The move was popularised by wrestler Tonga 'Uli'uli Fifita who went by the name of "Haku" in the WWF and later "Meng" in the WCW. Masters garnered attention to his "Master Lock" hold when he was able to bring then-champion John Cena to unconsciousness after a match. This is a move used to trick an unsuspecting opponent. The executor then stands on the ring apron, on the outside of the turnbuckle/ropes and applies the figure four leglock with the ringpost between the opponent's legs. The opponent is face down with the attacker above him, facing their head. A variation of the hold, called the reverse chinlock, sees the attacker kneel behind a sitting opponent and wrap around one arm under the opponent's chin and lock their hands. Welcome to Wrestling Inc's live coverage of AEW Dark: Elevation, which airs every Monday at 7 PM EST on AEW's YouTube Channel. The wrestler lifts his opponent up so they are horizontal across the wrestlers body. La Nieblina is a hold employed most famously by Mr. Niebla and Milano Collection A.T. (Paradise Lock). You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. The wrestler then twists the leg, hyperextending the knee. Wrestlers use a modified version, where they just push the shin into the throat in the exact same manner, instead of grabbing your toes and pulling towards yourself and than causes the wrestlers to bleed from their mouths. In the twenties four Princetonians won Eastern intercollegiate individual championships: Charles C. J. Carpenter '21, Robert Morrison '23, Theodore V. Buttrey '26, and William A. Graham '29. The opponent will thus be on their back, with one of the attacker's legs under the victim's upper back and hooking their free arm. Another variation may see the wrestler mount an opponent on their back and apply the hold for either a pinfall or a submission. Popularized by WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. A wrestler may use his or her free hand to grab the wrist of the choking hand to further apply pressure. Similar to a sleeper hold, this can also be done from a standing position. The wrestler then bridges back. There are also standing and spinning versions. The wrestler then bends one leg so that the shin is behind the knee of the straight leg and places the ankle of the straight leg in their armpit. This is a stand-up grappling position where both wrestlers have a collar tie, and hold the opponent's other arm at the elbow. The opponent is on his back with the attacker grabbing both of his foe's legs, crossing one of them over the straight leg's knee. He then lays on top of the opponent's back and locks his arms around the opponent's face. This version was adapted from Christopher Daniels. Raw selected Apollo Crews, JD McDonagh and Zoey Stark on Saturday, following the selections of NXT women's champion Indi Hartwell to Raw and NXT women's tag team champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn to SmackDown on Friday. ltimo Guerrero uses a variation where he grabs his opponent's corresponding leg and wraps his feet around their neck called the Guerrero Special ll. #WWEDraft pic.twitter.com/pa6MKvcCiT. Mitsuharu Misawa innovated a seated variation where he hooks an arm of a seated opponent with one of his legs and places his other leg against the back of the opponent to trap him before applying the crossface. Wrestling holds | CAW Wrestling Wiki | Fandom Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Maximum Male Models (Ma., Mn.sr and Maxxine Dupri), Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci), The Viking Raiders (Erik, Ivar & Valhalla), Maximum Male Models (Ma., Mn.sr & Maxxine Dupri), The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa & Paul Heyman), The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins), The O.C. Dragon also innovated another variation of this move where he applies the standing inverted Indian deathlock, but rather than using the traditional surfboard he pulls his opponent's hair, face, or mask before stomping the opponent's head face first into the mat. From behind the opponent the wrestler locks his hands together and pulls back on the face of the opponent, pulling the neck of the opponent backwards. Technically known as an Over the shoulder single leg Boston crab and commonly known as a Stretch Muffler. The opponent is laying on his side, with the attacker facing their front. A heel hook is a leg lock that is applied by transversely twisting the foot either vertically or horizontally. Penta breaks a security guards arm to prove his point. With the opponent hung over the second rope, facing the outside of the ring, the attacking wrestler hooks their left or right leg over the back of the opponent's neck. A notable exception is Japanese shoot-style wrestling, in which wrestlers are expected to apply legit submissions to end matches. Christian Cage and Nick Dinsmore are other popular users of this hold. Feb. 14-15, 2020. The wrestler then reaches around the opponent's head and applies a chinlock. in the world! Charles A. BIKINI BABES WRESTLING IN THE HOT SUN - HUNTINGTON Inverted three quarter figure four leglock, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The wrestler then pulls back so as to stretch the legs, back and neck of the opponent while keeping the arm trapped. He then grabs hold of the opponent's wrist with his near hand, so that the opponent's hand is palm up and folded fully, and holds it down. The opponent is down on their back with the wrestler standing over one of their legs with one foot placed on either side of the leg. MJF is going to learn that Punk is the master and Punk knows who the **** he is. It is a key component of several throws, drops and slams. This in turn uncrosses their legs, allowing the opponent to simply lift their head out. Through SmackDown and the first supplemental draft, the Raw and SmackDown rosters are as follows: WWE was long overdue for a shake-up of its roster, and if the draft selections on Friday and Saturday were any indication, Raw and SmackDown could look a lot different moving forward. Also popularly known as a Texas cloverleaf, the wrestler stands at the feet of his supine opponent, grabs the opponent's legs and lifts them up. He is the author of the first, original manual on Bare Knuckle Boxing in 100 years, and is the historian for BKB, the first legally sanctioned bare knuckle promotion. Machida is already trying to pull his left arm out of the Front Headlock showing how loose the control is but its enough for Jones to keep Machida in place against the fence. Notable users include Carlene Begnaud (Jazz), who dubbed it the Bitch Clamp, and Beth Phoenix who follows it with the Glam Slam. The wrestler darts his/her hand under an opponent's chin and grabs a hold of a pressure point above the throat, squeezing the nerve. This move was popularized originally by Ken Shamrock and later Kurt Angle. Known as la Campana in Mexico. This move is illegal due to usage of the ring ropes, and results in a disqualification for the wrestler should they not release the hold before a count of five. He is situated perpendicular to and behind the opponent. Leo Stenbuck uses a running variation of this move. Los Angeles City MASTERS He is totally at your Packed with information, news, product previews, athlete interviews, technical columns and a whole host of video content from tutorials to nutrition advice this is the website to bookmark if you love MMA, Boxing, Muay Thai, BJJ, Krav Maga or just working out! This match, opted instead to go for a much more old-school style, with both men trying to outwrestle one another, making every headlock, front chancery, and arm-bar look like a real struggle to assert dominance over the other, as opposed to simply trading submissions to display their move-set, or sitting in rest holds to get their wind back. Grants Pass The opponent is on his back with the attacker standing near their head, reaching down and crossing their arms before them. Specifically, it is usually executed from a "rubber guard," where the legs are held very high, against the opponent's upper back. The wrestler approaches the opponent who is lying stomach-first, facing down. The figure four leglock was innovated by Herman Rohde (or "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers). Kazarian dropped Limelight with a monkey flip, and he got back to the s-grip front chancery. This hold is usually used to go for a clothesline. The wrestler is kneeling behind a seated opponent. Tito tries again, but Isaacs grabs the wrist as the pair jockeyed for position. Thomas Hall ON A "goozle" is a single arm choke held briefly before performing a chokeslam. Draft-eligible Superstars who were not selected on the first night of the draft were assigned brands Saturday, as were some select NXT Superstars who received a call-up to the main roster. An inverted version of the cravate is used by Chris Hero as part of his Hangman's Clutch submissions in which the hand positioning is the same as a normal cravate but the facelock is connected around the face of the opponent, not from behind the opponent's head, thus pulling the opponents head backwards rather than forwards putting significant pressure on the neck by stretching it backwards and in other directions toward which the neck would not normally bend. The wrestler takes the opponent's legs, bends them at the knees, and crosses them, placing one ankle in the other leg's knee-pit. However, this hold is dangerous, it could strain, or even snap the tendons in the opponents neck. It was named after Japanese women's wrestler Plum Mariko. your close arm under his chin, reach your far arm behind his neck, and lock Ed Spring Holiday Classic. It was subsequently banned in many combat sports featuring other leg locks such as Brazilian jiu-jitsu[3] and Sambo[4]. Masato Yoshino popluarized another variation of this maneuver in Japan, where he climbs to the top turnbuckle, and does the neck scissors from the top turnbuckle to a standing opponent. The wrestler tucks the opponent's head face-up under his armpit, and wraps his arm around the head so that his forearm is pressed against the back of the opponent's neck. Nagata would salute to signal the maneuver to the crowd before dropping to the mat. A wrestler will grab the opponent's foot and lift their leg off the ground. Cole suffered a concussion last May in a match against Samoa Joe at the Double or Nothing pay-per-view. Another version of this hold, considered to be an Elevated cloverleaf / Elevated Texas cloverleaf, was used by Eddie Guerrero, which saw Guerrero turn the body of the opponent and place a knee over the opponent's neck, pulling back for more pressure. The most common variant sees a wrestler lock one arm of a fallen opponent, who is belly down on the mat with the wrestler on top and to the side, and placing it between their legs before locking their hands around the opponent's chin or face and pulling back to stretch the opponent's neck and shoulder. Finally, he puts both of his feet over the opponent's right foot and presses on it. A basic wrestling technique, the attacker grabs his standing opponent in a double underhook, their head tucked underneath an armpit. The move requires some leverage to be applied, and as such it cannot be applied on a freely standing opponent. Cajun Crawdad In wrestling Finishing moves Clawesome Bomb Signature moves Old Bay Boot Rolling front chancery to a facedown opponent STO Nicknames "The Brawler from the Bayou" Entrance Music Bajou Brawl by Harley Wootton & Kenny Wootton (CHIKARA) Teams and stables Cajun Crawdad & The Chancery is a great hold for controlling and humiliating Among modern day grapplers the choke was originally done with your hands pressed together like you were praying, but it was realised pressing on a turned fist was much better because it locked the wrist and forearm eliminating the natural give in the wrist. The wrestler then does a spinning toe hold and grasps the other leg, crossing them into a "4" (hence the name) as he does so and falls to the mat, applying pressure to the opponent's crossed legs with his own. Improve your Wrestling coaching! Cue Erick Redbeard (Rowan) and the big brawl is on, with security failing to make the save. Template:See also The attacker then reaches across his opponent's hips with his same leg (if the opponent's head is tucked underneath the right armpit, he will use his right leg) so as to trap their opponent's same leg and prevent their escape. The wrestler is kneeling behind a seated opponent. The wrestler pushing the hips forward, the opponent's leg is straightened, and further leveraging hyperextends the knee. Bajou Brawl by Harley Wootton & Kenny Wootton (CHIKARA) Teams and stables. The opponent is sitting while the wrestler is behind the opponentholding the opponent's wrist. This involves a wrestler suspending an opponent upside down on a turnbuckle, with the opponent's back being up against it. CAW Wrestling Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. He then releases the surfboard and stomps the leg down to drive the opponent's head face first into the mat. While it is employed by these men as a means to gain a victory via tapout, others utilize the hold simply to trap the opponent in a ball and keep them from maneuvering, allowing the man on the offensive to either recapture his breath or pour on a more sinister offensive maneuver. Andrade gets crotched on top and Allin whips him with a belt, setting up Sammys Coast to Coast (over Allin in the process) to nail Andrade hard. Page gets in an elbow to the face but Christians reverse DDT gets two. Also known as the Nudo Lagunero. Essentially a step-over armbar with neck submission. With the opponent lying face down on the mat, the wrestler grabs hold of shin of one of the opponent's legs and wraps his legs around the leg. He lifts one leg of the opponent and drapes it over his neck. WebGordon Solie [1] (born Francis Jonard Labiak, [1] later Jonard Pierre Sjoblom, [1] January 26, 1929 July 27, 2000), was an American Florida -based professional wrestling play-by-play announcer working for Georgia Championship Wrestling, Championship Wrestling of the Pro Wrestlers in these two images, one from the classic days and If the opponent is sitting, the wrestler can place their knee under the opponent's back, adding more pressure. Sometimes done facing the turnbuckle, forcing the opponent's head to hit against the bottom turnbuckle with each swing. Fighting inside the clinch was a part of boxing longer than not, and it has been revived with MMA. A grounded version of a sleeper hold with an added body scissors that is derived from Martial arts and more recently MMA. ALberto Del Rio uses this move, but rather than a collar tie, he would apply either a Wrist Lock or a standing armbar. Dec. 18, 2021. Andrade bails out to the floor to start before being chased back inside. But enough of the history lesson. After the attack on Dynamite, a bloody CM Punk applauds MJF, saying that this kind of blood makes certain people feel alive. The wrestler locks both of the opponent's arms into chickenwings, and then pushes upward on the opponent's back (lower scapula). Very similar to the grapevine ankle lock, with the only difference that the wrestler wraps his arms around the shin, and not his hands around the ankle of the opponent. 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. Catch Wrestling U on Twitter Reed's roster of Eastern intercollegiate champions was impressive. This move was invented and popularized by Bret Hart. While in the vise, the wrestler could control their opponent by the temples and bring them down to a seated position where more pressure could be exerted. Innovated and named by Low Ki, this sees a wrestler stand behind an opponent with the ring ropes between them before grabbing an inverted facelock on the opponent and wrapping his legs around the opponent's body for a body scissors. Chris Jericho's version is a High-angle Boston Crab more commonly known as the Walls of Jericho. Over the next few articles, Ill be looking at different parts of working in the clinch from Bare Knuckle Boxing, that could transform MMA.