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Professional wrestling strikes. Strikes can be offensive moves in professional wrestling, that can sometimes be used to set up an opponent for a hold or for a throw. There are a wide variety of strikes in pro wrestling, and many are known by several different names. Professional wrestlers frequently give their finishers new names.
Professional wrestling throws. Professional wrestling throws are the application of professional wrestling techniques that involve lifting the opponent up and throwing or slamming them down. They are sometimes also called "power" maneuvers, as they are meant to emphasize a wrestler's strength.
In professional wrestling double-team maneuvers are executed by multiple wrestlers instead of one and typically are used by tag teams in tag team matches. Many of these maneuvers are combination of two throws, or submission holds. Most moves are known by the names that professional wrestlers give their "finishing move" (signature moves that ...
Related titles should be described in Professional wrestling moves, while unrelated titles should be moved to . (November 2020) Professional wrestling moves can refer to several types of moves used against opponents in professional wrestling, including: Professional wrestling aerial techniques. Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers.
e. The history of professional wrestling, as a performing art, started in the late 19th century, with predecessors in funfair and variety strongman and wrestling performances (which often involved match fixing) in the 1830s. [1] Professional wrestling is a popular form of entertainment in Australia, North America, Latin America, Europe, and Japan.
Professional wrestling holds. Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by performers to immobilize their opponents or lead to a submission. This article covers the various pins, stretches and transition holds used in the ring. Some wrestlers use these holds as their finishing maneuvers, often nicknaming them to ...
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In professional wrestling, a cutter is a 3⁄4 facelock bulldog [] maneuver. This move sees an attacking wrestler first apply a 3⁄4 facelock (reaching back and grabbing the head of an opponent, thus pulling the opponent's jaw above the wrestler's shoulder) before falling backwards (sometimes after running forwards first) to force the opponent ...