Achilles Tendon Hold: With your opponent on his back, you grab his leg so that his foot is wedged in your armpit. You slide that arm under your opponent's knee, then lean back while applying a leg scissor lock.
Airline Spin: Lift your opponent up by the shoulders. Start spinning around to make him dizzy, then drop him to the mat.
Airplane Spin Toss: This variation requires that you lift your opponent up over your shoulder (this is called an "inverted shoulder rack"). Spin around a few times and then toss him into the air.
Ankle Lock: Again, your opponent is on his back. Grab his leg, twisting the ankle, then go to the mat and apply a scissor lock to his leg.
Apron Dive: Run down the ring apron and jump onto your opponent, who's on the floor.
Arm Breaker: With the opponent in an armlock, step forward and drive his arm across your knees.
Arm Drag: Also known as the Arm Whip. Hook one of your opponent's arms and fall to the mat, pulling him down with you.
Arm Wringer: Also known as the Spinning Wristlock. Grab your opponent's arm by the wrist, twist it over his head and spin him.
Armbar: Take the opponent's arm with one hand at the wrist, the other gripping behind the elbow, then hold it fully extended. Applying pressure in opposite directions at the wrist and elbow, lock the joint so that it can't be bent.
Atomic Drop: Stand behind and slightly to your opponent's side. Grab his midsection with one arm and hook one of his legs with the other. Lift him over your shoulder, so he's parallel to the mat. Kneel slightly, dropping him tailbone-first onto your knee.
Back Drop: As your opponent charges toward you, bend forward. When he reaches your position, grab him, stand erect, and lift him up and over so his own momentum carries him to land on the mat, back first. This is commonly used to counter attacks where the opponent is bent over, say for a piledriver or a powerbomb.
Back Fist: This is a standard martial arts blow - you hit your opponent with the back of your fisted hand.
Back Slide: This move requires that you get back to back to your opponent and hook both of his arms with yours. Drop down to your knees, leaning forward. This drags your opponent up over your back, from which position you can force him to slide over your head to the mat, where you pin his shoulders. Once he's pinned down, you brace your legs to keep him there long enough to get the count.
Backbreaker: Once your opponent has been forced to the mat face down, you place both your knees on his back. Put one arm around his neck, the other around one or both of his legs. Lean back until you are lying on your back - your opponent is lifted in the air. Pull back on his neck and legs, forcing him to bend backwards.
Bear Hug: Like it sounds - facing your opponent, you wrap your arms around his body and squeeze. This move is used most effectively by the BIG wrestlers.
Bell Clap: Commonly used to break a bear hug, you clasp your hands or forearms around the opponent's head, knocking him off balance.
Body Press: Jump at your opponent, hitting him at an angle and knocking him to the mat.
Boot Scrape: Your opponent is on his back and you put your foot in his face. As you lean forward to put more weight on that foot, you spin around.
Boston Crab: This can be set up in two different ways.
- With the opponent on his back, grab both his legs. Holding them, you step over his body, turning him onto his stomach. Then lean back to apply pressure.
- With the opponent on his stomach, grab his legs and pull backward.
Brainbuster: Lift your opponent to that you're chest-to-chest. Now hook both of his legs so they're up off the ground. Release one leg and with the arm you've just freed, tuck his head under your armpit. From there, fall forward, driving his trapped head into the mat behind you.
Bulldog: Holding your opponent in a headlock, run forward, then drive him down to the mat onto his face.
Camel Clutch: With your opponent face down on the mat, sit on his back and slide your arms under his legs. Apply a chinlock and then pull back.
Chinlock: With your opponent either sitting or lying on his stomach and you standing or kneeling above, link your hands under his chin and pull back.
Choke Hold: Grab the opponent by the throat with one or both hands.
Chokeslam: Grab your opponent around the throat with one hand, pick him up, and then throw him down onto the mat on his back.
Claw Hold: This comes in two versions.
- Abdominal: grab the opponents stomach muscles with your fingers and dig in.
- Head: Grip your opponent's face in your hand and dig in.
Clothesline: Stick your arm out, hitting your opponent in the front of his neck with it.
Cloverleaf Leglock: With your opponent on his back, you lock his legs into a figure four. Step over him, rolling him onto his stomach, then lean back.
Corkscrew: This term describes any move that begins with you spinning around.
Crab Hold: The crab hold is an extremely effective submission hold. In fact, it's one of the most devastating holds in the ring. The wrestler sits on the back of his opponent, grabs both of his legs, and bends them backwards. It is nearly impossible to get free from a crab hold if the wrestler on top is large enough to maintain it.
Cradle: With your opponent on his stomach, you set him up for a camel clutch by putting his arms over your legs. Stand, while simultaneously pushing his head down. You end the move on your knees with your opponent's shoulders pinned to the mat and trapped under your legs.
Crossface: Wrap one arm across your opponent's face and pull back.
Crucifix Kneebar: Your opponent is down on his back. You apply a standing scissor lock around his leg and, holding the leg, fall to the mat just to his side, landing at a 90 degree angle to his body.
DDT: With a front facelock on your opponent, fall straight down or back, driving his head into the mat.
Double Arm Lock: A double arm lock is a simple wrestling hold. Basically, a wrestling wraps both arms around an opponent's back and interlocks the hands.
Double Axhandle Smash: Lock both of your hands together, then use them to strike your opponent.
Drop Kick: Jump in the air and kick out with both feet at your opponent. This attack can be focused on your opponent's head, chest, stomach, back, or legs.
Drop Toe Hold: Drop down to the mat, placing one foot in front of your opponent's leg (or legs) and hooking your other leg behind him, thus tripping him and brining him down to the mat.
Elbow Drop: This is a simple fall onto your opponent - you just make sure you land on him elbow-first.
Elbow Smash: With your back to your opponent, drive backward with your elbow to hit him in the head.
Face Driver: While standing, get your opponent's head into a scissor hold, then drop down and drive him face-first into the mat.
Figure-Four Leglock: While your opponent is on his back, you grab one leg and bend it sideways across the other and behind one of your own - this forms a figure "4" of your opponent's legs. Holding his straight leg, you fall backwards to the mat, securing his bent leg in place by placing your free leg on top of the ankle.
Fist Drop: When your opponent is down, drop onto him fist-first.
Flap Jack: Lift your opponent up into the air as if you're setting up for a back drop, but once you've got his body parallel to the mat, instead of tossing him over, push him straight into the air. This way, he'll land on his face and chest when he hits the mat.
Front Chancery: A front chancery is a standing hold used to set up other moves. In a front chancery, the opponent's head is locked under the armpit of the aggressive wrestler.
Front Face Lock: Standing face to face with your opponent, you grab his head and tuck it under your arm. Locking his head in place by squeezing it against your side, you reach across your chest, around his head, and grab his face, squeezing it.
Full Nelson: Standing behind your opponent, place both your arms under his and lock your hands behind the back of his neck. Apply pressure by pressing down on the neck.
Grapevine: An inside grapevine is used when the opponent is on his hands and knees. The attacker wraps a leg inside an opponent's thigh and over the back of his calf. This move can be used for a flip in an effort to gain a pin. The risk is that an opponent with superior strength might spin and roll to put the aggressor on the mat.
Half Crab: This can be set up in one of two ways.
- With opponent on his back, grab one of his legs and step over his body, turning him on his stomach. Pull back, thereby applying pressure to his back.
- If he's on his stomach, grab on of his legs and pull backward, again applying pressure to the back.
Half Nelson: With the half nelson, the attacking wrestler has an arm under the armpit of his opponent and a hand clasped on the opponent's neck. The half nelson is applied while the opponent has his other hand secured behind his back with pressure applied from the attacking wrestler. This move can be used on a wrestler who is standing or prone on the mat.
Hammerlock: Grab one of your opponent's arms and pull it behind his back - continuing to pull while applying pressure to the elbow.
Head Lock: Stand to your opponent's side, facing in the same direction he's facing. Wrap your arm around his head and apply pressure, increasing the force of it by using both arms.
Head Vise: Place a hand on either side of your opponent's head and squeeze.
Indian Deathlock: With your opponent on his back, cross his legs as if he were sitting "Indian style." Then place your knee on his shins and apply pressure on his knees.
Leg Split: The leg split is pretty simple: The opponent is on the mat, and the aggressive wrestler kneels on one of his legs while lifting the other leg to uncomfortable proportions.
Neck Twist: Your opponent is sitting and you're standing behind him. Push down on one side of the head while gripping his jaw and pulling upward.
Nerve Hold: While restraining your opponent in an armbar, apply a nerve pinch at the neck.
Pile Driver: The opponent is picked up with his head down and his feet skyward. The aggressive wrestler drives the opponent into the mat, head first.
Power Bomb: Take a pile driver, add a touch of the suplex, and mix in a hanging backbreaker, and you've got a power bomb.
Roll Up: There are two versions of this one.
- In the "Bridging Double Leg Pickup" version, your opponent is on his back. You grab both his legs and do a forward flip, landing on your feet.
-In the "School Boy" version, you kneel down behind your opponent, reach through his legs with one arm, grabbing hold of one leg. Lean in the opposite direction of the leg you"ve grabbed, pulling your opponent across your body so that he lands on his back, ready for pinning.
Sleeper Hold: Place one arm across your opponent's throat and the other up against the side of his head, then lock your hands. This cuts off the supply of blood to your opponent's head and will render him unconscious. Complete the move by stepping one leg across your opponent's body to hold it down, while pulling upward on the head. Once the hold is completely applied, slowly tighten your grip at the side of your opponent's head.
Slingshot: The slingshot requires the use of the ring ropes. A wrestler grips the ropes, leans back, and flies into the ring, landing on his opponent.
Spinning Cobra Clutch: Apply a step-over toe hold and turn your opponent over onto his stomach. Then apply a crossface hold.
Step-over Toe Hold: Your opponent is on his back, and you're facing him, holding one of his legs. If you've grabbed the right leg, you step around with your own right leg so that you've wrapped his around your left leg. You then apply pressure to the knee and leg you're holding. This is usually a set up for the figure four leglock, or you can spin your opponent around for submission.
Stump Puller: Stand behind a sitting opponent. Straddle his neck, grabbing one of his legs. Pull up on the leg, stretching his hamstring while compressing his neck.
Sunset Flip: Jump over your opponent, grabbing him at the waist on your way down and rolling over his back so that he ends up sitting on the mat. Now, pull him down, his arms flat.
Suplex: Standing behind your opponent, take each of his hands into your opposite hand (that is, hold his left hand in your right, his right hand in your left) so that his arms are crossed in front of his body. Pull backward until you've got him on his back on the mat for the pin.
Surfboard: With your opponent on his stomach, stand on the back of his knees/thighs and lock his ankles behind your legs. Grab both his arms from behind and lean backward, until you?re sitting down. This pulls your opponent up onto his knees. From this position you can apply a chinlock, and this would be called a Surfboard Chinlock.
Toe Hold: A toe hold can become a submission hold. With a toe hold, one wrestler places pressure on his competitor's foot. Applied properly, it's very painful and difficult to break.
Victory Roll: Jump up to sit on your opponent's shoulders, facing the same way he is. Roll forward, reaching down to grab his legs and hook them over his shoulders, in effect "cradling" him. This pins his shoulders to the mat.
Wristlock: While your opponent is lying on his back you lay across his body. With one hand, grab the arm nearest to his head, then increase the pressure by reaching through his bent arm to grab hold with your other hand, pulling upward to put pressure on the elbow and wrist.
Obtained from the "Complete Idiot's Guide to Pro Wrestling"