This is an attempt to create a multilingual move glossary for pro wrestling & lucha libre.

Moves are listed by their most commonly known name (with a personal bias toward lucha libre norms), then their maximally descriptive name of the component parts (if different), followed by terms from other languages and any signature names.

Moves are listed as sub-moves when their common names include the parent name term and the move is primarily a variant of the parent move (e.g. moonsault, → asai moonsault).

Moves are listed as separate entries when their common names do not include the parent term and/or the child move includes additional components beyond the parent term (e.g. falcon arrow listed separately from suplex).

This is very much a work in progress! Please feel free to message me on Bluesky at @s.qiouyi.lu (faster) or email me at s@qiouyi.lu (slower) with additions.

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619

tiger feint kick

péndulo pendulum

B

backbreaker

quebradora breaker

バックブリーカー (bakkuburīkā)

variants: quebradora con giro

Boston crab

cangrejo crab

逆エビ固め (gyaku ebi-gatame) reverse shrimp hold

variants: campana, elevated Boston crab (Chris Jericho’s Walls of Jericho)

variant of: spinal lock

C

campana bell

inverted rocking elevated Boston crab

rocking horse

Signature names: E.Z. Money’s and Evan Golden’s Pendulum of Pain

variants: campana invertida inverted bell

variant of: Boston crab

D

double foot stomp

lanza spear

ダブル・フット・ストンプ (daburu futto sutonpu)

variants: diving double foot stomp

F

falcon arrow

vertical suplex to sitout slam

variant of: suplex, slam

M

moonsault

月面宙返り (getsumen-chūgaeri) moon cycle

月面宙返 (yuèmiàn-zhòufǎn) moon cycle

variants: asai moonsault

→ asai moonsault

springboard moonsault to floor

quebrada ravine (does not have to be to floor)

variant of: moonsault

P

plancha iron, press

crossbody block

variants: plancha suicida suicide press (from ring to floor)

Q

quebradora con giro spinning breaker

tilt-a-whirl backbreaker

ケブラドーラ・コン・ヒーロ (keburadōra kon hīro)

variant of: backbreaker

S

Sasuke Special

Original name: Tiger Mask’s Space Flying Tiger Drop

run-up handspring somersault to moonsault over top rope to press (when done from inside of ring to outside of ring: …moonsault to plancha suicida)

variant of: handspring, moonsault, press

T

(rana estilo) torito little bull (-style pin)

rolling sunset flip

variants: rolling sunset flip powerbomb, rolling Yoshi Tonic (leg trap sunset flip powerbomb)

variant of: cradle, sunset flip