Talk:Suplex

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I might have missed it if due to a different name. Scott Steiner used to perform this kove. Shawn Michaels used to do the back breaker version. Is it in here?(Halbared 13:43, 2 July 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Do suplex slams really belong here? They start out like suplexes, but they aren't really suplexes. It seems odd for them to be here while the suplex powerslam (jackhammer), arguably just as suplex-like as these if not more so, remains in the general throws article. — Gwalla | Talk 05:56, 31 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Suplex slam sounds like a Jackhammer to me, what's the diff?(Halbared 17:11, 5 June 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Jackhammer is a suplex powerslam. Basically the difference is that in a powerslam the wrestler lands on top of the opponent, and in a normal suplex slam just throws the opponent down, while remaining standing.

↪Lakes (Talk) 18:21, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A bit off topic, but can anyone tell me what the difference between a suplex slam and an inverted suplex slam is? The descriptions sound exactly the same. Donco 19:29, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hrm. I suppose the "suplex slam" should refer to the variation where opponent is turned and slammed down on their back, and inverted where the opponent isn't turned. The descriptions need to be completely rewritten.

↪Lakes (Talk) 20:15, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is this move actually in common use? I don't doubt that it's possible, but I've never seen it or heard of it being used. — Gwalla | Talk 29 June 2005 01:07 (UTC)

I was working on the new Tiger Mask IV article and added this move, forgetting to add the reference to him. See http://www.puroresufan.com/images/moves/tigermaskmillenium.jpg for a picture.

— Lakes 29 June 2005 01:15 (UTC)

Great, thanks! — Gwalla | Talk 29 June 2005 02:26 (UTC)

The word "suplex" is actually from the French word "souplesse", so the pronunciation soo-plex is closer to the original pronunciation (soo-pless). -Voievod 00:12, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The pronunciation by most people is sue-plex and not soo-plex like it says. I will make that change. Mr. C.C. (talk) 23:25, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? Sue and soo are pronounced identically. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.226.132.83 (talk) 02:44, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Souplesse, kind of like the word supple, meaning flexible. Hmmm, if flexing something is twisting or turning it, then I guess you can have a class of moves that involve flipping an opponent over or swinging them around. Most forms of throws like the hip-toss,arm-drag throw, side-headlock-flipover and then moves like the powerbomb (which has a good deal of flipping of the opponent) the powerslam I guess.

I read somewhere that in the judged, competative wrestling, a high score is given for moves that involve flipping the opponent over, or maybe swinging them sideways like the belly to back suplex.

I'm not sure how the word souplesse is pronounced in french. My guess is it would sound like 'suplays', pronoucing the 'e' with an 'a' sound. So I guess suplex and suplay are both close enough to the french word. but stuff it about which is more correct, I'll just say suplex which I prefer more. Hmmm I remember whatching some japanese wrestling commentated by Larry Lugo and Stately Wayne Manor I think, where Lugo was saying 'That was a good suplay..or suplex depending on whose school of thought..." and I think Stately Wayne said something like "Hey I just call it suplex".

Arent those the same?

Do we really need such a lo-o-o-o-o-ong list of different types of suplexes, some of which border on OR or at least being unsourced? Let me rephrase that: Does it really belong in an encyclopedia? After all, Wikipedia is not a handbook of professional wrestling moves. For that matter, it's not the place for cateloguing every single professional wrestling move known to man. Hmm, now that I think of it, maybe I should have brought this up at WikiProject Professional Wrestling, it's so pervasive... Morgan Wick 09:28, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I use this page fairly frequently, as do several others I know. While wikipedia is not a catologue, it is a reference point, and a reference point can only be complete if it can be referenced for the various suplexes.

Can we get some more encyclopedic knowledge in the article? When did this move originate in wrestling? Is it limited to use in "Professional" (scripted exhibition) wrestling, or does it have valid application in "amateur" (olympic / legitimate style) wrestling? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.14.178.51 (talk) 16:50, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The first paragraph is just full of "his or her"'s, the text is so encumbered reading it is a pain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.122.75.168 (talk) 23:51, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was some playing around in this article by someone, who wrote some sexually themed attacks against another individual in the middle of the article. I only found one instance of this, but the article may need to be policed for more of this type of thing.

I know I'm only a guest, but I figured this type of thing needed to be removed. Thanks.

How about the Snake Suplex? I was about to name it as its alternate because of how the Half-Nelson Suplex is well-positioned and executed. jlog3000 (talk) 18:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure of the name, but this is like a Tiger Suplex, but is back-to-back instead of belly-to-back, and involves the wrestler hooking his arms in his opponents and diving forward into a reverse bridge (the wrestler is on his head, with his belly to the ground) and can pin them here. I'm not sure if this is the real name, or if this is really a move.

• Actually, an inverted Tiger Suplex is most like an underhook belly-to-belly suplex. jlog3000 (talk) 18:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is the Cradle Suplex much like a release variation or version of a normal Fisherman's Suplex? jlog3000 (talk) 18:17, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They're the same move whether it's released or bridged. PCE 4:14 AM, 17 September 2008 (ET)

I've added a statement regarding this fact, but it has been removed, why, none of you have noticed the similarity before? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.53.218.61 (talk) 05:51, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that the electric chair drop is a suplex, it looks more like it is its own move rather than a suplex. In my opinion, it is almost executed in a similar matter to a Samoan drop, save for the electric chair part. If you think electric chair drop is a suplex, then would you call the Samoan drop a fireman's carry suplex or Samoan suplex?

Is there a hammerlock suplex? B-Machine (talk) 16:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't a belly-to-back suplex the same as a belly-to-belly, except the opponent is facing the other way (the opponent lands face and chest-first)? AFAIK, what is described on this page is a back suplex (similar to a German suplex). Besides, the opponent isn't directly in front of the attacker in a back suplex as he/she would be in a belly-to-belly suplex. Neo Bahamut (talk) 17:16, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The wrestling world is full of various moves, with many fancy names for each move. This article describes a long list of suplex moves. What it fails to describe, however, is what the defining element of a suplex is, what makes it different from, say, a powerslam. What's the element that makes all these moves part of the suplex family, and other moves not?

Now, this comment is posted under suplex, but, of course, goes equally for all wrestling moves.

What I'm looking for is something like (just an example, picked from another article): "Arachnids are a class (Arachnida) of joint-legged invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. All arachnids have eight legs, although in some species the front pair may convert to a sensory function.". Such a description makes it easy to classify that this is an arachnid, but that ant isn't. See what I'm looking for? 88.131.91.2 (talk) 15:42, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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To add to this article: 1) the etymology of the word "suplex"; 2) the origin of the suplex. Not to include these two pieces of basic information means that this article is not properly encyclopedic. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 22:39, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"In 2018, the Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan announced a campaign to introduce this variant of the suplex to international soccer.[4]"

Although this does have a print reference, out of any context it is not informative. It was quite possibly an-off-the cuff joke that does not add anything to the article in its current form.