Facebuster A facebuster , also known as a faceplant , is generally a takedown move in wrestling in which an attacking wrestler forces his / her opponent down to the mat face - first without involving a headlock or facelock . If these are used then the move is either a DDT or bulldog variation . Inverted mat slams are commonly referred to and considered to be facebusters . A standard facebuster , also known as a jumping facebuster , involves the wrestler grabbing hold of the opponent ' s head / hair and jumping down to their knees , forcing the opponent ' s face into the mat . Variations . Argentine facebuster . The attacking wrestler places an opponent in an Argentine backbreaker rack , where the opponent is held face - up across both the shoulders of the wrestler , from here the wrestler falls sideways ( towards the side where the opponent ' s head is held ) while still holding the opponent ' s head with one arm and flipping the opponent ' s legs over with the other , driving them down to the mat face - first . Belly - to - back inverted mat slam . From a position in which the opponent is bent forward against the wrestler ' s midsection , the wrestler grabs around his or her opponent ' s midsection and lifts so that the opponent is held upside down , facing in the same direction as the wrestler . The wrestler then hooks both arms of the opponent using his or her legs , and then falls forward planting the opponent ' s body into the mat face - first . The move often sees the wrestler keep his / her legs hooked under the arms of the opponent after hitting the move , using the underhooking technique to turn the opponent on to their back into a Rana style pinning position . Complete Shot . Well known as the Reverse STO , this is a move in which a wrestler stands side - to - side and slightly behind with the opponent , facing in the opposite direction , and reaches around the opponent ' s torso with one arm across the opponent ' s chest with his / her hand holding onto his / her other hand which is behind the opponent ' s head . The wrestler then falls backward , driving the opponent into the mat face - first . In Japan , the wrestler known as Gedo began using the move while a member of a stable of wrestlers known as the " Complete Players " ; this is where the Complete Shot name derives . The wrestler can also cross his / her leg between the opponent ' s leg before hitting the Complete Shot , with this slight variation being known as a leg hook reverse STO . Arm triangle facebuster . This version of a Reverse STO first sees an attacking wrestler apply a standing arm triangle choke before falling backwards to drive the opponent ' s head face - first to the mat . This stresses the choke which is already applied on the opponent while further damaging their arms , shoulders , and neck as well as impacting the opponent ' s face on the mat . The arm triangle choke is often maintained after the initial facebuster for a submission attempt . Leaping reverse STO . A variation introduced by Judas Mesias , who called it the Straight to Hell , involves the wrestler leaping and grabbing the opponent and then driving the opponent ' s face into the mat . Lifting reverse STO . A variation that is executed when the opponent is lifted off the mat then drop them into the Complete Shot . Swinging reverse STO . The opponent is drawn forward before being thrown back and the attacking wrestler then swings them around and down to the mat . Diving facebuster . This variation sees the wrestler grab a hold over the opponent ' s head / hair , then climb to the second rope and finally jump from there dropping to their knees or in a sitout position and planting the opponent face first to the mat . In another variation the wrestler could just jump from the turnbuckle grabbing the opponent ' s head / hair in the air and planting them to the mat . Double underhook facebuster . The wrestler bends their opponent forward , placing the opponent ' s head between the wrestler ' s legs and then applies a double underhook on the opponent . The wrestler then jumps up while tucking their knees causing them to lift their opponent off the mat before landing on their knees , forcing the opponent ' s face into the mat . Triple H , the most famous user of this move , named it the Pedigree . A sitout version of this move can be used as well . It was made popular by former TNA Knockout Velvet Sky who named it the " In Yo ' Face " . Another variation of this move , used by CM Punk who called it the Pepsi Plunge , sees a wrestler ascend to the top turnbuckle so that they are standing on the top rope . While doing this they pull their opponent with them so that the opponent is standing on the second rope . The wrestler then applies the double underhook and jumps forwards lifting their opponent into the air before dropping to the mat , landing on their knees and driving the opponent ' s face into the mat with increased force . Inverted double underhook facebuster . An attacker stands behind an opponent , overhooking both arms of the opponent and pivoting 180º so that the opponent is now looking down to the mat with the back of his / her head situated under the lower back ( often with the attacker ' s legs partially straddling the opponent ' s head . ) Leaving the arms underhooked behind both wrestlers , the attacking wrestler would drop to a kneeling position driving the opponent ' s face into the mat . This is often referred to as an Inverted Pedigree . A variation on this sees the attacking wrestler take hold of the wrists of an opponent from behind and placing his / her head onto the upper back of the opponent . From this position the wrestler would pivot 180º so that the opponent is now looking down to the mat with the back of his / her head situated under the upper back of the attacker and his / her arms ( which are still held by the wrestler ) come over the shoulders of the attacking wrestler . At this point the wrestler would fall backwards driving the opponent ' s face into the mat below . Lifting double underhook facebuster . This facebuster is performed when a wrestler bends an opponent forward , placing the opponent ' s head between the wrestler ' s legs ( a standing head scissors ) , and hooks each of the opponent ' s arms behind his / her back . The wrestler then pulls back on the opponent ' s arms lifting him / her up so that the opponent is held upside down facing in the same direction as the wrestler , as in a double underhook piledriver , the wrestler then falls forward planting the opponent ' s body into the mat face - first . A variation used by Michelle McCool , which she called Wings of Love ; instead of falling forward , she plants the opponent face - first on to the mat in a sitout position . Christopher Daniels uses a similar sitout lifting double underhook facebuster variation , but he first spins 90º before executing the facebuster . That version is called the Angel ' s Wings . Electric chair facebuster . The wrestler approaches the opponent from behind , and lifts him on his shoulders into a seated position , the electric chair . The wrestler then lifts the opponent up by his thighs and pushes him forward and down , slamming him down to the mat chest first . The wrestler may also sit down while slamming the opponent . F - 5 . Described as a fireman ' s carry facebuster , this move was named and made popular by Brock Lesnar . The move saw Lesnar lift an opponent up in a fireman ' s carry across his shoulders , then throw the opponent ' s legs out in front of him to spin them out while he simultaneously falls backwards , driving the opponent ' s head into the mat . The move ' s name was taken from the Fujita scale , which ranks the intensity of tornados , with F - 5 being the strongest . After leaving the WWE , Lesnar renamed the move the Verdict , in reference to the judicial verdict that the no compete clause in Lesnar ' s release was illegal . Lance Hoyt performs a variation where instead of landing in a sitout position with the opponent , he falls forwards , landing on his stomach . Afa Anoa ' i , Jr . performs a variation where he continues to swing his opponent ' s into a wheelbarrow facebuster . Japanese wrestler Naruki Doi , performs a sitout variation , where his opponent lands face first between his legs , known as the Doi 555 ( pronounced " fives " ) . Forward Russian legsweep . This facebuster , best known as the Stroke as used by Jeff Jarrett , sees an attacking wrestler stand side - to - side and slightly behind an opponent ( facing in the same direction ) before reaching behind the opponent ' s back to hook the opponent ' s head with his / her other hand extending the opponent ' s near arm , then while hooking the opponent ' s leg with his / her own leg the wrestler falls forward , pushing the opponent forward to the mat face - first . Full nelson facebuster . In this variation on the Forward Russian legsweep , the attacking wrestler stands behind , slightly to one side of and facing the opponent before reaching under the opponent ' s arms with his / her own corresponding arms and places the palms of his / her hands on the neck of the opponent , thereby forcing the arms of the opponent up into the air ( as in a full nelson hold ) . The attacking wrestler next hooks the opponent ' s near leg and throws themselves forwards , driving the opponent face first into the ground . Gory Bomb . This back to back release facebuster is a variation of the Gory special where a wrestler would release the arms of the opponent to take hold of the opponent ' s legs while dropping to a seated position , forcing the opponent to fall forward and impact the mat face - first . Hangman ' s facebuster . Also described as an over the shoulder facebuster or an inverted snapmare into a facebuster , this facebuster is performed when an attacking wrestler , who is standing in a back - to - back position with an opponent , reaches back to pull the opponent ' s head over his / her shoulder before ( while keeping a hold of the opponent ' s head ) falling forwards to twist the opponent ' s head over so they slam face first into the mat . Kneeling facebuster . A kneeling facebuster is used by Black Reign in which he kneels instead of falls into a seated position which he calls the Blackout . A slight variation of the kneeling facebuster sees a wrestler fall into the kneeling position while having the opponent ' s head between their legs and pushing the opponent down with their hands . Push up facebuster . A variation where a wrestler puts the head of his opponent between his legs as he performs a number of push up s , causing the opponent ' s face to be slammed into the canvas a number of times . Often instead of straight push ups , the attacking wrestler just bounces his legs up and down to create the effect . Reverse chokeslam facebuster . The attacking wrestler grabs hold of an opponent ' s neck with both hands , one on the front , and one on the back . The arm that has the hand on the back of the neck may hook the opponent ' s arm . The wrestler then lifts the opponent up , releases the hand holding the front of the opponent ' s neck , and pushes forward and slams the opponent to the mat face first with the other hand . Sitout facebuster . Also known as a sit - down facebuster . This is the most common variation of the standard facebuster in which the attacker grabs hold of the opponent by his / her head or hair then jumps down into a sitting position , forcing the opponent ' s face into the mat between the attacker ' s legs . There is also a variation in which it appears as though the attacking wrestler is executing a powerbomb but instead pushes his or her opponent off their shoulders and grabs the opponent ' s head for the facebuster . This variation is often called the Facebomb . Spinning facebuster . Also known as a spinning kneel - out facebuster or a tornado facebuster . This sees the attacker run at the opponent , grab hold of them by his / her head or hair then spins in the air before dropping down into a kneeling position , forcing the opponent ' s face into the mat . Wheelbarrow facebuster . Also called a reverse powerbomb this facebuster sees the attacking wrestler grab a standing opponent around the waist from behind and lift them before then falling to a sitting position , swinging the opponent down so that their face is driven into the ground . Not all wheelbarrow facebusters see the wrestler drop to a sitting position , Vader used a variation where he remains standing while he slams the opponent to the mat . Vader called this a Face Eraser . Feint backdrop wheelbarrow facebuster . A variation to the wheelbarrow facebuster which sees the attacking wrestler stand at the side of an opponent and begin to lift them as for a backdrop suplex . Instead of falling backwards to drop the opponent back first , the wrestler would stops after lifting the opponent , grabs a hold of his legs while still holding the opponent up , and slamming him / her face first on to the mat . Like all wheelbarrow facebusters , this can be finished with the attacking wrestler dropping to a seated position , or left standing . Chickenwing facebuster . The wrestler hooks both an opponent ' s arms in a double chickenwing , lifts them up into the air from behind , then drops the opponent down onto the mat face first . There is also a sitout variation , where a wrestler drops to a seated position while planting the opponent between the wrestler ' s legs . Full nelson wheelbarrow facebuster . An attacking wrestler applies a full nelson from behind and lifts an opponent before falling to a sitting position and swinging the opponent down so their face is driven into the ground .