10 Wrestling Moves That BLEW YOUR MIND The First Time You Saw Them
2. Manami Toyota's Japenese Ocean Cyclone Suplex
Frightening, majestic, and surely physically impossible, the move also bears the greatest name ever. Swapping word play for something that conveys the sheer, dizzying impact, Manami Toyota's Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex was breathtaking.
An electric chair German suplex combination, the descent was slow, long and anxious. It required an incredible amount of control on Toyota's part and trust on the part of her opponent. The plunge landed her opponents right on the neck, and if you empathise with them it becomes all the more heart-stopping. It's such an unnatural way to fall, with such dread-inducing delay. They aren't being spiked so much as released. There's a lot of time to think about it, which is far worse than none.
This was a distinctly Japanese wrestling move elevated by Toyota's extraordinary flexibility; the bridge looked gorgeous, shifting all of her body weight onto her opponent to create the illusion that it could not be escaped, even if the opponent were able to fight through the head trauma.
A no-look head-drop delivered from the scariest and highest of angles, the level of skill required to execute it safely and beautifully was unreal. Toyota was one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time, and the Japanese Ocean Cyclone was her masterpiece.