Powerbomb


 
 

A Powerbomb is a professional wrestling move in which an opponent is lifted up (usually so that they are sitting on the attacker's shoulders) and then slammed back first down to the mat.

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The standard Powerbomb sees a wrestler placed in a standing headscissors position (bent forward with their head placed between the attacker's thighs), lifted up on the attacker's shoulders, and then slammed down back-first to the mat.

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The first powerbomb, was allegedly performed by Lou Thesz when he accidentally botched a piledriver by letting go his opponent so that he fell down to the mat head first.

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Lou Thesz: Lou Thesz was the stage name of Aloysius Martin Thesz, (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002) who was a champion wrestler for 58 years....

Botched: Botched is a 2007 film starring Stephen Dorff....

Piledriver: The following article is about the term "piledriver" in the context of construction. See Piledriver (professional wrestling) for the professional wrestling power move of the same name....

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