Strikes

Thursday brings us to various strikes you should know about. As usual this is not the full list but just a taste to get you started. Whenever you have the need to know more do a quick search on Wikipedia!

Knee strikes

Attacks were a wrestler will strike an opponent using their knees. The idea of using knees as an offensive weapon is popular through out British wrestling.

Go 2 Sleep

Named and innovated by KENTA this sees a wrestler place an opponent in a fireman's carry and proceed to drop the opponent in front of them. While the opponent is falling the wrestler quickly lifts a knee up, striking the opponent in the face.
The Inverted Go 2 Sleep sees KENTA lift his opponent into an Argentine backbreaker, throw his opponent forward, and have his knee connect with the back of the head.

High knee

An attack in which a wrestler will charge towards their opponent, then raise their knee or jump up so that their knee would hit the opponent usually into the side of the head, or face.

This move has been closely associated with Harley Race, often being referred to as a "Harley Race style High Knee".

KENTA uses a dropkick-like variation names the Busaiku Knee Kick where he charges towards the opponent and jumps up from his left foot, throwing his right leg and arms forward while bending his left knee, striking the opponent in the head and/or upper chest region.