#7 The Wrist-Clutch Exploder Suplex
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Proposed User: Dean Ambrose/Bayley
Another unusual move, the Wrist-Clutch Exploder is a combination of a suplex and a DDT. You take an ordinary-looking suplex, hook the wrestler’s arm with one hand, wrap your other arm around their collar, lift them up for a suplex lift, and drop them on their upper shoulders. It looks like a genuinely vicious move, but also one that requires a lot of set-up.
Whosoever uses this move can have several dramatic moments in their match, with the commentators screaming something like, ‘once he/she has those arms locked, it’s game over‘, signalling the move’s imminent use. That’s why the move brought so much success for its two most prominent users, NJPW’s Yuji Nagata, and AJPW/NOAH’s Jun Akiyama.
As for WWE, the two best options are Dean Ambrose (whose Dirty Deeds DDT is a boring finisher; after all, it’s just a DDT with arms hooked) or Bayley (who desperately needs a new finisher). Personally, I’d recommend Bayley use it because her character needs a change, and her Bayley-to-Belly finisher has, quite simply, too much hugging involved. She’s a wrestler, not a child.
