Magnus the Magnificent
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Dec 29, 2013 20:58:24 GMT -5
ARMBAR!
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Post by emperorthorn on Dec 29, 2013 22:30:14 GMT -5
Among my friends, it's German Suplex. It appears in some manga, like GTO and Nichijou, so they are pretty much really familiar with that move, even though they only rarely watch wrestling.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Dec 29, 2013 22:51:03 GMT -5
Leg drop.
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Lila
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Post by Lila on Dec 29, 2013 22:53:46 GMT -5
Surprised dropkick didn't get mention first.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Dec 29, 2013 23:03:47 GMT -5
Among my friends, it's German Suplex. It appears in some manga, like GTO and Nichijou, so they are pretty much really familiar with that move, even though they only rarely watch wrestling.
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Post by emperorthorn on Dec 29, 2013 23:08:26 GMT -5
Among my friends, it's German Suplex. It appears in some manga, like GTO and Nichijou, so they are pretty much really familiar with that move, even though they only rarely watch wrestling. Yes. Exactly this =))
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metylerca
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Post by metylerca on Dec 29, 2013 23:11:11 GMT -5
Bodyslam is usually used. Or the Stunner.
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Post by tekkenguy on Dec 30, 2013 0:54:56 GMT -5
How about the full nelson?
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agent817
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Post by agent817 on Dec 30, 2013 1:49:38 GMT -5
Bodyslam. This one pisses me off because any time they see a wrestling move in a tv show, movie or game they claim its a bodyslam despite clearly being a different move. Funny thing is this: When I watch wrestling, I NEVER hear the announcer call any sort of slam a "body slam."
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nm
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Post by nm on Dec 30, 2013 2:26:25 GMT -5
Moss Covered Three Handled Family Gredunza
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Post by thetower52 on Dec 30, 2013 5:12:29 GMT -5
Bodyslam. This one pisses me off because any time they see a wrestling move in a tv show, movie or game they claim its a bodyslam despite clearly being a different move. I remember there was a bit of a controversy when New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski was caught on camera DDTing a buddy of his in a Las Vegas nightclub while shirtless. This is when he was convalescing from a broken forearm, subsequent surgery and infection. When the panel on ESPN's Around The Horn were talking about this story they kept calling the DDT a "bodyslam". Although when I watched TMZ's TV show they all called it a DDT. Especially the guy who pitched the story (who is a pretty big wrestling fan who tends to pitch most wrestling related stories). For that one day it gave TMZ just a bit more credibility in my eyes than ESPN. Didn't Robert floras correct the guy who called it a body slam
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 6:57:17 GMT -5
Sleeper hold.
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BrianZane
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Post by BrianZane on Dec 30, 2013 14:01:01 GMT -5
I'm gonna guess piledriver, clothesline, dropkick, chokehold.
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Post by lildude8218 on Dec 30, 2013 14:08:12 GMT -5
I would say dropkick but 99% of the time I've heard someone randomly use "dropkick" during a conversation was when they said they were going to do it to someone and usually just mean kicking someone so hard that they will drop. I'm not sure if it's a southern thing or what.
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Post by doinkmark on Dec 31, 2013 13:51:22 GMT -5
I was going to come in here and say "bodyslam" as well, but now that I'm thinking about it, does "bodyslam" really count as the most well-known wrestling move to non-fans when, as has been mentioned, the non-fans always fail to correctly identify it? I'd say "dropkick" or "sleeper hold" are the most well-known moves that non-fans actually get right. Also, add Macho Man and Roddy Piper to the list of wrestlers non-fans know. Not "Macho Man Randy Savage". Just "Macho Man".
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Blindkarevik
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Post by Blindkarevik on Dec 31, 2013 14:02:19 GMT -5
I remember, back in elementary school, my gym teacher got frustrated with us not settling down and paying attention and he said, "I used to be an All-Star Wrestler and I'll come off the top rope with a flying bodyslam on you!" ..... I know he imagined a cross-body or splash, but I'm imagining a dude picking up a guy in a scoop slam, whilst on the top rope, then jumping off while slamming him.
f***ing spot monkey.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 16:47:11 GMT -5
I would say dropkick but 99% of the time I've heard someone randomly use "dropkick" during a conversation was when they said they were going to do it to someone and usually just mean kicking someone so hard that they will drop. I'm not sure if it's a southern thing or what. I've always heard people say they were going to "dropkick" something too, and I only recently figured out that they meant hold it out, drop it, and kick it like you would a football.
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Post by The Man They Call Asher on Dec 31, 2013 17:08:39 GMT -5
In Night at the Museum, Ben Stiller gets hit with an elbow drop. The old guy delivering it loudly yells "PILEDRIVERRRRRRRRRRR" as he executes the move.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 31, 2013 17:15:53 GMT -5
Possibly an airplane spin. You see that in way more stuff than most wrestling moves. Pre-1980s, absolutely. That was the move you saw in anything remotely related to wrestling, from Three Stooges shorts to skits on talk shows. I'd venture to say that with the new surge in wrestling's recognition in the '80s, the passe airplane spin became a relic of the past and was replaced in non-viewers' minds by the bodyslam.
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repomark
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Post by repomark on Dec 31, 2013 21:09:57 GMT -5
How about the full nelson? This is the one I was going to say. Seems to be one everyone knows for some reason.
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