The victim lands stomach or ribs first on the knee, made more impactful by the long drop. CIMA uses both this move as well as a straight jacket version called the Goriconoslasm. A slight variation of the flatliner, this move sees a wrestler perform exactly the same set-up but instead of falling backward immediately, they lift the opponent before dropping them face-first into the mat, making it similar to a flapjack. A swinging leghook fireman's carry slam is another variation that involves a wrestler holding the wrist of the opponent while putting their head under the opponent's chest. The attacking wrestler starts by running and extending his arm like a lariat takedown but instead performs a revolution around the opponent's shoulders. 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. A cutter is a three-quarter facelock neckbreaker. The move was popularized by Jillian Hall. The opponent will often assist the slammer by placing their arm on the slammer's thigh. Sometimes it is also used to counter a headlock by the opponent. In collegiate, high school, middle school/junior high school, and other forms of amateur wrestling, the move is illegal. The wrestler then falls downwards while still scissoring their legs around the opponent's waist, and pushes against the canvas. Join PlaySportsTV today and get instant access to over . Although the high half nelson is considered intermediate in difficulty, finishing the drill should be stressed with novice . The wrestler performs the fireman's carry from a standing position, then tosses the opponent off their shoulders and drops the opponent into a Headlock Elbow Drop. A full Nelson hold is two half Nelsons: neck held down with arms wrapped under both armpits of the held person It is used by the "Ace of the Universe" Hiroshi Tanahashi. 47. The wrestler then lifts the opponent into the air and falls into a seated position, driving the opponent tailbone-first on to the mat. The most common version sees the wrestler turn the opponent upside-down and drop the opponent shoulder-first on the wrestler's knee. For the Oliver Nelson album, see. If you opponent fights the far side block, use your opposite side hand to apply a half nelson while keeping your chicken wing. The other closely resembles a Death Valley driver. The wrestler takes hold of their opponent from behind, holding them by either their hair or head. She started using a variant of this move where she hooks the opponents arm around the leg and planting the opponent in the canvas. The wrestler stands behind, slightly to one side of and facing the opponent. The wrestler stands beside their opponent to either side, crosses their arm against the opponent's opposite hand in front of it (as the wrestler stands beside the opponent, and uses for example their right arm, they would cross it against the opponent's left arm, and vice versa). The user applies a standing wrist lock on their opponent, then places their foot on the opponent's face and falls backwards, forcing the opponent's face into their foot. This is a basic though super effective wrestling move used commonly in amateur wrestling. This pulls the opponent backwards, with straightened and trapped legs, forcing the opponent to fall backwards, over the wrestler, flat on the floor. 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. Lance Archer, while using the original move as well, also uses a variation of this move referring to both called the Blackout. This variant is later utilized by former WWE Diva Michelle McCool, who referred to the move as the Faith Breaker. A neckbreaker slam is another technique in which the wrestler throws their opponent to the ground by twisting the opponent's neck. Jon Thomas - Most people struggle to escape side control because there is so many different variations. There is also a jumping variation of the Russian legsweep, which is similar in execution to that of the leaping flatliner and different modified versions of the move. In this video, a wrestling coach demonstrates how to wrap up an opponent's neck and roll him over onto his back. While maintaining the wrist-clutch, they then perform the driver. What is the meaning of full nelson? Also known as the reverse full nelson slam, this variation sees the attacker tuck and slide their arms under the opponent's armpits and then clutch the opponent's lower jaw. Another variation of this move that's done in one complete motion called a Deadly Driver sees the attacker performing this move to opponent who is positioned on top rope as a counter to an attempted diving attack. 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. Your first objective is to gather the far wrist by running over it. W1 should be perpendicular to W2 as he begins to force him to his back (c). A facebreaker is any move in which the wrestler slams their opponent's face against a part of the wrestler's body, usually the knee. It is also used by Trevor Murdoch as a finisher. In the pin position, be sure to have your forehead on the mat and your feet wide, at the same time lifting your opponents head to apply the maximum amount of body pressure. 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. The Mills ride and the spiral-half are such techniques. There is also a variation of this move in which the wrestler stands besides his or her opponent, grabs their waist as in a side slam, and then hooks the opponent's leg with his or her free arm before lifting and slamming the opponent. Ruby Soho and Kalisto use this move in some of their matches.[12][13][14][15]. An inverted variation of this move also exists. 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. Many of these moves are used as finishers by various wrestlers, who refer to them by several different names that reflect their gimmick. This maneuver is also known as swinging hurricanrana. This move was innovated by Col. DeBeers and was made famous by A.J. This move is an STO where the wrestler would first apply a chokehold with one hand before sweeping their opponent's leg. 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 move was used as a finisher for wrestlers such as Batista, The Undertaker, Kevin Nash, Chyna, JBL, among others. This move was used by Mojo Rawley. Flag. 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. If you can not perform the spike half nelson, slide your inside knee in front of opponents inside knee. 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. Half Series 2 on 1 Tilt Set-Up Series Leg Wrestling Series Cross Wrist Series Collegiate Drills > Feet Drills > Shadow Wrestling / Motion Proper Penetration Drills Defending Front Headlock Drills Position Drils Stance Back Step Drills Back Arch Drills Shot Build Up Drills Position & Balance Drills Top Drills Alexa Bliss uses this as a signature move, normally followed by her rope-assisted repeated stomps. A spinning sit-out variation of a sleeper slam that makes use of the wrestler's own momentum. A full nelson facebuster-like, which sees the wrestler holding the opponent in a full nelson. It was also made popular by Kofi Kingston, who calls it the S.O.S. He then grabs the opponent around the waist or under the arms, lifts him up, and tosses him forward on to his back or slams him down while dropping to a seated position. 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. Another variation sees the wrestler placing one hand behind the opponent's head and the other behind the back, then falling backwards into a bulldog. A body slam is any move in which a wrestler picks up and throws an opponent down to the ground limp back-first. The wrestler then falls forward to his back or into a sitting position, driving the opponent face-first. 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). Usually, the opponent grabs the attacking wrestler (as if he were performing a sidewalk slam), the attacking counters and swings their body upwards, then scissors their legs around the opponent's head, spins around the opponent's body, and swings their legs downwards, resulting in the headscissors takedown. 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. Those achievements earned him a Daily Times Wrestler of the Year nod. Also called a "free-fall" or "push-up flapjack". In a cut-throat variation of this driver, instead of holding the body of the opponent, a wrestler holds the far arm of the opponent across the opponent's own throat and maintains it by holding the opponent's wrist before performing the inverted Death Valley driver. Slip your arm underneath your opponent's armpit and wrap your hand around the back of his or her neck. 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. 9/27/08 5:39 PM. When they roll their wrist to clear, hook the elbow and throw your half nelson in from that side. 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. Several different nelson holds exist, and they can be separated according to the positioning of the encircling arm(s). It was innovated by Chris Kanyon. The wrestler reaches under one of the opponent's arms with their corresponding arm and places the palm of their hand on the neck of the opponent, thereby forcing the arm of the opponent up into the air (the half nelson). This is considered an extremely dangerous move, as the opponent's body cannot roll with the natural momentum of the move to absorb the impact. With the power half, the opponent used two hands to apply more pressure to the half nelson. 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. Better known as a full nelson bomb, this move sees the wrestling apply a full nelson hold to the opponent from behind. 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 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. WWE wrestler Dolph Ziggler uses this move, which he calls the Zig Zag. If your opponent turns away from the suckback, hook their elbow on the same side as your head. The wrestler lifts their opponent up over their head with arms fully extended, then drops the opponent down face-first in front or back. 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. The full nelson (sometimes called a double nelson or a double shoulder lock) is done by performing half nelsons with both arms. The wrestler lifts their opponent up and turns them upside down so that they are held up by the wrestler's arm cradling their back. Another great setup to the half nelson series is to capitalize off your opponents near wrist defense. Contents 1 Abdominal stretch 1.1 Grounded Abdominal stretch 1.2 Manji Hold Kevin Nash used this move as a finisher during his time as Oz and called it the Oz Twister. Buddy Murphy uses a pumphandle lift version called "Murphy's law". 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. It is currently used by Hirooki Goto as the GTW. Tommaso Ciampa used this move at NXT TakeOver: Toronto in a match against Scott Dawson. This move is a signature of Edge who calls it Winning Edge. The wrestler then falls backwards to the mat, thus forcing the opponent to fall forwards and impact the exposed knees. Slide your right hand under his armpit and put it on the back of his head. For example, in one variation, the attacking wrestler rolls forward after scissoring their legs around their opponent's head; in another, the opponent rolls backwards into a handstand position to follow with a headscissors and the takedown. From this position they can try to turn over, either toward or away from the aggressor. 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. A gutbuster is any move in which the wrestler lifts their opponent up and jumps or drops him/her so that the opponent's stomach impacts against part of the wrestler's body, usually the knee. This facebreaker involves an attacking wrestler, who is standing face-to-face with an opponent, hooking both hands around the opponent's head and then leaping to bring both knees up to the face of the opponent. This causes the opponent to fall face first into the ground. A driver is a move in which the wrestler clutches the opponent's body in some form before falling into a sitout position while dropping the opponent on their back, neck, and/or shoulders. Use your free hand to hold your opponent's other wrist so the half nelson can't be broken. Matt Riddle uses a cradle variant dubbed the Bro-Derek. Austin Theory is currently using this move as a finisher ever since he moved up to the main roster as the "A-Town Down". This variation of the spinebuster starts with the wrestler facing his opponent. This variation is currently used by Jungle Kyona as the Jungle Buster. 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. The wrestler jumps on the shoulders of the charging opponent and performs a back flip. Once these parts of the technique are established, the different options within the series will present themselves. The Half Nelson hold is a great move from wrestling that many BJJ practitioners don't utilize as much as they could. This move sees an attacking wrestler, while facing away from the opponent, apply a three-quarter facelock (reaching back and grabbing the head of the opponent, thus pulling the opponent's jaw above the wrestler's shoulder) before falling backwards (sometimes after running forwards first) to force the opponent face-first to the mat below. Keep driving the opponent down, with a combination of lifting their arm and driving their head down, as you drive your half nelson in and look for the far wrist. An arm drag which sees the wrestler being spun in front of the opponent's body in a tilt-a-whirl, and then ending it with an arm drag. NJPW's Great-O-Khan currently use this as the Eliminator while also applying a wrist-clutch sometimes for extra leverage. 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. Ethan Carter III (EC3) uses this as his finisher and he calls it the One Percenter. 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. Popularized by Brian Cage as Weapon X. As they rebound back to the opponent, the attacker releases their legs, quickly places their hand behind the opponent's head, and goes for a bulldog. 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. 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. This move sees the opponent runs towards the wrestler. The first is borrowed from amateur wrestling and sees the wrestler kneel down on one knee and simultaneously grab hold of one of the opponent's thighs with one arm and one of the opponent's arms with their other arm. A variation involving a standing double underhook rather than the guillotine choke also exists. Chris Jericho with his Walls of Jericho ( Elevated Boston crab) on Shawn Michaels. 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. It is a type of spinal lock where the wrestler hooks each of the opponent's legs in . Half Nelson One of the most basic wrestling pins in the sport, the half nelson begins with you on both knees straddling your opponent. In wrestling, a half-nelson is defined as a position in which one arm is shoved under the corresponding arm of an opponent and the other hand is put on the back of the opponent's neck; this is in contrast to the full-nelson position. 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. The British Bulldog used it regularly as signature move. There are multiple variations of the handstand headscissors takedown. The wrestler faces an opponent, overhooks both arms, and then pivots 180 so that the opponent is facing upwards with his or her head pressed against the upper back or under an arm of the wrestler. The wrestler starts by facing his opponent. The wrestler grabs one of the opponent's arms, jumps and connects both their knees against the opponent's stretched arm. 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