Wrestling Move Name Generator

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Generate wrestling move names for a whole moveset, not just the finisher: real technical terms like brainbuster, exploder and shining wizard, plus hundreds of original signature names for drivers, bombs, lariats, submissions and top-rope dives. Built for WWE 2K and Fire Pro creations, e-feds and backyard promotions.

About wrestling move names

Wrestling moves get named in two layers. The first is the technical vocabulary commentators and game movesets use: brainbuster, fisherman buster, exploder suplex, shining wizard, Boston crab. Many of those were christened after the wrestler who popularised them or the place they came from, which is why a Saito suplex, a Michinoku driver and a Canadian backbreaker rack sit alongside plain descriptive names. The second layer is the signature name a wrestler hangs on their own version of a move, and that is where the character shows through. A gimmick built on blue-collar grit calls its lariat Lunch Pail Lariat; a cowboy calls his dropkick the Quick Draw Kick; a sinister heel names a simple neckbreaker Night Terror.

This generator gives you both. About a third of the list is a working glossary of real move types so you can build a complete moveset, and the rest is original signature names on themes such as weather, industry, courtroom, casino, kitchen, sea, space, fire and a pile of insider wrestling slang. Most signature names keep a hint of the underlying move in the last word, which is how a name like Bayou Bomb or Thames Lock stays readable on a 2K move screen or in an e-fed write-up.

How to choose wrestling move names

  • Build the moveset first, then name it. Pick the real move type (brainbuster, lariat, cloverleaf) and then choose a signature name whose last word hints at it, so fans and opponents know what is coming.
  • Keep signature names under four words. They get shouted by commentators, typed into game move slots and abbreviated on graphics, so Bayou Bomb beats The Louisiana Swamp Powerbomb of Doom.
  • Tie the name to the gimmick, not to the move. A firefighter character's running knee should be the Backdraft, not the Running Knee Strike, and a gambler's cutter should be the Cash Out.
  • Save the most dramatic name for the finisher and give mid-card moves lighter, punchier names. A moveset of ten apocalyptic names makes the finisher feel ordinary.
  • Check the name against real wrestlers' trademarked finishers before using it in a promotion or a published game. Plenty of two-word names have been registered.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a move name and a finisher name?

A finisher is the one move that ends matches, so its name carries the most weight. Every other move in a wrestler's arsenal, from a signature lariat to a transitional suplex, is just a move, and those tend to have either their technical name or a lighter signature name. This generator covers the whole moveset; for finisher-specific ideas, see the wrestling finisher name generator linked below.

Are these real wrestling moves?

About a third of the list consists of real, widely used move types such as the Tiger Driver, Northern Lights Suplex, Texas Cloverleaf and Shining Wizard, which you can look up and learn the mechanics of. The rest are original signature names for custom characters; attach them to any real move type that fits your wrestler.

Can I use these names in WWE 2K or Fire Pro Wrestling World?

Yes, that is exactly what they are for. Create-a-moveset screens usually list moves by their technical name, so use the glossary entries to find the animation you want, then enter the signature name in the custom move name or entrance fields where the game allows it. Short names display best on the in-game graphics.

How do wrestlers name submission holds?

Submissions are usually named for what they do to the opponent or for the wrestler's home turf: the Thames Lock, the Arctic Circle Clutch or the Coyote Clutch all follow that pattern. Words like lock, clutch, stretch, rack and vise signal a hold, so ending your name with one of them tells the audience it is a submission before it is applied.

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All 500 wrestling move names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 20 names

  • Abdominal Stretch
  • Ace Crusher
  • Aces High
  • Afterburner Kick
  • Air Raid Crash
  • Airplane Spin
  • Alarm Clock Kick
  • Anchor Drop
  • Ankle Lock
  • Anvil Drop
  • Appalachian Avalanche
  • Arctic Circle Clutch
  • Argentine Backbreaker
  • Arrowhead Lariat
  • Arson Arm Bar
  • Asai Moonsault
  • Atomic Drop
  • Autopsy Lock
  • Avalanche Arrow
  • Avalanche Brainbuster

B: 49 names

  • Backbreaker
  • Backdraft Backbreaker
  • Backstabber
  • Bad Dream DDT
  • Bar Tab
  • Barbed Fence Stretch
  • Barbed Wire Kiss
  • Barnburner
  • Battering Ram
  • Bayonet Elbow
  • Bayou Bomb
  • Bedtime Story
  • Belly-to-Belly Suplex
  • Berlin Wall Slam
  • Bicycle Kick
  • Big Boot
  • Bird Strike
  • Black Box Bomb
  • Black Ice Backbreaker
  • Black Powder Bomb
  • Blackout Buster
  • Blackout Clutch
  • Blacksmith's Bend
  • Bloody Sunday DDT
  • Blowtorch Boot
  • Blubber Bomb
  • Blue Thunder Bomb
  • Body Bag Bomb
  • Body Slam
  • Boiler Room Bomb
  • Bombs Away
  • Bone Saw Stretch
  • Bone Yard Buster
  • Boston Crab
  • Bottle Rocket Rana
  • Bow-and-Arrow Stretch
  • Brainbuster
  • Branding Iron
  • Broken Arrow
  • Bronco Buster
  • Bronco Kick
  • Bronx Bomber
  • Brownout
  • Bull in the Shop
  • Bulldozer Bomb
  • Bullseye Senton
  • Busaiku Knee
  • Butterfly Suplex
  • Buzzsaw Kick

C: 48 names

  • Camel Clutch
  • Canadian Backbreaker Rack
  • Cape Town Crush
  • Capture Suplex
  • Car Crash
  • Card Sharp Stretch
  • Cardiac Arrest Clutch
  • Carpet Bomb Senton
  • Cash Out Cutter
  • Casket Drop
  • Catapult Crash
  • Catherine Wheel
  • Cattle Prod Kick
  • Cell Block Bomb
  • Ceramic Crush
  • Cheap Shot Special
  • Checkered Flag Kick
  • Checkpoint Charlie
  • Chin Music Encore
  • Chokeslam
  • Circuit Breaker
  • Claymore Crash
  • Clocked Out
  • Closing Bell
  • Cobra Clutch
  • Code Blue Crusher
  • Code Red
  • Codebreaker
  • Coffee Break
  • Cold Deck
  • Cold Snap
  • Cold War Clutch
  • Combine Crusher
  • Concrete Cutter
  • Concussion Grenade
  • Coney Island Cutter
  • Contrail Cutter
  • Corkscrew Moonsault
  • Corner Cannonball
  • Coroner's Cutter
  • Coyote Clutch
  • Cradle Piledriver
  • Crippler Crossface
  • Critical Mass
  • Crossbow Kick
  • Crossed Wires
  • Crow's Nest Crash
  • Crypt Keeper Clutch

D: 29 names

  • Dark Matter Driver
  • Davy Jones Driver
  • Dead Stick Drop
  • Deadline
  • Death Rattle
  • Death Valley Driver
  • Defibrillator Drop
  • Delayed Vertical Suplex
  • Demolition Decapitation
  • Demolition Drop
  • Detroit Driver
  • Diamond Dust
  • Diamondback Driver
  • Dinner Bell Driver
  • Discus Clothesline
  • Discus Forearm
  • Diving Headbutt
  • Dogfight DDT
  • Double Down
  • Double Underhook Suplex
  • Downburst DDT
  • Dragon Sleeper
  • Dragon Suplex
  • Dragonrana
  • Drawbridge Drop
  • Drop Zone Driver
  • Dublin Drop
  • Dust Bowl Driver
  • Dust Devil Driver

E: 7 names

  • Editor's Cut
  • Ember Elbow
  • Emergency Exit
  • Enzuigiri
  • Eulogy Elbow
  • Executioner's Elbow
  • Exploder Suplex

F: 34 names

  • Fallaway Slam
  • Fallout Splash
  • Fenway Facebuster
  • Figure-Four Leglock
  • Final Draft
  • Final Edition
  • Fine China Facebuster
  • Fine Print
  • Firecracker Kick
  • Firestorm Facebuster
  • Fireworks Finale
  • Fisherman Buster
  • Five-Alarm Splash
  • Five-Star Frog Splash
  • Flak Jacket Facebuster
  • Flashbang Forearm
  • Flashover
  • Flatline Facebuster
  • Flight Recorder
  • Forearm Smash
  • Forge Hammer
  • Fosbury Flop
  • Foul Ball Facebuster
  • Frankensteiner
  • Freight Train Lariat
  • Frog Splash
  • Front Page Fall
  • Frostbite Facebuster
  • Fujiwara Armbar
  • Full House Facebuster
  • Full Stop
  • Funnel Cloud Facebuster
  • Furnace Door
  • Fuse Lit

G: 22 names

  • Ganso Bomb
  • German Suplex
  • Ghost Pepper
  • Ghost Town Gutbuster
  • Giant Swing
  • Glacier Gutbuster
  • Glass Cutter
  • Glass Jaw Kick
  • Glassblower's Bend
  • Gogoplata
  • Golden Parachute
  • Gorilla Press Slam
  • Gory Bomb
  • Gotch-Style Piledriver
  • Grave Digger Driver
  • Graveyard Shift
  • Grenade Toss
  • Guillotine Choke
  • Guillotine Legdrop
  • Gulf Coast Crash
  • Gutbuster
  • Gutwrench Powerbomb

H: 24 names

  • Hailstorm Headbutt
  • Half-and-Half Suplex
  • Half-Life
  • Hangover Cure
  • Hard Deck
  • Hard Hat Headbutt
  • Hard Time
  • Harpoon
  • Hart Attack
  • Harvest Moon Press
  • Hat Trick Headbutt
  • Hay Bale Bomb
  • Haymaker Hook
  • Headbutt
  • Headsman's Axe
  • Heat Lightning
  • Heel Hook
  • High Noon
  • Highland Fling
  • Hit Me
  • Hokkaido Hammer
  • Hose Down Driver
  • Hurricanrana
  • Hydrant Headbutt

I: 9 names

  • I-Beam Slam
  • Ice Age Slam
  • Implant DDT
  • Indian Deathlock
  • Inferno Suplex
  • Ink Stain Stretch
  • Insomnia Stretch
  • Inverted Atomic Drop
  • Iron Curtain

J: 10 names

  • Jackhammer
  • Jackhammer Knee
  • Jackknife Express
  • Jackpot Knee
  • Jailbreak Kick
  • Jaipur Driver
  • Jawbreaker Express
  • Jawbreaker Lariat
  • Judgment Day Driver
  • Juggernaut Drop

K: 9 names

  • Keelhaul
  • Kiln Kick
  • Kimura Lock
  • Kinniku Buster
  • Kiwi Crusher
  • Knockout Drop
  • Koji Clutch
  • Kraken Clutch
  • Kryptonite Krunch

L: 20 names

  • La Tormenta
  • Ladder Truck Lariat
  • Lagos Lariat
  • Lap Record Lariat
  • Lariat
  • Last Orders
  • Leviathan Lariat
  • Ligerbomb
  • Lightning Strike Elbow
  • Lionsault
  • Liontamer
  • Liquidation
  • Live Wire Lariat
  • Lockjaw
  • Longhorn Lariat
  • Lotus Lock
  • Low Altitude Lariat
  • Lullaby Lock
  • Lunch Pail Lariat
  • Lungblower

M: 20 names

  • Mach Three
  • Magic Killer
  • Manila Splash
  • Maple Leaf Lariat
  • Mausoleum Slam
  • Mayday Moonsault
  • Meltdown
  • Meltzer Driver
  • Mersey Beat
  • Michinoku Driver
  • Midnight Express Lariat
  • Military Press Drop
  • Missile Dropkick
  • Molten Moonsault
  • Monsoon Moonsault
  • Moonsault
  • Morning Sickness
  • Motor City Crusher
  • Mumbai Moonsault
  • Muscle Buster

N: 8 names

  • Napalm Knee
  • Night Shift Neckbreaker
  • Night Terror Neckbreaker
  • Nightcap
  • Nor'easter
  • Northern Exposure
  • Northern Lights Suplex
  • Nosedive DDT

O: 4 names

  • Octopus Hold
  • Olympic Slam
  • Osaka Stunner
  • Outback Slam

P: 25 names

  • Pacific Rim Shot
  • Package Piledriver
  • Palm Strike
  • Paper Cut
  • Paratrooper Press
  • Payload Press
  • Pele Kick
  • Penalty Box Bomb
  • Pendulum Backbreaker
  • Periscope Press
  • Permafrost Lock
  • Phoenix Splash
  • Piano Wire
  • Pile Driver Express
  • Pilot Light
  • Pinwheel Piledriver
  • Pit Stop Piledriver
  • Plancha
  • Plank Walk
  • Poisonrana
  • Polar Vortex
  • Portcullis Slam
  • Power Line
  • Powerslam
  • Pumphandle Slam

Q: 3 names

  • Quenching Clutch
  • Quick Draw Kick
  • Quiver Lock

R: 31 names

  • Rattlesnake Stretch
  • Reactor Slam
  • Rear Naked Choke
  • Rebar Rack
  • Red Dawn Driver
  • Red Flag Rack
  • Red Rock Rana
  • Regal-plex
  • Rent's Due
  • Requiem Rack
  • Reverse Rana
  • Rib Breaker
  • Rings of Saturn
  • Rip Current Clutch
  • Riptide Rana
  • Roadrunner Rana
  • Rocket Launcher
  • Rocket Sled Lariat
  • Rodeo Drop
  • Rolling Cutter
  • Rolling Elbow
  • Rolling Koppo Kick
  • Roman Candle Rack
  • Romero Special
  • Root Canal
  • Rough Draft
  • Roundhouse Kick
  • Royal Flush Rana
  • Running Dropkick
  • Running Knee Strike
  • Rust Belt Buster

S: 73 names

  • Saito Suplex
  • Samoan Drop
  • Sasuke Special
  • Scaffold Senton
  • Scarecrow Stretch
  • Scoop Slam
  • Scorpion Deathlock
  • Senton
  • Senton Bomb
  • Seoul Crusher
  • Seven Years Bad Luck
  • Seventh Inning Stretch
  • Shatter Machine
  • Shattered Mirror
  • Shibuya Spike
  • Shift Change
  • Shining Wizard
  • Shipwreck Slam
  • Shiranui
  • Shooting Star Legdrop
  • Shoulder Breaker
  • Shrapnel Splash
  • Shrapnel Stretch
  • Side Effect
  • Sidewinder Slam
  • Siege Engine
  • Silo Slam
  • Sit-Out Powerbomb
  • Six Shooter
  • Skull Splitter
  • Slag Heap Slam
  • Sleeping Pill
  • Sliced Bread
  • Small Claims Clutch
  • Smoke Bomb Splash
  • Smoke Inhalation Stretch

S, continued

  • Snake Eyes Spike
  • Snap DDT
  • Snap Suplex
  • Snooze Button
  • Snow Blind Stomp
  • Solar Flare Splash
  • Sonic Boom Boot
  • Southern Discomfort
  • Space Flying Tiger Drop
  • Spanish Fly
  • Sparkler Senton
  • Spike DDT
  • Spinebuster
  • Spinning Heel Kick
  • Splash
  • Springboard Clothesline
  • Springboard Cutter
  • Squall Line Senton
  • Stained Glass Stomp
  • Stampede Splash
  • Starfall Press
  • Steel City Spike
  • Stinger Splash
  • Storm Surge Splash
  • Stretch Muffler
  • Stump Puller
  • Sucker's Bet
  • Suicide Dive
  • Sunset Flip Powerbomb
  • Sunspot Stomp
  • Supercell Splash
  • Superkick
  • Supernova Slam
  • Superplex
  • Surfboard Stretch
  • Swanton
  • Swinging Neckbreaker

T: 36 names

  • Tail Gunner
  • Tailspin Cutter
  • Tax Audit
  • Tazmission
  • Texas Cloverleaf
  • Thames Lock
  • The Gavel
  • The Hangover
  • The Mortgage
  • Thresher
  • Thundercrack Lariat
  • Tidal Lock
  • Tiger Bomb
  • Tiger Driver
  • Tiger Suplex
  • Tilt-a-Whirl Backbreaker
  • Time Card Crusher
  • Tombstone Rana
  • Top Gun Toss
  • Top Rope Elbow Drop
  • Tope Con Hilo
  • Tope Suicida
  • Tornado Alley
  • Tornado DDT
  • Tornado Kick
  • Torpedo Kick
  • Torture Rack
  • Total Elimination
  • Trainwreck
  • Trawler Toss
  • Trebuchet Toss
  • Trench Foot Stomp
  • Triage Twist
  • Tumbleweed Toss
  • Typewriter Slam
  • Typhoon Tilt-a-Whirl

U: 3 names

  • Undertow Driver
  • Union Break
  • Uranage

V: 5 names

  • Vapor Trail
  • Verdict Lock
  • Vertical Suplex
  • Victory Roll
  • Voltage Drop

W: 10 names

  • Wake the Dead
  • Warden's Welcome
  • Welsh Dragon Whip
  • Whiplash Lariat
  • Whiteout Whip
  • Windy City Whiplash
  • Wingman Whip
  • Wisdom Tooth
  • Wishbone Stretch
  • Worst Case Scenario

Y: 1 name

  • Yorkshire Guillotine