High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A facebuster, also known as a faceplant, is generally a takedown move in professional wrestling in which an attacking wrestler forces his/her opponent down to the mat face-first without involving a headlock or facelock. A standard facebuster, also known as a jumping facebuster, involves the wrestler grabbing hold of the opponent`s head / hair and jumping down to their knees, forcing the opponent`s face into the mat.