Piledriver (professional wrestling)
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![This piledriver onto the ring apron that Mike Bennett (left) executed on B.J. Whitmer in 2013 resulted in Whitmer suffering a neck injury[3] because his head was not properly protected as it is protruding between the legs.](/Images/godic/202501/06/Mike_Bennett_piledriver4901.jpg")
![Kazarian performing a back-to-belly piledriver on Shannon Moore.](/Images/godic/202501/06/Kazarian_vs_Shannon_Moore_vs_Chris_Sabin4901.jpg")
![Lince Dorado (on the bottom, in the black and blue trunks), photographed in mid-rotation while executing a sunset flip on an opponent. Though the](/Images/godic/202501/06/Lince_Dorado_in_mid-rotation4901.jpg")
A piledriver is a professional wrestling driver move in which the wrestler grabs his opponent, turns him upside-down, and drops into a sitting or kneeling position, driving the opponent head-first into the mat. The technique is said to have been innovated by Wild Bill Longson.