10 Best Wrestling Suplex Variations

Man, I know I’m not alone in missing William Regal in the ring. One of the reasons I’m thankful for the WWE Network is that it gives me the opportunity to go back through the career of this excellent grappler, and see just how stiff and vicious he really was. Whilst Regal used a variety of submissions as finishers throughout his career, one of his most impressive moves was the imaginatively titled Regal Plex.

The move’s less catchy name is the ‘bridging leg hook belly-to-back suplex’. I can’t imagine Michael Cole busting that out every time it was hit. It starts off like a basic belly-to-back suplex, albeit with the aggressor standing slightly to the side of the victim. The leg of the poor chap receiving the move is hooked, causing their body to almost bend into a right angle, before being thrust over the aggressor’s head to the mat. It is a vicious looking suplex, befitting the great villain at his peak.