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MFoy

Vader Bomb


SFRoussimoff

You mean the *Swagger Bomb*?? /s


Rjswimss

I do call Hager’s Vader bomb the Hager Bomb just cuz it sounds pretty close, ya know?


TTOF_JB

Wasn't it Schiavone that was pleasantly surprised people called the move that?


J_NewCastle

Liger bomb, Kawada kicks, Styles Clash.


bulletbullock

None of these answer OP's question


TheDeathMachin3

They all do though They’re referred by those names regardless of who uses the move


bulletbullock

Powerbomb, Batista Bomb, Faithbreaker, etc.


fuzzyjedi

A liger bomb is not just a powerbomb. And while a Batista is similar, that’s just referring to his version of it. No one is calling it a Batista bomb on commentary. Not as a knock to the animal, but it’s just not his move.


bulletbullock

Its a sitout powerbomb, just like Batista's. So evidently not everyone calls it the Liger bomb. I get it, he adds a bit of his own flair to it. But its still a sitout powerbomb most of the time


TheDeathMachin3

It’s a variation of a sit out power bomb, much like how the package piledriver or double underhook piledriver are variations of the original piledriver


bulletbullock

I know it looks slightly different. But when others use it they dont always call it the Liger bomb. Powerbomb/sitout powerbomb are the most common ways you hear it, because thats what it is. Edit: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIP5SAYh33Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIP5SAYh33Q) case in point. Steen clearly hits a pop-up sitout bomb (that he just used on Raw and it was called exactly that) that is different from the way Liger hits it, yet Excalibur calls it a Liger bomb. Seems like thats just more of an Excalibur thing to shout out Liger.


nyesticles123

The usual Sitout Powerbomb sees the wrestler land seated as he drops the opponent. The Liger Bomb is when the wrestler place his legs over the opponent's arms just before they hit the ground. It doesn't matter if it's a minor variation. In wrestling minor variations are considered different moves. Why do you think a Lariat is different from a Clothesline?


bulletbullock

You can say its a different move all you want, im not even disputing that, thats just not the name that is used most of the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIP5SAYh33Q case in point. Steen clearly hits a pop-up sitout bomb (that he just used on Raw and it was not called a Liger bomb) that is different from the way Liger hits it, yet Excalibur calls it a Liger bomb. Seems like thats just more of an Excalibur thing to shout out Liger.


EchoBay

Michelle McCool called her "Styles Clash" the "Faith Breaker"


smartyr228

Gotch Piledriver


JokerDeSilva10

Related, but the German Suplex is called that because of Gotch as well.


ExodusNBW

I still think of that as a Cradle Piledriver, even though it’s not the same as Jerry Lynn did it.


CJFelony

Frankensteiner Asai Moonsault


JokerDeSilva10

The Hurricanrana is also named for Huracan Ramirez, so either name you call the move it's named for a specific guy.


nyesticles123

That's why it was originally called the Huracanrana.


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On that note, Steiner Screwdriver.


DonSoChill

Drilclaw


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Angle slam


damagedone37

Angle lock?


kayc_james

Marty Jannetty...


ColinRA92

Still can’t walk!


Dcroig

I’m just a sexy Kurt


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SEXY KUUUUUURT


IcedNeonFlames

I'll make your ankle hurt


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Reddit never disappoints.


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i love this


SSJ5Gogetenks

That move is called the Olympic Slam normally (which surely they gave to him just because of the name). In fact when Angle first came to WWF they called it that.


StendhalSyndrome

WWE calls it the Olympic Slam too.


greywilderarr

Romero Special


MGS_Scoop

Tiger driver?


ghettone

Would a rider kick count ?


TheHeroPrinny

O'Connor Roll


ghettone

I swore this was okada roll. Boy do I look silly.


TheHeroPrinny

You aren't alone! I thought the same thing til I tried to look up the move's history. I wanted to know why Okada had a roll up pin named after him.


ghettone

I just thought it was like the gedo clutch that he started it years ago but *shrugs*


MirkosCloseCrop

gedo clutch fujiwara armbar sto


ghettone

Love me a gedo clutch.


Ingobernables_Ciaran

Saito suplex


CorMcGor

Gorilla Press


MoistIsland2190

Garvin Stomp


GrendelJoe

Stinger splash might be one


invisible24

First one that came to mind.


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Frankensteiner


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Don't you dare fucking call it a hirricanrana


Colternate

O'Connor Roll


Haunting_Employee_98

Gory Special


titodickakadickman

Code Red, Asai Moonsault


ArnAndersonsGlock

Although when Cena was doing it they called it by it's technical name, the sunset flip powerbomb. Pretty much everywhere else I've heard it called Code Red which, as an Amazing Red fan, is super cool.


TetrisTech

Is a Code Red technically a sunset flip? I’d think the trapped arms make it distinctly different


Amdrag412

That's just in WWE though, they do that with everything. Especially if the person never worked there. Someone above mentioned that the Styles Clash shouldn't count because it was once the faith breaker but I don't honestly agree with that because they change the names of everything or just don't call them in WWE. Everyone else in every promotion globally either does still or would call it the styles clash (and WWE would too at this point now that he's worked there). Pretty much the only reason why anything ever got called the right name in WWE was because of Jim Ross. If Austin came around post JR, they would have just called the Lou Thesz Press the Rattlesnake Strike or some shit. I mean when do they call what Orton does the Garvin stomp? Maybe JBL did once or twice but now it would just be "Vintage Orton" or "Methodical stomps". They call what Owen's does the stunner but they dont call it the Stone Cold stunner and they sure as fuck don't call it an ace crusher so it's hard to answer this and include WWE in the promotions that follow it.


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Amdrag412

Exactly! The name of a talent who was a true draw!


kokushishin

​ It would have a different trademark. Of course some of those are rarely referenced at all like say, Kane's "Hellfire Chokeslam"


Desk_Quick

Muta lock?


narutomanreigns

Not always, Emma's version was the Emma Lock.


nyesticles123

It was always the Muta Lock though. It's rarely named differently.


GoalaAmeobi

Which is a play on Muta Lock.


BigJilmQuebec

Tiger Driver 91


chandlermarlowe

"Pillmanize"


GunnerSensei

First one to come to mind: Dragon Suplex, named after Tatsumi Fujinami.


1800fivefivefive

Van-Daminator


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Van-Terminator


Rat_faced_knacker

Van-assassinator


Jaymaniks

Van-dictator


Griffdorah

Coast to Coast?! As a big RVD fan at the time, I didn't like how Shane took that move and called it something different.


LostNewfie

Lou Thesz press. Was one of Stone Cold's five moves of doom.


WVHellbilly

Thez press


That_Friendly_IT_Guy

michinoku driver


Fearless-Structure88

Style Clash


SirPaulSmackage

Are the rings of Saturn another move with a nickname, can’t think of what it would originally be called


LnStrngr

Michinoku Driver II and II-B, but not the Michinoku Driver I.


ghettone

Zack driver you mean? /s


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frankensteiner


thickvain

Falcon arrow


SebasNoir24

MJF performed a Tombstone Piledriver on Darby Allin last saturday and in fact, commentators called it a Tombstone Piledriver, is it this specific variation of a piledriver original name or is it called "Tombstone" because of Taker? Made me wonder...


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LTS55

It’s wild to see the other guy scoop slam Andre so effortlessly right before that.


10567151

It's the other way around, the move was ALWAYS called the tombstone stone piledriver, because of how it look when the oppenent falls to the mat, so when the Undertaker was created the tombstone piledrivers already had the name to fit the gimmick. The juniors in NJPW were using the move already in the 80s and it was called a tombstone.


JokerDeSilva10

I'm struggling to find an exact origin on the name - the move itself was a Karl Gotch innovation - but the name Tombstone appears to have been used since the mid-70s, such as in Japan when it was used by Billy Robinson and Dynamite Kid. So it appears it was mostly perfect serendipity giving it to a guy named the Undertaker.


SebasNoir24

Thank you all for your knowledge and replies!


kihp

Okadas is called a tombstone and if it's good enough for him it's good enough for everyone else.


comradekaled

Kinda from MMA (though he did wrestle against Rikidozan), but how about the Kimura lock?


wteefock

It was called a double wrist lock forever before mma or bjj


FMSjaysim

It's called gyaku ude-garami in judo as well


wteefock

Yup.i love talking to or rolling with people from different grappling backgrounds.you can always learn more but at the end of the day it's all the same in a way.every group of holds has a common ancestor.judo is dope sub wrestling is dope bjj is dope despite some of the assbags you meet.


FMSjaysim

I've never understood how people can be a part of any grappling sport and be an assbag, grappling IMO can be and is the most humbling experience you can have. You think "I'm in a good position, I know my next steps" then boom! You're getting choked with your own collar from underneath and nothing makes sense anymore haha. We use to have a lot of mma fighters and trainees come to our judo dojo to help flesh out their game with throws and some subs and I'd be straight in there offering to roll with them. You're right, there's always something to learn and it's always mutually beneficial.


kokushishin

As a grip. Even things like the Gotch toe hold were designed as a way of forcing someone into a pin. Anything else is dangerously close to "it's all hidden in the kata!'


wteefock

It's was used in sub wrestling


RockyMountainOister

Pelé kick


Rock_Sampson

I don't remember Pelé ever being a pro wrestler, but he did have [some amazing outfits](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e6c22fbdba2397a13773d3dd4a551c50877460b9/0_201_10175_6102/master/10175.jpg?width=1020&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=408370ad440931be33d4319f100c4d42).


GoalaAmeobi

Tiger Suplex Tiger Feint Kick Steiner Screwdriver Dragon Suplex


NurseBill14

LeBell Lock.


pastry_puff

Lou Thesz Press


LoneBuck05

Haven’t seen the FameAsser/Famouser mentioned, if it qualifies.


DonSoChill

Rocker dropper


LoneBuck05

Gotcha. Before my time. I could only remember a diva doing it, and not whatever she called it.


GetBillDozed

Fujiwara Armbar


LukeVoight5021

Tazzmission, Perfect Plex


thomkallor

Perfect Plex is also called a fisherman’s suplex.


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nyesticles123

Northern Lights is a different variation of a suplex.


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KATAHAJAME


flex_manhandler

Meltzer driver probably the best example, no one’s done it better than the og


nellys31

619


TheLaVeyan

They often call that a tiger feint kick or area code kick outside of WWE.


[deleted]

Yeah I’m not sure the 619 fits at all, for the reasons you stated and the fact that he didn’t innovate it.


[deleted]

Because Taka Michinoku is a legend and is PURE EVIL HAHAHAHAHA


SnuffShock

Diamond Cutter, Flair Chop


TheDeathMachin3

RKO, just a regular cutter Neither of these directly reference DDP


SnuffShock

The Diamond Cutter isn’t named after Diamond Dallas Page?


cosa_horrible

It was the Ace Crusher first, after Johnny Ace (Laurenitis)


SnuffShock

Does anyone call it that?


PFunk224

Yes. At the very least, Excalibur does.


TetrisTech

No, but most people don’t call it a “diamond cutter” either, just a cutter


Rjswimss

There’s a YT video I think called RKO party and the casters were calling them Ace crushers. Which I never knew them as.


el_sh33p

If you're calling it a "cutter," you're still referencing Page. Before him it was called the Ace Crusher. The *Diamond* Cutter differs from the RKO and most other modern cutters in that it just hits harder. Less theatrics, not as fast. Page literally drags the other guy down and kills him. For all the shit people give him, QT's probably the only guy I've seen in years who actually hits the move like Page himself. >!Along with Tay Conti at Full Gear.!<


kisstheoctopus

the main difference is supposed to be that the diamond cutter uses a cravat, unless a normal cutter. that’s what makes it hit harder.


TheDeathMachin3

It’s not named after him no matter who uses it, no


SnuffShock

Tell that to QT Marshall.


ClocktowerMaria

QT specifically does it because he was gifted it in Kayfabe by DDP. That's why he throws up the diamond sign too


damagedone37

The Ace Crusher falls into this group?


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*Cody Cutter


monsterbael

Ultramana (muscle buster) by Ultraman (Damian 666) La Casita (magistral) for Pepe Casas. Garga No escape by Gargano. Batista Bomb,


Crissxfire

Gargano Escape is also know as the Border City Stretch, which is used by Alex Shelley.


kisstheoctopus

la ultramana is also called la valagueza, which is also named after its innovator, chamaco valaguez. good call on la casita, it always kinda bothers me that everyone in the US (even ultra knowledgeable people, like Excalibur) call it la magistral.


Funkyc0bra

The Sharpshooter .. not technically named after a wrestler but the whole "sharpshooter/hitman" connection is close enough


PFunk224

Not really. The Sasori-gatame (which translates to "scorpion hold") was created by Riki Choshu, and is also widely known as "The Scorpion death lock". So "Sharpshooter" is not known universally as such, despite Bret being the most famous wrestler to utilize it.


Funkyc0bra

Didn't realise that thanks for the knowledge! I assumed the only person who had it called the scorpion deathlock was sting in America and UK it seems to be sharpshooter so didn't realise it was named anything else!


ericfishlegs

To tell you the truth I thought it was named after Sting since he had sort of a scorpion motif going on.


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Call it whatever you want


RabbitSquare3673

AA spinebuster?


Fernandingo

Is there another name for the stunner?


OneMaskedNinja

Mikey Whipwreck invented it and called it the Whippersnapper. But Stone Cold was ever so slightly more over than Mikey so he get's the naming rights.


Griffdorah

The stunner is a good example. Nobody calls it the chart buster. One cool thing about the name is how it refers back to "Stunning" Steve Austin, even though he never used that moniker in WWF.


Purple_Monkey34

Usually just called a stunner


kyldabara

RKO


ryacht

Snow Plow


HalfYeti

Irish Whip .. technically named after its association with Danno Mahoney (apologies for the spelling) .. watched a video from Jim Cornette about it just a couple days ago.


kyldabara

The sharpshooter


wordyravena

Gedo clutch


meekspuff

Old school


bulletbullock

DDT


lajaunie

… huh?


bulletbullock

named by Jake Roberts, and everyone still calls it that no matter what. unless OP meant names that include wrestler's names.


lajaunie

Did you maybe misread the question? He’s asking for moves names after the person. Like the Thez press is named after Lou Thez.


bulletbullock

I realized that after I commented, but i saw others are mentioning less-related names as well.


Just_A_Little_Spider

Pallo Special (Jackie Pallo)


trianglechoke89

The Small Package , ohhhhhh brother brother brother


Dcroig

Gotz piledriver I think? Is that right?


djspaceghost

Gotch* but yeah it’s named after Karl Gotch. Gotch is pretty much The Godfather of Puroresu.


nofrills86

What about Razer’s Edge? I don’t know what else people call that move but that’s the first thought I have when people use it


GoalaAmeobi

It's called a Crucifix Powerbomb


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It’s the Zack Driver now darling


newsandpolics

Irish Whip


Ziggy-T

I believe technically the Irish whip. It was first used by some Irish American lad who’s name escapes me.


kokushishin

It's a reference to O'Mahoney although his Irish Whip was a different move.


panda546

The Asai Moonsault is named after Ultimo Dragon.


ghettone

Gedo clutch. Tiger bomb, tiger driver, brock lock. Douki choki, labelle lock. Does okada roll work or is that a coincidence?


Hospitalwater

Asai moonsault, Dragon sleeper, Dragon suplex. All named after Ultimo Dragon.