Wrestling Moves
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As Chris Benoit: Crippler Crossface (Crossface hold) Benoit applies this move by first locking on to the arm of an standing opponent, hereby putting pressure on the shoulder, the wrestler goes down(otherwise his shoulder could be broken) The hold sees a wrestler lock one arm of a fallen opponent, who is found belly first on the mat with the wrestler on top and to the side, and placing it between his/her legs before locking his/her hands around the opponent's chin (or lower face) and pulling back to stretch the opponent's neck and shoulder. Though the move was invented by Dean Malenko it is mostly recognised as Chris Benoit's Crippler Crossface, to whom Malenko gave the move. Diving headbutt A diving headbutt is a jumping or sometimes freefall headbutt delivered from the top rope to anywhere on the opponent's body. The move was innovated accidentally by Harley Race, when he fell from the top turnbuckle onto his opponent. He adapted it as a signature move, and it was then adapted and further popularized by The Dynamite Kid. Some versions include a "swan dive" style, where the performer spreads his arms out while falling. The "swan dive" is the most popular version today and is used by Chris Benoit as one of his signature manuvers. Sharpshooter Also known as Scorpion Deathlock. The opponent starts supine. The wrestler steps between his opponent's legs with one leg and wraps the opponent's legs around that leg. Holding the opponent's legs in place, the wrestler then steps over the opponent, flipping him over into a prone position. Finally, the wrestler leans back to compress the legs. Three Amigos (Combination three vertical suplexes) In a set up similar to a snap suplex, the attacker applies a front face lock to his/her opponent, draping the victim's near arm over his/her shoulder, when the victim is in position he/she is lifted up and held upside-down before the attacker falls backwards slamming the opponents back into the mat. The late Eddie Guerrero adapted the move from close friend Chris Benoit and used it as one of his signature maneuvers in which, after falling to the ground with his opponent, he flipped himself over while maintaining his hold, pulled the victim back into the original position, and performed another vertical suplex. He ended once he performed three suplexes. After Eddie's death, his nephew Chavo Guerrero and his best friend Chris Benoit began using the sequence as an obvious tribute to Eddie. WWE announcers have dubbed the sequence Three Amigos; some fans have taken to calling this rolling verticals (a take on rolling Germans). Rolling German suplexes 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 German suplexes. German Suplex A belly-to-back waistlock suplex. The wrestler stands behind the victim, grabs them around their waist, lifts them up, and falls backwards while bridging his back and legs, slamming the opponent down to the mat shoulder and upper back first. The wrestler keeps the waistlock and continues bridging with their back and legs, pinning the opponent's shoulders down against the mat. The move is named after Karl Gotch, a German wrestler. The variation where the wrestler releases the opponent mid arch to throw them down on their shoulders and upper back is called a Release German suplex. There is also a variation where the wrestler flips the opponent over, dropping them down face first on their chest, and not on their shoulders. Snap suplex A front facelock suplex, which sees the attacker apply a front face lock to his/her opponent, draping the victim's near arm over his/her shoulder, while pulling his own leg back then kick the leg forward quickly slamming it to the ground to build momentum to fall backwards and flips the victim over the attacker so they land on their back. It was used frequently by Bret Hart and The Dynamite Kid as one of their signature moves, and later adopted as a signature move by Chris Benoit, who trained under Bret's father Stu Hart, and idolized The Dynamite Kid. Pendulum Backbreaker This basic backbreaker involves a wrestler standing side-to-side and slightly behind, with the opponent facing in the same direction, then reaching around the opponent's torso with one arm across the opponent's chest and under both arms and places the other arm under the opponent's legs. The wrestler then lifts the opponent up, bringing his/her legs off the ground, and dropping him/her back-first against the wrestler's knee. Backhand chop The act of a wrestler to 'slap' the chest of his opponent, using the back of his hand. Sometimes the wrestler pretends it to be a backhand chop by bringing his hand backwards like he is about to chop but uses his palm for sound effects. Many wrestlers use this chop more or less but it has been popularized by Ric Flair. Flair's use has made it a tradition for fans to yell "Wooo!" whenever a wrestler uses it. Dragon suplex Named, Dragon Suplex, after "Dragon" Tatsumi Fujinami who popularized the move. A belly to back suplex variation where the wrestler applies a full nelson and then bridges his back, lifting the opponent over him and onto their shoulders down to the mat. The wrestler keeps his back arched and the hold applied, pinning the opponent's shoulders down to the mat. Gutwrench suplex A gutwrench suplex involves a wrestler standing over an opponent locking his/her arms around the victim's waist and lifting him/her up and slamming him/her over back-first down to the mat. High lift belly to back suplex The attacker stands behind his/her opponent and puts his/her head under the arm of the victim. He/she then lifts the opponent up using both of his arms wrapped around the torso of the opponent. The attacker finally falls backwards to slam the opponent flat on his/her back. This move is often referred to simply as a back suplex, or in Japan a back drop (not to be confused with a back body drop). Lariat Lariat is another name for a lasso and is referred to in wrestling when an attacking wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck, and then forces them to the ground, very similarly to a clothesline, the difference being that in a clothesline the wrestler's arm is kept straight to the side of the wrestler during the move, while in the lariat the wrestler strikes their opponent with his arm. High speed powerbomb The standard powerbomb sees an opponent placed in a standing headscissors position (bent forward with their head placed between the attacking wrestler's thighs), lifted up on the wrestler's shoulders, and then slammed down back-first to the mat. Forearm Tackle A forearm drop is a move in which a wrestler jumps down on an opponent driving his forearm into anywhere on the opponent's body. 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