1972 Olympic Suplex Video

**Yock** · Posted On: 9/13/2006 8:01pm

Maybe if I post something I'll stop being remided that I haven't posted in a few weeks.

In the 1972 Olympics, a time before heavyweight had a limit, Wilfred Dietrich of West Germany hits a textbook suplex on over four hundred pounds of Chris Taylor.

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n79wBw_LJ9Y [/MEDIA]

This link has some more information surrounding the event:
http://www.win-magazine.com/Archives...ylorthrow.html

**Gringo Grande** · Posted On: 9/13/2006 8:09pm

I've seen this before but still a great clip. Technique FTW!

GG

**Elky** · Posted On: 9/14/2006 8:36am

Wow, brave move there. Glad it paid off.

**GoldenJonas** · Posted On: 9/14/2006 9:11am

The awesomeness of that clip is almost unfathomable.

**Backdraft** · Posted On: 9/14/2006 9:58am

That's a really nice clip. I still prefer the Randleman-Fedor suplex, but this one ain't too shoddy either.

**Nid** · Posted On: 9/14/2006 10:02am

Disgusting.

**Teh El Macho** · Posted On: 9/14/2006 10:19am

Originally Posted by Backdraft

That's a really nice clip. I still prefer the Randleman-Fedor suplex, but this one ain't too shoddy either.

That's the one that came to mind when I saw this one.

**Tom Kagan** · Posted On: 9/14/2006 11:06am

Originally Posted by Yock

... hits a textbook suplex ...

[pedantic blah blah blah]

Actually, a belly-to-belly Back-Arch throw in Greco-Roman Wrestling is called a Salto, if memory serves.

The WWE has a Suplex (sounds like "sue - plecks"). However, a belly-to-back Back-Arch throw in Greco-Roman Wrestling is also called Suplex, but is pronounced as "sue - play" because it is a word of French origin in an international sport. In the U.S., many people have adopted "Suplay" as an alternate spelling.

Folkstyle wrestling used to just lump all this into a more generic term of Back-Arch. Regardless, I cringe when I hear "sue - plecks" (or worse - "sup - pill - lecks" - ugh!) applied to legitimate wrestling because of the WWE association.

[/pendatic blah blah blah]

**mmacount123** · Posted On: 9/14/2006 11:11am

for a second there, I thought that the guy was going to land right on top of him. would this be counted as a slam in a BJJ tournament?

great post Tom Kagan. I will never call that throw a soo-plecks again!

**Bizzaro Root** · Posted On: 9/14/2006 11:15am

well he does land on his head first and then rolls and finishes the sue-play. of course on "The Streets" that move would have result in some seriopus brain damage for the thrower.