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I see a lot of fan art that depict this move (even though nothing of the sort
happens from the show/series where the characters came from) and even in
Nichijou we have the school principal giving a deer a tiger suplex:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YvJrv.gif)

[Shuichi drops a suplex in Gravitation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su38Cn-
Ict4)

[GTO dishes one out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auRmEQ1c_ro#t=0m20)

Episode 87 of Gintama is: "Perform a German Suplex On a Woman Who Asks If She
or the Job Is More Important"

From Lagrange, the mechas do one: ![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ni8gz.png)

And all the endless fanart:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bzQFB.jpg)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YJcfU.jpg)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2Vk9T.jpg)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kiX2o.jpg)

Why is this so popular? Is this because wrestling is popular in Japan? But why
this specific move?


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Why is the Tiger/German Suplex wrestling move so popular among anime culture?


Yes, it's very likely because of the popularity of
_[puroresu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puroresu)_ (wrestling) in Japan.
[Antonio Inoki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Inoki) is credited with
making wrestling popular in the country and he himself was impressed with and
inspired by the amateur wrestling style of [Karl
Gotch](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gotch) (nicknamed _Kami-sama_ ) who
had become famous in Japan. The German suplex was Gotch's signature finishing
move.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NP9vB.jpg)

There's a [compilation of Gotch's
moves](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZqKEVTGZPc) on YouTube.


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