothesline under the name Clothesline from Hell as a finisher, whereby this is a lot inferior to a Japanese clothesline , there called Lariat , in terms of its hardness of execution. The variant in which the opponent stands directly with his back on the ring ropes and the executing wrestler falls through a clothesline together with him over the top rope is also very well known .
	Double Ax Handle	The wrestler folds his hands together, strikes out over his head to strike and hits the opponent at any point. Under the name Polish Hammer , this was Ivan Putski's finishing move . The move can also be done from the ropes.
	Eye poke	The eye poke is a simple grip or stab in the opponent's eye. It is often used on heels, but is still used on some faces, such as Ric Flair , who is known, famous and popular for non-compliant actions.
	Elbow Smash	First the wrestler strikes like a normal punch , but then pulls his fist to his own chest and hits the opponent with the elbow and / or forearm. Mitsuharu Misawa often weakens his opponents with this blow. The action can also be carried out at full speed and / or jumping and is then called the Flying Forearm.
Naomi performs a hip attack on Nikki Bella	Hip attack	The maneuver is usually carried out while running. The executive wrestler jumps and spins in the air. The opponent almost gets a blow with the rear. The technique is therefore also called rear view or butt bump / thump .
	Lariat	This action is similar to and is often confused with a clothesline . In contrast to this, however, the performer does not tear his opponent down with an outstretched arm, but hits the opponent's neck or upper body with a striking movement of the bent arm. Stan Hansen was notorious for his particularly tough lariats , other frequent users of the action are / were JBL , Lance Cade , Kenta Kobashi , Steve Corino , Homicide , The Undertaker and Colt Cabana . Rick Steiner called this move Steinerline.
	Low blow	The performer kneels in front of or behind the opponent and hits him low with the forearm or the crook of the arm. Since this is an illegal attack, low blows are usually performed behind the referee's back. In contrast to many other forbidden blows, a low blow noticed by the referee usually leads to immediate disqualification without prior warning. In addition to heel wrestlers, valets (female companions of a wrestler) often use the action.
	Punch	This is a simple hit with a closed fist. In fact, such an action is prohibited in wrestling, but in fact it practically never leads to disqualification. A weakening of this rule exists in the Ring of Honor and in Japanese leagues; there are punches that do not meet the enemy's head, allowed. In the so-called 10 count punches , the wrestler gets on the opponent leaning his back against the corner of the ring and hits him ten times on the head, with the audience usually counting out loud. This move is shown by Big Show as an occasional finisher.
	Samoan Spike	The wrestler stands next to the opponent (same direction of view) and holds him by the neck with one hand (usually the left one), then hits the opponent's larynx (sometimes other places on the neck) with full force with his thumb. The Samoan Spike was Umaga's finishing move .
	Shoulder block	The wrestler hits his opponent with the shoulder. He can, for example, run shoulder first towards the opponent, hit his shoulder with a jump from the ring rope or jump out of the run ( Monty Brown uses this action as a finisher under the name Pounce ). The fact that a great wrestler can survive one or more shoulder blocks of a smaller one without falling over often demonstrates his superior strength and stability. In the Spear variant , the wrestler runs towards the opponent, dives in front of him and hits him with the shoulder and sometimes the upper arm on the stomach, pulling him to the ground. The spear has become a frequently used finisher / move by physically strong wrestlers like Batista , Bobby Lashley , but also by Edge and Roman Reigns , especially in recent years . The move became saloon-worthy as a preparer for Bill Goldberg's “Jackhammer” . Rhyno calls the Spear "The Gore".
	Uppercut	This boxing punch hits the opponent's chin from below. The European uppercut is widespread , in which the executing wrestler hits his opponent hard with the forearm from a short grappling . In addition to European wrestlers like William Regal and Dave Finlay , technically talented men like Kurt Angle and Daniel Bryan show this action. Even Randy Orton shows this action regularly.
	Weapon shot	This term covers practically all hits that are carried out using an illegal object (except in hardcore matches). The best known is the Chair Shot , in which the seat of a metal folding chair is slammed. Many wrestlers have a particular item they prefer to use, for example, Triple H uses a sledgehammer, William Regal uses a brass knuckles, Sabu uses a chair, and Mick Foley uses a barbed wire-wrapped baseball bat he calls Barbie.

Kicks

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Pepper Parks performs the Big Boot on Tyson Dux	Big boat	In the big boot , the wrestler lets his opponent run against the sole of his raised and outstretched leg; mostly after throwing him on the ropes with an Irish whip . The action often served as preparation for the Leg Drops of Hulk Hogan . It is also possible that the executing wrestler himself runs towards the opponent and hits him on the head with the outstretched leg, which is then referred to as a yakuza kick or (in Japan) kenka kick . The Big Boot is mostly used by bigger wrestlers like Tyson Tomko , Test , Snitsky or Mike Knox as a finishing move.
Jeff Hardy leads the dropkick on Umaga from	Dropkick	When performing the dropkick , the wrestler jumps into the air and turns so that he can hit the opponent with both soles of his feet; mostly on the head or on the chest. Usually the wrestler lies sideways in the air so that his feet hit the opponent at points on top of each other; A so-called front dropkick is rarely performed in the back position. The executing wrestler does not turn in the air and lands on his back instead of on his stomach or side. Paul London uses a special dropkick variant called Dropsault , where he does a backflip after kicking in the air and thus executes a moonsault against another opponent lying on the ground.
	Baseball slide	While the opponent is standing outside the ring, the executing wrestler takes a running start and slides with his feet first under the bottom rope so that he hits his head. The action got its name because of the resemblance to a baseball player jumping to the nearest base . A baseball slide can also be used against an opponent sitting in the corner of the ring, where he is hit in the crotch. A variant of the baseball slide in which the opponent hangs his head down in the corner of the ring with his feet on the top ring rope was particularly popular in the ECW . The opponent is hit in the head, sometimes a folding chair is leaned against the opponent's head, the executing wrestler hits the chair with his feet and presses it into the opponent's face.
	Enzuigiri	The executing wrestler has his back or side to the opponent. He jumps off, turns in the air roughly until he lies horizontally on his back in the air and hits his opponent on the head with the heel or the back of the lower leg.
	Missile dropkick	This is a dropkick performed from an elevated position, such as the ring rope. Basically, there is no distinction between the "normal" and the front dropkick described above , although this term usually means the former. This action was also often used by Edge in the WWF.
	Low kick	The performing wrestler kicks the lower leg or the upper leg with half a turn. This action is often used by Santino Marella , Rey Mysterio or other cruiserweights used.
Rey Mysterio takes the Tiger Feint Kick to Eddie Guerrero from	Tiger Feint Kick	This is a kick that was invented by Tiger Mask I and was especially known under the name "619" as the finisher of Rey Mysterio. The opponent lies in the rope, the performer takes swing, runs towards the rope, jumps left or right of the opponent with his legs first through the upper and middle rope, holding one hand on the upper and the other on the middle rope firmly and kicks against the opponent's head with one twist. Mysterio chose the designation 619 after the area code of his hometown San Diego. Cesaro rarely uses the move and calls it "Swiss-19". In women wrestling this action is shown (only) by Io Shirai .
Shawn Michaels performing the super kick on John Cena	Super kick	After an intermediate step or (less often) from running, the wrestler standing to the side of the opponent stretches a leg and hits the opponent on the head or under the chin. The action achieved great fame under the name Sweet Chin Music as a finishing move by Shawn Michaels. Other regular users of the move include Shelton Benjamin , Lance Storm , Booker T , Chuck Palumbo , John Morrison and Stevie Richards .

Double team moves

This type of move is mainly used in tag team matches and is characterized by the fact that two wrestlers are required to perform it. Since after a change ( day ) both wrestlers of a team are allowed to stay in the ring at the same time for a few seconds, double-team moves are basically legal.

List of wrestling fighting techniques
Illustration	Surname	description
	Backbreaker Hold Combination	A wrestler holds the opponent with his back on his knee (like after a pendulum backbreaker ), whereupon his partner comes flying from the rope. He can hit the opponent's head in various ways, for example with the underside of the leg ( diving leg drop ) or with the elbow ( diving elbow drop ). Such a combination was called Demolition Decapitation by Demolition .
	Double suplex	This refers to any type of suplex performed by two wrestlers against an opponent; mostly it is a snap suplex or vertical suplex . A variant of the move is such that the executing wrestlers fall forwards or backwards during the execution of a vertical suplex, so that the opponent is cushioned by the ring rope and, depending on the direction of fall, lands on their back or stomach.
Execution of the Dudley Boyz at Lance Storm	Dudley Death Drop (3D)	This move, mostly abbreviated to 3-D, is actually an Elevated Cutter , but it was invented by the Dudley Boyz and therefore named after them. An opponent charging after an Irish whip is lifted by the first wrestler by the hip or thigh. The wrestler then falls backwards ( flapjack ). Instead of banging his head on the floor, the victim is grabbed by the neck by the second performing wrestler standing in front of him and pulled to the floor by a cutter . The Dudley Boyz often carried out this action in such a way that the opponent landed on a table and broke it. Since the team appeared at TNA and is no longer allowed to use the name "Dudley", it has been called "Team 3D" based on this move. This move can also be performed from a standing position, but this is rarely the case.
	Doomsday device	The first performer takes the opponent on the shoulders while his partner climbs the ring ropes. Now he jumps up with a diving clothesline and pulls the opponent off his partner's shoulders. The action was introduced by the Road Warriors ( Animal and Hawk ).
	Event Omega	The opponent lies on his back roughly in the middle of the ring. The two wrestlers of the team now climb the rope in opposite ring corners and jump at the same time on the opponent. Most of the time, one of the two does a splash on the middle of the body, while his partner hits the neck or head with a leg drop . The Hardy Boyz , who often performed this move from ladders, made this move popular and gave it its common name.
	G9	A finisher shown by Cryme Tyme. One partner takes the opponent on his shoulders, like a fireman carry, and positions himself parallel to the ring ropes. His partner takes a run-up, runs head-on towards his partner, does a forward somersault in which he grabs the opponent's head, and thus performs a neckbreaker. The first partner falls on his back so that the neckbreaker is reinforced by a Samoan drop.
	Hard attack	In the middle of the ring, a wrestler takes the opponent in a bear hug and lifts him up. The partner comes running from the back of the first wrestler, jumps and hits the opponent head-on with a reverse bulldog , whereupon he is pulled to the ground. Although it is also used by a few other teams, the Move owes its name to the Hart Foundation , consisting of Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart , who mostly ended their matches with it. There are also variants from other teams in which the partner approaching the opponent does not hit the opponent with a clothesline , but, for example, with a crossbody or a dropkick , which requires a much higher jumping force.
	Hi-low	One wrestler positions himself behind the opponent and one in front of him. Now the partner who is behind the opponent performs a chop block and the one in front of it performs a clothesline at the same time, causing the opponent to hit extremely hard.
	Leapfrog Body Guillotine	A wrestler positions the opponent so that his upper body rests on the ring rope while he himself puts his legs over his shoulders. Now the second wrestler runs on the back of his partner to jumps in leapfrog over him and then hits the back of the opponent. As the World's Greatest Tag Team, Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin used the Move under different names as finishers.
	Mase	The opponent is first taken on the shoulders. Then the day team partner climbs onto the corner of the ring and performs a diving neckbreaker against the opponent.
The Hardys in execution on Billy Gunn	Poetry in Motion	In this action introduced by the Hardy Boyz , the opponent is first thrown into the corner of the ring. Now a wrestler positions himself on all fours in front of him so that the attacking partner can push off his back and jump towards the opponent. He then hits him with any attack, such as a kick or a senton splash . In the case of the Hardy Boyz, however, basically with a calf kick.
	Spanish Fly	Both partners stand on the rope in the corner of the ring, facing the audience. Between them stands the opponent facing the middle of the ring, who is gripped across the chest on the opposite arm. The wrestlers now jump backwards and do a backflip while holding the opponent. Thus the opponent comes up on his back; the executing wrestlers land on him. This spectacular action was introduced by José and Joel Maximo.
	Wishbone	Both partners stand next to the opponent lying on their back and each grip one leg. These are now pulled simultaneously in opposite directions to stretch the groin area. Heel teams in particular weaken their opponents with this move. The action is also known as the Wishbone Legsplitter.
	Snapshot	A finisher that has been featured many times by MNM. One partner takes the battered opponent on his shoulders in such a way that the other team partner can take him into a DDT. Now partner no. 1 should have the legs and no. 2 the head. The opponent is now dropped on his stomach, with partner no. 1 falling back and partner no. 2 being able to do a DDT.
	Total elimination	A finishing move used by the Eliminators. One partner positions himself behind the opponent, the other partner in front of it. Now the partner who is behind the opponent shows a leg sweep, the other shows a spinning wheel kick at the same time.
	High Angle Superplex	As with the Superplex, the opponent is placed on the corner of the ring. The performer takes his partner on his shoulder (electric chair) and both of them fall backwards and so the opponent gets a superplex.
	Hardy Boy Leg Drop	The opponent lies with his back on the floor. One performer stands on the top turnbuckle while the second stands on the mat. The first shows a diving leg drop, while the other shows a leg to goin (i.e. leg drop with both legs in the groin area). This action was mainly used by the Hardys. That's why it's called the Hardy Boy Leg Drop .