A move in
professional wrestling. The
executor places his hand around the
victim's neck, lifts him up by the
throat off the ground, and then
slams him down to the
mat. Sometimes the
executor will also place their
free hand at the small of the
victim's back as a
stabilizer (to avoid actual
injury).
Sid Vicious is notorious for
not doing that, and has injured several
wrestlers with the
chokeslam.
This takes quite a bit of
leverage to accomplish, and so the wrestlers who use this maneuver (
Sid Vicious, the
Undertaker, and
Kane have all used this as their
finishing move) are usually quite
tall.