IWA Mid-South Hardcore Wrestling Finishing/Signature Moves
LATEST UPDATES: Alister Fear, Chris Hero, Harry Palmer, Jason Lancaster, The Shadow Kid, "Rugby Thug" Trent Baker
WRESTLER |
FINISHING MOVE(s) |
OTHER SIGNATURE MOVE(s) |
| 2 Tuff Tony | - The 2 Tuff Driver (Inverted [Belly-to-Back]
Tombstone Piledriver) - The Corkscrew (Flying 360º Corkscrew Splash) |
Corkscrew Plancha, Flying Somersault Leg Drop, Lariat, Punch, Spinning Spike Slam, Super Huracanrana |
| Ace Steel | - The Twist of Kain (Sitdown Back-to-Back Back-Mounted [Gory Guerrero Special] Neckbreaker) | Corner Dropkick, *Cross Armbreaker*, Diving (Flying) Headbutt Drop, Fireman's Carry Headbreaker, Hangman's Neckbreaker, Lariat, Missile Japanese Dropkick off of middle buckle, Steel Spike (Flying DDT), Suicide Dive |
| Adam Gooch | - Noose Tornado Inverted DDT - Swinging Inverted DDT |
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| Alex Shelley | - *The Border City Stretch (modified Crossface Hold,
w/ foe's arm between Shelley's head, instead of in
between Shelley's legs)* - It Came From Japan (Cross-Armed / Straightjacket Brainbuster-style Northern Lights Bomb) - The Shellshock (Snap Pivot Inverted Russian Leg Sweep) - *Stretch Plum* |
Backdrop Suplex, Double-Knee Attack, *The Scarecrow Submission (Lifting Full Nelson/modified Leg Grapevine combo)*, Slingshot Leg Drop, Springboard Swinging DDT, Straightjacket Neckbreaker, Swinging Fisherman's Suplex, Thrust Kick, Walk-Up Knee Strike, Yakuza Kick |
| Alister Fear | - The Final Fear (called this on 4/7/01 show when he used it to beat Adam Gooch)/Twist of Fate (Front Facelock into Cutter) | |
| "Anarchist" Arik Cannon | - Burning Hammer - The Glimmering Warlock (Shining Enziguri Kick) - The Total Anarchy (Super 90º Belly-to-Belly Hold into Uranage [from standing position on middle buckle]) |
Snap Swinging Neckbreaker w/ foe's legs draped on top ring rope |
| BJ Whitmer | - Cradle Piledriver - Wrist Clutch (Pumphandle) Exploder Suplex |
Both Standing Super Brainbuster Suplex, Brainbuster Suplex, *Camel Clutch*, Dragon Suplex, Elbow Smash, Exploder Suplex (often High-Angle version), Exploder Suplex/Uranage combo, Falling Inverted DDT, Flying Frog Splash, Flying Headbutt Drop, German Suplex, Hammerlock Exploder Suplex, Leaping Knee Bat, Neckbreaker, Northern Lights Suplex |
| Blaze | - Tornado Sitdown Powerbomb | |
| Brad Bradley | Canadian Backbreaker, (stiff) Corner Running Knee Scrape, (stiff) Forearm Smash, (stiff) Lariat | |
| Bull Pain | - Pain Game (Front Suplex onto top-rope into Swinging Neckbreaker or DDT) | Flying Frog Splash |
| Cash Flo | - "The Oh, Sh*t!" (Flying High Elevation) Leg Drop | |
| Chip Fairway | - *The Sandtrap (Texas Cloverleaf)* | |
| Chris Hero | - *The Hangman's Clutch (3/4 Chancery / Stepover
Toehold combo)* - *The Hangman's Clutch 2 (3/4 Chancery / Crossface combo)* - The Hero's Welcome (Inverted Swinging Neckbreaker) |
3/4 Cravate into Somersault Crooked Ace Crusher off of middle buckle, *Ankle Lock*, *Both Standing Back Stepover/Crooked Neckbreaker submission combo (From behind, grabs foe's left leg and uses his right leg to step over it from a starting position where he's facing the same way as his opponent [a little bit to the left, but pretty much the same way]. He holds that position and at the same time locks on a Neckbreaker submission, all while standing.)*, *Cravate (3/4 Chancery Hold)*, CravatePlex (3/4 Chancery Suplex), DDT Leg Snap, Death is Welcome (Jumping Hero's Welcome), Double-Arm Grapevine w/ Hero's knee behind victim's head, Double-Leg Slam, Double-Leg Stomp, Elbow Smash, Elevated Corner Sliding Dropkick (?), Flying Double-Foot Stomp, Flying Moonsault Splash, Forearm Smashes of Fury, German Suplex, The Hero Sandwhich I (Flying Frog Splash Elbow Drop), Hammerlock Suplex, The Hero DDT (3/4 Nelson [Inverted Russian Leg Sweep] Toss into Catching DDT [done on Joe E. Legend on 11/19 TNA Xplosion] or DDT/Inverted Russian Leg Sweep combo), The Hero Dive (Running Corkscrew Pescada), The Hero Sandwhich II (90º Belly-to-Belly Hold into Spinning Uranage Backbreaker), Indian Deathlock Piledriver, Jonny Saint Special, Jumping Cross-Legged (victim) Piledriver, *Kimura Lock*, Overhead Powerbomb Turnbuckle Smash, Overhead Suplex into Uranage, The Red Abott (used in wXw vs. CM Punk), Release German Suplex, Roaring Elbow, The Rubik's Cube (Neck Cradle Shoulder Mount into Sitout Neck Cradle Michinoku Driver II), Sitdown Superbomb, Super CravatePlex, Super Piledriver, Swinging CravatePlex, Tiger (Double Chickenwing) Suplex, Yakuza Kick |
| Chris Kole | - *The Sugar Hold* | |
| Chuck E. Smooth | - The Britney Implant | |
| C.M. Punk | - The Pepsi Plunge (Super Double Underhook Face-First
Lateral Piledriver w/ Both Standing) - *The Texas Cloverleaf* |
*The .45 Special (modified Sideways Bow-and-Arrow Hold w/ addition of trapping foe's arm)*, *The .138 Special (same as .45 Special?)*, Blockbuster (Flying Somersault Neckbreaker), *Bow-and-Arrow Hold*, Calf Branding (Super Face-First Driver), Catapult Somersault Senton, Catapult Somersault Attack Suicida, Corkscrew Neckbreaker, Crooked (Split-Legged) Moonsault (Splash), *The Devil Lock (Armlock / Sharpshooter combo)*, Devil Lock DDT (Hammerlock DDT), Forward Rolling/Somersault Samoan Drop, Jackie Chan (not an offensive manuever, but a backflip-to-his feet counter to being pulled by his feet out of a sitting position in the corner) directly followed by Jawbreaker, Neckbreaker on foe's Knee, The Pepsi Twist (Belly-to-Back Suplex Setup into Lariat Takedown), Piledriver, Punkhandle (Pumphandle) Piledriver, Rolling Stossel (Rolling Elbow out of corner), Shining Wizard, "Welcome to Chicago, Motherf*cker!" (Double Underhook Backbreaker Drop) |
| "Classic" Colt Cabana | - The Colt 45 (Dropdown Double Underhook Canadian Backbreaker) | The Abra-Cabana (IWC), Air Raid Crash Headbreaker, Asai Moonsault, *Bearhug*, Bearhug/DDT combo, *The Canadian Bacon Leaf Hold (Imagine if he had you in a Texas Cloverleaf only instead of being "behind" his opponent sitting over his back and pulling up and back he was "in front" of his opponent and pushing forward and down. In the end the top of your opponent's thigh is against his shoulder/chest area.)*, Capture Suplex (High-Angle Cradle Suplex), Death Valley Driver Headbreaker, Double Knee Attack, Double Underhook Suplex, Fist Drop, Flying Frog Splash, Flying Snap Leg Drop off of middle buckle, *The F*ckbucket (used on '03 JCW J-Cup vs. Damian Dragon)*, "The Gimmicky Leg Drop," *modified La Majistral*, Lariat, *Malenko Bottle Cap (Reverse Crossface Hold)*, Merosault (Flying Corkscrew Moonsault Splash), Northern Lights Suplex Turnbuckle Smash, Running Corner Double Knee Smash, Slingshot Leg Drop, The Sodbuster, Super Huracanrana, Swinging Snap Suplex, The Tenessee Waterfall, Tornado Snap Suplex (Tornado-style Run-the-Ropes w/ a Suplex setup, directly followed by a Suplex out of the corner), Tumbleweed 2002 (Flying Corkscrew Somersault Butt Attack) |
| Corporal Robinson | - Boot Camp (Cobra Clutch Side Russian Legsweep) | The South Jersey Shuffle |
| Cru Jones | Running Swinging Neckbreaker (I think he uses this) | |
| "Prophet" Daniel Quinn | - The Tumbleweed Blockbuster (Flying Corkscrew Somersault Neckbreaker) | |
| Danny Daniels | - Diamond Dust (according to the RCW site) - The Rubik's Cube (Neck Cradle Shoulder Mount into Sitout Neck Cradle Michinoku Driver II) - Tombstone Piledriver |
Elbow Smash, Flying Frog Splash, Jumping Piledriver, Spiral Bomb, Suplex, *Surfboard Stretch*, Uranage Backbreaker |
| Dino Bambino | - The Dino Bomb (Canadian Back Rack DDT) | (Flying) Shooting Star Press |
| Double C | - The 720º Phoenix DDT | Swiss Plancha |
| Drake Younger | - The Whiplash (Fireman's Carry Michinoku Driver II) | |
| Dysfunction | - Disconnected | |
| "The Tremendous" Emil Sitoci | - Tremendosity (Reverse Flying Bodypress into Chinbreaker / Jawbreaker) | |
| Farmer Vic (MAW) | - The Haybaler (Samoan Drop) (sometimes off of middle buckle) | |
| Frankie "The Thumper" DeFalco (MAW) | - *The Sicilian Leg Lock (Sharpshooter)* | |
| Gavin Starr | "Aurora Borealis" Suplex (http://www.deathvalleydriver.com/dvdvr/dvdvr143.html) | |
| Hardcore Craig | - Fireman's Carry Stunner | |
| Harry "Babe Magnet" Palmer | - Flying Somersault Neckbreaker (I'm like 99% sure
this is the same move as the Peckerwrecker.) - The Peckerwrecker |
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| Homer (11/30/02) | - Crucifix Powerbomb into Facebuster of sorts where he flips the guy kinda like for a 450º splash | |
| Hy-Zaya | - The Honky Splash - The Swanton Bomb (Flying Somersault Senton) (often done while holding steel chair so as to increase impact) |
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| Ian Rotten | - The Career Killer (Burning Hammer) - The Rotten Rush (Implant Double Underhook DDT) |
Corner Dropkick, Diving (Flying) Headbutt Drop, European Uppercut, *Figure Four Leg Lock*, Hangman's Neckbreaker, Headbutt, *Iron Claw*, Lariat, Piledriver |
| Jaimy Coxxx | - Cock Block | |
| "Double D" Jason Dukes (MAW) | - Flying Moonsault Splash | |
| Jason Lancaster | - The Challenger | The Lancaster Lunge, The UnReal Halo, The Butterfly Effect |
| Jayden Draigo | - Thrust Kick | |
| JC Bailey | - The Bardstown Bam/Jam (Flying Leg Drop) | Michinoku Driver II off of anything, whether it be the apron, a truck, a balcony, whatever, The Rat Trap (modified Sitout Shoulder-Mount Cradle Michinoku Driver II [foe does forward somersault]), Springboard Leg Drop (according to the Coliseum Championship Wrestling web site) |
| "The Barbaric Berserker" Jimmy Jacobs | - The Contra Code (Sitout Corner Sliced Bread #2) | The Berzerker Boot / The "Huss!" Big Boot/Foot (yells "Huss!" whenever he does it) (sometimes to kneeling opponent), *Camel Clutch*, Double-Leg Stomp, Flying Cannonball Senton, Lariat, Running Forearm Smash, Tilt-a-Whirl Headscissors Takeover, Yakuza Kick |
| Jorge Estrada | - The Heartbreak Hotel (modified Folding/Head Drop Angle Slam [modified Folding/Head Drop Rotating Torture Rack Slam]) | |
| Ken Anderson | - The Kenton Bomb (Flying Somersault Senton) | |
| Mad Man Pondo | - Back Body Drop - Piledriver - Powerbomb - Stop Sign Attack - Super DDT |
Flying Somersault Senton, Plancha, Splash, Weapon Attack |
| Manslaughter | - The Chokeslam Bomb (Chokeslam into Sitdown Powerbomb) | |
| Mark Wolf | - *The Carolina Cloverleaf* - The Nevermind DDT (Inverted DDT) |
Bulldog, Front Suplex, Knee Lift, Nirvana Strangle, Punch |
| Matt Gotticker | - ^Fisherman's Suplex^ | |
| "Love Machine" Matt Longtime (MAW) | - (modified) DDT | |
| "Mean" Mitch Page | - The Page Bomb (Vader Bomb) - Splash - Turn the Page (modified Uranage) |
DDT, Press Slam, Piledriver, Powerbomb, Spinning Forearm Smash, Weapon Attack |
| Mike Quackenbush | - The Quacken Driver (Inverted
Crucifix Driver or Standing Reverse Powerbomb) - The Quacken Driver #2 (Sitdown Cross-Legged [victim] Tombstone Piledriver [Anotherwards, a Cross-Legged Owen Driver...it is SICK.]; used as the finish in CZW's Jigsaw, Hallowicked, & The Wild Cards [Blackjack Marciano & Eddie Kingston] vs. Icarus, Gran Akuma, Ultramantis, & Quackenbush) - The Quacken Smash (Double Springboard Corkscrew Somersault Senton or Double Springboard Moonsault Splash) |
Abisegiri (Face Kick), *Alligator Clutch*, Apron-Dive Somersault Body Attack Suicida, Arachnid Kick, Asai Moonsault, Back-Mounted Full Nelson, Black Tornado Slam (Low Samoan Slam or Spinning Back Rack into Face-First Pancake [?]), Brainbuster Suplex, *Cerebro Lock*, "Chain Lightning" (Double-Jump Rope Slingshot Moonsault Splash), *Cradle [w/ Arms Crossed] w/ Standing Figure Four Leg Lock*, Double Springboard Somersault Crossbody Block Suicida, Falcon Arrow, Fisherman's Suplex, Flying Corkscrew Plancha (sometimes Suicida), Flying Headbutt Drop, Flying Headscissors Takeover, Flying Leg Rollup, Flying Somersault Senton, Frog Splash (off of ring mat), *Gory Gallows (Neck Lock w/ one leg caught)*, Guillotine Powerbomb (Overhead Release Powerbomb that drops foe throat-first onto top ring rope), Heelkick, Huracanrana, Inazuma Special (Belly-to-Back Lifting Face Plant into Snow Plex rolled into Bridging German Suplex), Inazuma Special 2 (Snow Plex rolled into Dragon Suplex), Inverted Crucifix Powerbomb, Inverted Huracanrana, Jumping Face Kick, Kangaroo Blaster (Handspring Double-Leg Mule Kick), Leg Drop/Somersault Senton combo (off of ring mat), *The Lightning Lock*, *Mexican Sharpshooter*, Palm Strikes/Thrusts of Fury (Shoteis), Plancha, Quackenbomb, Release Dragon Suplex, *Rito Romero (Inverted) Surfboard (Stretch)*, Rocket Topè (Topè), Rolling Solebutt, Ropewalk Huracanrana, Running Corner High Flipping Butt Bump, Running Shotei (Palm Thrust), Running Somersault Pescado (Running Catapult Somersault Crossbody Suicida), Sasuke Special #2 (Handspring Leaping Corkscrew Somersault Plancha Suicida over ropes), Sleepwalker Suplex (Inverted Tiger Suplex), Slingshot Corkscrew Somersault Crossbody Block Suicida, Somersault Topè (Running Diving Somersault Crossbody Suicida through ring ropes), Springboard Bulldog, Springboard Frog Splash, Springboard Splash, *Strangle Hold Omega (Hammerlock / Armbar combo w/ leg in front of face)*, Super DDT, Super Huracanrana, Super Inverted Atomic Drop, Super Inverted Huracanrana, Super Sitdown Powerbomb, Super Side Russian Leg Sweep, Super Tiger Bomb/Driver (Super Double Underhook Sitdown Powerbomb), Swinging/Tornado Bulldog,"Tail of the Dragon DDT" (Quackenbush stands on middle buckle while his foe stands on the apron; Quackenbush grabs his foe in a front facelock and heaves him over the ropes into a DDT in the corner of the ring.), "The Tempest," "The Tempest" Neckbreaker (Bodyslam into Twist Converted Swinging Neckbreaker), Thrust Kick, Tiger Driver, Tiger Driver '96 (Running Head Drop Tiger Driver), Tiger Neck Chancery DDT (Wind-Up DDT), Topè Senton (Running Diving Somersault Senton Suicida through ropes) |
| MsChif (female) (GCW) | - The Code Green (Code Red) (IWA-MS) (debuted from
what I know on 3/6/04 show) - The Desecrator (modified DDT of sorts) (IWA-MS) - Gateway to Annihilation (GCW) |
Red Mist Spit into Foe's Face |
| "Spyder" Nate Webb | - Soylent Green (after which he yells, "Is
People!") (Canadian Back Rack DDT) - The Spyder Drop (Flying Leg Drop [or sometimes a Catapult over the top of a ladder into a Leg Drop]; often preceeded by a misc. dance move.) |
Apron-Dive Corkscrew Senton Splash, Apron-Dive Shining Arachnid Kick, Arachnid Kick (modified Spinkick to head), The Chairsault (Flying Moonsault Splash while holding a steel chair), Da'/The Fang/Thang (Super Quebrada [Slingshot Moonsault off of top ring rope] Van Terminator w/ foe in Tree of Woe position w/ steel chair placed in front of their face), Fireman's Carry Stunner, Flying Somersault Attack Suicida, The Horse Shit (I think this is a move of his, but it may just be an inside joke on Michael Todd Stratton), Huracanrana, Laddersault (Flying Moonsault Splash while holding a ladder), The Nebraskan Tumble(weed) (Running Corner Cannonball Attack/Somersault Butt Bump), The Spyder Bite, "Topè Con Queso Bell Grande, Hold the Onions/Topè Con Queso Bell Grande With Extra Onions," Turnstyle Headscissors (Ringpost-Assisted Headscissors Takeover - Run along apron; Use corner ring post to swing around to adjacent side of apron; Catch foe with legs and deliver a Headscissors Takeover off of the apron.), *The Webb of Death*, The Whirly Gig (Standing 720º Corkscrew Somersault Splash) |
| Nathan Future | - The Future Bomb (Rydeen Bomb) | |
| Necro Butcher | - *The Asiatic Spike (Thumb-to-the-Throat Submission)* | Weapon Attack |
| Ox Harley | - Flying Moonsault Splash | |
| Petey Williams | - Snap Neckbreaker | |
| Rain | - Acid Rain (Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex) | |
| Rollin' Hard | - The Negro Amigo / Nigga Knocka (Death Valley Driver) | *Rollin' Hard Can't See Shit Atomic Wedgie Shirt Leglock Thing (modified lucha-like leglock hold) (what it's actually called)*, The West Side Slam (Sidewalk Slam), West Side Suplex |
| Ryan Boz | - Fire Thunder Driver - Gutwrench Canadian Back Rack into Face-First Powerbomb (Dominator) |
Belly-to-Back Lift into Sitout Inverted Powerbomb (a.k.a. Sitout Inverted Spinebuster) |
| The Shadow Kid | - The Shadow Solution (Sliced Bread #2) (used for the first time that I know of to def. Corporal Robinson on 1/3/01) | |
| Shaggy (11/30/02) | - Swinging Uranage | |
| Simon Sezz | - Flying Frog Splash (Insanity Pro Wrestling) - The Simon Sault (IWA-MS) |
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| Spike Dudley | - The Acid Drop (Running 3/4 Facelock Bulldog Hold into Corner Springshot Cutter) | |
| Stan Dupp | - Sunset Flip Piledriver | |
| "Metalhead" Steve Stone | - The Stonesault (Flying Moonsault Splash) - The White Out (Inverted Russian Leg Sweep) |
Backbreaker |
| Suicide Kid | - The Suicide Solution (Running 3/4 Facelock Bulldog Hold into Top-Rope Backflip into Falling Inverted DDT) | Asai Moonsault, Handspring/Backspring Leaping Back
Elbow Smash, Huracanrana, Split-Legged Moonsault Splash Asai:
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| Tarek The Great | - The Tarek Buster (Running Dropdown Muscle
Buster/Running Sitout Cradle Fisherman's
Michinoku Driver II) - The Tarek Driver (according to CageMatch.de) |
Brainbuster Suplex, Michinoku Driver II, The Plastic Surgery Plunge (Facebuster onto steel chair), Side Bodyslam Piledriver, *Side Choke Hold*, Soccer Kick, Split-Legged Piledriver, Springboard Leg Drop |
| Todd Morton | - High Body Press into Sitout Face Slam | |
| "Rugby Thug" Trent Baker | - Gutwrench Sitout Face Slam (Gutwrench X-Factor) | |
| Unkle Honky | - The Honky Splash (Running Vertical Corner Splash) | |
| Vic Capri | - The Ice Crusher (Running 3/4 Facelock Bulldog Hold into Top-Rope Backflip into Falling Inverted DDT) | The Hayabusa Special (triple top-rope moves) |
Brad Bradley & Ryan Boz (w/ Jim Fannin): finisher - Double Horsecollar Face Eraser/Wheelbarrow / Face Plant move (The S.A.T.'s Washing Machine move)
The Highlanders (Rory McAllister & Robbie McAllister): The Hot Scot Slingshot (debuted on 4/17/04 vs. The Perfect Strangers [Emil Sitoci & Trik Davis])
Also included Goodman's NWA Wildside TV reports:
Josh Daniels: Belly-to-Belly Overhead (7; 2 in same match right after one another), Suplex rolled into German Suplex, Overhead Suplex (probably Belly-to-Belly), Super Belly-to-Belly Overhead, Tope, backdrop, chops, forearm smashes, Snap Suplex (7; 2 rolled together), Fisherman's Suplex, roaring elbow (6/13/04 IHPW), Vertical Suplex (2), Northern Lights Suplex (9; 2 in same match), Fishermanbuster (2), Dragon Suplex, Flying Leg Drop (2; both missed), Texas Cloverleaf (2), armbar submission (got tapout), Flying Crossbody Block, Superplex (3), Powerbomb, Release German Suplex, stiff lariat (PTW), lariat, Tiger Suplex, German Suplex (9; 2 pairs in 2 matches), Suplex (6/13/04 IHPW), Backdrop Suplex (3) (3PW and PWF matches from French Tape Reviews site; also WO NWA-TNA Xplosion and MLW TV report) (also included IWC web site recaps) (also included WrestlingClothesline.com recaps)
Rob Eckos: Suplex, Super Rana (2), Flying Leg Drop, Flying Crossbody (2), Flying Elbow Drop (6/12/04 NYWC), Reverse Suplex (6/12/04 NYWC), Crossbody (pretty sure it wasn't flying, but it's still somewhat possible), Armdrag Neckbreaker, Flying Frog Splash (2; 1 missed, other hit; both in same match), Blue Thunder Driver, Side Russian Leg Sweep Chokeslam, Russian Leg Sweep setup but turns it into Layout Chokeslam halfway through move, Jackhammer, modified Russian Uranage, Russian Leg Sweep, modified Russian Leg Sweep (3PW, ECWA, and PWF matches from French Tape Reviews site; also WO NWA-TNA Xplosion TV report) (also included all of the WrestlingClothesline.com reviews)
Striker: chops, Super Swinging Neckbreaker, Rana (2), Bulldog (2), La Majistral, Sunset Flip, Inverted Backbreaker (1/25/04 CCW), Enziguri, Stunner (4), Crippler Crossface (used twice in the same night, but in different matches), Neckbreaker, Atomic Drop, Regal Slam, Powerbomb w/ the legs underhooked, Sliced Bread #2, Ropewalk Headbutt, Stunner on one foe and DDT on another simultaneously (3PW, ECWA, and PWF matches from French Tape Reviews site; also OO JAPW reviews; also WO TNA Xplosion review)
Billy Bax: Single-Leg Boston Crab, German Suplex, Lariat, Doctor Bomb, Suplex, Belly-to-Belly Suplex (3; two as finishers), Belly-to-Belly Overhead Suplex, Moonsault (2), Belly-to-Back Suplex, T-Bone Suplex, Northern Lights Suplex (PWF and ECWA matches from French Tape Review Site)