Variations. Also known as a falling powerslam or a reverse The wrestler lifts the opponent across his/her shoulders in a This is the most common powerslam, and is often referred to as just a powerslam. Also known as an Inverted emerald flowsion, the attacking wrestler lifts the opponent up onto one of their shoulders, facing upwards. This move sees an attacking wrestler reach between an opponent's legs with one arm and reach around that opponent's back from the same side with his/her other arm before then lifting this opponent up over their shoulder. The wrestler moves his arm from around the opponent's neck, and as the victim falls back down, he/she is placed into a side slam position and dropped to the mat. The wrestler then sits down while flipping the opponent forward to the right side of him, driving the opponent neck and shoulder first into the mat. A Powerslam is a wrestling body slam move in which the wrestler performing the slam falls face-down on top of his/her opponent. This move sees an attacking wrestler reach between an opponent's legs with one arm and reach around that opponent's back from the same side with his/her other arm before then lifting this opponent up over their shoulder. The wrestler falls forward, slamming the victim into the mat back-first. In another version of this move, which is performed against a charging opponent, the wrestler uses the victim's own Often erroneously described as a moonsault ura-nage slam, this move sees an attacking wrestler stand slightly behind and facing the side of a standing opponent. From this position, the attacking wrestler then sits down and simultaneously flips the opponent forwards and downwards, slamming them down to the ground face-first to one side of the wrestler. The wrestler then lifts the opponent up and falls forward, either flat on their chest or their knees, slamming the opponent down to the mat back first.
In another version of this move, which is performed against a charging opponent, the wrestler uses the victim's own momentum to power the throw and can see the wrestler with the victim in the air spinning back round nearly 360° before dropping him to the mat.
Watch Queue Queue. Also referred to as a Scrapbuster Slam, the wrestler stands side-to-side and slightly behind with the victim, facing in the opposite direction, and reaches around the victim's torso with one arm across the victim's chest and under both arms. Variations of the move can have the wrestler hold the opponent up over his shoulder and throwing the opponent round from that position, while another variation of the move sees a wrestler hang the opponent across both the attacker's shoulders and throw out the legs behind them so the victim swings back round to drop in a position. This is a sitout side powerslam in which the wrestler lifts the opponent up on his left shoulder like in a Front powerslam.
Continuing to use this site, you agree with this. The wrestler stands side-to-side and slightly behind with the victim, facing in the same direction, and reaches around the victim's torso with his/her near arm across the victim's chest and under both arms and places the other arm under the victim's legs. The wrestler then lifts him/her up with one arm as he/she swings the victim 180° to the opposite side, while the wrestler faces the same direction, then falls onto the opponent slamming the victim onto the mat back-first. This move was popularized, innovated and named by The second most common version of a powerslam which is often referred to as just a powerslam sees an attacking wrestler place one arm between an opponent's legs, and reach over the opponent's shoulder with the other arm before then spinning the opponent over onto their back while keeping the opponent horizontal across their body at all times.