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Thought I would give you all a list of some cool wrestling moves I have come along and seen, I will also try and include some videos to help with working out what they are. I hope you like this post on wrestling moves and best of luck with them all!

Ankle Lock
Made famous by Kurt Angle, basically a quick rip and turn of the ankle; designed to break the ankle!
Video – Ankle Lock

Bulldog
We’ve seen quite a few people do this, including John Cena, Tommy Dreamer, Brian Kendrick. A move where one wrestler grabs the head of another and drives it into the mat while leaping into the air.
Video – Bulldog

Chokeslam
Most common wrestlers to have used this were the Brother’s Of Destruction, Kane and The Undertaker. This involves one wrestler grabbing another by the throat, he then lifts him into the air and slams him back down. Thus the chokeslam is created, simply due to how the move works!
Video – Chokeslam

Frog Splash
Used by the Guerrero’s and Rob Van Dam, a very effective move where one wrestler jumps off the top rope and does a frog type leap into the air, just before landing on their opponent.
Video – Frog Splash

Pedigree
Made famous by Triple H mainly, a very effective mover where the wrestler grabs the opponent, puts him between his own legs and yorks him up and straight back down onto the mat. Similar to the powerbomb, however the wrestler is not lifted fully off the ground.
Video – Pedigree

Powerbomb
Used in the early days of JBL’s career and now seen in Batista’s career as his finisher, this move is one of the most effective in the WWE. Place the opposition wrestler’s head between your knees, york him up and straight back down to the mat! This can cause major damage to the back or spinal cord however.
Video – Power Bomb/Batista Bomb

Superkick
Used by Shawn Michaels as a finisher and a few others as a go about move, very effective. A simply kick to the base of the jaw, can break the jaw or knock the opposition wrestler’s lights out!
Video – Superkick/Sweet Chin Music

Shooting Star Press
Probably my favourite move, it was at one stage banned because it inflicted too much damage on the wrestler getting hit with it. Billy Kidman was one of the best to use it in my opinion, now seen being used by Evan Bourne. Involves the wrestler jumping of the top rope backwards, similar to a moonsalt but on the landing the knees are driven into the ribs.
Video – Shooting Star Press

Partial Source: PWInsider.com

This year’s WWE Hall of Fame appropriate on the USA Network will be sponsored by THQ’s Legends of Wrestlemania video game, which will be appear in March. There has been allocution of captivation some array of homesickness bout at Wrestlemania XXV to accompany with the absolution of the game.

SmackDown Diva Maria Kanellis has launched an official website at www.MariaKanellis.net. Maria appears to be attractive above Apple Angry Ball as she’s abundantly blame her beginning career in the ball apple rather than her career in able angry on the website. On the website she lists herself as an “Actress/Model/Singer/Wrestler” in that order. The website appearance her resume as able-bodied as some non-WWE clay photos.

At Sunday night’s Royal Rumble, Melina won the WWE Women’s Championship for a third time by assault Beth Phoenix. You can see a new photo arcade of Melina assuming with the belt at WWE.com.

The final Raw afore WrestleMania will be demography abode at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Monday, March 30. Tickets for the accident go on auction on Saturday, February 21st at Noon.

As ahead reported, TNA iMPACT! on 1/22 denticulate a 1.1 cable rating. The adventure did a 0.83 in M18-49, a 0.62 in P18-49, a 0.82 in M18-34, and an boilerplate admirers of 1.6 actor viewers. Aftermost week’s actualization acquaint division hours of: 1.08, 1.08, 1.11, 1.13, 1.19, 1.14, 1.07, and 1.15.

John Bradshaw Layfield has a new blog on the WWE Universe armpit and he briefly comments on his bend with Shawn Michaels. “Shawn Michaels didn’t absolutely get the job done yesterday, that will be addressed tonight on Raw,” Layfield wrote. He additionally talks about his meet-and-greet actualization in Louisville tomorrow afterward tonight’s Raw in Cleveland. “I’ll be bottomward at Danny Davis amphitheatre tomorrow with my acceptable acquaintance Danny Davis for OVW in Louisville, adorable advanced to actuality bottomward there,” Layfield wrote. “One of the affidavit I got into appearance was because I met Tracy Beckham there and she helped me apprentice about nutrition, I went from an old fat football amateur to apple best with her guidance.”

From what I can acquaint from talking to several bodies today, Christian Cage was not backstage at the Royal Rumble PPV aftermost night. That’s absorbing because I had heard his alpha date was at the Royal Rumble PPV. I apperceive that affairs additionally alleged for him to be a allotment of the Jeff Hardy bend but those affairs were all heavily edited aural the accomplished anniversary or so. I still apprehend Christian to somehow be a allotment of that bend in the advancing weeks though. On a ancillary note, Christian has an acutely adorable wife who is a model. We accept 31 pics of her at this link. He’s one advantageous guy that’s for sure.

It’s been an EXTREMELY active day actuality today and that will abide tonight and tomorrow as well. Traffic is through the roof today which is a acceptable thing! We’ve got RAW tonight as able-bodied as the ECW tapings (Spoilers will be acquaint in aloof a little bit). We’ve additionally got a TNA TV taping in Orlando, FL tonight (This taping will air on Thursday). Tomorrow we’ve got post-RAW/Rumble account as able-bodied as a DOUBLE SmackDown! taping additional addition TNA TV taping for abutting week. Stay with us actuality on the website during this VERY active time. It doesn’t get any easier from this point on as WrestleMania approaches.

Reader “Dave” beatific in the following… “I noticed that Randy Orton adulterated the pyro catastrophe of the rumble. He stood by the ropes for a while pointing at the WM25 assurance assured the pyro to go off but annihilation happened. He afresh confused to the average of the arena and approved pointing afresh afore the ref came up and told him ‘up on the ropes’. He afresh climbed the turnbuckle and did the affectation afresh while the pyro went off to abutting the show.”

In one of Jack Swagger’s aboriginal accessible interviews back abutting the capital WWE roster, the ECW best says affronted has consistently been in his blood. “I’ve done some anatomy of affronted back I was six,” Swagger told The Southern newspaper. “I admired it as a kid. In academy I was absolutely focused on accepting a degree. This came up (WWE) and it was like destiny. I jumped at it.” He adds, “I’m aloof aggravating to booty the brawl and run with it now. I feel absolutely adequate in that ring. I’ve been aggressive about all my life.” Swagger additionally talks about his abecedarian affronted career and bodies comparing him to Brock Lesnar. You can apprehend the account at SouthernIllinoisan.com

After Matt Hardy affronted on his brother Jeff and amount him the WWE appellation aftermost night at the Royal Rumble, Hardy admirers began bombarding Matt’s MySpace folio with affronted messages. Check out MySpace.com/TheOnlyMattHardy to see the comments.

The accessible storyline for RAW tonight is whether Randy Orton will be ‘fired’ or ’suspended’ for blame Vince in the arch aftermost week. It’s a abundant storyline now with Orton acceptable the Royal Rumble due to the actuality that he’s ‘guranteed’ to go on the banderole WrestleMania. It should be absorbing tonight.

While Randy Orton was the final man continuing afterwards aftermost night’s Royal Rumble, Triple H spent the best time in the arena (49:55) and angry Big Show for the best eliminations (6). For added Rumble stats, appointment WWE.com.

Candice Michelle has acquired absolutely a bit of weight back abiding to WWE several weeks ago. This could accept been due to the abridgement of activity to the gym while her abrasion heeled but she absolutely arranged on some pounds. We aloof acquaint close-up photos of her from a alive accident this accomplished weekend and she looks actual abundant to say the least.

In commendations to Mickey Rourke’s comments aftermost night at the SAG awards, the plan is to accept Rourke vs. Jericho at WrestleMania. Vince McMahon did a complete 180 in commendations to The Wrestler already the blur best up Academy Award nominations. McMahon is acquisitive that the Oscar fizz surrounding the amateur “playing wrestler” for the blur will accord WrestleMania a lot of fizz as he absolutely accomplish into the ring. Rourke had talked to Roddy Piper about authoritative the appearance, and according to Afa the Wild Samoan, who accomplished Rourke, Rourke, “should accept been a wrestler, he was anon one of the boys.”

Several readers beatific in chat that video footage of Randy Orton’s advance on Vince McMahon from aftermost week’s RAW was already edited into his Titantron access video at aftermost night’s Rumble. As Jim Ross wrote in his blog this weekend, the storyline WWE is activity with is that Vince McMahon suffered a blow from Orton’s arch kick.

Here are some added Royal Rumble account items:

– The appear appearance for tonight’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view was 16,685. The appearance was a accepted sellout as I acclaimed earlier.

– Among the names backstage at the Royal Rumble in Detroit were Umaga and Evan Bourne.

- Jimmy Wang Yang exhausted Paul Burchill in a aphotic bout above-mentioned to the appearance activity alive on PPV.

- Randy Orton, the champ of tonight’s 30-Man Royal Rumble match, entered as the eighth actor and was in the bout for 48 account and 27 seconds.

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (F4WOnline.com)

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin had his eyes set on Ric Flair inducting him into the WWE Hall of Fame in April, but he will not be accepting his way. Vince McMahon fabricated the alarm this accomplished anniversary to not accept Flair conscript Austin into the Hall of Fame. However, Flair has been arrive to the accident nonetheless. Austin’s inductor is up in the air now, although Vince McMahon has been speculated as the best acceptable choice.

It has been accepted that Jim Ross will be inducting “Cowboy” Bill Watts into the WWE Hall of Fame this April. Ross formed beneath Watts in the Mid-South area in the 1980s and accept been abutting accompany for a cardinal of years.

It’s activity to be a VERY active actual canicule about actuality with endless of post-Royal Rumble news, iMPACT! tapings on Monday and Tuesday, RAW/ECW tapings, and a bifold SmackDown! taping on Tuesday. Make abiding you accumulate it bound to this website for account adapted on an alternate basis. We’ll be starting aboriginal tomorrow morning (Monday) and activity all day long.

The adventure on “Cowboy” Bob Orton, Jr. aerial to Detroit bygone for the Royal Rumble accident is not true. The WWE Hall of Famer flew to Virginia on Friday and wrestled at an indy appearance in Danville, West Virginia aftermost night.

WWE’s Survivor Series PPV was a accepted sellout with 16,685 admirers in appearance at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI.

Randy Orton was activity ill backstage at the Royal Rumble but was able to assignment and win the Royal Rumble anyways.

Santino set a almanac aftermost night with his abolishment by Kane. He was out in beneath than two abnormal for sure. I’ll accept the official time tomorrow.

It’s activity to be a VERY active actual canicule about actuality with endless of post-Royal Rumble news, iMPACT! tapings on Monday and Tuesday, RAW/ECW tapings, and a bifold SmackDown! taping on Tuesday. Make abiding you accumulate it bound to this website for account adapted on an alternate basis. We’ll be starting aboriginal tomorrow morning (Monday) and activity all day long.

World Heavyweight Champion John Cena has been pulled from abutting week’s Raw abode actualization tour. Main contest had ahead been advertised as Cena arresting adjoin Chris Jericho and were afflicted to Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho in 2 out of 3 avalanche matches. It charcoal to be apparent if this agency annihilation attention TV this week. So booty it for what it is account at this point.

As I acclaimed beforehand afore the PPV, the booking affairs for the Royal Rumble were afflicted at some point amid the SmackDown bifold tapings about two weeks ago and the airing of Friday night’s show. Last Friday’s actualization was appointed to be based about Vince Guerrero banishment Triple H to be aboriginal being to access the Rumble match, but the bend was absolutely scratched. Commentary and interviews were redone, and all references to the storyline were removed from Friday’s broadcast.

Rob Van Dam has not re-signed with WWE, according to one source. His actualization at the Royal Rumble was alone a one-off appearance. Additionally, RVD was apparent greeting admirers alfresco the amphitheatre during the morning hours. He was cogent admirers he’d be a abruptness aspirant in tonight’s Rumble match.

It’s activity to be a VERY active actual canicule about actuality with endless of post-Royal Rumble news, iMPACT! tapings on Monday and Tuesday, RAW/ECW tapings, and a bifold SmackDown! taping on Tuesday. Make abiding you accumulate it bound to this website for account adapted on an alternate basis. We’ll be starting aboriginal tomorrow morning (Monday) and activity all day long.