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thumb|right|250px|Jay Lethal performs a standard pendulum backbreaker.

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  • Variations
  • Argentine backbreaker rack
  • Backbreaker drop
  • Belly-to-back backbreaker
  • Canadian backbreaker rack
  • Catapult backbreaker
  • Chokeslam backbreaker
  • Cobra clutch backbreaker
  • Double knee backbreaker
  • Somersault double knee backbreaker
  • Double foot backbreaker
  • Double underhook backbreaker
  • Fireman's carry backbreaker
  • Full nelson backbreaker
  • Half nelson backbreaker
  • Hair-pull backbreaker (Head-pull backbreaker)
  • Spinning inverted facelock lariat backbreaker
  • Spinning inverted facelock lariat double knee backbreaker
  • Inverted headlock backbreaker
  • Inverted three-quarter facelock backbreaker
  • Mat backbreaker
  • Pendulum backbreaker
  • Backbreaker submission
  • Russian legsweep backbreaker
  • Side slam backbreaker
  • STO backbreaker
  • Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker
  • See also
  • References

thumb|right|250px|Jay Lethal performs a standard pendulum backbreaker.

Backbreaker refers to a kind of professional wrestling move which sees a wrestler dropping an opponent so that the opponent's back impacts or is bent backwards against a part of the wrestler's body, usually the knee. The standard version of the move sees the wrestler scoop their opponent horizontally before dropping to one knee, slamming the opponent's back on their other knee.

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