10 Best Wrestling Suplex Variations

I think it goes without saying that Minoru Suzuki’s Saka Otoshi is the most vicious move in wrestling, mostly because of the pressure it inflicts on an individual’s neck. The suplex equivalent of this judo-style throw would be the sleeper suplex, and holy moly is it a scary looking move. The sleeper itself used to be a legitimate finishing move in wrestling (most notably used by the late, great ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper) but despite the best efforts of Dolph Ziggler is had faded into a glorified rest spot. The sleeper suplex was the natural progression.

The move itself is simple. Our proud, majestic victor will slap a sleeper hold on their poor, unsuspecting chump of an opponent. Before the fool has time to lose consciousness however, they will find themselves launched backwards over the king’s head, more often than not landing directly on their bonce. Nobody likes being dropped on their head.