The attacking wrestler uses the hold to lift the opponent up over their shoulder, while over the shoulder the attacking wrestler would fall forward to slam the opponent against the mat back-first, normally the type of powerslam delivered is a front powerslam. Also described as a hangman's facebreaker or an over the shoulder facebreaker, this facebreaker is performed when an attacking wrestler, who is standing in a back to back position with an opponent, reaches back to pull the opponent's head over their shoulder before (while keeping a hold of the opponent's head) spinning round to twist the opponent's head over as they drop down to one knee forcing the opponent face-first into the wrestlers exposed knee in one quick fluid motion. With these techniques, the agressor uses forward pressure to lift and drag the opponent across the agressor's own hips. The wrestler stands behind, slightly to one side of and facing the opponent. This slamming version of a headlock takedown sees a wrestler apply a sleeper hold to the opponent, then falls face first to the ground, pulling the opponent down with them and driving the back and head of the opponent into the ground. This move is used by TNA wrestler James Storm, who dubbed it the eight second ride. In this variation the wrestler first locks the opponent in a standard flatliner lock, then sees the opponent and put his ankles on some elevated surface (usually top rope, or turnbuckle, or barricade outside of the ring), the wrestler then falls backward, driving the opponent face-first into the mat. This is when you only have one ar in the Nelson position, and that is on the near side. The wrestler then lifts the opponent up and slams them downwards, driving one of the wrestler's knees into the opponent's bent leg. A rib breaker is a version of a gutbuster that involves the wrestler scooping the opponent up by reaching between the legs of the opponent with one arm and reaching around their back from the same side with their other arm. The wrestler lifts the opponent on their shoulders in an electric chair sitting position and then falls backwards driving the opponent back-first into the mat. The wrestler then drops down to their back, driving the back of the opponent's head and neck into the mat. In wrestling this works best in the turtle position where you apply the half nelson to pin the opponent's stomach to the ground. 47. There is also a sitout variation, in which the wrestler performs a normal hip toss and then lands in a seated position. Some professional wrestlers can use this move as an advantage by running up the turnbuckle and using a high flying move. The wrestler then proceeds by holding their opponent's legs with one arm and applying a headlock with their other arm in a similar fashion to an air raid crash. The wrestler starts by facing their opponent and then grabs them around their waist, lifts them up, and then either slams the opponent down while landing on top of them, or tosses them forward on to their back. There is also a driver, a facebuster and a suplex variation of the move. A brainbuster is a move in which a wrestler puts their opponent in a front facelock, hooks their tights, and lifts them up as if they were performing a vertical suplex. There are two versions of the fireman's carry takeover used in professional wrestling. A slight variation is the sitout side slam spinebuster where the opponent is lifted like a side slam but dropped into a sitout spinebuster.[20]. Damian Priest recently started using this move as a finisher after Cody Rhodes returned to the WWE in 2022. The wrestler faces the opponent, ducks under the opponent's arm closest to them, wraps their closest arm around the waist of the opponent and then quickly performs a forward flip whilst sweeping the opponent's leg, thereby dropping the opponent on their back, ending up in a cradle pin. Ricochet uses this move, calling it Recoil and Gregory Helms also uses it. When the opponent has been turned over onto their back, the aggressor attempts to pin them by tightening the grip on the neck, putting the nelson in more deeply so that the aggressor's elbow is hooking the opponent's neck. A neckbreaker variation also exists where the wrestler lifts the opponent on their shoulders in a fireman's carry, then lifts their opponent over and grabs the head before slamming them down in a neckbreaker slam. Popularized by Samoa Joe as one of his finishers (he uses an electric chair version falling backwards, sparing the opponent's neck) until 2015 when he accidentally injured Tyson Kidd, which ended his wrestling career and almost paralyzed him. The wrestler springboards off one of the ropes or jumps from the top turnbuckle, dropping a leg across the nape of a leaning forward opponent. A high impact variation of the snapmare where instead of flipping the opponent over, the wrestler drops down either on their chest or down on their knees and drives the opponent's head down to the mat forehead first, with the three-quarter facelock much like a cutter. The half nelson series now starts. A gorilla press in which the user drops the opponent and turns them 90 degrees, dropping then onto their shoulder facing the opposite direction to the attacker, before being driven to the ground in a spinebuster maneuver. The wrestler throws the opponent off their shoulders and falls in the direction that the opponent's head is facing, driving the opponent's head or back into the mat. This version of the spinebuster sees the wrestler lifting the opponent, turning 180, and then slam him or her forward on to his or her back or slam him or her down while landing on top of him or her. An armbreaker is any move in which the wrestler slams the opponent's arm against a part of the wrestler's body, usually a knee or shoulder. James Storm currently uses this move calling it the Eye Of The Storm. In Japan, a backdrop is the term for what is called a belly-to-back suplex in America, so in Japan, it is called shoulder throw. the double-knee variant was popularized by Xavier Woods. The wrestler applies a cobra clutch and then leaps forward, falling into a sitting position and driving the face of the opponent into the ground. It is also used by Trevor Murdoch as a finisher. The wrestler stands in front of, facing away from and slightly to one side of the opponent. It is considered a very basic technique, so basic that a forward rolling fall is commonly called a biel bump and is mainly used by very large wrestlers to emphasize power and strength over finesse. You have watched 1 out of 2 free previews in this library. They then scoop the opponent's near leg with their other arm and lift the opponent up, flip the opponent upside down, and then either kneel or sit down, driving the opponent down to the mat on their neck. The wrestler falls to the ground, placing one foot at the front of the opponent's ankle and the other in the back of the calf. The wrestler then jumps backwards and falls to a sitting position, driving the back of the opponent's head into the ground between their legs. Also known as a spinning headlock takedown. The wrestler then hooks both arms of the opponent using his or her legs, and then falls forward planting the opponent's body into the mat face-first. The Inverted Death Valley Driver was innovated by Kotetsu Yamamoto in the 1970s but popularized by Kenta Kobashi as the Burning Hammer. The wrestler lifts the opponent as with a pumphandle slam, but falls to a sitting position and drops the opponent between their legs as with a michinoku driver II. When the opponent is in range, the wrestler hooks the opponent's near arm with both hands and falls backwards forcing the wrestler's own momentum to cause them to flip forwards over the head of the wrestler and on to their back. This will put them on their far side, in the same position as the previous finishes. [17] The wrestler hangs on to the opponents legs for a pin-fall attempt. Contents 1 Abdominal stretch 1.1 Grounded Abdominal stretch 1.2 Manji Hold The wrestler grabs their opponent's arm, then turns to face the other direction and pulls the opponent over their shoulder. The wrestler then lifts the opponent up, turns, and falls forward, slamming the opponent back-first into the mat. Known in Mexico's lucha libre as silla elctrica (Spanish for electric chair). It is described as a head scissors take down that is performed against a running opponent. This top rope flipping slam sees a wrestler stand under an opponent, who is situated on the top turnbuckle, turn their back to this opponent while taking hold of the opponent's arms from below, often holding underneath the opponent's arm pits. The passing hand goes under the opponent's neck and around the far side to the top of the neck, where it is locked with the other hand around the neck at the wrist or using a palm-to-palm or interlacing fingers grip. Sometimes it is also used to counter a headlock by the opponent. They are sometimes also called "power" maneuvers, as they are meant to emphasize a wrestler's strength. A lifting version also exists, where a wrestler applies a sleeper hold to the opponent, lifts the opponent up and slams the opponent into the ground. In addition, the hand not being used should be holding the opponent's other wrist so that they cannot post the hand or peel the half nelson off. When the agressor's half is sufficiently clamped, the opponent can with the free hand reach under their own neck and "peel" off the half hand. Tyson Kidd briefly used this as his finisher in 2009. Although it can be used on a stationary opponent, it is usually performed against a charging opponent, using the opponent's own momentum to make the throw more powerful. The half nelson is referred to by most coaches as being the easiest but most effective move in folkstyle wrestling, and is very commonly used. For the Oliver Nelson album, see. This was popularized by Shingo Takagi as the last falconry, now used as the last of the dragon. The three-quarter nelson can be used in amateur wrestling to pin the opponent and is more secure than a half-nelson. L. A. Knight has also started using this move when he joined NXT, but it is preceded by a kick to the gut named BFT. You will need to use your hips and legs to drive the weight forward to keep their head down to later apply the half nelson. Better known as a full nelson bomb, this move sees the wrestling apply a full nelson hold to the opponent from behind. (However, there are types of half nelsons that can be applied when the opponents are on their knees. [21][22][23] This move was innovated by Madoka as Ranhei. A suplex is the same as the amateur suplex, a throw which involves arching/bridging either overhead or twisting to the side, so the opponent is slammed to the mat back-first. The attacking wrestler then drops the opponent face-first into the turnbuckle or ropes. The wrestler then quickly lifts the opponent up with that arm and throws them forward, which would lead the wrestler to flip the opponent on to their back to end the move. A chokeslam is any body slam in which the wrestler grasps their opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat, causing them to land on their back. This causes the opponent to fall face first into the ground. The attacker then lifts the opponent up and falls backwards, dropping the opponent on their head, neck, or . Examples of attacks from the standing wrestler include performing a European uppercut to the falling opponent,[4] or catching the opponent and then performing a sitout powerbomb. Shad Gaspard used a high impact variant of this move called "Thugnificent". From the referees position, as you step your lead foot up, place your belly button hand inside your oponents thigh and your elbow hand extends their arm above the elbow. This was the original version of the finisher used by Jon Moxley (formerly as Dean Ambrose), known as Dirty Deeds before reusing as a regular move in 2019. Rey Mysterio uses a standing spinning version of this move which sees him, while standing behind the a standing opponent facing same direction, he jumps placing himself on both the opponents shoulders, spins around 180 degrees, and executes the backflip to land chest first to flip the opponent onto their back or to stay seated to reach back hook to hook the opponents legs to attempt to score a pinfall. An Irish whip into the turnbuckles usually sees the opponent remain in the corner, allowing a follow-up attack from the wrestler; the opponent may remain standing or slump to the ground, usually in a seated position, which will vary the attack. Colt Cabana (Eat The Feet) and Mia Yim (Seoul Food) also used it as their signature move. This move, often referred to as a monkey climb in British wrestling, involves an attacking wrestler, who is standing face-to-face with an opponent, hooking both hands around the opponent's head before then bringing up both legs so that they place their feet on the hips/waist of the opponent, making the head hold and the wrestlers' sense of balance the only things allowing both wrestlers to be in an upright position. A bulldog, originally known as bulldogging or a bulldogging headlock or the headlock jawbreaker, is any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat. It is usually performed against a charging opponent, using the opponent's own momentum to make the throw more powerful, but can also be performed against a stationary opponent. The Half Nelson hold is a great move from wrestling that many BJJ practitioners don't utilize as much as they could. When the half nelson has been put into place, it is used to turn the opponent over onto their back. Pete Dunne uses this variation as a finisher previously calling it Drop Dead but now known as the Bitter End. Similar to a hangman, where the wrestler catches the opponent in a side headlock, running towards any set of ropes. A facebuster, also known as a faceplant, is any move in which the wrestler forces their opponent's face down to the mat which does not involve a headlock or facelock. Some neckbreakers also slam the back of the opponent's head into the mat, but the attacker is back-to-back with the attack's receiver. How to do a Half Nelson in Wrestling - The Nasty Half Prime Wrestling System 11.4K subscribers Subscribe 1K 36K views 4 years ago Coach Nathanimal demonstrates how to catch a very deep Half. Wrestling hold where one arm is pressed under an opponent's arm from behind to the back of their neck. Inverted bulldog [ edit] Commonly used by Booker T as the 110th Street Slam, this variation closely resembles a double leg slam, but the wrestler simply lifts the opponent on one shoulder, rather than place their head in between the opponent's legs first. This move was innovated by Mikey Whipwreck and popularized by Stone Cold Steve Austin. A version that involves the wrestler placing one knee against the base of a bent over opponent's neck, then dropping to force the opponent down to the mat, landing on the opponent's upper body. Another variation of this move involves using a pumphandle lift where the wrestler sets the opponent up for a pumphandle hold and then lifts them into the execution of the move. The wrestler grabs the opponent by the arm and goes behind him while holding the arm and hooking the opponent's leg. The wrestler locks a back-to-back backbreaker submission in (better known as the Gory Special) and then drops the opponent into a Swinging flatliner. W1 should be perpendicular to W2 as he begins to force him to his back (c). A mat slam is any move in which the wrestler forces the back of the opponent's head into the mat which does not involve a headlock or facelock. Jump to the side in which you have the half nelson and drive them over to the pin position. Despite its name, it actually comes from Mexican lucha libre, not Japanese puroresu. Ben Davis and Titus Carell use the pumphandle slam as finishers, Davis uses an implant slam calling it The Plantation Punk Slam while Carell uses a spinning slam calling it Spinerella Slam. This is a version of a German suplex where the attacker stands behind the opponent, facing the same direction. Often the aggressor remains perpendicular to the opponent, chest on chest. With the wrestler's back to the opponent, he/she applies a three-quarter facelock (also known as a cravate) and, either kneeling down or bending over, pulls the opponent forward, flipping them over their shoulder down to the mat, back first. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The wrestler starts by facing their opponent and then grabs them around their waist, lifts them up and releases them back-first on the mat. Austin Theory uses a flipping version of this move in which, to a bent over opponent, he hooks his opponent's near arm with his far arm and hooks their near leg with his near arm. 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