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blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#1: Nov 26th 2010 at 11:52:43 AM

The article does not define the word suplex. A quick Google search indicates it is a professional wrestling move but I am not sure I understand exactly how it works. Can some one write a quick definition of the move? It would help with understanding the trope.

AndrewJ That Young Knockout Kid from Washington, DC Since: May, 2009
That Young Knockout Kid
#2: Nov 26th 2010 at 12:19:25 PM

I gave it a shot. "Suplex" encompasses a number of different moves, so its definition has to be pretty general.

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blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#3: Nov 26th 2010 at 1:38:03 PM

I think it works, unless there is a need for more discussion we can lock or delete this thread.

tbarrie Since: Jan, 2001
#4: Nov 26th 2010 at 3:14:51 PM

The bog-standard vertical suplex is a flat-backed bump, which would be ruled out by that definition. Lots of other well-known suplex variants also drop the target flat on their back (belly-to-belly suplex, northern lights suplex). OTOH, that definition would include powerbombs, which nobody considers suplexes.

I tried to come up with a definition for a suplex myself many years ago, but eventually decided that it was kind of a crapshoot whether a given throw counted as a suplex or not.

If it helps, here's a video demonstrating your most basic pro-wrestling suplex: [1]

edited 26th Nov '10 3:17:27 PM by tbarrie

AndrewJ That Young Knockout Kid from Washington, DC Since: May, 2009
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#5: Nov 26th 2010 at 5:55:05 PM

Tweaked the definition a little.

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
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