Suplex wrestler Perry Saturn used this as a finishing move and called it the "Moss-Covered Three-Handled Family Gradunza". WWE wrestlers Elias and Nikki Cross currently use this move as a finisher, calling it "Drift Away" and "The Purge", respectively. In this variation of the suplex, the attacker applies a hammerlock on his opponent before applying a front facelock and positioning the opponent's free arm over the attacker's head. The attacker then lifts up the opponent and falls backwards, dropping the opponent down back first, landing with their trapped arm bent behind their back. The attacker faces a standing opponent with one
Suplex lift the opponent as in a normal vertical suplex, but then simply drop them flat to the mat instead of falling backwards with them. The move was first popularized in WCW by Kevin Nash, who began to use it instead of a standard suplex to avoid aggravating a back injury. This variation of a vertical suplex, also known as the "Crash Landing", sees the attacker lift his opponent up with the standard suplex lift but instead of falling backwards and having the opponent drop down onto his shoulders and back, the attacker turns the opponent and releases them from the