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POLLOMANÍA LUCHA LIBRE (PMLL) - The official name of the promotion, but seldom used in favour of Pollo Road - a nickname given to the group due to the amount of fighters that previously worked for Lion's Road, a former Great Lakes based promotion.
FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL - Four fighters or teams compete against one another in an elimination match. However, only two fighters may be in the ring at any given times, while others are required to wait on the ring apron until they are tagged in or a legal participant exits the ring.
TRIANGLE SURVIVAL - Three fighters or teams compete against one another in an elimination match. However, only two fighters may be in the ring at any given times, while others are required to wait on the ring apron until they are tagged in or a legal participant exits the ring.
ASAI MOONSAULT - Named after Ultimo Dragon, the Asai Moonsault sees the fighter standing on the apron before leaping up to the second or top rope and moonsaulting onto his or her foe on the floor below.
AVALANCHE STYLE - Whenever a move is referred to as an avalanche-style, it means it is being done off the second or top rope. An inverted superplex is therefore an avalanche-style inverted suplex.
BANDERA - This isn't technically a move, but rather a sequence. With a fighter situated near the corner or the ropes, the opposing fighter will charge in and be lifted up and over, typically landing on the apron to set up another exchange but sometimes the fighter isn't so lucky and falls all the way to the floor.
DOS CARAS CLUTCH - A cradle that starts with the attacker applying a hammerlock, then rolling the opponent to the mat while applying a head scissors.
DOUBLE COLLAR TIE/PLUM CLINCH - The attacking fighter wraps both arms behind the neck of their opponent to control and maneuever them, especially useful for knee strikes.
DOUBLE WRIST LOCK/KIMURA - Used most notably in American rings by Brock Lesnar. It is named after Masahiko Kimura who used it to submit Helio Gracie in 1951.
FRONT CHANCERY - A front face lock.
GANNOSUKE CLUTCH - The attacking fighter grabs an arm, twists it and then performs a front somersault while hooking their own leg around the opponent's near leg, rolling the opponent backwards onto their shoulders. An arm trap somersault cradle, or a low-impact ranhei.
GEDO CLUTCH - The attacking wrestler sits on an opponent's back and grabs their arms, lifting them over their thighs, similar to a camel clutch. The attacker then grabs hold of the opponent's head and pushes it down and forward between their legs, while the wrestler leans forward onto their stomach, flipping the opponent over onto their shoulders, with the attacker's legs pinning the opponent down to the mat.
GROVIT - A front chancery/front face lock with a ton of torque.
GUILLOTINE DROP - A leg drop.
HURACANRANA - Note the spelling as it is named after its innovator, Huracán Ramírez. A huracanrana sees the attacker jump onto the opponent's shoulders and fall backwards, usually pulling them down into a cradle pin known as a Rana. Scott Steiner's Frankensteiner is essentially the same move, but his variation doesn't end in the pinning hold. That being said, there are also plenty of times where a huracanrana doesn't end in the pinning hold either but it's still referred to as a huracanrana. This move can be performed standing, avalanche-style or as a springboard attack.
INSIDE CRADLE - Also known as a small package.
AVALANCHE STYLE - Whenever a move is referred to as an avalanche-style, it means it is being done off the second or top rope. An inverted superplex is therefore an avalanche-style inverted suplex.
BANDERA - This isn't technically a move, but rather a sequence. With a fighter situated near the corner or the ropes, the opposing fighter will charge in and be lifted up and over, typically landing on the apron to set up another exchange but sometimes the fighter isn't so lucky and falls all the way to the floor.
DOS CARAS CLUTCH - A cradle that starts with the attacker applying a hammerlock, then rolling the opponent to the mat while applying a head scissors.
DOUBLE COLLAR TIE/PLUM CLINCH - The attacking fighter wraps both arms behind the neck of their opponent to control and maneuever them, especially useful for knee strikes.
DOUBLE WRIST LOCK/KIMURA - Used most notably in American rings by Brock Lesnar. It is named after Masahiko Kimura who used it to submit Helio Gracie in 1951.
FRONT CHANCERY - A front face lock.
GANNOSUKE CLUTCH - The attacking fighter grabs an arm, twists it and then performs a front somersault while hooking their own leg around the opponent's near leg, rolling the opponent backwards onto their shoulders. An arm trap somersault cradle, or a low-impact ranhei.
GEDO CLUTCH - The attacking wrestler sits on an opponent's back and grabs their arms, lifting them over their thighs, similar to a camel clutch. The attacker then grabs hold of the opponent's head and pushes it down and forward between their legs, while the wrestler leans forward onto their stomach, flipping the opponent over onto their shoulders, with the attacker's legs pinning the opponent down to the mat.
GROVIT - A front chancery/front face lock with a ton of torque.
GUILLOTINE DROP - A leg drop.
HURACANRANA - Note the spelling as it is named after its innovator, Huracán Ramírez. A huracanrana sees the attacker jump onto the opponent's shoulders and fall backwards, usually pulling them down into a cradle pin known as a Rana. Scott Steiner's Frankensteiner is essentially the same move, but his variation doesn't end in the pinning hold. That being said, there are also plenty of times where a huracanrana doesn't end in the pinning hold either but it's still referred to as a huracanrana. This move can be performed standing, avalanche-style or as a springboard attack.
INSIDE CRADLE - Also known as a small package.
LA CASITA - Also known as La Magistral or a leg wing cradle. The attacker grabs an arm and wrenches it around his own leg, then turns and rolls and because of the arm being wrenched, the opponent comes with and has their shoulders pinned to the mat.
LA LANZA - A double foot stomp.
LA SILLA - Lou Thesz Press turned into a diving attack. Typically done off the apron to a standing opponent on the floor, but Rey Mysterio popularized it in the American rings as the follow-up attack after a 619 where it was referred to as a "Seated Senton".
PESCADO/SLINGSHOT PRESS - An attacking fighter grabs the top rope and slingshots himself over onto an opponent on the floor.
PLANCHA/CROSS BODY BLOCK - A plancha is a simple cross body block, chest to chest, inside the ring. A Suicide Plancha is a leaping crossbody to an opponent out of the ring.
RANHEI - Essentially the Gannosuke Clutch, but instead of somersaulting into a pin - the somersault is done to increase the velocity of the opponent landing on their back in the cradle pin.
SASORIGATAME/SCORPION HOLD - Sharpshooter or Scorpion Death Lock
SENTON CON GIRO/SENTON OR SWANTON BOMB - A flipping senton usually done from the top rope.
SUNSET FLIP - Done by jumping over a doubled over opponent and pulling them into a rana/sitout position
SUPLEX HOLD/OLYMPIC BRIDGE/PUENTE OLIMPICO - Any back bridging cradle. For example, a German suplex hold means the fighter held a bridge after a suplex for a pin.
TOPE CON GIRO - A somersault plancha to an opponent on the floor.
TOPE SUICIDA/SUICIDE DIVE - A simple, but often high speed dive out of the ring onto an opponent.
TORNILLO - A corkscrew/twisting plancha.
TREE OF WOE - A fighter dangling helplessly in the corner. The Shrub of Misfortune occurs when a basement dropkick or similar style move to an opponent in the tree of woe is avoided and thus sees the attacker crotch themselves on the corner post.