Neckbreaker
In professional wrestling, a neckbreaker is any throw or slam that focuses its attack on the opponent's neck.
This also refers to a "back head slam" where a wrestler drops to the mat while holding an opponent by their neck.
At this point, the attacking wrestler falls backwards to the ground, forcing the opponent's own arm to drag them to the mat.
Also known as a standing somersault neckbreaker and/or rolling neckbreaker, this move sees the attacking wrestler place the opponent in a three-quarter facelock and perform a somersault forwards, then falls down supine, using the momentum of the flip to twist the opponent's neck and back into the ground.
The attacking wrestler jumps from a raised platform (usually the second turnbuckle) and grabs an opponent's neck while in midair, thereby taking them down.
Evan Golden popularized a diving somersault neckbreaker variation called the Super Afterburner.
The wrestler takes hold of the opponent by their neck, and from this position performs many variations of the neckbreaker, like falling to a sitting or kneeling position, or just running forward and pulling the opponent away from the corner, and dropping them in a standard neckbreaker.
Once there the wrestler does a fireman's carry slam, extending the knee adjacent to the opponent's face and neck.
The opponent then lands neck-first across the extended knee, snapping their neck in a similar manner to a shoulder neckbreaker..Used by Hirooki Goto and KENTA.
This move sees the wrestler stand behind the opponent, bends them backwards, and apply an inverted facelock.
This is a move in which a wrestler places their opponent in an inverted facelock and then pivots 180°, catching the opponent's head with their free arm (or both arms) and then dropping down onto their back so that both wrestlers are in a supine position, as in a neckbreaker slam.
This is a version of a swinging neckbreaker where the attacking wrestler would use a leg rather than hands to perform the twist.
A move described as an inverted overdrive is another version of a swinging neckbreaker, in which the attacking wrestler would use a leg (in this case a knee) rather than hands to perform the twist.
This move can also see the opponent's neck placed over the attacking wrestler's head instead of their shoulder.
In this variation, the attacking wrestler stands behind and facing a sitting opponent before running toward them and performing a somersault over them.
As the wrestler falls, they grab the opponent by the back of the head or neck, pushing it downwards as they drop to the mat.
One variation sees the attacking wrestler fall to a seated position, slamming the opponent's neck into the mat between their legs.
Another version that sees the attacking wrestler swing inward, throwing the opponent over and to the ground, is often referred to as a whiplash.
One variation, known as a Swinging neckbomb, sees the attacking wrestler fall to a seated position slamming the opponent's neck into the mat between their legs.
An elevated version first sees the attacking wrestler raise an opponent off the ground, often using a suplex lift, to place the opponent's leg on the top ring rope so that they are face-down while the wrestler holds them in a front facelock, keeping their heads side by side under each other shoulder, making the wrestler the only other thing than the ring ropes keeping the opponent off the ground.
At this point the attacking wrestler swings inward as they dive to the ground, twisting on the opponent's neck and in the process lifting the opponent's entire body off the rope, driving their neck and shoulders into the ground.
Another slight variation of the (standing) whiplash move sees the attacking wrestler hook both the opponent's legs (as in a cradle suplex) while keeping both their heads side by side under each other shoulder before then performing the whiplash.
