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Much of the action in professional wrestling involved the application of techniques that involve lifting the opponent up and throwing or slamming them down. These moves are generally illegal in traditional amateur wrestling. They are sometimes also called "power moves", as they are meant to emphasize a wrestler's strength.
There is a wide variety of slams and throws in pro wrestling. Many moves are known by several different names. Professional wrestlers frequently give their "finishers" (signature moves that usually result in a win) new names. Occasionally these names become popular and are used regardless of the wrestler performing the technique: one example is the tombstone piledriver, a term originally used for The Undertaker's finisher but now used to refer to any belly-to-belly piledriver.
Moves are listed under general categories whenever possible.
A move in which the wrestler uses his opponent's momentum against him by grabbing hold of his arm and flipping him over onto the mat
Also called a shoulder throw or ipponzei. The wrestler grabs his opponent's arm, then turns to face the other direction and pulls the victim over his shoulder. It is essentially the same as the ippon seoi-nage found in Judo.
A move in which the wrestler lifts his opponent up and drops him tailbone-first on the wrestler's knee.
A back breaker is any move in which the wrestler lifts his opponent up and jumps or drops his opponent so that the opponent's back impacts or is bent backwards against a part of the wrestler's body.
This basic back breaker involves lifting the opponent up and dropping him back-first against the wrestler's knee.
A move in which a wrestler lifts an opponent up on to his shoulder and drops down to his knee so that the opponent's back is bent backwards against his shoulder.
A back drop, or back body drop, is a move in which a wrestler bends forward or crouches in front of his opponent, grabs hold of his opponent, and stands up, lifting the victim up and over and dropping him behind the back. It is frequently applied against a charging opponent.
In Japan, a backdrop is the term for what is called a belly-to-back suplex in America.
A bodyslam is any move in which a wrestler picks up his opponent and throws him down to the ground.
The wrestler stands to the side of his opponent, grabs them, and throws them forward, causing them to flip over onto their back. It is considered a very basic technique, so basic that a forward rolling fall is commonly called a 'beel bump, and is mainly used by very large wrestlers to emphasize power and strength over finesse.
A chokeslam is any bodyslam in which the wrestler grasps his opponent's neck, lifts him up, and slams him to the mat back-first. It is very common in televised wrestling because it is simple and relatively safe yet looks powerful on camera.
The most common variety of chokeslam is performed with a single-handed choke. The wrestler places his free hand behind the victim's back to help turn him horizontally for the throw. A two-handed choke variation is also popular.
The wrestler lifts his opponent up over his head with arms fully extended (as in the military press used in weight lifting), then throws the victim down in front. It is a popular technique for very large wrestlers because it emphasizes their height and power.
The wrestler stands behind his opponent and bends him forward. One of the victim's arms is pulled back between his legs and held, while the other arm is hooked. The attacker then lifts his opponent up over his shoulder and falls forward to slam the victim against the mat back-first.
Facing his opponent, the wrestler reaches between his opponent's legs with one arm and reaches around their back from the same side with his other arm. The wrestler lifts his opponent up and turns them upside down so that they are held up by the attacker's arm cradling their back. The attacker then throws the victim to the ground so that they land on their back.
The wrestler starts facing his opponent. He grabs the opponent around the waist and lifts him up. He then turns 180°, at the same time turning the victim into a horizontal position across the chest, and tosses them forward onto their back. It is usually performed against a charging opponent, using the victim's own momentum to power the throw.
A brainbuster is a vertical suplex in which the wrestler slams his opponent down to the mat headfirst.
A brainbuster from a position in which the victim is held across both shoulders, either in a fireman's carry (facing down) or an Argentine backbreaker rack (face up, with the neck and one leg cradled). The attacker falls to the side in which his opponent's head is pointing, driving the victim's head into the mat. The "F-U" finisher of WWE wrestler John Cena is a slight variation of this move.
A bulldog, or bulldogging headlock, is any move in which the wrestler applies a head lock or face lock to his opponent and falls forward, driving the victim's head into the mat.
Similar to a bulldog, a DDT is any move in which the wrestler falls down or backwards to drive the victim's head into the mat. The classic DDT is performed by putting the victim in a front facelock and falling backwards so that the victim is forced to dive forward onto his head.
The wrestler puts his opponent in a front facelock, hooks his tights, and lifts him up as if he was performing a vertical suplex. He then jumps up and onto his back so that the victim lands on his head while remaining vertical.
Standing behind his opponent, the wrestler bends him back and applies a inverted facelock, then falls backwards to slam the victim's head into the mat.
The wrestler applies a front facelock from an elevated position (for example, sitting on the top turnbuckle against an opponent standing on the mat, or from the apron against an opponent standing on the ground). He then jumps off so that he swings around the opponent. Using the momentum from the jump, he falls backwards and slams the victim's head into the mat.
This is also called a swinging DDT.
Instead of applying a head or face lock, the wrestler bends his opponent forward and hooks each arm behind the victim's back, then falls back to pull the victim forward onto his head.
This is also called a double arm DDT
A face breaker is any move in which the wrestler slams his opponent's face against a part of the wrestler's body, usually the knee.
A flap jack is any move that throws the victim so that he flips over and falls on his front. The basic flap jack is similar to a back drop, but the wrestler pushes upwards so that the victim flips over onto his face instead of falling back-first.
A gutbuster drop, also called a stomach breaker or rib breaker, is any move in which the wrestler lifts his opponent up and jumps or drops him so that the victim's stomach impacts against part of the wrestler's body. It is essentially the same as a back breaker but with the victim facing the opposite direction.
Also called a hammer throw. A move in which the wrestler grabs one of his opponent's arms and spins, swinging the victim into an obstacle such as the ring ropes, a turnbuckle, or the stairs leading into the ring. One popular use of the irish whip is to try to "hit for the cycle" by whipping one's opponent into each corner in turn. An Irish whip into the ring ropes is usually used to set the victim up for another technique as they bounce off, such as a suplex or clothesline.
There are two general categories of neckbreaker, which are related only in that they attack the victim's neck. There is no generally accepted terminology for this division, but in this document they are called "neckbreaker drops" and "neckbreaker slams".
A neckbreaker drop is any technique in which the back of the victim's neck is thrown against or stretched against part of the attacker's body such as the knee or shoulder. They are similar to other "breaker" techniques such as back breakers and face breakers.
From a back-to-back position, the wrestler reaches back and pulls his opponent's head over his shoulder, then drops, causing the back of the victim's neck to hit the shoulder. Another version of this, known as a Hangman's Neckbreaker, involves the wrestler placing the victim's head not on the shoulder but above their own head for the drop.
Also called a muscle buster. The wrestler holds his opponent upside-down with the back of the victim's neck against his shoulder and with one or both legs hooked, and drops to a kneeling or sitting position so that the victim's neck hits against the shoulder. It is usually performed against a victim who is sitting on the top turnbuckle and facing away from the attacker.
A neckbreaker slam is any technique in which the attacker throws his opponent to the ground by twisting the victim's neck.
The classic neckbreaker slam. The wrestler grabs his opponent in a front face lock, then twists to the side while falling to the mat, slamming the victim down and twisting his neck. A common variant is for the attacker to run at the victim, grab hold, and apply the swinging neckbreaker using the momentum generated by running.
A piledriver is any move in which the wrestler grabs his opponent, turns him upside-down, and drops into a sitting or kneeling position, driving the victim's head into the mat.
Also called a belly-to-back piledriver, this is the classic piledriver technique. From a position in which the victim is bent forward against the wrestler's midsection, the wrestler grabs around his opponent's midsection and lifts so that the victim is held upside down facing in the same direction as the wrestler, and drops to a sitting or kneeling position with the victim's head falling between the wrestler's thighs.
The wrestler flips his opponent upside-down so that they are facing each other, and drops to a sitting or kneeling position so that the victim falls to the mat headfirst. It was popularized by The Undertaker, who used it as his finisher and first called it the "Tombstone Piledriver". It is also called a belly-to-belly piledriver or reverse piledriver.
Also called a reverse gory special lock piledriver. From a position in which the victim is standing behind the wrestler, the attacker places the victim's head between his legs and hooks both of the victim's arms, then turns around so the victim is in front and facing the same direction. The wrestler tucks his head between the victim's legs and stands up, lifting up his opponent into an upside-down position and suspending him by keeping the arms trapped. The attacker holds the victim's arms and grabs the victim's legs and sits down, dropping the victim onto his head.
A powerbomb is a move in which the victim is lifted up so that he is sitting on the attacker's shoulders then slammed down back first to the mat.
Similar to a chokeslam, except that the wrestler drops to a sitting position and slams the victim to the mat between his legs. It was made popular by The A-Train.
A powerbomb in which the opponent is lifted on to the back of the attacker with his arms spread out. this variation was made popular by Scott Hall.
Also called a sit-down powerbomb, this is any powerbomb in which the attacker drops into a sitting position as he slams his opponent down to the mat. This Manouver be done with any variation of a powerbomb i.e Sitout Tiger Bomb.
The attacker grabs the victim's arms and hooks them before the victim is lifted up so that he is sitting on the attacker's shoulders then slammed down back first to the mat. Also called an underhook powerbomb or tiger driver.
A powerslam is any slam in which the wrestler performing the technique falls face-down on top of his opponent.
The basic powerslam is performed by reaching between one's opponent's legs with one arm and reaching around their back from the same side with the other arm. The wrestler lifts his opponent up over his shoulder and falls forward to slam the victim against the mat back-first. Wrestlers sometimes run forward as they slam—this is called a Running Powerslam, and was made famous by The British Bulldog.
Similar to a gorilla press slam. The wrestler lifts his opponent up over his head with arms fully extended (as in the military press used in weight lifting), then drops his opponent up over his shoulder and falls forward to slam the victim against the mat back-first.
The wrestler stands side-to-side and slightly behindwith the victim, facing in the opposite direction, and reaches around the victim's torso with one arm across the victim's chest and under both arms. The wrestler lifts him up with one arm and falls forward, slamming the victim into the mat back-first. It is frequently performed against a charging opponent, similar to a low clothesline. It has been used as a finisher by many wrestlers, including The Big Boss Man, who called it the Bossman Slam, The Rock, who calls it the Rock Bottom, and Booker T, who calls it the Book End.
A suplex is any move in which a wrestler picks up his opponent and falls backwards to slam his opponent down.
Also known as a cradle suplex, or a "Perfect-plex" (named by Mr. Perfect as his finisher). With his opponent in a front face lock with the near arm draped over his shoulder, the wrestler hooks the victim's near leg with his free arm and falls backwards to flip the victim over onto his back. The attacker usually keeps the leg locked and bridges to get a pin, or applies a leglock submission hold.
The attacker wraps his arms around his opponent and flips him over by violently bridgeing his own body so the opponent lands on his back.
The attacker puts his head under the arm of the victim and clutches the victim in a belly to belly suplex and flips them over. This can be either bridged into a pin, or the attacker can floatover into another Northern Lights Suplex.
The attacker stands behind his opponent and puts his head under the arm of the victim. He then lifts the opponent up using one arm around the waist of the opponent and another under his legs. The attacker finally falls backwards to slam the opponent flat on his back.
A belly-to-back waistlock suplex. The attacker stands behind the victim, grabs him around the waist, lifts up, and falls backward to slam the victim back-first. Frequently the attacker finishes in a bridging position with the waistlock still applied to try for a pin. A popular variant is to follow up a German suplex by rolling sideways while still holding the waistlock and perform another German suplex. This maneuver, popularized recently by Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit, is called rolling Germans.
A variation of the German Suplex where the attacker does a full nelson, then lifts the victim up and slams him backwards on the the upper back and head. Can be bridged for a pinfall attempt.
Another varition of the German Suplex except the attacker grabs the victim's arms, hooks them behind the victim and lifts them up while bridgeing into a pin.
The wrestler stands behind his opponent and bends him forward. One of the victim's arms is pulled back between his legs and held, while the other arm is hooked. The attacker then lifts his opponent up over his head and falls backwards to slam the victim against the mat back-first.
A belly-to-belly facelock suplex. The attacker applies a front face lock to his opponent and drapes the victim's near arm over his shoulder, then quickly falls backwards and flips the victim over to land on his back. The attacker may grab the victim's shorts for extra leverage before falling.
Any suplex performed by an attacker standing on the second rope against an opponent sitting on the top rope or top turnbuckle. Frequently done to prevent the victim from performing a high-flying technique. This move was patented by none other than Cowboy Bob Orton, grandfather of present World Heavyweight champion, Randy Orton.
Set up similar to a snap suplex, except that when the victim is in position he is lifted up and held upside-down before the attacker falls backwards. Eddie Guerrero has recently introduced a signature maneuver in which, after falling to the ground with his opponent, he flips himself over while maintaining his hold, pulls the victim back into the original position, and performs another vertical suplex. He ends once he has performed three suplexes. WWE announcers have dubbed the sequence Three Amigos; some fans have taken to calling this rolling verticals (an analogy from rolling Germans).
The attacker drops down to his knees behind the opponent and forces his bodyweight forward to force the opponent to fall flat on his face. This technique gives its name to the schoolboy bump.
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