Brainbuster

A brainbuster is a professional wrestling throw in which a wrestler puts the opponent in a front facelock, hooks their pants or thigh, and lifts them up as if they were executing a vertical suplex.

[1] The brainbuster was banned in WWE until WrestleMania XL, [citation needed] because the person receiving the move will land on the top of their head or neck without protection, as evident at the Super ShowDown of 2019 in Saudi Arabia, when Goldberg (who was concussed during the match) failed to execute his "Jackhammer" finisher on the Undertaker and performed an unprepared brainbuster instead.

[2] However it has supposedly been reintroduced as of April 06, 2024, as Sami Zayn used the move to turn the tide, and eventually win his Intercontinental Championship match against Gunther.

It is also the primary finisher of Jon Moxley who calls it Death Rider in NJPW and Paradigm Shift in AEW.

A fisherman buster is a variation of the brainbuster in which the wrestler hooks the opponent's leg to aid in lifting them off the ground.

[5] It is used by Seth Rollins who named his version God's Last Gift, and Kushida, who calls it Back To The Future.

Instead of just falling down onto their own back, the attacking wrestler jumps up and uses their momentum to drive the opponent down onto the top of their head.

Innovated by Akira Hokuto and popularized by her husband Kensuke Sasaki as Northern Lights Bomb.