They then pull back on the opponent's arms lifting them up so that the opponent is held upside down facing in the same direction as the wrestler, the wrestler then drops to a sitting or kneeling position dropping the opponent's head into the mat. [1] The technique is said to have been innovated by Wild Bill Longson.[2]. Also known as a belly-to-belly piledriver, a wrestler faces an opponent and grabs the opponent's waist and turns them upside-down, holding them belly-to-belly against their torso. They then lift the opponent up on their chest so that they are facing downwards. Similar to the wheelbarrow facebuster but instead of dropping their opponent face first, they drop their opponent so that the opponent lands on their upper back and neck between the legs of the wrestler, facing towards them usually resulting in a pin. Super Dragon used this move throughout his career, calling it the Psycho Driver. I’m really surprised that he didn’t hurt Kane though because Kane’s actually taller than him. Notable wrestlers who have regularly used a piledriver during their career include Jerry Lawler, Bret Hart, Harley Race, Paul Orndorff, The Undertaker, Kane, The Brain Busters, Buddy Rogers, Minoru Suzuki, Karl Gotch, and Kazuchika Okada. In this piledriver, a wrestler will bend their opponent forward, placing the opponent's head between the wrestler's legs, and hooks each of the opponent's arms behind the opponent's back. A variation of the piledriver where instead of dropping to a sitting position as in the basic belly-to-back piledriver, the wrestler drops to a kneeling position. Do not try these yet. A variation on this, sometimes known as the sunset driver, sees the attacking wrestler hook the opponent's legs underneath their arms while holding the opponent up in the back to belly position. This variation of a belly-to-belly piledriver refers to any belly-to-belly piledriver that involves the wrestler holding the opponent in a belly-to-belly position, then falling to a kneeling position. From here, the wrestler drops to their knees, driving the opponent's head into the mat. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. The technique is said to have been innovated by Wild Bill Longson. The impact jammed Austin's neck and left him temporarily paralyzed. There is also a seated version of this move.

Often referred to as a Tombstone piledriver. As both wrestlers flip, the attacking wrestler uses their body weight to land in a seated position driving the opponent's head down to the mat between the wrestler's thighs. A photo of the grave of Bob Kane, the creator of Batman (at Forest Lawn Hollywood). All of this can of course be appealed by messaging us. I just told you a factual statement. The wrestler then drops to a sitting position. By 2002, Austin's doctors told him that he risked permanent disability if he did not retire, and he finally did so in April 2003.[6].

The name is taken from a piece of construction equipment, also called a pile driver, that drives countless massive impacts on the top of a large major foundation support, burying it in the ground slowly with each impact.

Perform the tombstone face to face with your opponent and arm length apart. It is also used by Chase Owens.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Austin underwent surgery on his neck in 1999, but it never fully healed. Get into the starting position by grabbing their right shoulder with your left hand. This move was innovated by Mariko Yoshida, who named the move the Air Raid Crash, and was popularized by Fit Finlay, who dubbed it the Celtic Cross, Cima, who uses it as the Schwein, Sheamus who dubs the move White Noise and Taichi as Black Mephisto. The user of this move first starts by putting the opponent into a pumphandle position, then lifting them into the air perpendicular to the ground and upside down, rotating them so that their back is against the chest. The name "tombstone piledriver" was popularized by The Undertaker and later Kane. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. The wrestler then drops to a sitting position, driving the opponent's head into the mat. In a match between Owen Hart and Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hart was to perform a sitout reverse piledriver on Austin, who later said that he was not sure if the move was a good idea to perform, as he was unsure if his head could properly be protected. This file has been extracted from another file: This image, originally posted to Flickrwas reviewed on 26 September by the administrator or reviewer Yannwho confirmed that it was available on Flickr under the stated license on that date. The piledriber other wikis use this file: Visit our wiki for more info. A double underhook variation exists in which the arms of a bent over opponent are placed in a butterfly prior to performing the flip. [8] The piledriver is also banned in many other promotions and certain cities. It was invented by Karl Gotch, known as the Gotch-Style Piledriver and is commonly used by NJPW wrestler Minoru Suzuki (Gotch's protege). Also referred as the Ganso Bomb. The wrestler then jumps up and falls down to a sitting position, driving the opponent down to the mat neck and shoulder first. Low-effort, single image link postsincluding but not limited to, screenshots, crude photoshops, and MS paint-style artwork, are subject to removal. Become a Redditor and subscribe to one of thousands of communities.

At Wrestlemania 26, when Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels and forced him to retire, there were many people who were saddened, some who were crying.

The proper way to execute the move, in most cases, is for the wrestler performing the move to tuck the opponent's head between their legs before falling to the mat (there are variations that are performed differently, as the list below indicates).

[5] Perhaps the most famous example of an injury from an improperly performed piledriver came at the 1997 WWF SummerSlam event. Kenny Omega also used the move as Signature Maneuver. This move was popularized by Super Dragon, who called it Psycho Driver II. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. I thought they were the same height or Kane was a bit taller. The wrestler then falls or jumps to their knees, driving the opponent's head into the mat.

The move was innovated by Karl Gotch, but was popularized by The Undertaker and was later used by his (kayfabe) brother Kane. 15 moves that really exist", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piledriver_(professional_wrestling)&oldid=981234452#Kneeling_reverse_piledriver, Articles with dead external links from June 2011, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 October 2020, at 02:49.

However, the move had been used under many names by other wrestlers years beforehand. Posts or submissions about the community itself are allowed as long as they follow the general rules of Squared Circle. But my god, those poors guy’s knees.