There’s something about the Argentine rack that gives off the impression of power. Holding someone on your shoulders while they’re face-up and limp makes it look like you’re in complete control, and that someone’s about to feel some serious damage. Maybe that’s why Nicki Bella uses a Back breaker rack as her finishing move.
Many moves have been used from the Back breaker rack, from pile drivers and back breakers, to power bombs and, of course, neck breakers. The Argentine neckbreaker has been used by many wrestlers, but most notably by strong powerhouse athletes like Umaga and Tyson Tomko, but it has been most notably used by NJPW mainstay Manabu Nakanishi.
The move in that GIF above looks so devastating, in part because it’s executed with such complete precision. Nakanishi manages to not only hold his opponent on his shoulders and swing them (which requires considerable strength), but he also executed the actual neck breaker portion of the move perfectly, grabbing his opponent’s head and neck at the exact moment he’s supposed to.
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