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450 splash - short for "450 degree splash" and also called a
firebird splash or firebird special. Leap from the top
turnbuckle, doing a complete flip and 1/4 in mid-air, landing face-first and splashing your opponent. Scorpio's WWF finisher, Juventud Guerrera's WCW finisher.

ace crusher - "Stone Cold Stunner". That should be a
thorough enough defenition.

achilles tendon hold - also called a leglace / leg scissors
(submission). Both men grounded, grab opponent's leg and
wrap your opposite leg around it so the heel is more or less in their thigh area. Lock foot under your arm and wrench,
stretching the achilles tendon. Occassionally used by the
Undertaker (such as on Vince McMahon).

armbar submission - standard name for what's also known as
a waki-gatame. Opponent face-down, grab a single arm and
wrench back on it.

armbar takedown - often preceeding the above hold; bring
opponent down face-first in an armbar-style hold. Often by
Ken Shamrock to set up the anklelock.

armbreaker - grab opponent's arm, turn your back to them,
and snap it down at the elbow over your shoulder.

Asai moonsault - springboard moonsault from the second rope
to the floor. One of Ultimo Dragon's (Yoshihiro Asai - his
move, hence it bears his real name) specialities.

avalanche - running body splash on a standing opponent in the corner. Sting uses a leaping variation known as the "Stinger Splash".

backspin DDT - known also as a "Maivia Hurricane" or
float-over DDT. Catch the opponent's arm, spin around
them/across their back, going right into a DDT. One of Rocky
Maivia's specialities.

corkscrew elbowdrop - a less-flashy "People's Elbow". Spin
from a semi-legdrop setup into the elbowdrop. Used by
Gangrel.

cross arm-breaker - also known as a juji-gatame / crucifix
armbar. The person applying the hold will be grounded with
their legs across the opponent's chest and face, forming a
"T" or cross-style shape. Grab the victim's wrist, pulling it toward you through your legs, and wrench back.

death valley driver - more technically a fireman's buster, and also called a Spicolli Driver from time to time. Lift the opponent in a fireman's carry and drop them sideways,
landing them on their head. Perry Saturn's current WCW
finisher.

diving headbutt - known also as a kamikaze or swandive
headbutt. Flying headbutt on a grounded opponent from the
top rope. Used occassionally by Shoichi Funaki and Edge;
often by Chris Benoit.

double-leg / football tackle - often hard to distinguish any
real difference between the moves; better known as the
"Spear". Used often by Edge and Goldberg.

dragon screw - known also as a legdrag, leg whip, etc. Holding opponent's foot, fall down with a sideways-sorta twist, using your free arm to wrench them down by their knee. Used from time to time by Ken Shamrock and Gangrel.

dragon suplex - apply full-nelson from behind your opponent,
snap them back over your head and onto theirs. Optional
bridge.

enzuigiri - translates to "back brain kick". A swinging kick
which nails the opponent in the back of the head. Often used
by Owen Hart, and sometimes by Al Snow and Hawk.

facebreaker - drop down to a knee, taking your opponent by
the head and smashing his face into your knee. Hunter Hearst
Helmsly's speciality.

faceslam - basically any non-technical move that consists of
slamming your opponent's face into the mat. Jarrett uses a
side-russian variation, and X-Pac's finisher is a sit-down
variation.

fisherman buster - or fisherman's buster, it usually doesn't
matter. Hook the front-face lock and single-leg as if for a
fisherman suplex ("Perfectplex"), lift the opponent, and drop them on the back of their head.

fisherman suplex - vertical suplex with a single-leg hook,
optional bridge. Curt Hennig's former "Perfectplex"; used as
a regular move by names such as Ken Shamrock, Owen Hart,
and Val Venis.

frankensteiner - usually called a hurricanrana as of late. Jump onto opponent's shoulders (facing the opposite direction as him/her) then fall backward, taking him over by the head with your legs. Often used by Ken Shamrock. As far as I know, a real hurricanrana is a frankensteiner with the
double-leg cradle hold, ala Rey Misterio Jr.

front slam - grab the opponent as if for a backbreaker (one
of those ones that usually connects more with the side); fall forward, slamming them with your weight above them.

gorilla press - also called a military press. Press your
opponent overhead with both arms, and drop them into a
slam. Often used by Billy Gunn.

gourdbuster - or a "facebuster" (not X-Pac's finisher).
Vertical suplex lift, dropped straight forward rather than
backward. Opponent hits face-first.

ground cobra twist - cobra twist = abdominal stretch. Hook on the twist, and bring the opponent to the mat by the arm,
holding them in a pinning cradle.

guillotine ace crusher - or a "guillotine face crusher". Hook leg over the back of the head of a doubled-over opponent and drop down, planting them on their face. Used by Billy Gunn; often called a "Rocker Dropper" which is now the "Fame-Asser"

hangman's neckbreaker - also called a shoulder or reverse
neckbreaker. Neckbreaker over the shoulder, same as Rick
Rude's "Rude Awakening".

hotshot - drop your opponent throat-first over the ropes (or
guardrail or what have you). Steve Austin's "Stun Gun".

jackknife hold - somersault over your opponent (who is lying
on his back), hooking both of their legs in the process for a pinning hold. Incidentally, Kevin Nash's "jackknife" is just a lame powerbomb. A true jackknife powerbomb would involve the powerbomb, going straight into a jackknife hold.

Japanese armdrag - a "vertical" armdrag, tossing the
opponent straight overhead rather than more to the side.
Formerly used by Marc Mero, sometimes used by Ken
Shamrock.

jumping powerbomb - powerbomb which includes the wrestler
throwing their own feet out from beneath them to add more
force to the slam (usually landing them on their knees).

k driller - tombstone piledriver-style gutwrench pick-up, into a sitting piledriver. The "reverse tombstone" which Owen Hart used to injure Steve Austin and Dan Severn.

la majistral - "The magistry", also called La Majistral Cradle. (This is a tough one..) Opponent more or less on all fours (or at least on their knees)..grab one of their arm's, lacing it around your near leg with a spin. Roll over, taking them over and hooking their other arm with one of yours into a pinning hold. Used by Ultimo Dragon and other luchadores, and occasionally by Edge, etc..

leg-hanging kneebreaker - opponent face-down on the mat.
Grab an ankle and lift the leg into the air, slamming it directly down onto the mat. A foot is usually held in the back of the knee/calf to keep the leg hooked correctly for the knee-slam.

leg lariat - leap into the air, extending the back of one leg to hit your opponent in the face. Used by D-Lo Brown and Dean Malenko. Spinning variation used often by Owen Hart, and randomly thrown by Edge, TAKA Michinoku, etc.

Oklahoma stampede - opponent lifted onto shoulder; wrestler
performing move takes a few running steps and turns them
over into a power-style slam. The British Bulldog's "Running
Powerslam" finisher in either of the Big 2.

pendulum backbreaker - sidewalk slam-style lift into a
backbreaker. Often used by Bret and Owen Hart.

quebrada - springboard off the second ropes inside the ring,
into a moonsault. Chris Jericho's "Lionsault".

quebradora con hilo - more commonly known as a tilt-a-whril
backbreaker.

reverse powerbomb - formerly known as Vader's "Face
Eraser". Opponent is face-up on the mat; grab their legs, as
if for a "wheelbarrow", and pull them up through your legs,
and up into the air. Then plant 'em face-first. Used by Mark
Canterbury.

samoan drop - lift opponent onto shoulders in a fireman's
carry, and drop staight back, planting them on their back.

senton - or "senton splash". Just a splash using your back.
Used by Chris Jericho, top-rope version used as Dick Togo's
finisher. Top-rope to floor version of death used by Psicosis.

sidewalk slam - lift the opponent horizontally on your side,
one arm holding a leg and the other supporting his weight by
the back. Drop him down into a slam. Used by Kevin Nash,
DOA, etc.

single-arm DDT - armbar-style hold, dropping the opponent
face-first. Done occassionally by Jeff Jarrett and 75% of
the wrestlers in the "Warzone" video game.

single-leg slam - sometimes called a "flapjack". Opponent
picked up onto the shoulder, and slammed down onto their
back by one leg. Edge uses a reverse (face-first) variation.

skytwister press - or a quarter-moonsault. A moonsault with
3/4 rotation rather than straight back, such as the ones
thrown by Vader or Terry Funk. Not the same move as a
cancun tornado, which is a corkscrew bodypress from the
top.

somersault bodyblock - also called a cannonball, and other
assorted names. Usually from the ropes, leap off into a flip
and hit your opponent with your back in mid-air. Used by Dick
Togo.

spinebuster - lift the opponent by both legs, and fall forward, planting them directly on their back. As used by Arn Anderson, and more recently, Val Venis. What Tony Schiavone thinks is a "sidewalk slam".

swinging DDT - also called a spinning DDT or a tornado DDT.
Lock opponent in a headlock, leap and spin until you've taken him in a 180-degree circle, and drop him on his head. Used by Eddy Guerrero, TAKA Michinoku, and various other juniors in the Big 2. Also Chavo Guerrero Jr.'s finisher.

tiger bomb - sit-down powerbomb, usually held for a pin
attempt. Darren Drozdov's current finisher, but also used by
Brian Christopher and Marc Mero from time to time.

tiger suplex - double-underhook opponent's arms from
behind and take them over your head, landing them right on
theirs. Optional bridge. Gangrel uses a "released" version of this move.

tope suicida - usually just known as a "tope". A suicide
dive/headbutt from the ring to the floor. The tope con hilo
("dive with thread") is a somersault variation.

Vader attack - simply a vertical bodysplash/smash on a
standing opponent (usually consists of either the person
hitting the move or the victim running). Used regularly by, of course, Vader.

victory roll - sit on opponent's shoulders, facing the same
direction as him/her. Fall forward into a somersault,
grabbing their legs and rolling them beneath you onto their
shoulders.

yakuza kick - known also as a mafia kick. "Big boot" with
forward-sliding momentum. Used by Masahiro Chono, Men's
Teioh, etc.

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