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Revision as of 03:55, 2 June 2005 by 24.220.0.60 (talk) (→Gutwrench powerbomb)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A Powerbomb is a professional wrestling move in which a victim is lifted up (usally so that he is sitting on the attacker's shoulders) then slammed down back-first to the mat.
The standard Powerbomb sees a wrestler placed in a standing headscissors position (bent forward with his head placed between the attacker's thighs) then lifted up on the attacker's shoulders, then slammed down back-first to the mat.
The very first ever power bomb, was allegedly performed by Lou Thesz accidentally when he badly botched a piledriver.
Variations
Belly to Back Powerbomb
The attacker puts the victim in a standing headscissors (Bent over in between the attackers legs) lifts the victim upside down (Piledriver Postion), From there he/she swings the victim up horizontally to the mat, and slams the victim down to the mat with extra force. This is sometimes called "The Power Outage"
Chokebomb
Similar to a chokeslam, except that the wrestler drops to a sitting position and slams the victim to the mat between his/her legs. The two-handed choke variant was made popular by The A-Train who called it the Derailer, A-Bomb, or Baldo Bomb, and is currently being used by Viscera as The Embalmer. The one-handed choke variant is used by TNA's Abyss who calls it the Miracle Ecstasy Bomb, a name that was made popular by the Japanese innovator of the move, Men's Teioh.
Crucifix powerbomb
Also known as the "Razor's Edge"; it is a powerbomb in which the opponent is lifted on to the back of the attacker with his/her arms spread out. This variation was made popular by Scott Hall and is used now by Mordecai. A variation is Mike Awesome's Running Awesome Bomb and is also known as the Hammer Bomb.
Elevated powerbomb
Similar to a normal Powerbomb but instead of slamming the opponent directly on the mat from the shoulders, the attacker lifts the opponent even higher by extending his/her arms up then drives the opponent down to the canvas.
This version of a powerbomb is used by The Undertaker as one of his finishers and refers to it as The Last Ride.
Ganso Bomb
Whether or not this exists as a move is controversial, since some think it was originally a blown highspot. It was done seemingly accidentally by Toshiaki Kawada in a match against Mitsuharu Misawa in 1999, but its subsequent, more purposeful use in other wrestling matches has confirmed its status as a real move.
The move happened when Misawa tried to reverse Kawada's Powerbomb with a Hurracanrana. However, Kawada stood his ground against the reversal, and Misawa's momentum caused him to hang vertically against Kawada, facing away from him; Misawa had his back against Kawada's stomach, his head between Kawada's knees, and his knees over Kawada's shoulders. Kawada wrapped his arms around Misawa's torso to secure the hold and dropped to his knees, driving Misawa's head into the mat. The move has gained a legendary reputation for being dangerous to the receiving performer because of its "unprotected" head bump (i.e., Misawa's head fell against the mat without being secured between Kawada's knees), but since Misawa's head was above the level of Kawada's knees, he was relatively safe compared to some other bumps taken regularly by AJPW performers.
Ganso means "original" in Japanese. The move is also known as the Hangman's DDT, this name was invented and popularized by two games, WWF Wrestlemania 2000 and WWF No Mercy, which were developed by AKI and released on the Nintendo 64 in the US. Having previously developed Japanese wrestling games featuring Toshiaki Kawada, AKI left the move, along with many other Japanese moves, the in the US games they developed as a bonus feature. However, most Americans didn't know what the Ganso Bomb was or even that ganso was a real word, so calling it its original name in an American video game sound like Engrish.
Gutwrench powerbomb
A gutwrench powerbomb involves a wrestler standing over a opponent locking his/her arms around the victim's waist and lifting him/her up over the wrestler's head on the wrestler's shoulders and slamming him/her down back-first to the mat. Also known as the Doctor Bomb as used by "Dr. Death" Steve Williams.
Inverted Powerbomb
The attacker faces a bent-over victim and applies a waistlock. The attacker then flips the victim up so they are lying across the attacker's shoulder, facing upward, with the attacker maintaining the waistlock to hold them in position. The attacker then falls forward while flipping the victim back down, driving the victim horizontally face first into the ground. This move was popularised by Ron "Faarooq" Simmons, who called it The Dominator. It is also known as the Canadian Hammer which is used by Yutaka Yoshie.
Jackknife powerbomb
Commonly used by Kevin Nash, it is similar to a normal powerbomb. But, when the opponent is lifted into the air, he/she is simply dropped without any extra force exerted. Sometimes, the opponent would be thrown away from the attacker rather than just a normal drop.
Sitout powerbomb
Also called a sit-down powerbomb, this is any powerbomb in which the attacker drops into a sitting position as he/she slams his/her opponent down to the mat. This maneuver can be done with any variation of a powerbomb i.e Sitout Gutwrench Powerbomb, Sitout Tiger Driver etc.
The most common sitout variation is that of a standard powerbomb, in which the victim is placed in a standing headscissors then lifted up on the attacker's shoulders. At this point, the attacker slams the victim and at the same time falls to a sitting position, Current WWE superstar Batista uses this version and calls it the Batista Bomb. Also known as Dynamic Bomb
Spin-out powerbomb
This is a belly-to-back powerbomb usually beginning in the back suplex position and ending as a sitout powerbomb.
Also known as a Blue Thunder Powerbomb or Blue Thunder Driver, popularized by Japanese wrestler Jun "Blue Thunder" Akiyama. In mainstream US wrestling, Val Venis is probably the most famous user of this move.
Another variation of this move ends in side slam positions like John Cena's Protobomb/Freestyle.
Sunset flip powerbomb
A move in which a wrestler will roll/flip over an elevated opponent facing him/her and use the momentum to pull the victim down to the mat back-first.
Tiger Driver
The attacker bends their opponent while facing them, then he double underhooks the opponent's arms, lifts them up, flipping and dropping them on their back while sitting down. Also called a sit-out double underhook powerbomb.
This move's most famous user, Mitsuharu Misawa, also innovated a variation called the Tiger Driver '91 (for the year it was invented). In this variation, instead of dropping the victim on their back, they are dropped on their neck and shoulders. Also instead of sitting down the attacker drops on his knees.
Some people refer to the Tiger Driver as a Tiger Bomb because of it being a version of a powerbomb. Some consider a double underhook powerbomb a Tiger Bomb while the sit-out variant is considered the Tiger Driver.
Turnbuckle Powerbomb
The attacker faces a standing victim, forces him/her to bend forwards, takes holds of his/her torso and then flips the victim up and over so the victim is sitting on the attacker's shoulders. The attacker then faces a corner of the ring and throws the victim into the corner, driving the back and neck of the victim into the turnbuckle. This move is used by wrestlers B-Boy and Erik Watts who used it as a finisher he dubbed the E-Bomb during his time in TNA.