Created by the remarkable Japanese veteran Naomichi Marufuji, the shiranui is one of those moves that is reasonably easy to execute, difficult for an inexperienced opponent to mess up, and almost always looks like poetry in motion. Technically a backflip three-quarter facelock falling inverted DDT, the name shiranui is a little more poetic, meaning unknown fire. Its a Japanese name for a peculiar atmospheric condition that results in ghost lights in various different locales around the world. The shiranui is performed by grasping the opponent in a three-quarter facelock and running at the ropes in the corner, vaulting up to backflip and slam them into the mat. The opponent has almost nothing to do to take the move, which means that the move can be performed on practically anyone of a similar height, making it an easy but impressive-looking high spot to deliver. Naturally, there are variants, and naturally one of them is delivered from the top of the turnbuckle itself, the avalanche shiranui thereby negating the need for the wrestler to vault the ropes, while creating an impact similar to a superplex:
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