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Brainbuster


A brainbuster is a professional wrestling throw in which a wrestler puts the opponent in a front facelock, hooks their pants or thigh, and lifts them up as if they were executing a vertical suplex. The wrestler then falls onto their back so that the opponent lands on their head while remaining vertical. This move is a version of the DDT. In Japanese puroresu, the term "brainbuster" refers to a regular vertical suplex, while the move elsewhere known as a brainbuster is referred to as a "vertical drop brainbuster".Dick Murdoch is credited with the move's innovation, although it was taught to him by Killer Karl Kox.

Also known as a belly-to-belly brainbuster, the wrestler stands facing a standing opponent and then wraps both arms around the opponent's torso, lifting them off the ground. The wrestler then shifts their grip so they are holding the opponent by their legs, gripping the opponent behind the knee. The wrestler then removes one arm from the opponent’s leg and quickly applies a front facelock with that arm, lifts the opponent as if they were using a vertical suplex and lands the opponent on the back of their head.

Also known as the Michinoku Driver (not to be confused with another move with a similar name), this move sees a wrestler first face an opponent and apply a double underhook before then lifting the opponent upside down and falling backwards down to the mat onto his back, driving the opponent head first down to the mat. Innovated by the Great Sasuke.

A fisherman buster is a variation of the brainbuster in which the wrestler will hook the opponent's leg to aid in lifting them off the ground. With the opponent elevated, the wrestler will perform a fisherman's suplex, driving the head of the opponent into the ground.


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