After lifting the opponent off the ground, the wrestler jumps up and falls down on their back, slamming the opponent down to the mat head first.Ī variation of the fisherman buster, in this version the wrestler traps the opponent's free leg between their own legs when delivering the move, resulting in a small package. In this variation, the wrestler puts the opponent in a front facelock and uses their free arm to go under the opponent's near leg and hook the far one.

This move is also known as a Fisherman brainbuster or a Leg hook brainbuster Yoshi-Hashi uses this as his finisher. With the opponent elevated, the wrestler performs a fisherman suplex, driving the head of the opponent into the ground. Mercedes Martinez performing a fisherman buster on Leah von Dutch Fisherman buster Ī fisherman buster is a variation of the brainbuster in which the wrestler hooks the opponent's leg to aid in lifting them off the ground. It is also the primary finisher of Jon Moxley who calls it Death Rider in NJPW and Paradigm Shift in AEW. Innovated by The Great Sasuke, this move is also known as the Michinoku Driver (not to be confused with another move with a similar name) and a butterfly brainbuster, this move sees a wrestler first face an opponent and apply a double underhook, then lifting the opponent upside down and falling backwards down to the mat onto their back, driving the opponent head-first down to the mat. 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. The wrestler then shifts their grip so they are holding the opponent by their legs, gripping the opponent behind the knee. Variants Cradle brainbuster Īlso 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. However it has supposedly been reintroduced as of April 06, 2024, as Sami Zayn used the move to turn the tide, and eventually win his Intercontinental Championship match against Gunther. The brainbuster was banned in WWE until WrestleMania XL, because the person receiving the move will land on the top of their head or neck without protection, as evident at the Super ShowDown of 2019 in Saudi Arabia, when Goldberg (who was concussed during the match) failed to execute his ' Jackhammer' finisher on the Undertaker and performed an unprepared brainbuster instead. 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 'sheer drop brainbuster' or a 'vertical (drop) brainbuster'. The wrestler then falls onto their back so that the opponent lands on their head while remaining vertical.

JSTOR ( January 2007) ( Learn how and when to remove this message)Īustin Aries performing a brainbuster to Mark Haskins.Ī 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.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.

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