If the wrestler has passed out, the opponent then scores by submission.

For example, a wrestler may get whipped into a referee at a slower speed, knocking the ref down for short amount of time ; during that interim period, one wrestler may pin his opponent for a three-count and would have won the match but for the referee being down ( sometimes, another referee will sprint to the ring from backstage to attempt to make the count, but by then, the other wrestler has had enough time to kick out on his own accord ).

However, Mondt discovered a solution that would completely transform the industry, as he convinced Lewis and Sandow to implement a new form of wrestling that combined features of boxing, Greco-Roman, freestyle, lumber-camp fighting, and theater into what he deemed “ Slam Bang Western-Style Wrestling .” He then formed a promotion with wrestler Ed Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow.

Kaufman decides to become a professional wrestler — but to emphasize the “ villain ” angle, he would wrestle only women ( hired actresses ) and then berate them after winning, declaring himself " Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion ".

Creating the costumed identity of Spider-Man for himself, Peter sought first to exploit his newfound powers as a masked wrestler and then as a television star.

Seiji Ozawa relates an anecdote: on hearing of the death of the baby daughter of his friend the sumo wrestler Chiyonofuji, Slava flew unannounced to Tokyo, took a 1 1 / 2 hour cab ride to Chiyonofuji's house and played his Bach sarabande outside, as his gesture of sympathy — then got back in the taxi and returned to the airport to fly back to Europe.

The steer wrestler then is pulled off his horse by the slowing steer and plants his heels into the dirt further slowing the steer and himself.

The steer wrestler then slides with his feet turned slightly to the left, twisting the head of the steer toward one by pushing down with the near hand and pulling up and in with the far elbow.

When one wrestler finally tapped-out and pulled away from his opponent, it was only then that he and the crowd realised the other man was, in fact, dead and had effectively won the match posthumously.

McMahon then began an on-screen relationship with wrestler Test, which led to a rivalry between him and her older brother Shane.

Edge was then placed in a feud against the vampire wrestler Gangrel.

In a backstage meeting in August 1999, which involved every contracted WCW wrestler, Eric Bischoff offered anyone their release right then and there.

Filipović then defeated Mexican professional wrestler Dos Caras Jr. at Pride Bushido 1, also with a head kick knockout, in 46 seconds.

After Styles dropped the World Heavyweight Championship to Rob Van Dam, then failed to regain it in a rematch and later was pinned by Jay Lethal, Flair adopted Kazarian as his newest protégé, seemingly replacing Styles as his number one wrestler.

This variation of the armbreaker involves the attacking wrestler grabbing the opponent's left or right arm, holding it across their chest and then falling backwards, dropping the opponent face first as well as damaging the opponent's arm and shoulder.

The wrestler grabs his or her opponent's arm, then turns to face the other direction and pulls the opponent over his or her shoulder.

An arm drag which sees the wrestler being spun in front of the opponent's body in a tilt-a-whirl, and then ending it up with an arm drag.

This arm drag sees the wrestler being held in a wheelbarrow hold by the opponent, and then going for an over the shoulder arm drag as he frees his legs off the opponent's waist.

A move in which the wrestler goes behind an opponent, then puts his head under the opponent's shoulder.

Periodically called a Manhattan Drop, this is a move in which the wrestler puts his or her head under the opponent's shoulder and lifts the opponent up and then drops his or her " lower abdomen region " or groin first on the wrestler's knee.

The wrestler then lifts the opponent into the air and falls into a seated position, driving the opponent tailbone-first on to the mat.

The wrestler then jumps up and falls on to his / her back so that the opponent lands on his / her head while remaining vertical.

The wrestler applies a cobra clutch and then leaps forward, falling into a sitting position and driving the face of the opponent into the ground.

If the referee reaches the count of five, and the wrestler still does not break the hold, he is disqualified.

When the steer reaches the end of his rope, it pops off and simultaneously releases the barrier for the steer wrestler.

Facing their opponent, the wrestler reaches between their opponent's legs with one arm and reaches around their back from the same side with their other arm.

The wrestler reaches under one of the opponent's arms with his / her corresponding arm and places the palm of his / her hand on the neck of the opponent, thereby forcing the arm of the opponent up into the air ( the half nelson ).

A move in which a wrestler stands side-to-side and slightly behind with the opponent, facing in the same direction, and reaches behind the opponent's back to hook the opponent's head with the other hand extending the opponent's nearest arm, then while hooking the opponent's leg the wrestler falls backward, pulling the opponent to the mat back-first.

The wrestler then reaches behind themselves and applies a three-quarter facelock to the opponent.

Well known as the Complete Shot, this is a move in which a wrestler stands side-to-side and slightly behind with the opponent, facing in the opposite direction, and reaches around the opponent's torso with one arm across the opponent's chest with his / her hand holding on to his / her other hand which is behind the opponent's head.

Any wrestler who reaches one of them is entitled to purchase one of the membership shares in the Japan Sumo Association, regardless of the total number of tournaments they have spent in the top makuuchi division.

If this is the highest rank a wrestler reaches, even if it is only for one tournament, he will always be referred to as " former sekiwake ( ring name )" after his retirement, an indicator of a successful sumo career, even if not achieving the exceptional standards of the two highest ranks.

If this is the highest rank a wrestler reaches, even if it is only for one tournament, he will always be referred to as " former komusubi ( ring name )" after his retirement, which is an indicator of a fairly successful sumo career.

An uncommon variation of the move which sees the wrestler being held and spun into a tilt-a-whirl by the opponent, and when the wrestler reaches a point where he is horizontally positioned against the opponent's torso, he falls down, pushing down the opponent onto his back against the canvas.

This move sees an opponent propped up in the corner as an attacking wrestler charges towards him or her, running up the ropes ( that are beside the opponent ), or in some cases, up the opponent, and, as he or she reaches the top, kicking off this opponent's chest to perform a backflip so the wrestler lands on his / her feet.

There is also an inverted version of the move in which an attacking wrestler reaches between an opponent's legs with one arm and reaches around that opponent's back from the same side with his other arm before lifting their opponent upside down into a belly-to-belly position.

Facing his opponent, the wrestler reaches between their opponent's legs with their right arm and reaches around the opponent's neck from the same side with their left arm.

Facing their opponent, the wrestler reaches between his opponent's legs with their right arm and reaches around the opponent's neck from the same side with their left arm.

The wrestler then reaches out and grabs the opponent's throat and trunks, and lifts him or her in the air as though the wrestler is about to deliver a chokeslam.

A few years earlier, around 1920, professional wrestler Joseph Raymond " Toots " Mondt had created a new challenge of professional wrestling that he called Slam Bang Western Style Wrestling to make the entertainment more appealing to spectators.

One report says the wrestler was able to hold a pomegranate without damaging it while challengers tried to pry his fingers from it, and another report says he could burst a band fastened around his brow by inhaling air and causing the temple veins to swell.

He also played a bully boy wrestler in Carol Reed's film A Kid for Two Farthings ( 1955 ) based around London's Petticoat Lane Market where he has a match against a local bodybuilder who is getting married to Diana Dors.

At the time Quinn walked out, a wrestler of his named Édouard Carpentier was involved in an angle where he and Lou Thesz were both being presented around the NWA as champion.

An Egypt ian burial chamber mural, from the tomb of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum dating to around 2400 BC, showing wrestler s in action.

He won more tournaments in his thirties than any other wrestler and retired in his mid-thirties, in contrast to most recent yokozuna who have tended to retire around 30.

Having reached a peak weight of as an active wrestler, he has lost a great deal of weight since his retirement ( more than retired wrestlers typically do ) and is now around.

An arm wringer or spinning wristlock is a move in which the wrestler grabs the opponent's arm by the wrist / arm and twists it over the wrestler's head to spin it around with enough force to take the opponent to the mat.

The wrestler then falls downwards while still scissoring his legs around the opponent's waist and pushes himself by hitting his palms against the canvas.

The wrestler faces his her opponent, ducks under the opponent's arm closest to them, wraps their closest arm around the waist of the opponent and then quickly performs a forward flip whilst sweeping the opponent's leg, thereby dropping the opponent on their back, ending up in a cradle pin.

Rogers soon became a top wrestler using his real name around his hometown where he gained his first major win over Ed " Strangler " Lewis.

This variation of a vertical suplex, is also sometimes known as the rotation suplex, corkscrew suplex, twisting suplex, rotary suplex, and ( very rarely ) drop suplex, sees the attacking wrestler lift the opponent as in a normal vertical suplex, but turn around as he or she falls back to twist the opponent into the mat.

Sometimes referred to as a leg lift back suplex or leg lift backdrop, it is applied just as a back suplex would be, except that the wrestler wraps only the near arm or no arm around the torso of their opponent.

A gutwrench suplex involves a wrestler standing on one side of an opponent locking his / her arms around the opponent's waist ( near arm in front of the opponent and far arm behind ) and lifting him / her up and slamming him / her over back-first down to the mat.

The wrestler locks his arms around the opponent's waist and stands up, lifting the opponent.

Technically known as a belly-to-back waist lock suplex, the wrestler stands behind the opponent, grabs them around their waist, lifts them up, and falls backwards while bridging his back and legs, slamming the opponent down to the mat shoulder and upper back first.

This move is performed when a wrestler wraps a forward-facing opponent's legs around his / her waist, in a wheelbarrow hold, from either standing behind an opponent who is laying face-first on the mat or by catching a charging opponent before then applying a gutwrench to lift the opponent up off the ground into the air, then the attacking wrestler would continue lifting the opponent over his / her while falling backwards to hit this variation of a German suplex.

The wrestler wraps their arms around the opponent in a waistlock or a bodylock position and flips them over by violently bridging their own body so the opponent lands on their back.

The Sharpshooter hold begins with the opponent supine on the mat with the applying wrestler stepping between the opponent's legs with his / her left leg and wraps the opponent's legs at shin level around that leg.

North American wrestling also use the mask for a different purpose, putting the mask on a well known wrestler in a storyline / angle that forces the wrestler to wear the mask to get around various " stipulations " or to betray a trust without revealing an identity.