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Phatman_242Posted on 06/13/03 at 23:06:03

I was by chance searching through the moves database in TNM and I came across some moves that I don't know
the meaning of:

Space Flying Tiger Drop

Slingshot into a DDT (I know what the sling shot into
the turnbuckle is but I think this is impossible)

somersault 3/4 facelock bulldog

Stardust press

Tomikazee

Uranage

Western Lariat (What the ?)

Your help would be most appreaciated Thanks

 
MATPosted on 06/13/03 at 23:28:34

Space Flying Tiger Drop - a handspring into a plancha out  of the ring. Tiger Mask, Great Sasuke and Kronus (?!) do this.

Slingshot into a DDT - where the wrestler will slingshot over the top rope and catch the opponent and drop him with a DDT. Kaz Hayashi does this.

somersault 3/4 facelock bulldog - wrestler will sit on the top rope and put the opponent in a inverted facelock, then do a somersault and drop the opponent with a ace crusher e.g. Masato Tanaka's Diamond Dust.

Stardust press - a somersault splash with a twist off the top rope. Done by Hayabusa before his tragic accident.

Tomikazee - Christian's Unprettier. Done by Tommy Rogers, hence the 'Tomi' bit.

Uranage - basically a Rock Bottom e.g. Booker T's Book End.

Western Lariat - a f##k off hard lariat done by people like Stan Hansen and Satoshi Kojima.

Hope this all helps.
FS984Posted on 06/14/03 at 01:37:21

What happened to Hayabusa? I don't remember hearing about that.
91Posted on 06/14/03 at 01:41:46

He suffered some sort of neck or spinal injruy and got paralysed or something, I don't know the full details. I'm sure someone will come along and fill you in better.
MATPosted on 06/14/03 at 01:57:27

He went for a Asai moonsault (Lionsault), but the ropes were loose and he slipped and landed on the back of his head at a FMW show in October 2001, and was paralyzed from the neck down.

Being a tough motherf**ker he's now starting to walk under his own power, so looks like it'll be a happy ending.  ;D
91Posted on 06/14/03 at 03:03:57

That's really good to hear. After an injury like that, I doubt he'd be back in the ring again, but all the same, at least he's walking again.

On a side note, I think that was post 100.  :)
mikeyPosted on 06/14/03 at 18:28:51

Also, for future move questions, you can check out the Big Book of wrestling Moves, it's quite useful.

http://www.deathvalleydriver.com/bbbowm/bbbowm.htm
MATPosted on 06/14/03 at 19:06:28

nice one mate, I've been looking for the sites new url for ages now.
CTCPosted on 06/15/03 at 01:50:45

As for the uranage, it depends on what you're familiar with. The "Rock Bottom," as it were, is actually a lot closer to how Japanese choke slams look. Taue usually got some space between himself and his opponent, but Aja Kong and others didn't always grab right at the throat. So it isn't an uranage.

If you know anything about Judo, then an uranage is completely different. "Uranage" translates to 'shoulder throw,' and, in Judo, that means something that looks very much like a backdrop suplex. Jumbo Tsuruta is probably the best example of that - his backdrop was a textbook Judo uranage.  I've seen Takeshi Morishima and Eddy Guerrero (on occasion) do pretty ones, too.

Then again, what Japanese announcers actually call "uranage" is not much like either one. It's closest to the Rock Bottom, except that the attacker stands perpendicular to the opponent (meaning the attacker is staring at the side of the opponent's head). One arm goes around the waist of the opponent, one arm goes under the chin and around the neck, and then the attacker throws them, either backwards onto their shoulders/neck, or with more of a straight-back motion so that the opponent pusses out and takes a back bump. Hiroshi Hase and Sakie Hasegawa did this all the time; what No Mercy lists as a Sambo Suplex is an uranage in this style.
slikkrikkPosted on 07/01/03 at 23:57:18

<<Space Flying Tiger Drop - a handspring into a plancha out  of the ring. Tiger Mask, Great Sasuke and Kronus (?!) do this. >>

I've actually seen Kronus do this in person. It's pretty amazing to see a 300 lb. dude handspring over the top rope outside onto a table which somebody just moved from. SPLAT!