A facebuster, also known as a faceplant, is generally a takedown move in professional wrestling in which an attacking wrestler forces their opponent down...

Knight threw punches at both competitors. In the climax, Hayes set up a facebuster, but Knight cut in and hit Hayes with the BFT and pinned him and retain...

this move being called "Au Revoir". A wheelbarrow facebuster can be combined with many facebuster and DDT variations. While one wrestler holds an opponent...

A leg drop or legdrop refers to an attack used in professional wrestling in which an attacking wrestler will jump and land his leg across a fallen opponent's...

Special, a type of backbreaker stretch hold which has been modified into a facebuster move (Gory Bomb), a piledriver (Barry White Driver), a powerbomb (Stu...

opponent on whichever near knee. This version is best known as the TopSpin Facebuster used and named by Shane Helms. Another modified version sees a belly-to-back...

finishing and signature moves included the Nose Job which was a sitout facebuster, the swinging neckbreaker, DDT variations, a handspring back elbow (dubbed...

Pro-Wrestling All Japan Pro Wrestling 2002 Brock Lesnar F-5 (Fireman's Carry Facebuster) World Wrestling Entertainment 2003 A.J. Styles Styles Clash (Belly-to-back...

head and neck. Another version of the move is similar to a wheelbarrow facebuster, but instead illegally pulls the hair of the opponent while leaning back...

cornered opponent, with the assistance of a steel chair), the Arabian Facebuster (Jumping, diving or a somersault leg drop, driving a steel chair into...

powerhouse style. Her signature moves include a bicycle kick and a chickenwing facebuster which she calls Jaded. While in AEW, she was nicknamed "That Bitch". Cargill...

mat. This move plus some other variations are sometimes referred to as facebusters. The wrestler applies a Cobra Clutch and then leaps forward, falling...

and Shirakawa then performed a double facebuster to Seira. Shirakawa then performed an electric chair/facebuster combination and then locked in the Figure...

first did come out alone, Konnan eventually came out and hit a double facebuster on Douglas to pick up the victory. The following match was a First Blood...

retaliation, Sabu attacked Big Show with a steel chair and executed an Arabian Facebuster, a diving leg drop with a chair. On the August 15 episode of ECW, Sabu...

Championship against The Miz. The match ended when Axel executed a Hangman's Facebuster on Miz to retain the title. After that, AJ Lee defended the Divas Championship...

X-Pac attempted another powerbomb, but Kidman reversed it into a sitout facebuster. X-Pac then countered an aerial attack with an X-Factor. As he attempted...

go-to finishing maneuver for his entire career has been a fireman's carry facebuster known as the F-5 (or The Verdict when he wrestled outside of WWE). After...

and jumps and slams the opponent face-first to the mat in a cutter. The facebuster variation also exists. Also known as an Yokosuka Cutter. In this variation...

Thrillers in which the Filthy Animals won by pinfall after Tygress hit a facebuster on Mike Sanders. In 2019, Thomas Hall of Wrestling Rumors gave the event...

who was seated on a chair. Ciampa performed a lifting double underhook facebuster on Gargano onto the steel steps but Gargano stood at a nine count. Gargano...

fisherman suplex variation called Pole Shift. Similar to the wheelbarrow facebuster but instead of dropping their opponent face first, they drop their opponent...

then came out and sent Cena through the table with his Atomic Arabian Facebuster move. Several Raw superstars ran out to attempt to fight off the ECW Originals...

and prematurely celebrated. Triple H took advantage, and executed a facebuster knee smash on Angle, followed by a clothesline over the top rope to win...

Peep Show. As a finisher, Christian uses an inverted double underhook facebuster, called the Killswitch. He also utilized a spear as tribute to his best...

the Truth or Consequences. Often used as a counter to the wheelbarrow facebuster, this variant sees the attacking wrestler in the wheelbarrow position...

reality television and Hollywood tie-ins to his character, is a full nelson facebuster dubbed the Skull Crushing Finale. He originally performed a swinging inverted...

to the ring to challenge Axel. Axel pinned Kingston after a Hangman's Facebuster to retain the title. After this, AJ Lee defended her WWE Divas Championship...

their body grabbing their head and executing a modified DDT or a modified facebuster. Karrion Kross uses a pumphandle version called the Final Prayer. The...

Axel retained the title after pinning R-Truth following a hangman's facebuster. Later, AJ Lee defended the WWE Divas Championship against Brie Bella...