suplexing

Back-arching takedown move

Suplexing is throwing someone backward in a wrestling move where you grab them, arch your back, and slam them to the mat.

The suplex is a signature professional wrestling technique with many variations—German suplex, belly-to-back suplex.

Outside wrestling, suplexing appears in video games and internet culture: He got suplexed into next week.

wrestling

mat

Flat floor covering

  • ringClosed curve shape
  • boutLimited stretch of something
  • wrestlerOne who grapples opponents

referee · turnbuckle · ropes · pinfall · heel · babyface · kayfabe · WWE · finisher · signature move

technique

slam

Forceful impact or closure

pin · hold · counter · escape · reversal · clinch · submission · maneuver · transition · lock

physicality

explosive

Prone to sudden detonation

muscle · lifting · impact · force · momentum · torque · rotation · airborne · slam · thud

dominance

devastating

Causing severe damage

humiliating · highlight reel · momentum shift · statement · authority · control · supremacy · destruction · punishment · emphatic

MMA

octagon

Eight-sided polygon

jiu-jitsu · judo · sambo · sprawl · pummeling · underhooks · guillotine · scramble

Opposites
wrestling action type

suplexingescaping

Departing confinement hastily

pinning · defending · blocking · breaking free · holding down

physical engagement level

suplexingstalling

Intentional delay tactics

resting · turtling · standing still · disengaging · breaking away

wrestling move direction/mechanics

suplexingpowerbombing

Lifting and slamming opponent

bulldogging · pile-driving

Family

wrestling, suplex, suplexes, suplexed

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated PG