Wayne Connors

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Blade Runner* / *Shellshock* (Swinging reverse STO)
	+ *Kiwi Krusher* (Outside leghook fisherman driver)
	+ *Sharp Sensations* (Crucifix hold, followed by back elbows, usually used to cause a stoppage)
	+ *TTO-Tanahashi Tap Out* / *YTO-Yoshi Tap Out / JTO-Juice Tap Out / HTO-Honma Tap Out* (Modified Reverse Figure-Four Leglock)
* **Signature moves**
	+ Backhand chop
	+ *Blade Buster* (Twisting brainbuster)
	+ Boston crab
	+ Butterfly suplex
	+ Bridging double underhook
	+ Cobra clutch with bodyscissors
	+ Crossface
	+ *Complete Shot* (Reverse STO)
	+ Cross-arm lifting single underhook DDT
	+ Death Valley driver
	+ Diving crossbody
	+ Diving forearm smash
	+ Dragon screw
	+ Double underhook followed by multiple elbows
	+ Double underhook kneeling figure four leglock
	+ Flapjack
	+ *Hurricane Driver* (Spinning Samoan Driver)
	+ Inverted facelock
	+ Jumping neckbreaker
	+ Low blow
	+ Multiple dropkick variations
		- Baseball
		- Basement
		- Missile
		- Shotgun
		- Standing
	+ Knife-edge chop, sometimes preceded by a schoolboy
	+ *Ko-kokeshi* (Running headbutt drop)
	+ Lariat
	+ *Liontamer* (Elevated Boston crab while kneeling on the opponent's back or neck)
	+ Multiple strike variations
		- Elbow
		- Elbow stamp
		- Elbow smash
		- Enziguri
		- Knucle punch
		- Lariat
		- Reverse horizontal chop
		- Slap
	+ Multiple suplex variations
		- Belly-to-back
		- German
		- Half-catch
		- Leglock
		- Saito
		- *SSS* (Sleeper)
		- Snap
		- *Snapshot* (Snap German)
		- *Tiger Suplex 85* (Half dragon)
	+ Muta lock
	+ *Nagata Lock III* (Double underhook crossface)
	+ Pendulum backbreaker
	+ Reverse Indian Deathlock
	+ Russian legsweep
	+ Sharpshooter
	+ Sleeper hold
	+ Slingshot plancha
	+ Spike DDT
	+ Straight Jacket Brainbuster
	+ Uranage
	+ Uppercut, sometimes to a cornered opponent
* **Managers**
	+ Gedo
* **Nicknames**
	+ **"Switchblade"**
	+ **"King Switch"**
	+ **"The Catalyst (of Professional Wrestling)"**
	+ **"The Real Belt Collector"**
	+ "The Man Who Made Sells"
	+ **"The Last Rock 'n' Rolla"**
	+ "Knife Pervert"

* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Crossbody" by Yonosuke Kitamura
	+ "Rock the Night" by Europe (Used in ROH)
	+ "Switchblade" by Yonosuke Kitamura

## Championships and accomplishments

* **New Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ IWGP Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
	+ IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time)
	+ First Grand Slam Champion
	+ Fifth Triple Crown Champion
	+ Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championships challenge rights certificate (2020)
* **Pro Wrestling Illustrated**
	+ Ranked No. **363** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
	+ Ranked No. **466** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017
	+ Ranked No. **44** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2018
	+ Ranked No. **12** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019
	+ Ranked No. **28** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020
	+ Ranked No. **39** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2021