tazz's character was influenced by the missing link, the steiner brothers and wild samoans. tazz is nicknamed the "human suplex machine" due to his wide array of suplex variations he would utilise in matches. his finishing move, the "tazmission", is a half nelson choke with bodyscissors. he also sometimes combined this submission with a suplex, creating a half nelson choke suplex, called the "tazmission-plex". he has also claimed to have named the t-bone suplex.