Essentially a scissored armbar with neck submission. From this point, the wrestler turns 360 degrees, simultaneously bending the arm of the opponent around the attacker's own leg. This stretches the pectorals and shoulder joint and immobilizes the arm. Similarly to the biceps slicer, a calf crusher can be applied by inserting an arm or leg in the backside of the knee and flexing the opponent's leg to apply pressure to the muscles surrounding the fulcrum. The only difference between Sting's "Scorpion Death Lock" and the current "Sharpshooter" is which leg the pressure is on, as Sting's targets the right leg and the "Sharpshooter" targets the left leg. The wrestler reaches down to pull the opposing wrestler up slightly, sits on the opponent's back, and places both of the opponent's arms across their thighs, usually locking at least one by placing the arm in the crook of their knee. This forces the opponent onto their chest while the wrestler ends in a sitting position facing the same direction as their opponent. AEW wrestler Jon Moxley uses this move as a finisher sometimes while taking the opponent down with and then transitioning from a sleeper hold or rear naked choke. For a full nelson, the attacker slips both their arms under the opponent's armpits and locks their hands behind their opponent's neck. It is often used to set up various drops and slams in singles competition. From this point on the wrestler can either grab the opponent's wrist with the free hand and tucks their own head beneath the opponent's armpit and stand upright, locking in the hold, or simply throw the opponent's arm over their own shoulder and grab the opponent's thighs with the free hand. It is considered legal in professional wrestling, although it is a chokehold. But unlike the standard guillotine choke, the wrestler tucks the other wrestler's head so that the face the opposite direction of a guillotine choke. This variation is also used by Tyler Breeze as the Figure Four Sharpshooter, and by T. J. Perkins, who calls it the Figure Four Deathlock. The wrestler wraps their arms around the head and one arm of the opponent and squeezes, choking the opponent. Sometimes preceded by an arm wrench, the wrestler grasps the opponent's hand and twists backwards, placing pressure on the wrist. The hold compresses the legs, flexes the spine, and stretches the abdomen. The wrestler then pulls back, stretching the opponent's back, neck, and knees. From that position the wrestler rolls forward into a sitting position, pulling the opponent over backwards and down to the mat so that they lands on their back into a sitout pin position. The wrestler then extends their remaining arm between their legs and then waits. This move has been used by Daniel Bryan and Bobby Fish as the Fish Hook Deluxe Edition. CM Punk used this move. There are variants of this move such as Shawn Michaels' version of this move and more to follow. A standing version of this move also exists which was innovated by Ken Shamrock, this is known as an Ankle Lock. Wrestlers use a modified version, where they only push the shin into the throat in exactly the same manner (instead of grabbing their toes and pulling towards themselves). Opponent Down - Face Up Near Legs, Move Craft. Shawn Michaels popularized this move during his wrestling career. Will Ospreay used the double underhook to spin his opponent into a neckbreaker called the Stormbreaker. "Thank you wikiHow for posting this article. The attacker pulls up with their arm while forcing the victim's wrist down with their leg and applies pressure to the victim's elbow. Though this is an often-used rest hold, it is also sometimes the beginning of a standard bulldog move. Another variant performed by Dana Brooke is done in a handstand position while she chokes the opponent with one foot. Several wrestlers in WWE 2K14 will utilize submission holds. Becky Lynch uses it as the Dis-arm-her, where the attacking wrestler takes a face-down opponent's arm in a kneeling position, adding pressure by pulling back on the arm. 5. Put your left leg over his/her left foot. Also (and originally) known as a "scorpion hold". Such calf crushers can be used as effective leglocks to the knee through a separating and elongating motion. The crossface chickenwing is mostly identified with Bob Backlund, who used the hold as a finishing maneuver following his comeback to the WWF in the mid-1990s and won his second world championship using the hold. The wrestler stands face-to-face with the opponent, ducks, hooks one of their arms over the opponent's shoulder (if seizing the opponent's left shoulder, they hook with their right, or opposite if sides are reversed), swings under the opponent's armpit, then around and over the opponent's back, so that they faces the same way as the opponent. Tidbits. The opponent, ostensibly confused, normally takes the offered hand, at which point the wrestler rolls forward and into an armlock. Samoa Joe also uses an inverted powerbomb as a setup into the Boston crab. The wrestler performing the hold approaches their opponent from behind and grips their head with both hands. A standing variation of the camel clutch is also used, with this variation popularized by Scott Steiner in the late 1990s as he used it as his finisher, dubbed the Steiner Recliner. Popularized by Brutus Beefcake, Waylon Mercy, Dolph Ziggler, Minoru Suzuki, and most recognized with Roddy Piper. Then, the wrestler maneuvers their other arm through the "hole" created by the opponent's bent wrist, locks their hand upon their own wrist, and pulls the opponent forward, causing pressure on the opponent's arm and neck. A set-up for many throws and slams, this sees the attacking wrestler put a bent at the waist opponent to one side of them, reach the near hand around, and lock their hands around the opponent's waist. The legs are used to control the movement of the opponent's body while the opponent's foot is twisted by holding the heel with the forearm and using the whole body to generate a twisting motion, hence creating severe medial torque on the ankle. This move can be compared to the Heel Hook in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. These variations are also invented by Tenzan himself. There are several variations of heel hooks, with the most typical being performed by placing the legs around a leg of an opponent and holding the opponent's foot in the armpit on the same side. The wrestler bends over with the opponent standing to the side of the wrestler. The wrestler tucks the opponent's head face-up under their armpit and wraps their arm around the head, so that their forearm is pressed against the back of the opponent's neck. It is performed by approaching the opponent and putting one hand on the back of the opponent's neck while holding the elbow of the opponent's arm that is holding their own neck. Batista also used this as the Batista Bite and PAC uses this as The Brutalizer. He grabs one of the opponent's wrists with one hand and fish hooks the opponent's mouth with the other. One or both of the arms can be pinned. The opponent's arm is then hooked and pulled back into their body, stretching the forearms, biceps, and pectoral muscles. The wrestler goes to a fallen opponent and places the opponent's nearest arm over the wrestler's nearest shoulder before applying the crossface, where the attacking wrestler locks their hands around the opponent's chin (or lower face), then pulls back, stretching the opponent's neck and shoulder. For a figure eight, the wrestler will then push up into a bridge. Also known as a bridging wrist lock. Award. Tyson Kidd formerly used this move. With one hand the wrestler will grab either the toes or the outside of the foot, then with the other wrap the ankle to create a "hole" for the joint. This was famously used by Don Muraco as the Asiatic Spike and Terry Gordy (which he learned from Killer Khan) as the Oriental Spike. The wrestler then slips one foot in front of the opponent's head and under their chin, locks their hands behind the opponent's head, and chokes the opponent by pressing their shin or instep against the opponent's trachea. A wrestler approaches a sitting opponent from in front, behind, or either side. There are also variations of the anaconda vise that are combined with a straight jacket choke, called Anaconda Max and a cobra clutch, called Anaconda Cross. While this can inflict pain on its own, it is most often used as a transition hold, leading into either a hammer lock, an elbow to the held arm, or kicks to the opponent's abdominal area. Body triangle or Figure-four body lock is achieved by first crossing the ankles, grasping the heel of one foot and pulling that foot into the opposite knee, this creates the signature 4. Another variation sees the attacker performing a reverse STO, then locking the regular Koji clutch in, but crossing their legs in a modified figure-four headscissors. The wrestler applies an inverted facelock to a seated opponent, places their far leg between the opponent's legs, and pushes their near leg's knee against the opponent's back. This variant is called the Code of Silence. The justification for its legality is that, like a head scissors, it uses the legs rather than the hands to perform the "choke"; also, it does not crush the windpipe (strangulation); rather, it compresses the carotid arteries (jugulation). This move was also used by Kenta as the Game Over. Mexican luchador Mstico innovated a variation in which he performs a tilt-a-whirl on the opponent them slams face first with a single-arm takedown and uses the submission hold called the La Mistica. The attacking wrestler then sits next to the opponent and wraps their legs around the opponent, crossing their ankles and then tightening their grip by squeezing together their thighs or straightening their legs to compress the opponent's torso. The move can be also applied by running towards the opponent and then performing the flip when next to them. Another version sees the wrestler hold their opponent in the Argentine backbreaker rack before dropping into a sitting or kneeling position while simultaneously throwing the opponent off their shoulders, causing the opponent to roll in midair and fall to the mat in a face-down position. Nikki Bella has used both variations as a finisher in WWE. It became popular due to the legendary Nature Boy, Ric Flair using it as his signature move. He names this move, the Hart Lock. The attacking wrestler tucks the opponent's top/back of the head into their own chest and wraps an arm around the opponent's neck so that their forearm is pressed against the opponent's throat. We use cookies to make wikiHow great. The wrestler then uses the near hand to reach back and grab the opponent from behind the head, thus pulling the opponent's head above the wrestler's shoulder. It is also possible to put pressure on the elbow joint by bending the leg entangling the arm and twisting it in a specific manner. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Make sure your opponent is fine with this. It was first used by Keiji Mutoh in the early 1990s. Another form of wrist lock, sometimes known as a figure four wrist lock, involves the wrestler (after applying the initial wrist lock with the left hand) threading their right arm through the gap the two arms provide, forming a 4, and providing leverage on the wrist lock. He first leads in with a Snap Suplex to put his opponent Also known as Military press. Kushida also uses the hold as the Hoverboard Lock. Asuka also uses the bodyscissors variation as a finisher dubbed the Asuka Lock. This leg cross indicates that an argumentative or competitive attitude exists. Various strikes, such as closed-fist punches, elbows, open-hand slaps, open-hand palm strikes, and hammer-fists to the opponent's head are often performed from this position. To create this article, 22 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. [5] The stomach claw was most famously used by Killer Kowalski, naming it the Kowalski claw. The attacking wrestler tucks the opponent's head underneath their armpit and wraps one arm around the neck so that the forearm is pressed against the throat, as in a front chancery. The wrestler then turns 90 degrees [2] The move was invented by Gory Guerrero in Mexico, where it was called la de a caballo (horse-mounting choke), but got its more common name from Ed Farhat, who wrestled as "The Sheik" and used it as his finisher. The vise is done from a position in which the wrestler and the opponent are seated on the mat facing each other. Usually performed on a charging opponent, this can also be a transition hold for counterattacks that sees the wrestler hit many throws and drops like a DDT or headscissors takedown. The wrestler traps one of the opponent's ankles between their thighs (as seen primarily before applying an STF). Also known as an "Octopus stretch" and Manji-gatame (Japanese version), the wrestler stands behind the opponent and hooks a leg over the opponent's opposite leg. Sometimes the free arm is placed at the top of the opponent's head. This variation is used by Karrion Kross and it is called the Kross Jacket. Asuka also uses this variation. This move is usually executed on a wrestler lying flat on their back. This move can also be known by the underrepresented term coil lock in catch wrestling. This may lead to an armbar, a wrist lock, the wrestler pulling the opponent onto their shoulders in a fireman's carry, an Irish whip, or a short-arm maneuver, such as a clothesline. Using that leg as leverage, he'll push the opponent's head downwards and drop to his side so that the opponent must support his own body weight on his squeezed neck. 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