Wrestling Moves and terms ** A - I **

Color scheme:

*Note*: Descriptions marked with "DW/CC", are descriptions given by David @West and Cliff @Christiansen, from their internet-article "The Ultimate Professional Wrestler (1995)

*Note2*: Descriptions marked with "P.B" relate to "The Sportviewer's guide Wrestling" (1983) by Peter @Bills

*Note3*: Descriptions marked with "CD" are given by: Curtis @Desjardins.

*Note4*: As this is an ever-changing page, readers are kindly requested to send in their descriptions of the moves listed on this page. Both corrections and/or additions are extremely welcome!

*Note5*: As a kind of finale I added at the end of 'MOVES S-Z' a small list of terms I found on the Internet. If anyone knows who wrote this list, please tell, so I can add a reference to him (her)!

**Author's Note**: The year-marking I gave to moves is the first time I SAW the wrestler perform the move, not exactly the year he started to use it!

- Abdominal Claw Hold

(claw to the side, to the ribcage)
- Abdominal Stretch

(One of the oddest looking maneuvers in professional wrestling, this maneuver requires being behind the opponent. One leg is wrapped around an opponent's leg from behind, while the opposite arm holds and pulls back on the opponent's arm. This painful hold stretches the thigh, the shoulder, and the stomach muscles. DW/CC)

- Aeroplane

(see: Airplane Spin)
- Airplane Spin

(see also: Giant Swing The two spinning attacks have the same outcome, but different methods of application.)

(With the airplane spin, the attacker gets his opponent up on his shoulders and spins around, making the opponent dizzy, then slamming him on the mat in order to gain a fall. DW/CC + P.B)
- Amerikanische Krawatte

(German Wrestling Term: Neck Breaker
- Ankle and Leg Dive

(Wrestler takes his opponent off balance by grabbing one leg. P.B.)
- Arm Bar

(This hold has gone down in infamy as being called a 'rest hold'. It consists of taking an opponent by the forearm and twisting it, supposedly causing pain. In professional wrestling, it doesn't, and is used to let the wrestlers in the ring take a breather and talk to each other to plan the next series of moves. The lower the endurance of a pair of wrestlers, the more of these holds are used in a match. DW/CC)
- Arm Drag Take Down
- Arm Lock

(A lock on the opponent's arm. P.B.)
- Arm Lock Hammerlock

(submission hold)
- Arm Lock Leg Lock

(submission hold)
- Arm Scissors
- Arm Stretch
- Arm Twist
- Arm Whip Take Down
- Arm Wringer
- Asai Moonsault (Yoshihiro @Asai, 19..)
- Atomic (Knee) Drop

(The attacker lifts his opponent at the waist and drops him forward, on top of his knee between his opponents legs.

This causes the spine to compress as the opponent's rear hits the knee. To perform this move, the opponent can be facing away or towards the attacker. If facing towards the attacker, the move is called the "Inverted" Atomic Drop.)

- Atomic Headbutt (Bret @Hart, WCW 199.)
- Avalanche

(Big Splash) ("King Kong" @Bundy, WWF 19..)
- The Axe

(Clothesline) (Larry @Hennig)

- Axe Bomber

(Clothesline) (Hulk @Hogan)
- Axehandle

(see: Double Axe Handle)
- Back (Body) Drop
- Back Breaker

(The wrestler lifts his opponent, so the opponent's back is parallel to the ground, then drops his opponent across his knee. DW/CC.)

- Back Drop Driver
- Back Elbow

(Sometimes aimed at the opponent's jaw to escape a hold)
- Back Flip Cradle
- Back Flip Manoeuvre

(Total B.F.M)
- Back Hammer

(= Double Axehandle to the back area)
- Back Heel Kick
- Back Roll
- Back Scratching

(illegal scratching move ; illegal in wrestling, running the nails down the back of an opponent does not do all that much damage, but it is an irritant. DW/CC.)

- Back Slam
- Backslide

(Hook the arms of the opponent and roll him over your back)
- Backspin DDT
- Back Suplex
- Back Toss

(= Single Arm Back Drop) (Hulk @Hogan, WWF 1991)
- Backward Bridge
- Backward Kick
- Banana Split ; (Lord Henry @Norman, GWA 198.)

(= Lateral Guillotine)
- Banzai Splash ; (@Yokozuna (WWF 1993)
- Barbarian Beauty Match

(@Athena vs. @Viking Princess, Flair 19..) ; (@Mathilda the Hun vs. The @Southern Belles, GLOW 19..)
- Barbed Wire Match

(Steve @Austin vs. Chris @Adams, USWA 1991)

(Barbed wire around all the ringropes)
- Barred Wristlock
- Baseball Bat

(= Clothesline + Stomp)
- Battle Royal

(Several wrestlers (10 to 20} at the same time in the ring ; elimination-match, in which the last man standing in the ring is proclaimed winner. Different regulations possible, for example: "wrestlers must be thrown over the toprope to be eliminated from the tournament")
- Bearding

(illegal move) (see: Hairpull)
- Bearhug

(with this maneuver, a wrestler grabs an opponent right underneath the ribcage, and lifts him upwards, squeezing as he lifts. This puts pressure on the ribs and lungs, hopefully to cause the opponent to fall unconscious. The arms are not grabbed, so the opponent can fight back somewhat if the pain is not too much. DW/CC.)

- Beastbuster
- Bell ringer
- Belly-to-Back Superplex
- Belly-to-Back Suplex

(The suplex move is performed by the attacker lifting his opponent up off of the ground and falling backwards. To cause damage, the opponent must hit the ground before the attacker. Belly to Back, or the classic suplex, starts similar to the DDT, with the opponent head underneath the attacker's arm. DW/CC.)
- Belly-to-Belly Superplex
- Belly-to-Belly Suplex

(The suplex move is performed by the attacker lifting his opponent up off of the ground and falling backwards. To cause damage, the opponent must hit the ground before the attacker. With the Belly-to-Belly, the two wrestlers face the same direction at the start. DW/CC.)

(also possible from the second rope: Scott @Steiner, IWGP 1994))
- Belly-to-Belly Suplex with Hammer Lock ; (Dr. Red @Roberts, GWA 1987)
- Big Boot to the face ; (Hulk @Hogan, WWF 19..)
- Big Leg Drop
- Bionic Forearm ; Lex @Luger, WCW 199.)
- Biting

(Another illegal action, biting is rather self-explanatory. Frequent targets of the bite are the legs, the arms, the ears and the nose. DW/CC.)
- Blindfold match

("The Model" Ric @Martell vs. Jake "The Snake" @Roberts (alledgedly blinded by spread 'Arrogance'), WWF 1990)

(Both wrestlers are blindfolded)
- Blood Capsule

(used to simulate bleeding)
- Body Breaker

(see: Hanging Back Breaker) ; (see: Inverted Body Vice)
- Body Check
- Body Guard
- Body Hug
- Body Scissors

(legs as a scissors around opponent's body)
- Body Scissors Spine Drop

(Applied sitting behind the opponent with a Body Scissors applied to the middle of the opponent. Roll backwards and forward dropping the opponent hard onto the spine area. Repeated move.
(As seen in movie "All the Marbles" (1981)
- Body Scissors Takedown ; Chris @Jericho (WCW 199.)
- Bodyslam

(The attacker places one hand on the opponent's shoulder, and one between the opponent's legs. He then lifts upwards and slams the opponent back onto the ground. DW/CC.)

(Attempt to gain a fall or knock-out)
- Bootcap Match

(Sgt. @Slaughter vs. Colonel @DeBeers, AWA 19..)
- Bootchoke

(see: Footchoke)

- Boston Crab

(In this hold, the attacker needs an opponent face down on the ground. The attacker wraps both legs of his opponent around his legs. The attacker then sits back, causing pressure on the small of the back of the opponent. Despite holding the legs, the damage is being applied to the back. DW/CC.)

- Bottom Wristlock
- Bow-and-Arrow Hold

(Opponent's arms and legs are caught by competitor, which is lying on is back ; pressure on the back of the opponent, stretched face up ; like Mexican Surfboard)
- Brain Buster

(Front Face Pile Driver) ; (finishing move of Arn @Anderson, NWA 19..)
- Brain Buster Suplex
- Brass Knuckles

(foreign object)
- Brawling
- Bridge

(see: Cradle)
- Bridging Back Suplex
- Bulldog

(Taking his opponent's head under his arm, the attacker runs forward. The attacker then leaps into the air and falls to the ground, slamming the opponent's face into the ground. DW/CC.)
- Bulldog / Headlock Combination

(see: Bulldog) ; (@Dallas, GLOW 19..)

- Bullkampf (Bull-fight)

(CWA II 19.. ; 15 minutes exchance of punches. On each turn a wrestler hits his opponent until there's a knockout)

- Bullrope Match

(Bob @Orton, Jr. vs. Dick @Murdoch, NWA 19..)

- Bully Blaster ; (Big Bully @Busick, GWF 1991)

(see: Heart Punch)
- Bunkhouse Battle Royal

(Battle Royal without any restrictions on clothes ; f.e. Westernboots for busting an opponent allowed. (NWA 198.)
- Bunkhouse Stampede (NWA 198.)
- Butt-Bump
- Butterfly Suplex

(= Double Arm Suplex)
- Cage match

(see: Steel Cage)
- Camel Clutch

(Similar to the Boston Crab, the attacker does pretty much the same routine as above, but uses the arms rather than the legs of the opponent to provide the leverage on the back. Usually, the attacker locks his hands underneath the opponent's chin to apply more pressure. DW/CC.)

(= Double Reverse Chinlock) ; (Finishing move of The @Iron Sheik, WWF 19..)
- Cancellation

(= Hanging Back Breaker) ; (Finishing move of Brian @Lee, 19..)
- Cartwheel Kick
- Catapult Sweep

(= Whip to the ropes) ; Keiji @Muto (IWGP 11/95)

- Chain Match

(Both wrestlers are tied to eachother by a chain)
- Cheap Shot

1) (common term for an illegal move)

2) Special Move applied by @Raven (WCW 199.)
- Cheerleader Rolls

(= Hot Rolls) (@High Flying Cheerleaders, GLOW 19..)
- Chickenwing
- Chickenwing Slam ; (Scott @Steiner, WCW 199.)
- Chin Breaker

(see: Reverse Neck Breaker)

(see: Jaw Breaker)
- Chin Drop
- Chinlock
- Chinlock Deathlock

(submission hold)
- Choke

(Choking can be performed in a number of ways in wrestling. The easiest is just wrapping hands around the throat, but other methods exist. A headlock can turn into a choke just by moving the arm down across the throat. Another method of choking involves using the ropes around the ring as a choking device, using hands or legs to apply the pressure against the rope. DW/CC.)
- Choke Hold

(= Choke)

- Choke Lift ; (Kevin @Nash, WCW 199.)
- Choke Slam
- Choke Sleeper
- Chop
- Claw hold
- Clean Break

- Cleaning House

("cleaning" the ring)
- Closed Fist

(see: Full fist)
- Clothesline

(This maneuver is performed by running past an opponent and sticking out an arm. The arm catches the opponent around the neck, and the momentum is supposed to knock the person to the ground, and be slightly out of breath, due to the arm hitting the trachea. DW/CC.)

- Clothesline Drop
- Cobra Clutch

(stretch)
- Coconut

(= Head Knocker ; wrestler smashes heads of opponents into eachother)

- Collar-and-Elbow
- Colour Commentator

(in most cases a (former / "retired") wrestler, who serves as the opponent of his co-commentator ; both heel or face commentators are possible.
The (heel) commentators are like the king's jesters, they may really "tell it like it is", but are not always "taken seriously" by the audience or the co-host.
(f.e. Jesse Ventura's (political) comment on Ronald Reagan and Poindexter during the eighties, or Roddy Piper blowing up Tony Atlas's character of Saba Simba almost immediately).

Famous commentators are Jesse @Ventura, Randy @Savage, Jerry @Lawler and Roddy @Piper)

- Commando Sandwich

(= Running Splash)
- Commentator
- The Compacter

(= Splash with Stomp) (@Queen Kong, FLAIR 19..)
- Contest of Strength

(Both wrestlers attempt to use their strength to overpower and position their opponent for another move in this list. DW/CC.) (Sometimes this ends up with a cheap shot by the bad guy.)

(= Graeco-Roman Knuckles)
- Count

(1-, 2- , 3-, 5-, 10-count)
- Count Out / Count Down

(If one or both wrestlers are outside the ring they can be counted out by the referee's count-down ; if they don't make it back into the ring in time, the match may be lost by the ref's decision)
- Cover

(This is the standard "pinning" maneuver performed in professional wrestling. It consists of holding down an opponent's shoulders to the ground for a count of three. Sometimes, one leg is hooked with the crook of the arm, but this honestly does nothing more to the ability of holding an opponent immobile. DW/CC.)
- Cradle

(Another "pinning" maneuver, this move consists of catching an opponent in a position where their shoulders are down to the ground, and curved backwards with their back. The person performing the cradle can either be vertical, holding the opponent down, or be locked with the opponent and arching the back above the ground in what is called a "bridge". DW/CC.)

(see: Small Package Cradle)

(see: Bridge)

- Cradle Hold

(The wrestler pins his opponent with one hand over his head and the other through his crotch. P.B.)

(see: Small Package Cradle)
- Cradle Suplex

(Cradle + Bridge + Pin)
- Criss Cross

(oponents use the ringropes to gain speed)

- Cross Body Block

(= Cross Body Press)
- Cross Body Press

(= Cross Body Block)
- Cross Bow Hold

(= Bow-and-Arrow Hold-Type)
- Cross Buttock

(Hip Toss-type)

(A hold in which wrestler heaves his opponent over his hips. P.B.)
- Crotch Slam
- The Crowbar ; @Repo Man (WWF 1991)
- Crucifix

(The Crucifix maneuver is one of the hardest to apply. It is another "pinning" maneuver, consisting of the attacker running at his opponent. When he nears, the attacker leaps into the air, wrapping his arms around one arm of the opponent, while wrapping his legs around the opposite arm. The momentum of the leap carries the opponent to the mat, where the opponent's shoulders are against the ground. DW/CC.)

- Crush Hold
- DDT

(Very similar to the Bulldog, the attacker puts his opponent's head under his arm and quickly drops to the ground, smashing his opponent's face into the mat and snapping the neck rather violently. (DW/CC)

- Death Valley Driver ; (@Saturn, WCW 199.)
- Delphin Clutch (@Super Delphin, 19..)

(see: Standing Figure Four Leg Lock into Pin)

- Diamond Cutter (I)

(= Flying Karate Chop (from the Toprope)) (Pat @Tanaka, AWA 19..)
- Diamond Cutter(II)

(= Jawbreaker) (Diamond Dallas @Page, WCW 1996/1997/1998)
- Discus Punch ; Kerry Von @Erich (WCCW 19..)
- Disqualification

(DQing)
- Dive

(see: Cross Body Block)

- Dive to the Mat

(A way to avoid an onrushing opponent, a wrestler can dive flat to the mat, forcing his opponent to hop over his prone body and carry his momentum into the ropes on the other side of the ring. Otherwise, the opponent will trip and fall hard onto his face. DW/CC.)

- Diving Body Block
- Diving (Toprope) Clothesline
- Diving Clothesline Body Block
- Diving Elbow Smash
- Diving Headbutt
- Diving Shoulderblock
- Doctor Bomb
- Dog Collar Match ; (Jeff @Jarrett vs. Tom @Pritchard, USWA 1991)

(= Chain Match, both opponents wearing a dog-collar around their necks) ;

- Double Arm Clothesline

(Two arms tight together)
- Double Arm Suplex

(= Butterfly Suplex)
- Double Axe Handle

(The attacker hits his opponents with both hands clasped together, usually in the back. DW/CC)

- Double Belly Buster

(= Double Stomach Breaker) (The @Bushwhackers, WWF 19..)
- Double Cage (Tag Team) Match ; (WCW 1993)
- Double Chickenwing

(submission Hold)
- Double Chickenwing + High Back Bridge

("Tiger Mask" Satoru @Sayami, IWGP 1994)
- Double (Diving) Clothesline

(1) Two opponents executing on one wrestler

(2) One opponent executing on two wrestlers

(see: Clothesline)
- Double Cross Blow
- Double DDT

  • (1) A DDT, executed by one wrestler on two opponents at the same time.

  • (2) A DDT, executed by two wrestlers on one opponent (double-team manoeuvre)

  • (3) A DDT, executed (more or less) synchronous by two wrestlers on two opponents

(see: DDT)

- Double Goozle

  • 1) (= Clothesline + Pinfall) (The @Midnight Express, NWA 19..)
    (One wrestler ducks behind the legs of the opponent, while his partner clotheslines the opponent)

  • 2) (One of the Midnight's many finishers. The football clip from behind, and the Thrust kick to the head from the front are simultaneous. CD.)
- Double Knee Drop

  • 1) (Two wrestlers perform the move simultaneously on one opponent.)
  • 2) (One wrestler using both his knees)
- Double Knee Lift

(Kevin Von @Erich, WCCW 1982)

(see: Knee Lift)
- Double Kneelift to Head

(@"June", Toledo Tigers, in: All the Marbles 1982)
- Double Leapfrog

(Foreward and backward) (see: Leapfrog)
- Double Leg Cradle
- Double Leg-Hook
- Double Leg Lock
- Double Leg Pick-Up

(Lift your opponent up by the two legs, before executing a Back Drop or an Atomic Drop.)
- Double Monkey Flip
- Double Mule Kick ; The @Checkmate (WCCW 1982)

(see: Turn Around Reverse Drop Kick)
- Double Reverse Chinlock
- Double (Reverse) Slingshot Suplex
- Double Sledgehammer
- Double Stomach Breaker

(two opponents on one)
- Double Superplex

(Two opponents on one)
- Double (Flying) Tackle
- Double Teaming

(Next to the "legal man in the ring" his tag team partner enters the ring, be it legal or not, to work on the opponent ; it's allowed when the wrestler is situated in the opponent's corner. A little piece of rope, tied to the ringpost, can help extend the tag-team partner's space to tag out or interfere.)

- Double Thigh Pick-up

(Wrestler scoops his opponent onto the mat by catching him behind the legs. P.B.)
- Double Thrust

(= Chop)
- Double Underhook Back Breaker
- Double Underhook Pile Driver
- Double Underhook Superplex
- Double Underhook Suplex
- Double Whip
- Downpin

(= Pinfall)
- Dragging

(f.e. dragging an opponent away from the ringropes.)

- Dragon Suplex
- Draw

(when a match reaches its time-limit or after "outside interference")
- Drop Down Backward

(see: Dive to the Mat)
- Drop Down Foreward

(see: Dive to the Mat)
- Drop Kick

(The drop kick is executed one of two ways. The first method calls upon the wrestler to leap up into the air vertically, and extend his body horizontally, catching his opponent in the chest with his feet. (see: Standing Drop Kick)

The second version of this maneuver requires the wrestler to bounce off one of the sides of the ring first, giving himself more momentum to hit his opponent. (see: Flying Dropkick. DW/CC.)

- Drop Kick + High Back Bridge

(Double Team move: team of @Ultimo Dragon & Dean @Malenko, the latter pinned El @Samurai this way, IWGP 1994)
- Drop Kick to the Knee
- Drop Toe Hold
- Duck Down Move
- Ear Box

(This move consists of reaching out with both arms and slapping them behind the head of the opponent, making sure the arms are directly opposite the opponent's ears. The sudden rush of air caused disorientation and dizziness, allowing a wrestler to escape holds being applied against himself. DW/CC.)
- Earringer

- Elbow

- Elbow Drop

(An attack when the opponent is down ; the elbow hits the back, chest, head or neck, though other targets are also the (injured) arm, leg or stomach. Also from the second or Toprope)
- Elbow Smash

(The attacker hits the opponent with his elbow f.e. to the head)
- Enzuigiri
- Enzuigiri to the Face
- Enzuilariato

- Escape

(Move by which a defensive wrestler eludes his opponent. P.B)
- European Uppercut
- Even Flow DDT ; (@Raven (WCW 199.)
- Exert Escape

(This type of escape is used when attempting to use muscle power to escape an opponent's grasp. It consists of using all the leverage possible to push an opponent's arms and hands away from the wrestler's body. If not successful, the opponent is able to continue the previous hold, usually with even more pressure, as the muscles of the wrestler are weakened by the use of this maneuver. DW/CC.)

- Eye Gouge

(Illegal move that temporarily blinds the opponent.)

(see: Eye Rake) (see: Poke)
- Eye Rake

(see: Eye Gouge) (see: Poke)
- Face Bite
- Face Rake

- Face Slam

(DDT-type), where the wrestler uses the Turnbuckle (WWF 1993 ; The @Headschrinkers (Samu + Fatu) )
- Fall

(A major objective of a contest resulting when wrestler's shoulders are in contact with the mat, usually to a count of three in popular wrestling. P.B)

(see: Pin (Fall))
- Fallaway Slam

- Falling Reverse
- Falling Splash
- Figure Four Head Scissors

(Sleeper Hold-type: around the Neck, opponent lying down. @"Diane", Toledo Tigers, in: All The Marbles, 1981)
- Figure Four Leg Lock

(Another attack applied to a prone target, the attacker wraps one of the opponent's legs around his, then lies back on the ground, hooking the ankle of the wrapped with the attacker's other leg. The attacker then applies pressure to the knee. This, if applied correctly, can be a very painful hold, as the pressure on the knee can easily pop it. DW/CC.)
- Figure Four Leg Lock with Bar
- Figure Four Sleeper
- Figure Four Toe Hold
- Finger Lace

(= Knuckle Lock)
- Finishing Move
- Fireman's Carry

(The opponent being taken on the back of the wrestler, like a Back Breaker, but in reverse position, so no pressure is applied ; preparation for f.e. Back Slam)
- First Rope
- Fisherman Suplex
- (Closed) Fist
- Fist to the Mid-Section
- Fist Drop

(An attack when the opponent is down ; the fist hits the back, chest, head or neck, though other targets are also the (injured) arm, leg or stomach.)
- Flabjack

(= Frontface High Piledriver) ; (The @Midnight Express, NWA 19..)
- Flagmatch

(both opponents display their ideology or allegiance to a country by waving a flag )
- Flying Axehandle
- Flying Backbreaker
- Flying Back Slam ; Alundra @Blayze (WWF 1994)

(The wrestler jumps up and grabs the shoulders of the opponent from behind, getting her off balance and slamming her backwards to the ground, as if done in a Powerbomb.

- Flying Bulldog
- Flying Burrito

(Flying fist) ; Manny @Fernandez (AWA 19..)
- Flying Clothesline
- Flying (Cross) Body Press
- Flying Drop Kick

(see: "Drop Kick)
- Flying Elbow Drop
- Flying Fist

(Dive + knockout by a Full Fist) ; finishing move of Tito @Santana (WWF 19..)
- Flying Fist Drop
- Flying Forearm
- Flying Headbut
- Flying Head Scissors
- Flying Head Scissors Take Down
- Flying Karate Chop
- Flying Knee Drop
- Flying Lariat
- Flying Leg Drop
- Flying Leg Scissors
- Flying Mare

(Wrestler hurls his opponent over his back using opponent's arm as a lever. P.B.)
- Flying Senton
- Flying Shoulder Block
- Flying Somersault Bodyblock
- Flying Somersault Headbutt
- Flying Somersault Splash
- Flying Spinning Leg Lariat
- Flying Sunset Flip
- Flying Tackle
- Flying Tomahawk
- Flying-Off Scissors
- Folding Press
- Football Tackle
- Forearm to the Back
- Forearm Smash

(The wrestler hits the opponent with his forearm, f.e. under the chin or jaw in order to stun him.)

- Foreign object

(see: Ring)

(Foreign objects are blatantly illegal in professional wrestling. In most cases, getting caught using one will cause a disqualification. Any object can qualify as a foreign object, but most frequent items used are garrotes, chairs, and tables around ringside. DW/CC.)
- Four Corners Match

(Four wrestlers, all eachother's opponents, at the same time in the ring) ; (NWA 19..)
- Frankensteiner ; The @Steiner Brothers (WCW 1991)

(= Hurricarana)
- Frankensteiner from the Toprope
- French Figure Four Leg Lock; "Exotic" Adrian @Street, GWA 198.)

(= Rolling Figure Four Leg Lock)
- Frog Splash
- Front-layout Superplex
- Front-layout Suplex
- Front Face High Piledriver

(see: Flabjack)

- Front Face Piledriver

(DDT-Type)
- Front Facelock
- Front Slam
- Full Fist

(see: Closed fist)
- Full Nelson

(This maneuver is applied by being behind an opponent, reaching around underneath the opponent's arms, and circling the wrestler's arms behind the opponent's head and neck. If the wrestler is able to lock his fingers, this is one of the toughest holds to escape from, as the opponent has little to no leverage with his arms to unlock the fingers. Pressure is applied to the upper shoulders and back of the neck, causing extreme pain. This maneuver has been known to have snapped necks. DW/CC.)

- Full Nelson + High Back Bridge

(Chris @Benoit applies it to Jushin @Liger, IWGP 1994)
- Gargoyleplex ; (a href="wrestl02.mw-pt.htm">@Saturn, WCW 199.)
- Garvin Stomper ; (Ron @Garvin, NWA 198.)

Walks around his defeated opponent, while kicking (marking) him, before the pin.

- Gator-Buster

(see: Upside-down Facelock DDT) ; (@Skinner, WWF 19..)

- Gelbe Karte (Yellow Card)

The referee gives the wrestler an first admonition, like in soccer. (CWA II, 19..)
- German Suplex

(High Back Bridge pinning combination
- Gestapo Match

(variation on a Strap Match) ; @Mathilda the Hun vs. @Mountain Fiji (GLOW, 19..)
- Ghetto Blaster ; Bad News @Brown, WWF 19..)

(see: Kick to the Back of the Head
- Ghostbuster ; Koko B. @Ware, WWF 19..)

(= Standing (High)-Piledriver)

- Giant Swing

(see also: Airplane Spin)

[1] (In the giant swing, the attacker only needs to grab his opponents arms and swing him around so fast, that the opponent gets lifted off of the ground by momentum. DW/CC)

[2] The Giant Swing isn't really an Airplane Spin, but is a close relative. Grab your opponent's legs as if to apply a Boston Crab, but instead of turning them over, spin around and around, swinging them thru the air. CD.)
- Gorilla Press

(see: Overhead Toss)
- Gorilla Press Powerslam ; (@Goldberg, WCW 199.)
- Graeco-Roman Knuckles

(= Knuckle Lock) (Strength Test)
- Grapevine

(A weaving hold in which one leg entwines the opponent's leg. P.B.)
- Grudge Match
- Guillotine Leg Drop
- Gutbuster
- Gutbuster from the Toprope

(Fireman's Carry jump from the toprope into Stomachbreaker (gutbuster)

(Dean @Malenko on Jushin @Liger, WCW 04/96)
- Gutwrench Salto

(= Gutwrench Suplex)
- Gutwrench Suplex
- Hairpull

(Illegal move, like "bearding": pull someone's beard)

- Half Boston
- Half Nelson

(A hold secured when one arm is placed under the opponent's corresponding arm and around the opponent's neck. P.B)
- Ham String Stretcher
- Hammer Jammer

(= Figure Four Leg Lock) (Ron @Garvin, WWF 19..)

(Countermove in Ron @Garvin / Greg @Valentine feud)
- Hammer Lock

(This maneuver starts out as an Arm Bar, but the wrestler twists it around behind the opponent, so the opponent's hand is flat in a right-angle position against the small of the back, which is the Hammer Lock. Again, this hold in professional wrestling does absolutely nothing but gain time to rest up for the wrestlers, although if applied correctly, this can be very painful. DW/CC.)
- Hammerlock Neckclamp combination ; @Tajiri, (WWF 2001)
- Handspring Bodyblock
- Handspring Elbow
- Handspring Moonsault
- Handstand

(for example: used in combination with a Bridge-manoeuvre)
- Handycap Match
- Hanging Backbreaker

(The hanging backbreaker is applied from a Piledriver set-up position. Jesse @Ventura called the move the "Body Breaker" while he wrestled, and the "Inverted Body Vice" once he took up color commentary, but your mileage may vary.
- Hangman
- Hangman Splash

(Back Breaker Hold with Splash) ; (The @Texas Hangmen ; USWA 1991)
- Hawaian Crush

(Splash from the toprope)
- Hay Maker
- Head Butt

(The attacker uses his forehead against his opponent.) (DW/CC)

- Head Drop

(see: DDT)
- Head Knocker

(see: (= Coconut)
- Head Lock

(A hold that is known to be a 'rest hold'. A wrestler cocks his arm around the temples of his opponent and applies pressure, supposedly to knock out his opponent. Usually, however, this hold is applied lower than the temples and has the same use as an Arm Bar (DW/CC).)

- Head Lock, while sitting on toprope, then twist 180º into DDT (continueous move)

(The @Lightning Kid, IWGP 1994)

- Head Lock Hip Toss combination
- Head Lock Take Down
- Head Scissors

(= Kopfschere)
- Head Smash
- Heart Breaker

(= Figure Four Leg Lock, while using shin-protection to apply more pressure)

(WWF 19.., Greg @Valentine, while feuding with "Rugged" Ron @Garvin)

- Heart Punch
- The Helicopter

(Reverse Airplane Spin , opponent face up) (Al @Perez, NWA 19..)

- Hennigplex

(see: Perfect Plex) ; (Curt @Hennig, WCW 199.)
- High (Back) Bridge

(see: Perfect Plex)

(A position in which the head is turned back so that the face and hands are on the mat with fingers pointed inward. The balls of the feet also support the body and the buttocks are raised over a foot rom the mat. P.B)
- High Cross Body Block

- High Vertical Block

(Straight Foreward jump on the opponent and take down)
- High Vertical Suplex
- Hip Butt

(Jump up, hitting opponent with hip)
- Hip Lock Take Down
- Hip Toss
- Hip Toss with Headlock-combination
- Hollywood Leg Drop

(see: Big Leg Drop ; ("Hollywood" @Hogan, WCW 199.)
- Hooking The Leg
- Hooking Up
- Horizontal Back Breaker
- Hot Rolls
- Hot Shot
- Human Torture Rack ; Lex @Luger (NWA 19..)

(see: Horizontal Back Breaker)
- Hurricarana
- I Q Match

(The match ends when a wrestler gives up, by saying "I Quit") ; Ric @Flair vs. Terry @Funk (NWA 1990)

- Indian Deathlock
- Indian Strap Match
- Injury
- Inside Cradle
- Inverted Atomic Kneedrop

(see: Atomic Kneedrop)
- Inverted Back Breaker
- Inverted Body Vice

(see: Hanging Back Breaker) ; (see: Body Breaker)
- Inverted Hammerlock
- Inverted Pile Driver

(see: Reverse Pile Driver) (see: Pile Driver)

(see: Tombstone)
- Inverted Power Bomb
- Inverted Power Breaker
- Ipponzei
- Irish Whip