Powerbomb
Known in Spanish as a Desnucadora.^ Or sometimes a Bombazo.
^Not to be confused with the La Desnucadora hold. Or desnucadora's literal translation, "neckbreaker".
Sitout Powerbomb
A Powerbomb done by falling into a seated position. Can also be further modified to create other variants like the Tiger Driver, a trademark of Tiger Mask (see below). Or Shinjiro Otani's spinning Spiral Bomb (aka Michael Elgin's Elgin Bomb, or Chigusa Nagayo's Super Freak). Diamante's Vuelta Finale is preceded by a sort of sustained pop-up hold, as to add extra swing to the fall.[1]
Liger Bomb
A Liger Bomb is a Sitout Powerbomb wherein the attacker themselves falls backwards during the landing, thus putting more impact on the opponent's head and neck. Sometimes preceded by a run-up (unsurprisingly known as a running Liger Bomb). Created by Jushin Liger.
Note: ^not actually a Liger Bomb.
Samurai Bomb
El Samurai's version of the Powerbomb: a kneeling one shoulder powerbomb.
Superbomb
A top rope Powerbomb is sometimes called a Superbomb.
Tiger Driver
A powerbomb wherein the lift is performed with a double-underhook to the opponent's arms. It was innovated by Mitsuharu Misawa during his days as Tiger Mask II. Has a deadlier modification in the form of the Tiger Driver 91.
Blue Thunder Bomb
A belly-to-back suplex lift, spun out into a sitout powerbomb. Innovated by Jun Akiyama.
Gutwrench Powerbomb
Very similar to a regular powerbomb, except that the lift lacks the usual symmetry. Can be performed side-on (as pictured) or with the target sidling along the lifter, and dropped standing, falling, sitting or kneeling.
Vertical Suplex Powerbomb
Vertical suplex lift which proceeds to flip the opponent forward into a powerbomb. Coined as the Orange Crush by Kenta Kobashi. Can be done standing, kneeling or sitting out. El Generico occasionally brings out a version that lifts the opponent into the vertical suplex with a "double pumphandle" (really more of a double wrist-clutch), which seems pointless but hey, making things look cool is lucha 101.
Pumphandle Powerbomb
Pumphandle lift spun outwards into a powerbomb position. Named the Kentucky Bomb by Kenta Kobashi (a sitout version) and the Riptide by Rhea Ripley (kneeling). Used by Marcela in lucha.
See Also
- Crucifix Powerbomb
- Brillante Driver
- Dragon Driver
- Inverted Gory Special Bomb
- La Desnucadora del Mosquetero
- Rossy Moreno's Overhead Face-first Powerbomb
- Gótico (Arizona)'s / Vito Fratelli's Popup Powerbomb
- Beast Mortos' Powerbomb backbreaker
- Buckle Bomb
- Inverted Powerslam (sometimes called an "Inverted Powerbomb")
- Sitout Spinebuster (sometimes called a "Split-legged Powerbomb")
