page_title: Professional wrestling throws
section_title: Russian legsweep
hierarchical_section_title: Professional wrestling throws / Trips and sweeps / Russian legsweep
caption_attribution_description: English: Damian Sandow (with beard) preparing to do a Russian Legsweep against Rob Van Damn
context_page_description: Professional wrestling throws are the application of professional wrestling techniques that involve lifting the opponent up and throwing or slamming them down. They are sometimes also called "power" maneuvers, as they are meant to emphasize a wrestler's strength. Many of these moves are used as finishers by many wrestlers. Many maneuvers are known by several different names. Professional wrestlers frequently give their "finisher" new names that reflect their gimmick. Moves are listed under general categories whenever possible.
context_section_description: Also known as a side Russian legsweep and called a neckbreaker by Gorilla Monsoon. This is a move in which a wrestler stands side-to-side and slightly behind with the opponent, facing in the same direction, and reaches behind the opponent's back to hook the opponent's head with the other hand extending the opponent's nearest arm, then while hooking the opponent's leg the wrestler falls backward, pulling the opponent to the mat back-first. There is also a jumping variation of the Russian legsweep, which is similar in execution to that of the leaping reverse STO and different modified versions of the move.
caption: Damien Sandow performing a Russian Legsweep on Rob Van Dam.
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