Backbreaker 2118603 222332936 2008-06-28T19:49:31Z PlaguedKiller 4292765 /* Argentine backbreaker rack */ {{unreferenced|date=January 2007}} {{otheruses4|the wrestling move|the video game|Backbreaker (video game)}} A '''backbreaker''' refers to [[professional wrestling]] moves which see a wrestler dropping an opponent so that the opponent's back impacts or is bent backwards against a part of the wrestler's body. ==Variations== ===Argentine backbreaker rack===<!-- This section is linked from [[Frank Goodish]] --> This backbreaker submission, better known as a '''Torture rack''', sees the attacking wrestler place his/her opponent face-up across the wrestler's own shoulders before hooking the head with one hand and a leg with the other to then pull down on both ends to flex the opponent's back. This move is closely associated with [[United States|American]] wrestlers [[Lex Luger]] and [[Ray Fernandez|Hercules Hernandez]]. The '''Argentine [[#Backbreaker drop|backbreaker drop]]''' variation of this submission move sees the attacking wrestler first hold an opponent up for the ''Argentine backbreaker rack'' before dropping to the mat in a sitting/kneeling position, thus flexing the opponent's back with the impact of the drop. The seated variation of this move, known as the '''Shock Treatment''', is used by [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] as one of his finishers. The Burning Hammer is a variation of the Argentine backbreaker drop version sees the wrestler lift the opponent further up by lifting the opponents legs and pulling down on their head further before performing the drop. This isolates and increases the damage in the neck and ribcage areas rather than across the back. ===Backbreaker drop=== A backbreaker move in which a wrestler lifts an opponent up into a backbreaker submission hold before dropping down to a sitting or kneeling position while maintaining the hold, thus jarring the back of the opponent by driving the opponent's spine into the attacking wrestler's shoulder. Notable variations include: [[#Argentine backbreaker rack|Argentine backbreaker drop]], [[#Canadian backbreaker rack|Canadian backbreaker drop]] Another variation is the '''double underhook backbreaker drop''' which sees the attacking wrestler first face a bent over opponent and hook both of the opponent's arms with their own arms before then flipping the opponent up and over so the opponent's back is resting on the wrestler's shoulder, with the opponent's head pointing in the direction that the wrestler is facing. The attacking wrestler then drops to a kneeling or sitting position while maintaining the hold, thus jarring the back of the victim by driving the victim's spine into the attacker's shoulder. ===Belly to back suplex backbreaker=== The wrestler stands behind his opponent and puts his head under the arm of the opponent, as for a [[Suplex#Belly to back suplex|belly to back suplex]], but raises a knee, and brings the opponent back down, so that the opponent's back collides with the knee of the wrestler. Also known as the '''Blue Thunder Backbreaker''' in reference to the [[Powerbomb#Spin-out powerbomb|Blue Thunder Driver]], which also involves an opponent being spun-out in front of a wrestler after being lifted for a belly to back suplex. ===Canadian backbreaker rack=== An attacking wrestler first lifts an opponent up so the opponent's back is resting on the wrestler's shoulder, with the opponent's head pointing in the direction that the wrestler is facing. While being held face up across the wrestler's shoulder, the wrestler then links his/her arms around the opponent's torso and presses down, squeezing the opponent's spine against the wrestler's shoulder. The '''Canadian [[#Backbreaker drop|backbreaker drop]]''' variation of this move sees the attacking wrestler, who is applying the hold, drop down to a kneeling position while maintaining the hold, thus jarring the back of the opponent by driving the opponent's spine into the attacking wrestler's shoulder. ===Catapult backbreaker=== The Catapult throw typically starts with an opponent on his/her back, and the attacking wrestler standing and facing him/her. The wrestler hooks each of the opponent's legs in one of his/her arms then falls backwards to slingshot the opponent into a turnbuckles, ladders, ropes etc. At this point the attacking wrestler will remain on the ground and raise his knees while still holding the opponent's legs. The rebounding opponent will instantly trip falling backwards onto the raised knees of the wrestler. ===Chokeslam backbreaker=== The wrestler performing the move stands in front of and slightly to the left of the opponent receiving it. The wrestler then reaches out and grabs the opponent's throat and trunks, and lifts him or her in the air as though the wrestler is about to deliver a [[chokeslam]]. However, as the wrestler brings the opponent back down to the mat the wrestler kneels, slamming the other wrestler's back onto his extended knee. This move is popularly known as a '''Chokebreaker''' / '''Choke Breaker''', which is a [[portmanteau]] of this move's technical name. ===Cobra clutch backbreaker=== This move involves an attacking wrestler first putting an opponent in a [[Professional wrestling holds#Cobra clutch|cobra clutch]] hold before then lifting the opponent up while maintaining the hold (turning them in mid-air so they are horizontal) and bringing them down while the wrestler drops to a knee so that the opponent impacts back-first on the knee of the attacking wrestler. All while the wrestler continues to maintain the hold. The attacking wrestler can maintain the hold after impact for a cobra clutch submission attempt. Most used by [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] during his tenure in [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]. ===Double knee backbreaker=== This move was innovated by independent wrestler [[Chi Chi Cruz]], who calls it the '''Cruz Control''', and is also referred to as a '''Lung Blower'''. This backbreaker involves an attacking wrestler going behind an opponent and putting both of their hands round an opponent's head for a [[Professional wrestling holds#Chinlock|rear chin lock]] or on both of the opponent's shoulders while jumping up to place both his/her knees against the opponent's back; both wrestlers then fall backward to the ground, forcing the wrestler's knees to push up into the back of the opponent. [[Carly Colón]] of the WWE performs a version of this which he calls the '''Backcracker''' or more recently the '''Backstabber'''. ===Double underhook backbreaker=== An attacking wrestler stands facing a bent over opponent and hooks his/her arms before then lifts the opponent as for a [[Professional wrestling throws#Tiger driver|Tiger Driver]]. However as the opponents drops back down the wrestler raises a knee and brings the opponent back down horizontally so his/her back collides with the knee of the attacking wrestler. It has been used extensively by [[Chris Jericho]] and by [[CM Punk]]. ===Half nelson backbreaker=== The attacking wrestler stands behind the opponent and locks in a [[Professional wrestling holds#Half nelson|half nelson]] before then lifting the opponent, as if to perform a [[Professional wrestling throws#Half nelson slam|half nelson slam]], but as the wrestler brings the opponent down to the mat he/she drops to one knee slamming the opponent's back across the extended knee. ===Inverted facelock backbreaker=== ''See [[Neckbreaker#Inverted facelock neckbreaker|Inverted facelock neckbreaker]]'' ===Inverted headlock backbreaker===<!-- This section is linked from [[John Hennigan]]. See [[WP:MOS#Section management]] --> The attacking wrestler stand back to back to the opponent and uses one arm to place the opponent in an inverted headlock from behind before then executing a quarter turn while bending at the waist to bend the opponent backwards neck first across the back of the attacking wrestler. This move is mostly used by Randy Orton. ===Mat backbreaker=== The attacking wrestler stands behind an opponent, grabbing them by their head to seemingly perform a standard [[Professional wrestling throws#Mat slam|mat slam]]. However, as the wrestler pulls the opponent backwards down to the mat, the wrestler kneels down, driving the opponent's back into the wrestler's exposed knee. If the wrestler uses the opponent's hair to pull them back onto the wrestler's exposed knee it is known as a '''hair-pull backbreaker'''. ===Pendulum backbreaker=== This basic backbreaker involves a wrestler standing side-to-side and slightly behind, with the opponent facing in the same direction, then reaching around the opponent's torso with one arm across the opponent's chest and under both arms and places the other arm under the opponent's legs. The wrestler then lifts the opponent up, bringing his/her legs off the ground, and dropping him/her back-first against the wrestler's knee. The pendulum backbreaker can also be done by spinning around and then dropping the opponent onto the knee. ====Backbreaker==== This basic backbreaker submission involves the wrestler to lay his opponent's back across one of his knees, then while placing one hand on his opponent's chin and the other on their knee the wrestler would push down to bend the opponent around his/her knee. This move is usually performed at the end of a [[#Pendulum Backbreaker|pendulum backbreaker]], a move which sees a wrestler drop an opponent down on the wrestler's knee, thus weakening the back before the hold is applied, as well as setting the opponent in a proper position. ===Side slam backbreaker=== The wrestler firsts stands side-to-side and slightly behind with the opponent, facing in the opposite direction before next reaching around the opponent's torso with one arm across the opponent's chest and under both arms, lifting him or her in the air as though the wrestler is about to deliver a [[Powerslam#Side slam|side slam]]. However, as the wrestler brings the opponent back down to the mat the attacking wrestler kneels, slamming the opponent's back across his/her extended knee. A [[Powerslam#Swinging side slam|Swinging side slam]] variation sees the attacking wrestler first lift the opponent horizontally across their chest before swinging them to their side and dropping the opponent back first on their knee. ===STO backbreaker=== The attacking wrestler stands facing the opponent, then puts one of their arms across the opponents chest holding their shoulder, the attacking wrestler then sweeps the legs of the opponent in the fashion of an [[Professional wrestling throws#STO|STO]], but brings their knee forward so the opponent falls back first on to it. [[Jay Lethal]] utilizes this backbreaker in unison with the [[Facebuster#Complete Shot|reverse STO]], which he calls the '''Lethal Combination'''. [[John Hennigan|John Morrison]] does a variation where he preforms this backbreaker and then follows it with a [[Professional wrestling throws#Russian legsweep|Russian legsweep]], [[Professional wrestling throws#STO|STO]] or a [[Neckbreaker#Neckbreaker slam|neckbreaker slam]]. ===Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker=== The attacking wrestler stands facing the opponent, who is often charging at the attacker, before bending the opponent down so they are bent in front of the attacking wrestler as he/she stands over them then the wrestler reaches around the opponent's body and lifts them up, spinning the opponent in front of the wrestler's body. As the wrestler brings the opponent back down to the mat the wrestler kneels, slamming the opponent's back across the extended knee. [[Brian Adams (wrestler)|Crush]] used the standing version of this as a signature move. ==See also== *[[Professional wrestling holds]] *[[Professional wrestling throws]] [[Category:Professional wrestling moves]] [[fr:Backbreaker]] [[it:Backbreaker]] [[ja:バックブリーカー]]