Surf-Mexico Guide to Surfing and Adventure Travel in Mexico

Names and descriptions of some of the classic Lucha Libre moves.

Extracted from another excellent Lucha Libre site at http://members.tripod.com /~lucharan/


Plancha:

Iron board - A move where you splash your opponent, eg. a flying cross bodypress, an ordinary splash etc.

Tope:

Head butt - move using your head against  the opponent.

Suicida:

Suicide - Usually used for moves performed outside of the ring. 

Tornillo:

Screw - Move "invented" by Hector Garza, a plancha with a full twist around his axis from the top turnbuckle to the outside of the ring.

Rana:

Frog - A pinning position in which you hold the opponents shoulders on the mat using your legs, blocking his legs with your arms

 

Huracán rana:

Move invented by Huracan Ramirez and made popular by Rey Misterio Jr. (in the States). It's the pin position you get in after a headscissor takedown.

Centón:

Blanket - Splashing your opponent with your back.

Guillotina: 

Leg drop - no more, no less. 

Espanos Planes: 

Flat on his back - A pin position

Jaula:

Cage. 

Parejas Increíbles: 

Incredible pairs - heels teaming up with faces.


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