Rana

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A 'Rana is the ending cradle of a sunset flip, though an attacker can get to the position in many ways.[1]

It's the Spanish word for "frog", presumably due to the splayed-out nature of the limbs. And the namesake of the Huracarrana move, innovated by Huracán Ramírez. Despite not involving a rana pin at all, the "poison rana" is presumed to be named as such due to "poison frogs" being especially deadly.[2]

Allegedly innovated by Emilio Charles. From a Huracan Ramirez obituary: " “La rana,” a creation of the Mexican wrestler Emilio Charles senior, was a bells-and-whistles-added (flashier) variation of the standard pinning move known in the US as the “victory roll” and debuted in the 1930s. The move is essentially nothing more than leapfrog except one lands on one’s opponent’s shoulder rather than flying over, in essence imitating a frog doing a hop."