Finishing Moves
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Eddie Guerrero Finishing and Signature Moves  Above Eddie Guerrero with the Frog Splash Frog splash This move is performed by leaping from the top rope, stretching out to a horizontal position, and bringing one's feet and hands inward and outward before landing. The in-out motion is supposed to sandwich the opponent between the knees and hands to add power but is more or less a typical splash. Other slighly different variation sees the wrestler bring his hands between his legs and kick up with his feet before drawing both arms and legs back outwards. Lasso From El Paso (Elevated Texas cloverleaf hold) The wrestler stands at the feet of his supine opponent, grabs the opponent's legs and lifts them up. He then bends one leg so that the shin is behind the knee of the straight leg and places the ankle of the straight leg in his armpit. With the same arm, he reaches around the ankle and through the opening formed by the legs, and locks his hands together. He then steps over his opponent, turning the opponent over as in a sharpshooter. Finally, the wrestler squats and leans back, similarly to a Boston crab. The hold compresses the legs, flexes the spine, and stretches the abdomen. The move was pioneered by Dory Funk, Jr., but is most closely associated with Dean Malenko, who used it as his regular finisher. Another version of this move, considered to be a Half Texas Cloverleaf, was used by Eddie Guerrero, which saw Guerrero turn the body of the opponent and place a knee over the opponent's neck, pulling back for more pressure. Guerrero dubbed this the Lasso From El Paso. Hilo (Slingshot senton) A slingshot involves a wrestler, who is standing on the ring apron, pulling on the top rope and using its momentum to hurl themselves over the ropes and into the ring. Many high-flying techniques can be performed after a slingshot. A senton is similar to a splash, except that instead of impacting stomach first, the attacker lands back first across the opponent. Splash Mountain (Sitout crucifix powerbomb) Best known as a Splash Mountain, a name used by many wrestlers for this move, this crucifix powerbomb sees the attacking wrestler fall to a seated position (instead of kneeling forward) while throwing the opponent, pulling them down by hooking their arms around the opponent's pelvis, causing them to fall down between the wrestler's legs into the Sitout powerbomb position. Three Amigos (Combination three vertical suplexes) Known as Brainbuster in Japan, while the Western Brainbuster is known as Vertical Brainbuster or Sheer Drop Brainbuster in Japan. In a set up similar to a snap suplex, the attacker applies a front face lock to his/her opponent, draping the victim's near arm over his/her shoulder, when the victim is in position he/she is lifted up and held upside-down before the attacker falls backwards slamming the opponents back into the mat. The late Eddie Guerrero adapted the move from close friend Chris Benoit and used it as one of his signature maneuvers in which, after falling to the ground with his opponent, he flipped himself over while maintaining his hold, pulled the victim back into the original position, and performed another vertical suplex. He ended once he performed three suplexes. After Eddie's death, his nephew Chavo Guerrero and his best friend Chris Benoit began using the sequence as an obvious tribute to Eddie. WWE announcers have dubbed the sequence Three Amigos; some fans have taken to calling this rolling verticals (a take on rolling Germans). Brainbuster A Brainbuster, also known as an Avalanche Suplex, is a professional wrestling throw in which a wrestler puts his/her opponent in a front facelock, hooks his/her tights, and lifts him/her up as if he/she was performing a vertical suplex. The wrestler then jumps up and falls onto his/her back so that the victim lands on his/her head while remaining vertical. European uppercut This is an forearm uppercut in which a wrestler does a quick grapple then brings their arm up inside to hit the opponent under the chin. This move has long been a signature move of many European wrestlers and is often adopted by more technical wrestlers also. Gory Special This is also known as the Gory Lock. It was invented by Salvador "Gory" Guerrero, the father of Hector, Eddie, Chavo Sr. and Mando Guerrero. The wrestler lifts the opponent over their shoulder so that the opponent's upper back is across the wrestler's shoulder. Thus, the wrestler and opponent are back to back, facing opposite directions. The opponent's legs are tucked around the wrestler's hips. The wrestler can now apply pressure by applying a chinlock and pressing down. One or both of the opponent's legs can also be hooked for extra pressure. 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 overthem 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 his or her extended knee. Tornado DDT The tornado DDT is also referred to as a swinging / spinning DDT. A wrestler would apply a front facelock to an opponent from an elevated position (for example, sitting on the top turnbuckle against an opponent standing on the mat, or from the apron against an opponent standing on the ground). The wrestler would then jump forward and swing around to to fall backwards and drop the opponent's head into the mat. There are variations to this moves which are all commonly known as a Tornado DDT. One version sees the wrestler apply the front facelock while on the same level as the opponent and then run up a turnbuckle (or another opponent) to springboard round and deliver the DDT. In a grounded version the wrestler would run at a standing opponent, jump up and apply the front facelock in mid air before swinging his/herself round and falling backwards down to the mat to deliver the DDT. This is sometimes known as a Jump Swinging DDT and is regularly used by wrestlers that use a standard Tornado DDT. Hurricanrana The correct name for this maneuver is the Huracanrana or Huracarrana, but it is commonly misspelled in English as Hurricanrana and was invented by Luchador Huracan Ramirez. This is a headscissors takedown that ends in a rana pinning hold. The rana is any double-leg cradle. The huracanrana is typically done with more velocity than the headscissors takedown, as the opponent needs to land directly underneath the wrestler, instead of being tossed away. Spinning headscissors The move can be performed two ways, with the wrestler facing up or down. With the wrestler's legs scissored around the opponent's head, and if the wrestler is facing up, he performs a backflip, dragging the opponent into a forced somersault that throws the opponent away and on to their back. If the wrestler is facing down, he bends forward instead of performing a backflip. A variation where the wrestler forces the opponent to spin before releasing him is referred to as a Satellite (spinning) headscissors. 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