Professional wrestling throws

A brainbuster is a move in which a wrestler puts their opponent in a front facelock, hooks their tights, and lifts them up as if they were performing a vertical suplex.

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 springboards off one of the ropes or jumps from the top turnbuckle, dropping a leg across the nape of a leaning forward opponent.

WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus popularized this move and dubbed it the Stratusfaction and it was also used by Bo Dallas as the Bo-Dog.

Bushi uses a diving variation called MX where he dives from the top rope to hit the double knee facebreaker, as well as Tessa Blanchard, who calls the move Magnum, also as an hommage to her stepfather Magnum T.A.. Liv Morgan's 201/Jersey Codebreaker is a variation where she stands 90 degrees from the opponent, and delivers the double knees or shins while she is landing on her back.

This move has been made famous notably by WWE Hall of Famer Gorilla Monsoon and NXT's Tyler Bate.

Sean O'Haire used a variation that saw him toss his opponent to the opposite side, landing flat onto their back, called the Widow Maker.

The Inverted Death Valley Driver was innovated by Kotetsu Yamamoto in the 1970s but popularized by Kenta Kobashi as the Burning Hammer.

The wrestler performs the fireman's carry from a standing position, then swings the opponent around and drops them Sitout side powerslam.

This move is most often performed by wrestlers of Samoan heritage (typically from the Anoaʻi family, including The Rock, Rikishi and Roman Reigns (who uses the one-handed variant), as well as a pop-up version used by Umaga, Nia Jax, Jacob Fatu and The Usos).

A top rope variant was also regularly performed by Scott Steiner, while Ronda Rousey uses the twisting version as a finisher, calling it Piper's Pit.

Former NXT Rookie Percy Watson used a variant in which he holds his opponent in a fireman's carry before transitioning into a flapjack, dubbing this move Percycution.

Some wrestlers perform this maneuver by 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.

This was the original version of the finisher used by Jon Moxley (formerly as Dean Ambrose), known as Dirty Deeds before reusing as a regular move (Paradigm Shift) in 2019.

[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.

This move is performed when the attacking wrestler, in a handstand position, scissors their legs around the opponent's head and follows with the headscissors takedown.

Sometimes referred to as a reverse victory roll, it is a headscissors takedown that ends in a double leg cradle pinning hold.

El Phantasmo uses a cross-arm Variation called CRII, where he lifts his opponent up and he lets him fall face first into the mat.

The wrestler then jumps backwards and falls to a sitting position, driving the back of the opponent's head into the ground between their legs.

The attacking wrestler starts by running and extending his arm like a lariat takedown but instead performs a revolution around the opponent's shoulders.

This causes the wrestler to switch to his opposite arm before taking his opponent down to the mat while simultaneously landing in a seated position.

Popularized by Samoa Joe as one of his finishers (he uses an electric chair version falling backwards, sparing the opponent's neck) until 2015 when he accidentally injured Tyson Kidd, which ended his wrestling career and almost paralyzed him.

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.

Another variation, sometimes called a "flying mare", sees the wrestler pull the opponent by the hair over their shoulder before slamming them to the mat.

The attacking wrestler then spins the leg inwards causing the opponent to fall off balance and twist in the air bringing them to the ground in a turning motion.

It is used by the "Ace of the Universe" Hiroshi Tanahashi The wrestler falls to the ground, placing one foot at the front of the opponent's ankle and the other in the back of the calf.

A slight variation of the forward Russian legsweep, the wrestler approaches the opponent from behind and places them in a full nelson before hooking their leg.

Johnny Gargano uses a Full Nelson and reverse variant of this move called Hurts Donut (formerly referred to as Uniquely You).

The move has been used by various professional wrestlers like Mil Muertes (Straight to Hell), Shelton Benjamin (Paydirt), Montel Vontavious Porter (the Play of the Day/305) and R-Truth (Lil' Jimmy).

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.