WHAT IS BRAIN BUSTER ?

Murdocｈ's Brain Buster

The best expert of Brain Buster was Killer Karl Kox, may be everyone admits this fact. His Brain Buster was a very cruel move that he lifted up his enemy and dropped down vertically. Kox often took a fall with this special move from Baba. The successor of Kox-style Brain Buster was Dick Murdoch. He fought on the ring of Japan for a long time, and they said he would be the NWA World Champion. But I thought he looked like not a champion, but a bad uncle. Their Brain Buster was so dangerous that it was forbidden to use in USA. And wrestlers began to use the new move which attacked an opponent's back. That's what is called Vertical Suplex.

However, in Japan we don't distinguish Vertical Suplex from Brain Buster. In short, we call these all moves 'Brain Buster'. (We sometimes call Kox-style 'Vertical Brain Buster.') Antonio Inoki often used Front Neck Chancery, it was like a Kox-style. Afterwards Inoki began to use ordinary Brain Buster, but somehow it wasn't powerful, and it was not good-looking. Baba and Sakaguchi also used this move in their youth, but then they stopped it. May be when a big wrestler uses it, a damage of his own is not small. In Japanese wrestlers, the expert of Brain Buster is Riki Chosyu. Chosyu lifts up his opponent, and he jumps (!!). A terrible crash sounds in the hall.

Race's Brain Buster

To tell again, I am mentioning Vertical Suplex, and ordinarily we call it 'Brain Buster' in Japan. When I think about this move, the first person who comes into my mind is Harley Race. His Brain Buster was very stable and strong. He often defeated Baba, Tsuruta and Dory with that special move in big matches. He prided himself on the power of his moves, and he often said to young wrestlers "Don't use Brain Buster and Diving Head Butt !!". They say Dynamite Kid, who were good at these moves, was in a difficult to fight. orz