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Chris BenoitFull nelson suplex

A belly to back suplex variation where the wrestler applies afull nelson and then bridges his back, lifting the opponent over him and onto their shoulders down to themat. The wrestler keeps his back arched and the hold applied,pinningthe opponent'sshoulders down to the mat. The wrestler may also release the opponent mid-arch, throwing them down to themat shoulders and neck first, in a variation known as release full nelson suplex.

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Gutwrench suplex

Agutwrenchsuplex involves a wrestler standing on one side of an opponent lockinghis/her arms around the opponent's waist (near arm in front of the opponent and fararm behind) and lifting him/her up and slamming him/her over back-first down to themat.

[edit]Karelin Lift

A gutwrench suplex which begins with the opponent laying on the mat. The wrestlerlocks his arms around the opponent's waist and stands up, lifting the opponent. Hethen throws the opponent to his side, dropping them to the mat face up on to theirshoulders or face down on their chest.

Jackknife powerbomb

The term Jackknife powerbomb can refer to a normal powerbomb which sees thewrestler keep his/her head between the opponent's legs and keep a hold on the legswith his/her arms before then flipping forward planting his/her feet and bridging back,completing a Jackknife pinning hold. The name of this move is often confused withrelease powerbomb.

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Multiple powerbombs

A variation of the powerbomb where the wrestler does not release the opponent uponimpact, but instead locks his hands and performs a dead lift, raising the opponentback up for another powerbomb, and may repeat more than once.

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Release powerbomb

A variation of the powerbomb where the opponent is lifted into the air, and thendropped without any extra force exerted for a pinfall attempt. Sometimes the wrestler

steps back while releasing the opponent, which is known as a sheer drop powerbombdue to the high elevation, or the opponent would be thrown horizontally away fromthe wrestler rather than merely dropped.

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Rope aided powerbomb

The wrestler takes hold of an opponent, who is lying on the mat, by their legs. Theopponent then grabs hold of one of the ropes with both hands as the wrestler pullsthem backwards, lifting them off the mat. At this point the opponent releases theirgrip on the rope and is brought down to the mat.

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Corner sitout powerbomb

The opponent begins sitting in the corner of the ring and facing outwards, whileholding on to the ring ropes. The wrestler takes hold of the opponent by the legs andpulls them upwards and backwards with a twist, falling into a sitting position as theydo so. The move ends with the opponent's back on the ground and their legs over theshoulders of the wrestler, placing the opponent in a pinning predicament.

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Scoop lift powerbomb

In this variation of a powerbomb an opponent is firstscooped so they are horizontal across an attacking wrestler's chest. The wrestler then pushes the opponent up andturns them, so that they are sitting on the shoulders of the wrestler, before thenslamming them down in a powerbomb motion. A seated version is also possible.

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Sitout powerbomb

Batistadelivering his finishing move, the

Batista Bomb

(sitout powerbomb), toFinlay.

Also called a sitdown powerbomb, this is any powerbomb in which the wrestler dropsinto a sitting position as they slam their opponent down to the mat. This maneuvercan be done with many variations of the powerbomb. The most common sitoutvariation is that of a standard powerbomb, in which the opponent is placed in astanding neck scissors, and then lifted up on the wrestler's shoulders. At this point, the wrestler slams the opponent down, and at the same time falls to a sittingposition.A

powerbomb

is aprofessional wrestling throwin which an opponent is lifted up (usually so that they are sitting on the wrestler's shoulders) and then slammed back-first down to the mat.

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The standard powerbomb sees an opponent first placed in astanding headscissors position (bent forward with their head placed between theattacking wrestler's thighs). He is then lifted up on the wrestler's shoulders andslammed down back-first to the mat.

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Aprawn holdis commonly used for a pinningpowerbomb… The

Sharpshooter

, originally named

Sasori-gatame

and in English

ScorpionHold

, is aprofessional wrestling submission hold. The move is also known by thenames

reversefigure four

cloverleaf leg-lace Boston crab

grapevineBostoncrab

Scorpion Deathlock

, and despite its original

Scorpion Hold

name, the move isstill commonly known by its Bret Hart-given nickname

Sharpshooter

. The hold wasinvented by Riki Chōshū.

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The hold begins with the opponent supine on the mat with the applying wrestlerstepping between the opponent's legs with his/her left leg and wraps the opponent'slegs at shin level around that leg. If the applier decides to cross the opponent's legsaround his right leg, he has to cross the opponent's right leg over their left, or,otherwise, he has to cross his opponent's left leg over their right. Holding theopponent's legs in place, the wrestler then grabs the opponent's leg which he hascrossed over the other and steps over him, flipping him over into a prone positionbefore leaning back to compress his lower back.

Variations

Through the many methods of performing the Sharpshooter (other than the usualmethod), it has been demonstrated that the Sharpshooter can be performed fromvirtually anywhere.