Wrestler in All of Us: Difference between revisions

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Ever noticed that professional wrestling moves pop-up in the strangest places?

Usually prevalent in videogames, especially beat-em-ups. In your average beat-em-up, throws are compulsory, yet most real martial arts have throws that are quite... well, boring. And some martial arts don't have throws at all. So where can the designers find throws that are more interesting? [[Professional Wrestling|Good ole wrasslin']]. A nice solid suplex or perfectly executed arm bar can help convey untold amounts of [[~~Badass|badassness~~]] to a character as the viewer watches them delivering maximum ouch factor. Also might be explained by the Japanese love of pro-wrestling.

Usually prevalent in videogames, especially beat-em-ups. In your average beat-em-up, throws are compulsory, yet most real martial arts have throws that are quite... well, boring. And some martial arts don't have throws at all. So where can the designers find throws that are more interesting? [[Professional Wrestling|Good ole wrasslin']]. A nice solid suplex or perfectly executed arm bar can help convey untold amounts of [[badass]]ness to a character as the viewer watches them delivering maximum ouch factor. Also might be explained by the Japanese love of pro-wrestling.

In general, if a character in a [[Fighting Game]] specializes in grapples, most of them will be of this variety.

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* Misae from ''[[Clannad]]'' busts out wrestling moves to punish someone, such as Sunohara and a very close friend of hers.

* Combining this trope with [[Motion Capture Mecha]], [[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|Judau Ashta]] is known for using his [[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|ZZ Gundam]] to grab opponents and toss them around. This is actually acknowledged in the video game ''Gundam vs. Gundam'', where the ZZ eschews the use of its [[Laser Blade|hyper beam saber]] entirely in favor of bare-knuckle fighting and grapples - including the [[Street Fighter|Screw Piledriver]].

* And if a mecha doing it isn't enough, how about a space colony? In ''[[Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo]]'', Nerval [[Colony Drop~~|Colony Drops~~]] - or, more correctly, Colony ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Suplexes]]'' Leopard.

* And if a mecha doing it isn't enough, how about a space colony? In ''[[Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo]]'', Nerval [[Colony Drop]]s - or, more correctly, Colony ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Suplexes]]'' Leopard.

* One argument between ''[[Trigun]]'''s Vash the Stampede and Nicholas D. Wolfwood was brought to an end by the judicious application of a Boston Crab.

* Nagasumi of ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]'' suplex'd a shark.

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* Kureha from ''[[Mayo Chiki]]'' does this often to her brother Jiro.

* Lucy from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' does this from time to time. Her [[Alternate Universe|Edolas]] counterpart takes it [[Up to Eleven]].

* Given girls in ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys]]'' are mostly [[~~Jerkass|jerkasses~~]], examples of this trope are hardly surprising.

* Given girls in ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys]]'' are mostly [[jerkass]]es, examples of this trope are hardly surprising.

** Ikushima is an active wrestler, [[Informed Attribute|Not that readers/viewers can see her in action, though.]]

** Yoshitake's older sister performed a particularly brutal Release German Suplex on Tadakuni in ''High School Boys and Holy Night''.

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== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[Blade II]]'' Blade executes a perfect vertical suplex on one of the enemy mooks, driving him through the glass floor. Meanwhile, Nomak pulls off a massive flying elbow on Blade in their final throwdown.

* Donnie Yen (incidentally, the stunt coordinator on ''Blade II''~~--think~~ someone's a fan?) flawlessly demonstrates how a German suplex is done in the movie ''Flashpoint'' during a fight in a [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wpNo6L-kFFs Chinese marketplace.]

* Donnie Yen (incidentally, the stunt coordinator on ''Blade II''—think someone's a fan?) flawlessly demonstrates how a German suplex is done in the movie ''Flashpoint'' during a fight in a [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wpNo6L-kFFs Chinese marketplace.]

* Any movie featuring a wrestler will often feature that wrestler's signature move somewhere in the film.

** Many films starring [[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] have him use the Rock Bottom, his old finisher from his wrestling days, at some point. The most noticeable example is during the fight against the football players at the beginning of ''[[The Rundown]]''.

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* The Duloc brawl in ''[[Shrek]]''. He leaps into a small horse paddock and pulls off a series of wrestling moves on the attacking [[Mooks|Palace Guards]], getting progressively more ridiculous.

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* In ''[[Cursed (2005 film)|Cursed 2005]],'' the main protagonist (geek-recently-turned-werewolf) uses several [[Narm~~|Narmtastic~~]] pro wrestling moves while trying out for the school wrestling team, including a backwards suplex in which his opponent is obviously helping him.

* In ''[[Cursed (2005 film)|Cursed 2005]],'' the main protagonist (geek-recently-turned-werewolf) uses several [[Narm]]tastic pro wrestling moves while trying out for the school wrestling team, including a backwards suplex in which his opponent is obviously helping him.

* [[Bruce Willis]] breaks out a belly-to-back suplex on Karl Urban during their brutal punch-up in ''[[RED (film)]]''.

* Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in ''[[The A-Team (film)|The a Team]]''. In the climactic sequence, B.A. Baracus executes a scoop slam on {{spoiler|Pike, before dropping him directly on his neck mid-move.}} Bad Attitude indeed.

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* Maybe the above carried over to Buffy as an early Season 5 episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' shows her performing a hurricanranna onto a vampire.

* During an [[Imagine Spot]] in episode 10 of ''[[Gekisou Sentai Carranger]]'', Natsumi (Yellow Racer) has Naoki (Blue Racer) in an [http://harorangers.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/shot0001.png Elevated Boston Crab], aka Walls of Jericho.

** It's also quite common for Sentai warriors to whip out a wrestling move in battles against [[Mook~~|Mooks~~]], even if they're not wrestlers (excepting [[Mirai Sentai Timeranger|Domon/Time Yellow]], who used to be a wrestler thus some 'bear hugs' are excusable). [[Dai Sentai Goggle Five|Kijima Futoshi/Goggle Yellow]] once used an Atomic Drop, while [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger|Don Dogoier]] used a Figure Four Leg Lock.

** It's also quite common for Sentai warriors to whip out a wrestling move in battles against [[Mook]]s, even if they're not wrestlers (excepting [[Mirai Sentai Timeranger|Domon/Time Yellow]], who used to be a wrestler thus some 'bear hugs' are excusable). [[Dai Sentai Goggle Five|Kijima Futoshi/Goggle Yellow]] once used an Atomic Drop, while [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger|Don Dogoier]] used a Figure Four Leg Lock.

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

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** Its [[Spiritual Successor|spiritual ancestor]] ''[[The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction]]'' allowed the [[Incredible Hulk|Hulk]] to perform elbow drops (in the same way as Alex; that is, from the sides of buildings), chokeslams, piledrivers, and powerbombs.

* The main character from ''[[Saints Row]] 2'' can learn moves like the Death Valley Driver and Rock Bottom during the course of the Brotherhood missions.

** ''[[Saints Row]]'' The Third looks to continue this tradition with a gang of Mexican wrestlers called the Luchadores. Not to mention one of your revealed homies is an ex-member of this gang. Also, The Boss' melee moves now fit into two categories: over-the-top wrestling moves and [[Groin Attack~~|Groin Attacks~~]].

** ''[[Saints Row]]'' The Third looks to continue this tradition with a gang of Mexican wrestlers called the Luchadores. Not to mention one of your revealed homies is an ex-member of this gang. Also, The Boss' melee moves now fit into two categories: over-the-top wrestling moves and [[Groin Attack]]s.

* Most of the characters in ''[[Urban Reign]]'' have signature pro wrestling moves amongst their grappling sets: suplexes, DDT's, facelock jawbreakers, and powerbombs abound. In addition, there are team-up grapples that are [[Shout-Out|obvious tributes]] to a number of famous tag teams. The Japanese gangsters even get Masahiro Chono style [[Yakuza]] Kicks (in fact, two of the gangster [[Mooks]] are named Masa and Hiro).

** Well, that's because Masahiro Chono does in fact have actual Yakuza connections.

* The player character in ''[[Hybrid Heaven]]'' can learn a wide variety of attacks, including throws, slams, and ~~clinches-- by~~ allowing enemies to perform them on him.

* The player character in ''[[Hybrid Heaven]]'' can learn a wide variety of attacks, including throws, slams, and clinches—by allowing enemies to perform them on him.

* Even ''[[Metal Gear]]'' might have gotten in on it; the '''C'''lose '''Q'''uarters '''C'''ombat style created and used by the Boss and Big Boss has been called 'fancy military wrestling'.

** Taken to [[Crazy Awesome]] heights in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' in the battle between {{spoiler|REX}} and RAY, leading to a Godzilla-esque battle.

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* Rolando McClain performs a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ0LH_jiCDY&feature=related tackle on Rams receiver Danny Amendola] that may have made [[Dwayne Johnson|the Rock]] proud. Granted, unlike Dawkins, McClain got flagged for it. It also got a bit of [[Lampshade Hanging]] from the color commentator.

* The sport of [[Mixed Martial Arts]] allows a wide range of wrestling moves to be used in actual athletic competition, creating some spectacular matches. This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzk66VwinCc six minute compilation] provides a number of examples. In Japan, many pro wrestlers compete in both staged "show wrestling" and legitimate "shoot wrestling" in which they put their skills to work in actual MMA-style fights.

** Of course, part of that is the fact that pro wrestling grew out of amateur wrestling, especially Greco-Roman wrestling. In amateur wrestling, the suplex is pronounced ~~suplay--a~~ nice bonus for anyone who remembers Gordon Solie.

** Of course, part of that is the fact that pro wrestling grew out of amateur wrestling, especially Greco-Roman wrestling. In amateur wrestling, the suplex is pronounced suplay—a nice bonus for anyone who remembers Gordon Solie.

* Let's not forget the infamous effect of a doing piledriver on a little girl as her brother learned the hard way how much damage (read: death) the move can do. This quickly prompted the WWE (WWF at the time) to hammer in the old saying, [[Don't Try This At Home]]

** Eventually, the highly dangerous nature of piledrivers would result in the WWE would outright ban any sort of piledriver barring less than a handful of exceptions and only in certain situations.