The attacker may release the opponent to send them flying, or simply slow until the back of the opponent returns to the ground. Half nelson suplex. A standard jawbreaker is seen when a wrestler (either stands facing or not facing opponent) places their head under the jaw of the opponent and holds the opponent in place before falling into a sitting or kneeling position, driving the jaw of the opponent into the top of their head. One of the opponent's arms is pulled back between their legs and held, while the other arm is hooked (pumphandle). The name was taken from its innovator, Mexican luchador Huracn Ramrez. . A one-handed, swinging leg hook, and a twisting version are also possible. From this position they can try to turn over, either toward or away from the aggressor. It is a mistake to believe an alligator will passively tolerate a half nelson, no matter how drunk you are. That looks like Dave. The move can also see other variations of a powerslam used, particularly into a sidewalk slam position. A cross-legged and wrist-clutch version of this move also exists. The wrestler then falls backwards to the mat, thus forcing the opponent to fall forwards and impact the exposed knees. Professional wrestling throws are the application of professional wrestling techniques that involve lifting the opponent up and throwing or slamming them down. The wrestler stands behind an opponent and applies a half nelson hold on their opponent, placing one of their hands against the opponent's neck after hooking the opponent's arm with it. Wrestlers such as Terry Gordy and Viscera have used this move as well. Drive your opponent to their side so you can read your wristwatch. The use of the masculine is meant to be inclusive. A rolling fireman's carry slam is a variation that sees the wrestler keep hold of the opponent and run forward before slamming the opponent to the ground, using the momentum to roll over the opponent. Mills couldn't decipher who he was talking to, but slowly it hit him. Immediately transition to a three post position - both of your feet in the mat, your non-half nelson forearm at the base of the back of your opponent's neck. Damian Priest recently started using this move as a finisher after Cody Rhodes returned to the WWE in 2022. Keith Lee uses a powerslam or jackhammer version as a finisher which is called the "Big bang catastrophe". The wrestler then jumps up and falls onto their back so that the opponent lands on their head while remaining vertical. Some wrestlers perform this maneuver doing a lifting motion up and down or may hold the opponent in place before dropping them as a way to emphasize their raw strength. In just his second varsity season, Nelson helped the Green Raiders to their second straight winning campaign and was the only Delaware County wrestler to bring a medal home from states. This was the finisher of Byron Saxton, dubbed "Saxonation". Ethan Carter III (EC3) uses this as his finisher and he calls it the One Percenter. A maneuver in which the user drops the opponent directly in front of them while putting their own knee out in front of them. 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. This move is most commonly performed out of a ring corner. One occasional use of the Irish whip is to try to "hit for the cycle" by whipping one's opponent into each corner in turn. This move is actually a counter. The wrestler may roll on to their side to give the move extra momentum. It is sometimes used illegally to force an opponent into a chair or other elevated weapon; it is also used occasionally to force an opponent face-first into the turnbuckles, stunning them momentarily. Also known as the UFO (Unidentified Flying Opponent), this move is performed from an Argentine Backbreaker Rack Hold. The wrestler stands next to the opponent with both facing the same direction, and the wrestler hooks their closest arm underneath and behind the opponent's closest armpit. This usually involves grabbing the opponent with both arms around the opponent's legs while keeping the chest close to the opponent, and using this position to force the opponent to the floor . [7] It is often erroneously called the Hurricanrana in American wrestling, but due to the lack of a double leg cradle pinning combination, it is a standard headscissors takedown. The wrestler turns and twists their body so their back is horizontally against the opponent's torso. Let me know if you have any questions or requests. An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret. Austin Theory is currently using this move as a finisher ever since he moved up to the main roster as the "A-Town Down". Dragon screw legwhip (or simply Dragon screw) is a legwhip where a wrestler grabs an opponent's leg and holds it parallel to the mat while they are facing each other. A move in which the wrestler goes behind an opponent, then puts their head under the opponent's shoulder. The wrestler ducks, hooks one of the opponent's legs with one of their arms, stands up and falls backwards, flipping the opponent and driving them back first down to the mat, with the wrestler landing on top of the opponent. Be sure to get high on your opponents base to keep the weight forward and use your head to drive their head down. Join. Ryback uses a different variation as his finisher, called Shell Shocked, where he lifts the opponent into position with a fisherman's suplex and only hooks one of the opponent's legs before running forward and dropping them off his shoulders, in a Samoan drop-esque motion. [2] This move plus some other variations are sometimes referred to as facebusters. Apply a near wrist to your opoonent. Wrestling hold where one arm is pressed under an opponent's arm from behind to the back of their neck. The wrestler may land in a kneeling or squatting position. Similar to the double knee facebreaker, but with only one knee. Half Neslon (the correct way) Augsburg Wrestling Academy Maverick Wrestling 3.67K subscribers Subscribe 515 Share Save 66K views 11 years ago Check out the workout here. 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. By reduction, I mean instead of having two of your arms under the opponent's armpits and behind their head, you have one. For the Oliver Nelson album, see. Triple H popularized this move. The wrestler hooks a half nelson hold on their opponent with one arm and their opponent's waist with the other, then leaps forward into a sitting position, driving the face of the opponent into the ground. What is the meaning of full nelson? The three-quarter nelson can be used in amateur wrestling to pin . The attacker uses one hand to apply a half nelson hold and wraps the other hand around the opponent's waist. This is the most common version of the elevated gutbuster and sees the attacking wrestler first lift the opponent up across their shoulders; a position known as a fireman's carry, before then dropping down to one knee while simultaneously elevating the opponent over their head forcing them to drop down and impact their exposed knee. It was also used by former Nexus member, David Otunga as "The Verdict". The wrestler starts by facing his opponent. The opponent will often assist the slammer by placing their arm on the slammer's thigh. Rhea Ripley uses the move itself or a powerbomb version called "Riptide". He would re-use the move in 2022 at AEW. Baron Corbin's finisher is a variant of this move called the End of Days while Angelina Love uses the move as a signature (previously a finisher) called Lights Out. It was named the "Frankensteiner" by Scott Steiner, who used it as a finishing move. Chris Jericho with his Walls of Jericho ( Elevated Boston crab) on Shawn Michaels. Tommaso Ciampa used this move at NXT TakeOver: Toronto in a match against Scott Dawson. 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. The attacking wrestler drapes an opponent over their shoulders in a fireman's carry position and then takes hold of the opponent and pulls them over their shoulder and down to the mat while falling to a sitting position so that the opponent lands on their upper back and neck between the legs of the wrestler, facing towards them. The bulldog is usually one-handed rather than a headlock bulldog. However, the wrestler holds their opponent's head in a back to back position, before performing the move. Another variation of the Frankensteiner sees a grounded wrestler first "kip-up" on to a standing opponent's shoulders, this is where a wrestler rolls on to the back of their shoulders bringing their legs up and kicking forward to build momentum to lift themselves off the floor and on to the standing opponent. The move varies from the hurricanrana as when the opponent lands - he/she would land on their head as opposed to their back.[10]. The move was innovated by Johnny Ace, calling it the Ace Crusher II and later popularized by Billy Gunn, who called it the Famouser (which was also used by Dolph Ziggler) or Fame-Ass-Er, the latter name used when he wrestled as "Mr. This move was innovated by Col. DeBeers and was made famous by A.J. This is a basic though super effective wrestling move used commonly in amateur wrestling. The wrestler reaches under one of the opponent's arms with their corresponding arm and places the palm of their hand on the back of the opponent's neck, thereby forcing the arm of the opponent up into the air to complete the half nelson. A nelson hold is a grappling hold which is executed by one person from behind the opponent, generally when both are on the mat face down with the opponent under the aggressor. The move often sees the wrestler keep their legs hooked under the arms of the opponent after hitting the move, using the underhooking technique to turn the opponent on to their back into a Rana style pinning position. Then after grabbing the opponents nearest leg, the wrestler lifts the opponent's leg outward before swinging forward using the opponent's momentum and slamming them down back-first. This move originated from the Kinnikuman manga, originally known as the Kinniku Buster (kinniku being Japanese for "muscle"), with the move ending with the opponent crashing down on their neck against the attacking wrestler's shoulder. This move was used by The One Billy Gunn and nicknamed The One and Only and later popularized by Ted DiBiase Jr., who named it the Dream Street. The wrestler then lifts their opponent up until they are parallel with the wrestler's chest, then throws themselves forward, driving the back of the opponent into the ground with the weight of the wrestler atop them. This pulls the opponent backwards, with straightened and trapped legs, forcing the opponent to fall backwards, over the wrestler, flat on the floor. The wrestler executing the maneuver is always referred to as the "wrestler", the one on the receiving end of the hold is known as the "opponent". This move is a signature of Edge who calls it Winning Edge . It is commonly used by Kalisto and Cedric Alexander. Also known as the Victoria Driver or Burning Hammer, this move is executed from an Argentine backbreaker rack position. If you opponent fights the far side block, use your opposite side hand to apply a half nelson while keeping your chicken wing. The half nelson is a move where the opponent on top slides his hand in between arm and head and applies pressure to the head to turn the opponent over to this back. This move is used by TNA wrestler James Storm, who dubbed it the eight second ride. This move sees the attacking wrestler lift the opponent in a standing guillotine choke and drop the opponent to the mat, lower spine first. Cesaro used this move a few times and now uses it as his signature move, named the Swissblade. When applying the half nelson, throw an uppercut with your half nelson arm under the opponents arm and drive it forward. Use your free hand to hold your opponent's other wrist so the half nelson can't be broken. 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 full nelson position is most frequently described as a penis-in-vagina sex position, but it could be adapted for anal sex. This move was used as a finisher for wrestlers such as Batista, The Undertaker, Kevin Nash, Chyna, JBL, among others. Your first objective is to gather the far wrist by running over it. This time when you apply the half nelson, turn your non-half nelson hand up and lock your half-nelson hand on top of it. It is currently used by Hirooki Goto as the GTW. 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. A pinning variation also exists where the attacker keeps the front facelock applied as he covers the opponent slightly. In this slam a wrestler places the opponent in a cobra clutch and then lifts the opponent into the air by their neck before jumping backwards, falling face down or into a sitting position, driving the opponent back first down to the mat. A wrestler dives from the ropes and lands on the opponent's arm. The most notable practitioner of this variant is The Miz, who calls the move the Skull Crushing Finale and has used it as a finisher since August 2009. Step 1 of Half Nelson Wrestling Technique: The Breakdown With your best breakdown, in this case the ankle down, break your opponent to their belly. The wrestler then tosses the opponent overhead by throwing both the opponent's legs forward, slamming the opponent back-first. The move is used by Hiromu Takahashi as the Dynamite Plunger and Jordan Devlin as the Ireland's Call. The opponent lies on their side on the shoulders of the wrestler, facing either the opposite or the same direction as the wrestler, with the wrestler holding the opponent by the lower leg and either the head or lower arm. It is simply a reduction compared to the full Nelson. This bulldog sees the opponent clutching the wrestler in a wheelbarrow bodyscissors. Darren Young used the move as his finisher calling it Gutcheck. This move sees the opponent runs towards the wrestler. He then lifts the opponent off the mat flipping them in a 450 style motion forwards while simultaneously falling backwards to catch the falling them with his near arm completing the rotation and dropping them into the facebuster. From here the wrestler drops down to one knee, forcing the opponent to drop stomach/rib-first against the wrestler's raised knee. With the opponent in the air, the attacker removes one arm (so their opponent is now in a half nelson) and slams the opponent back-first into the mat. They then lift the opponent up and turn them around so that they are held upside down, as in a scoop slam, before dropping down into a sitout position, driving the opponent down to the mat neck and shoulder first. Half nelson bulldog. Another great setup to the half nelson series is to capitalize off your opponents near wrist defense. When the aggressor is driving forward perpendicularly to the opponent's body, the opponent can try to avoid being flipped over onto their back by extending their opposite foot in the direction of the undesired movement, and planting it. Those achievements earned him a Daily Times Wrestler of the Year nod. It was used by AJ Lee as a transition move. Erick Rowan used this move as a finisher and Lars Sullivan uses it as a signature. This move is used by Bubba Ray Dudley, who dubbed it the Bubba Bomb/Bully Bomb. Compare nelson. Kazuchika Okada uses this move as Heavy Rain. The wrestler drapes an opponent over their shoulders in a fireman's carry position then falls backwards, driving the opponent down to the mat on their back. If your opponent turns away from the suckback, hook their elbow on the same side as your head. Also called a "free-fall" or "push-up flapjack". Full nelson hold in illegal half nelson hold in legal in wrestling The wrestler hooks up the opponent as a pumphandle slam, then the wrestler goes through the body movements for the fallaway slam, executing the release of the opponent as they enter the apex of the throw, instead of at or just past the apex of the throw like when one executes the fallaway slam. This move is a signature of Edge who calls it Winning Edge. Also this is a great hold for smaller players who have a difficult time unseating larger players from the turtle position. If the opponent puts up a bigger fight, the power half nelson will be needed. From a standing position, he reaches between an opponent's legs with his stronger arm and reaches around their back from the same side with their weaker arm before then lifting the opponent up over his shoulder. All that is required to be extremely effective with it is a hard nose and the will to win. The wrestler then drops down to their back, driving the back of the opponent's head and neck into the mat. Kenta Kobashi also used this move as a finisher as well, but his looked more like a sitout Powerbomb but with a pumphandle, he called this move the Kentucky Bomb. The wrestler performs the fireman's carry from a standing position, then tosses the opponent off their shoulders as they drop down to their knees, causing the opponent to land on their back. They are sometimes also called "power" maneuvers, as they are meant to emphasize a wrestler's strength. Ruffy Silverstein popularised the move during professional wrestling's early television exposure. 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. The wrestler catches and grabs the opponent from either his waist or both legs, and lifts the opponent so he would either face the mat while being vertically elevated off the mat (with both his legs grabbed over the wrestler's shoulders) or literally facing the wrestler's back while being lifted upside down with the wrestler still taking hold of both the opponent's legs (back-to-belly position). 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. This throw starts with the wrestler catching the opponent in a side headlock. A high impact combination of the snapmare and the falling neckbreaker. The release variation was popularized by Ron Simmons. This was popularized by Shingo Takagi as the last falconry, now used as the last of the dragon. 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Similar to a hangman, where the wrestler catches the opponent in a side headlock, running towards any set of ropes. The wrestler then pulls the opponent onto their shoulders and rises up slightly, using the motion to push the opponent off their shoulders, flipping them to the mat onto their back. This move is performed when an opponent runs towards the wrestler facing them. This move was made popular by wrestler Low Ki who calls it the "Ki Krusher". The wrestler jumps from the turnbuckle behind the opponent, then applies a headlock, driving the opponent's face into the mat. W1 should be perpendicular to W2 as he begins to force him to his back (c). Though it is commonly referred to as a Hurricanrana, the original Spanish name for this maneuver is the Huracnrana. full nelson move or some called it master lock The full nelson (sometimes called a double nelson or double shoulder lock) is done by performing half nelsons with both arms. This movement relieves the clamp or "wing" pressure, creates a dominant perdenicular angle, lifts the opponents's near shoulder, and turns the opponent's hips.) Despite its name, it actually comes from Mexican lucha libre, not Japanese puroresu. The wrestler hooks a half nelson hold on his opponent with one arm and his opponents waist with the other. There are multiple variations of the handstand headscissors takedown. Get the half nelson mug. In collegiate, high school, middle school or junior high school, and most other forms of amateur wrestling, the move is illegal due to possibility of injury. A basic gutbuster is often called a stomach breaker and is essentially the same as a backbreaker but with the opponent facing the opposite direction. The wrestler then falls forward in an almost identical way, slamming the opponent face-first into the mat. This move sees the standing wrestler place the opponent stomach down on their shoulder so that they both are facing the same direction. When the half nelson is applied, drive the opponent to their opposite side than which youre on. You have watched 1 out of 2 free previews in this library. This was a signature move for Edge, which he called Edge-O-Matic. Innovated and popularized by Arn Anderson, this version is also known as a Double A Spinebuster in tribute to Anderson. A standard mat slam involves the wrestler grabbing hold of the opponent by their head or hair and pulling back, forcing the back of the opponent's head into the mat. Begins with the wrestler holding the opponent in a full nelson. This move is normally used to weaken the arm for a submission maneuver or to make it more difficult for the opponent to kick out of a possible pinfall attempt. A wrist-clutch variation of this driver exists which sees the wrestler lift the opponent on to their shoulders, and while the opponent is on their shoulders, he/she uses the hand hooking the opponent's leg to reach upwards and clutch the wrist of the arm opposite the hooked leg. . The wrestler wrestler performs the fireman's carry from a standing position, then swings the opponent around and drops them Sitout side powerslam. It is a type of spinal lock where the wrestler hooks each of the opponent's legs in . Ass." This move is used as a finisher by Luke Gallows, dubbed the "Gallows Pole". 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. This will put them on their far side, in the same position as the previous finishes. Although the high half nelson is considered intermediate in difficulty, finishing the drill should be stressed with novice . 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. This maneuver can be used running and standing. Shad Gaspard used a high impact variant of this move called "Thugnificent". 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. CIMA uses both this move as well as a straight jacket version called the Goriconoslasm. Half Nelson - Wrestling Technique Also the Half Nelson is a variant of the Full Nelson which is illegal in all forms of wrestling. This is the \"Nast Half\" apply with caution! A move in which the wrestler uses their opponent's momentum to the opponent's disadvantage. It is literally half of the full Nelson control, but wrestlers do tend to grip the opposite side arm with their free arm for extended control. The move was innovated by Lou Thesz. The wrestler stands slightly to the side of their opponent, grabs the opponent by the nape in a single or double collar tie, and throws them forward, causing the opponent to flip over onto their back. 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. Several different nelson holds exist, and they can be separated according to the positioning of the encircling arm(s). This variation of the spinebuster starts with the wrestler facing his opponent. He then lifts the opponent holding underneath their armpits to execute a kneeling version of the slam. A variation called the Swinging Full Nelson in which you swing your opponent in the move was popularized by former WWE wrestler Chris Masters as the 'Master Lock', and is currently used by Bobby Lashley, sometimes while swinging the opponent to transfer pressure between their shoulders or in combination with a body scissors to immobilize them as the 'Hurt Lock' in WWE. Usually the opponent is held over the wrestler's shoulder in either a powerslam position, or less commonly an inverted powerslam position for what is sometimes called the inverted shoulderbreaker. Everything about the half nelson calls for you to perform a pinning. NJPW's Great-O-Khan currently use this as the Eliminator while also applying a wrist-clutch sometimes for extra leverage. 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. This move is derived from the original hurricanrana. The keys to this series are securing a proper breakdown, and keeping weight forward throughout. 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. [citation needed]. 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. Finish the power half nelson the same way as you do the basic half nelson. This can also be held for a backbreaker. A shoulderbreaker is any move in which the wrestler slams their opponent's shoulder against any part of the wrestler's body, usually the shin or knee. 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