Moves that are derived from others are bulleted.  If a move is noted as "trademark," that means that only a select few people use the move.  If a move is in green, then that means the move is unique to MDM.

Anklelock: the trademark move of Ken Shamrock, a submission hold, the attacker grabs the victim's ankle and twists with both arms.  Note: "Shamrock's snapped!"

Atomic Drop: a move in which the victim is slammed tailbone-first into the mat

• Full Nelson Atomic Drop: the attacker grabs the victim in a full-nelson (arms hooked under victims' and hands linked behind the head), pulls them in the air, then drops them on their tailbone. (Originator: Buh-Buh Ray Dudley)

Bitchslap: Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley's trademark slap-to-the-face

Bodyslam: any of a series of throws in which the attacker picks the victim up and throws them to the mat

• Dominator: Faarooq's trademark move, the attacker throws the victim up on his shoulder, belly-up and head forward, then slams them belly-first into the mat.
• Powerslam: the attacker grabs their opponent and swings around, slamming the victim into the mat back first
• Snapmare: the attacker turns his back to the victim, grabs him by the head and throws the victim to the mat over his shoulder
• Sidewalk slam/slop drop: the victim is picked up and held under one of the attacker's arms; the attacker then falls to a sitting position, bodyslamming the victim back-first
• Neckbreaker: while grappling, the attacker grabs the victim's head, then spins himself and his victim around and drops to the mat, slamming the back of the victim's neck into the shoulder
• Swinging neckbreaker: the attacker runs forward, grabs the victim's head, and continues running, dropping to the mat, thus swinging the victim around before pulling them down
• Twist of Fate: the trademark move of Matt Hardy, similar to the above, the attacker only turns himself around before dropping the victim.

Bulldog: the attacker grabs the victim's head, runs forward and pulls the victim face-first into the mat

Cat Flip: the attacker flips into the victim, claws-first (Originator: Pyra)

Chokeslam: The trademark finisher of the Undertaker, Kane, and Big Show, the attacker grabs the victim by the throat, then lifts him in the air before slamming them into the mat.

Claw slash: the attacker swipes with a claw or similar blade

Claw throw: the attacker pins the victim's head between his claws, then throws him in the air. (Originator: Gigabyte)

Clothesline: the attacker stiffarms the victim in the face with the forearm, knocking them down.  Often done while either attacker or victim is springing off the ropes.

• Lariat: similar to a clothesline, except the attacker swings their arm around and into their opponent
• Clothesline from Hell: Bradshaw's trademark finisher, the attacker charges and gives a strong lariat to their opponent. Note: move is misidentified as a clothesline
• Full Throttle Clothesline: identical to the above (Originators: Zilch & Niente Aught)

Crippler Crossface: Chris Benoit's trademark submission hold, the attacker grabs the victim's left arm, shoving them to the mat while holding on.  The arm is twisted and pinned between the attacker's thighs while he locks his hands in front of the victim's face, stretching his neck.

Crossface Chicken Wing: Bob Backlund's trademark submission hold, the attacker grabs the victim from behind around the neck with the right arm, then hooks the left arm up under the victim's left arm and grabs his other hand.

DDT: the attacker grabs the victim's head under the arm, then drops him to the mat.

• Double-arm DDT: the trademark of Mick "Cactus Jack" Foley, same as above, except the attacker keeps the victim's other arm out of the way by hooking it up with his other arm. Note: "Bang bang!"
• Reverse DDT: similar to the above, except the attacker grabs from behind
• Tornado DDT: the attacker grabs the victim from the top or second turnbuckle, then jumps and spins around them before dropping.

Dropkick: the attacker drives both feet into the victim's body from the air

• Missile dropkick: the attacker springs off the top rope into the post, then flies off in a dropkick to the victim's face.
• Standing dropkick: the attacker does the dropkick from a standing position.  Bob "Hardcore" Holly is one of the undisputed masters of this move.

• Buh-Buh Cutter: often referred to as a modified version of the 3D, the attacker whips his victim into the ropes, then grabs their head on the rebound and drops them to the mat in the second half of the 3D.
• Grizzly Death Drop: similar to the above, except a third attacker hits the victim's body with a foreign object upon the slam. (Originators: Nathan Justice, Dirk Manning, Sil al'Nasen, Calvin "Cowboy" West)

Eat: the attacker literally consumes the victim, usually in a grisly display (Originator: Bios)

Elbow drop: a simple move done only when the victim is lying on the mat, the attacker falls elbow-first onto his victim.

• Claw drop: a similar move, except the attacker drops his claws on the victim, not his elbow.
• Flying claw drop: similar to the above, except the attacker leaps from the turnbuckle. (Originators: Megabyte, Gigabyte)
• Flying elbow drop/Savage Elbow: a similar move, except the attacker jumps from the turnbuckle first.
• Steel chair elbow drop: similar to the above, except the move is more damaging, because the attacker includes the use of a steel chair into the attack (Originator: Nathan Justice)
• People's Elbow: The Rock's trademark finisher, the victim lies prone on the mat, face-up.  The attacker peels his right elbow pad off, throws it out in the audience, swings his arms back and forth, then runs and springs off the ropes, hurdles his victim, then springs off the other ropes, and upon returning to the victim, drops his bare elbow on the victim's sternum. Note: "I think we're about to see the most electrifying move in sports entertainment!"
• Southern Lightning: similar to the above, except the attacker peels off his glove, and drops his fist on the victim's sternum, not the elbow. (Originator: Dirk Manning)

Figure-Four Leglock: a submission hold, the attacker twists the victim's legs into a "4" and holds the twist with his own legs.

• Sharpshooter: the trademark submission hold of Bret Hart, the attacker twists the victim's legs, holding one foot under an arm and bending the victim's back.
• Texas Cloverleaf: a submission hold, the attacker twists the victim's legs into a "4" shape, then holds on and turns him over to bend his back painfully.

Fireball: the attacker throws a fireball.

Guillotine kick: a turnbuckle attack, the attacker unleashes a powerful kick to the victim's jaw/neck while jumping. (Originator: Steve Blackman)

Headbutt: the attacker drives his head into the victim's head

• Flying headbutt: similar to the above, except done from the top turnbuckle
• Swandive headbutt: Chris Benoit's trademark move, identical to the above, except the attacker spreads their arms out to the sides and falls straight down, as though doing a swandive.
• Whazzup!: the brainchild of the Dudley Boyz, one attacker spreads the victim's legs apart, screams "Whazzup!" to his partner, who jumps from the top of the turnbuckle in a flying headbutt to the exposed nether region of the victim. Note: "D-Von!" "What?!" "Get the tables!"

Laying the Smackdown: the attacker connects several times with an open right hand to the face, then steps back, spits in the palm, and strikes one more time. (Originator: The Rock)

• Knock-Down Blow: similar to the above, except no spit, just brute force (Originator: Lean Il Lupe)

Leg drop: the attacker jumps and drops their leg into the prone victim's body

• Hip Hop Drop: Grandmaster Sexay's trademark finisher, the attacker puts a pair of goggles on before doing a leg drop from the top turnbuckle.

Low-blow: any of a series of attacks done to a male victim's nether region

• Nut Shot: the attacker is down on the knees and swings their forearm from behind in a low-blow (Originator: Chyna)
• Nutbuster (Manhattan Drop): the attacker grabs the victim by the collar, then the belt, lifts him in the air, then brings him down on an upraised knee.

Metamorphosis: the attacker transforms into another form (Originator(s): Bios, Java Trinomial)

Moonsault: the attacker backflips off something (turnbuckle, ropes) and collides belly-first with victim.

• Asai moonsault: a moonsault done off the post.
• Lionsault: Y2J's trademark finisher, a moonsault done off the second rope into the prone victim.
• Wolfsault: identical to the above, except done by Lean Il Lupe.
• Swanton Bomb: Jeff Hardy's trademark finisher, the attacker does a front flip off the top turnbuckle, the back of the attacker's head and neck colliding with the victim.

Pedigree: Triple H's trademark finisher, the victim's head is pinned between the attacker's thighs, then his arms are hooked up by the attacker, who jumps in the air and lands on his knees, driving the victim's body face-first into the mat.

Piledriver: a basic move, the attacker drives the victim's head into the mat from an inverted position; usually the attacker pins the victim's head between the thighs and drops to a sitting position for the attack.  Piledrivers are largely banned, due to excessive damage they can do to the victim.

• Jackhammer: the victim is lifted straight up into the air, and the attacker appears to drop them on the crown of the head.
• Spike piledriver: the victim's head is pinned between the thighs of the attacker, their body pointed straight up in the air, and then the attacker drops to a sitting position
• Tombstone: The former trademark finisher of Kane and the Undertaker, the victim is inverted and held on the shoulder, the attacker having wrapped his arms around the victim; the attacker then piledrives the victim by dropping to his knees and lying the victim flat on his back. Note: this move is now illegal.

• Double powerbomb: after the first powerbomb, the attacker holds the victim's legs with his elbows, stands back up and grabs the victim up for a second powerbomb. (Originator: Chris Jericho)
• Great Slam: before powerbombing, the victim is choked, then flipped up into a powerbomb grip for the slam. (Originator: Tomasi Exley)
• Last Ride: The Undertaker's trademark finisher the attacker hoists the victim off his shoulders straight up into the air before slamming.
• Sit-down powerbomb: same idea, except the attacker adds more power to the move by swinging his legs out around the victim, adding his momentum to the victim's slam.
• Sky High: D'Lo Brown's trademark move, the attacker grabs the victim's leg, lifts them in the air, then drives them down in a sit-down powerbomb.

• Throat Jab: similar to the above, except all fingers are used, and the attacker usually has claws on the hand (Originator: Arn "Nails" il'Crais)

Rock Bottom: The Rock's trademark finisher, the attacker swings his arm up around the victim's neck and grabs his shoulder (making sure the victim's arm is behind their head), then sweeps the legs and slams the victim into the mat back-first.

Sleeper hold: a hold designed to drive the victim into unconsciousness; the victim is grabbed from behind around the neck, while the attacker pulls the head back with his other hand, applying pressure until the victim goes out cold.

• Sleeper uranage: the victim is grabbed in a sleeper, then slammed to the mat in a neckbreaker-like move.  (Originator: Billy Gunn)
• Tazz-mission: Tazz's trademark submission hold, similar to the above, except the attacker grabs from under one of the victim's arms with a hand before locking in.

Spinning heel kick: a kick to the face, usually done after springing the victim into the ropes; the attacker hits the victim with the ankle of his/her foot or the back of his/her shin.

Splash: any of a series of moves in which the attacker throws his body into the victim's

• 450 Splash: done from the top rope, before collision, the attacker flips around one-and-a-quarter times
• Frog Splash: a splash done from the top turnbuckle, usually from a crouching position
• 'Lo Down: D'Lo Brown's trademark finisher, a flashy Frog Splash, wherein the attacker chops his hands between his legs in midair before stretching out for the splash.
• Money Shot: Val Venis' trademark finisher, the attacker jumps off the top rope into his prone opponent, arms spread, and lands on the chest.
• Poetry in Motion: a trademark of the Hardy Boyz, done by two attackers, the victim is whipped into the corner, one attacker gets down on hands and knees, facing away from the victim in front of him.  The second attacker runs, uses his partner as a step and leaps hip-first into the victim.
• Banzai Drop: Rikishi's trademark finisher, a bottom-heavy attacker sets up the prone victim near one of the corners, ascends to the second rope, springs a few times, then drops their rear-end right on the chest of the victim and sits for the pin.
• Stink Face: Rikishi's trademark move, the victim lies against the corner, the attacker positions himself over the victim's face, then drives his rear end into the victim's face and rubs it in.
• Turnbuckle splash: the stunned victim stands against the turnbuckle, and the attacker charges and drives their body into the victim's
• Ho/Censor Train: The Go(o)dfather's trademark move, the attacker, upon connecting, swings his arms into the victim's head.
• Bass-Ackwards Splash: Rikishi's trademark move, done by a heavy attacker, before connecting, the attacker spins and slams his back into the victim.

• G-Prime Stunner: identical to the above, except done by Megabyte.

Suplex: any of a series of moves in which the attacker throws the victim while falling backwards

• Death suplex: the attacker stands beside their opponent, throws their opponent's arm over their shoulder, then lifts their legs and drops backwards.
• German suplex: the attacker grabs the victim from behind and does a suplex, bending over backwards
• Fisherman's suplex: the attacker grabs the victim from behind by the neck and leg, then suplexes.
• Samoan Drop: the attacker grabs the victim by the knee and arm, swings them up in a quarter-turn, then drops backwards
• Olympic Slam: Kurt Angle's trademark finisher, similar to the above, except the attacker grabs higher up on the thigh and does a half-turn.
• Superplex: the victim is set up in a sitting position on the top turnbuckle, while the attacker climbs to stand astride them, then grabs them around the head and suplexes down
• Vertical suplex: the standard suplex -- the attacker faces their opponent, throws their opponent's arm over their shoulder, grabs their waist, then lifts and falls backwards.

• Cross-body: the attacker jumps and takes the opponent down.
• Lou Thesz press: the attacker jumps and straddles their opponent's torso, taking them down
• Spear: Edge's trademark move, the attacker drives his shoulder hard into the gut of the victim.

Tail Smash: the attacker slams his tail into the victim (Originators: the Dreckards)

Tornado punch combo: done with two attackers, the victim is struck by one attacker, making him spin to face the other, who punches him back to the first.  This goes back and forth until one attacker throws the victim face-first into the other attacker's knee. (Originators: the Terrorizers)

Viral Punch: the attacker charges his fist with energy, then connects to the victim's face. (Originator: Puck W!ld)

Walls of Jericho: Y2J's trademark submission hold, aka the "Liontamer," the victim lies on his back on the mat, whereupon the attacker grabs his legs under his arms, then turns the victim over by turning around, then bends the back painfully.

Wishbone: done by two attackers, the victim lies prone as the attackers each grab a leg, then pull them in opposite directions, not unlike snapping a wishbone from a turkey.

The Worm: Scotty 2 Hotty's trademark finisher, the attacker hops in a circle before wriggling in the dance move of the same name toward the victim.  Upon reaching him, the attacker stands, swings his arms back and forth three times, then drops his forearm on the victim's sternum. Note: "The W-O-R-M!"

X-Factor: X-Pac's trademark finisher, the attacker grabs the victim by the head and jumps in the air, then brings the victim face-first into the mat, usually making the victim's limbs splay out in an 'X.'

Edge-o-matic: an inverted X-Factor (Originator: Edge)