body slams
Full-contact wrestling moves
A body slam is a wrestling move in which you lift an opponent and throw them forcefully to the mat, back-first.
Outside the ring, body slam extends to any forceful physical takedown: The bouncer body-slammed him onto the sidewalk.
Figuratively, it describes overwhelming defeats or harsh criticisms: The new regulations body-slammed small businesses.
The term emphasizes both the dramatic impact and the one-sided nature of the encounter.
- suplexOverhead backward wrestling slam
- piledriverMachine that pounds posts
- lucha libreMasked Mexican wrestling style
- high flyerAmbitious, successful individual
- squared circleBoxing or wrestling venue
steel cage · wrestling · powerbomb · pinfall · clothesline · full nelson · turnbuckle · tag team · ring announcer · folding chair · heel turn · combat · grapple · finishing move · takedown · throw · sumo · DDT
- roughhousingroughhouse, roughhousing, rough play, rough and tumble, horseplay
- wrestlers in filmsNacho Libre, Hulk Hogan, Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, Andre the Giant
body slamssubmission holds
Grappling techniques forcing surrender
chokeholds · arm bars · joint locks · sleeper holds · reversals