A Powerbomb is a professional wrestling move in which an opponent is lifted up (usually so that they are sitting on the wrestler's shoulders) and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
The standard powerbomb sees an opponent placed in a standing headscissors position (bent forward with their head placed between the attacking wrestler's thighs), lifted up on the wrestler's shoulders, and then slammed down back-first to the mat.
The first powerbomb was allegedly performed by Lou Thesz when he accidentally botched a piledriver by letting go his opponent so that he fell down to the mat head first.
Powerbombs are sometimes used in mixed martial arts competitions, when a fighter attempts to slam another fighter who has him trapped in a triangle choke.
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