Riot Vibe's Page of 1,000 Holds

Part 1 - Regular Moves

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T

Back Drop

 

Used by :

aka : Back Body Drop, Shoulder Throw

Description : The attacker bends as the victim charges towards them As the victim reaches the attacker, the attacker stands up, lifting the victim up and over so they land back first on the mat. It's also a common couter to an attack where they are bent over, like for a piledriver or powerbomb.

 

Back Breaker

 

Used by :

aka : Pendulum Back Breaker

Description : Attacker lifts up the victim and drops them back first across their knee.

Variations : Slingshot Back Breaker Drop (Bobby Eaton)

 

Back Breaker , Inverted Facelock Suplex

Used by : Chris Benoit

aka :Description : The attacker applies an inverted facelock on the victim.The attacker then lifts the victim up as if for a vertical suplex. Theattacker then lets the victim fall forward and across the attacker's body.The attacker kneels down so the victim lands back first across their knee.

 

Back Breaker, Inverted Shoulder Rack

Used by : Brian Adams

aka : The Body Breaker

Description : The attacker has the victim up in in inverted shoulder rack and drops to their knees, wrenching the victim's back.

 

Back Breaker, Press Slam

 

Used by : Nikolai Volkoff

aka :

Description : Hold the person over your head in a press slam position,drop them down across your knee for a back breaker.

 

Back Breaker, Racked

 

Used by : Hercules

aka :

Description : The attacker has the victim up in a backbreaker rack andd rops to their knees, wrenching the victim's back.

 

Backbreaker, Stretch

 

Used by : Eddy Guerrero, Diamond Dallas Page

aka :Description : Attacker bends the victim over and stands to their back.Victim's lower arm is put between their legs and held by one of the attacker's hands as the attacker hooks the victim's other arm. Attacker lifts the victim up and slams the victim down across the attacker's knee.

 

Back Breaker, Tilt-a-Whirl

 

Used by : Crush

aka : La Quebradora Con Hilo

Description : Attacker faces the victim. The attacker quickly scoops up the victim and spins them around vertically, the attacker kneels down and drops the victim back first across their knee. This is a common hold used in lucha libre.

 

Back Breaker, Underhook

 

Used by : Bam Bam Bigalow, Chris Jericho

aka :Description : Set up as if for a Underhook Suplex, however, after lifting the person in the air, release their arms and drop them slightly to the side so they land back first across your knee.

 

Back Fist

 

Used by : Tracy Smothers, Sting

aka :

Description : A standard martial arts type blow where the attacker hits the victim with the back of their fist.

 

Back Fist, Spinning

 

Used by : Aja Kong, Guile and Cammy in the Street FighterGames

aka : Uraken (Kong)

Description : Attacker performs a 360 degree turn and hits the victim with the back of their fist.

 

Back Rake

 

Used by :

aka : Rake to the back

Description : Attacker scratches down the victim's back with theirnails/fingers.

 

Bell Clap

 

Used by : Billy Jack Haynes

aka : Ear-ringer, Bell Ringer

Description : Commonly used to break a bear hug. Attacker claps his hands/forearms around the victim's head, disrupting their equilibrium.

Variation : Running Bell Clap (Vader Attack - Vader)

 

Bite

 

Used by : George "Animal" Steele, Mike Tyson, Marv Albert, McGruff

aka :

Description : Attacker has a late lunch on a body part of the victim.

 

Body Press

 

Used by :

aka : Cross Body Block, Plancha

Description : Attacker jumps at victim and hits the victim at an angle,knocking them down to the mat.

Variations :Body Press Suicida (Plancha)

Catapult Body Press Suicida (Pescado)

Corkscrew Body Press Suicida (La Parka)

Corner Body Press (Stinger Splash - Sting)

Handspring Body Press (Great Sasuke)

Handspring Body Press Suicida (Flying Space Tiger Attack - Tiger Mask)

Handspring Moonsault Body Press Suicida (Sasuke Special - Great Sasuke, Hakushi)

Off the Top Rope Body Press (Ricky Steamboat)

Off the Top Rope Body Press with Twist (Alex Wright)

Off the Top Rope Body Press Suicida (Plancha)

Off the Top Rope Corkscrew Body Press Suicida (Hector Garza)

Off the Top Rope Corkscrew Moonsault Body Press Suicida (Aguila)

Off the Top Rope Moonsault Body Press (1-2-3 Kid, Shawn Michaels)

Off the Top Rope Moonsault Body Press Suicida (Terry Funk)

Springboard Moonsault Body Press (Asai Moonsault, La Quebrada - Ultimo Dragon)

Springboard Moonsault Body Press Suicida (Asai Moonsault, La Quebrada - Ultimo Dragon, Jushin Lyger, Great Sasuke)

 

Bodypress, Body Scissor

 

Used by : Lou Thesz, Tommy Rich, Jungle Jim Steele

aka : Lou Thesz Press, Thesz Press, Steele Trap (Steele)

Description : Attacker jumps up vertically at the victim and wraps their legs around the victim's body, pinning them to the mat.

Variations :Off the Top Rope Body Scissors Bodypress (The Juicer)

 

Bodypress, Vertical Splash

 

Used by : Headbanger Mosh

aka :

Descritpion : The attacker jumps on the victim so that the attacker's legs are over the victim's shoulders. The victim falls backwards and the attacker ends up sitting down with a vertical splash on the attacker's chest.

Note : Jacques Rougeau did a top rope version of this move with hisbrother when they teamed in the WWF. Raymond would hold the victim up and Jacques would jump on them.

Variations :Off the Top Rope Vertical Splash Bodypress (Tomoko Wantabe)

Apron Dive Vertical Splash Bodypress (Perro Aguayo Sr.)

 

Boot Scrape, Spinning

 

Used by : Eddy Guerrero

aka :

Description : Victim is on their back. Attacker puts their foot on the victim's face. The attacker puts more weight on the victim's face and they spin their body around on the foot which is on the victim'sface.

 

Brainbuster, Belly to Belly

 

Used by : Konnanaka : Montezuma's Revenge/187 (Konnan)

Description : The attacker lifts up the so they are chest to chest and the attacker hooks both of the victim's legs so they are not touching the ground. The attacker releases one leg and with that arm positions the victim's head into the attacker's armpit. From there, the attacker falls backwards driving the victim's head into the mat in a fashion similar to a DDT or a fishermanbuster.

 

Brainbuster, Fireman's Carry

 

Used by : Louie Spicolli, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Chainz

aka : Death Valley Driver/Drop/Bomb

Description : Attacker has the victim up across their shoulders in a fireman's carry. The attacker falls to the side and drops the victim on their head.

Variations :Super Fireman's Carry Brainbuster (Tatsuhito Takaiwa)

 

Bulldog

 

Used by :

aka : Bulldoging Headlock

Description : Attacker applies a side headlock on the victim and drops them down on their face. Variations :Running Bulldog Headlock (Bret Hart, Dustin Runnels) * This is the more classic version of this move.

Flying Bulldog (Dustin Rhodes)

Off the Top Rope Bulldog (Rick Steiner)

 

Bulldog, Cobra Clutch

 

Used by : Bam Bam Bigalow

aka : Description : Attacker applies a cobra clutch on the victim and drives the victim down face first to the mat.

 

Bulldog, 3/4 Face Lock

 

Used by : Diamond Dallas Page, Steve Austin, Johnny Ace, Disco Inferno

aka : The Diamond Cutter (Page), The Stone Cold Stunner (Austin), The Ace Crusher (Ace), The Chartbuster (Disco)

Description : Attacker stands in front of victim with his back to them.Grab the person's head in a 3/4 nelson (basically, their head on yours houlder with you forming a headlock around the top of their head), dropdown impacting the person's chin on your shoulder.

Note : Page seems to throw his body out more, but more or less is the same move.

Variation :Super 3/4 Face Lock Bulldog (Diamond Dallas Page, Whippersnapper - Mikey Whipwreck)

Running 3/4 Face Lock Bulldog (Diamond Dallas Page, Samoan Bulldog - Fatu)

Flying Somersault 3/4 Face Lock Bulldog (Devon Storm, Super Nova)

 

Bulldog, 3/4 Face Lock, Canadian Backbreaker Rack

 

Used by :

aka :

Description : The attacker lifts the victim up over their shoulder as if for a powerbomb or Canadian Backbreaker Rack. The attacker flips the victim over so they are facing downward. The attacker applies the 3/4face lock bulldog as the victim falls downward.

 

Bulldog, 3/4 Face Lock, Fireman's Carry

 

Used by : Marc Mero, Maunakea Mossman

aka : TKO/Total Knock Out (Mero), Hawaiian Crusher (Mossman)

Description : Attacker lifts the victim up for a standing fireman's carry. The attacker shoots the victim in the air slightly and catches the victim into a 3/4 face lock bulldog on the way down.

 

Bulldog, 3/4 Face Lock, Flap Jack

 

Used by : Buh Buh Ray Dudley

aka : Buh Buh Cutter (Dudley)

Description : Attacker lifts the victim up in the air as if for a flapjack, the attacker catches the victim with a 3/4 face lock bulldog on the way down.

 

Bulldog, 3/4 Face Lock, Powerbomb

 

Used by : Vicious Vic Grimes

aka :

Description : The attacker lifts the victim up as if for a high angle powerbomb, the victim is basically sitting on the attacker's shoulders facing in the opposite direction of the attacker. The attacker pushes the victim fowards slightly so they fall straight down off the attackers shoulders but not down as if in a powerbomb, straight down as if to their feet or stomach. As the victim is falling, the attacker turns around executes a 3/4 nelson bulldog.

 

Bulldog, Twisting

 

Used by : Billy Kidman, Spike Dudley

aka : Swinging Bulldog, Tornado Bulldog

Description : Attacker applies a side headlock on the victim. Attacker runs towards a corner and runs up the ring ropes with the headlock still applied. The attacker kicks off the top rope and shifts their bodyweight and bulldogs the victim.

 

Bulldog, Twisting 3/4 Facelock

 

Used by : Spike Dudley

aka : Acid Drop (Dudley)

Description : Attacker stands in front of victim with his back to them.Grab the person's head in a 3/4 nelson (basically, their head on your shoulder with you forming a headlock around the top of their head),Attacker runs towards a corner and runs up the ring ropes with the facelock still applied. The attacker kicks off the top rope and shifts their bodyweight and delivers a 3/4 nelson bulldog.

 

Bulldog Lariat

 

Used by : Randy Savage, Bret Hart, Giant Baba

aka : Neck Tie Clothesline, Neckbreaker Drop (Baba)

Description : A jumping clothesline there the attacker wraps their armaround the victim's neck and drags them down to the mat with them. BretHart's Running Bulldog Lariat was his half of the Hart Foundation's "HartAttack" finisher.

Variations :Apron Dive Bulldog Lariat (Devon Storm)Off the Top Rope Bulldog Lariat (Norio Honaga, Kendo Ka Shin)