November 23, 201311 yr comment_5573790 In retrospect, it should have tipped me off that wrestling was a work when at 8 years old, even putting a sharpshooter on my 4 year old brother was functionally impossible if he struggled even slightly. I could occasionally lock in a single leg boston crab though
November 23, 201311 yr comment_5573794 As for least favorites, I hate this one I've seen Blue Panther do a few times where he puts his opponent in an inverted Gory special and then gallops around the ring like he's giving the guy a horsey ride.
November 23, 201311 yr comment_5573797 In retrospect, it should have tipped me off that wrestling was a work when at 8 years old, even putting a sharpshooter on my 4 year old brother was functionally impossible if he struggled even slightly. I could occasionally lock in a single leg boston crab though Really? I have been able to cinch the sharpshooter on buddies that weren't entirely cooperative. The problem is they, and I by process, quickly found out how nonlethal it really could be if done right. It is just crossing your legs around and bending them over. If you elevate them, it hurts more but the way Bret does it sometimes and others do it, it is just like laying on a flat surface with your legs up in the air like girls do, reading magazines or whatever, but with a guy holding your legs and sitting on your back.
November 23, 201311 yr comment_5573798 On a different note, could a worker turn the giant swing into a submission move? Like if sold as a kid shouting "Let me off this ride!" on the Gravitron?
November 23, 201311 yr comment_5573801 Yeah, I could never keep his legs crossed around my leg while he was still on his back. It was super easy for him to just twitch or kick his way out of that setup. I could never hold on that setup before turning him. The crab was fast enough that I could do it, but not the sharpshooter.
November 23, 201311 yr comment_5573814 I'm a sucker for tricked out looking armbars, Atushi Aoki of All Japan (and NOAH before that) always brings the goods.
November 23, 201311 yr comment_5573816 Volk Han had a ton of crazy submission holds that were really fun. Kawada's crucifix armbar and stomping Boston crab are also pretty great. I would also have to go with the cattle mutilation, Nagata's demon armbar, Suzuki's sleeper hold, the lion tamer and Taker's gogoplata.
November 23, 201311 yr comment_5573819 Yeah, I could never keep his legs crossed around my leg while he was still on his back. It was super easy for him to just twitch or kick his way out of that setup. I could never hold on that setup before turning him. The crab was fast enough that I could do it, but not the sharpshooter. The problem was probably that you didn't give him a backbreaker or a side Russian legsweep beforehand.
November 27, 201311 yr comment_5574412 Original Liontamer: when Jericho used do it in WCW it looked so devastating and painful. It's a shame it turned into a Boston Crab later, but the original will always be my favorite.
November 28, 201311 yr comment_5574535 I love the Stretch Muffler. I am becoming a huge fan of this move too. Also, there ar eso many cool lucha submissions, I don't know the names of them all.
November 28, 201311 yr comment_5574541 Not really a particularly fancy Lucha submission, but I have been watching a lot of El Hijo Del Santo and am loving his Camel Clutch, especially in the late 80s, he really seemed to be warping the other guy's back with it.
November 29, 201311 yr comment_5574587 On a different note, could a worker turn the giant swing into a submission move? Like if sold as a kid shouting "Let me off this ride!" on the Gravitron? Only if they started throwing up.
November 30, 201311 yr comment_5574648 Scott Hall's abdominal stretch. Just a great move that let him cheat like a mother fucker.
December 2, 201311 yr comment_5574883 The Boston Crab or half-crab are always holds that look painful if done right. I'm also a fan of the Fujiwara arm bar too. It seems like an immediate arm breaker if done properly for real.
December 10, 201311 yr comment_5575614 The Boston Crab or half-crab are always holds that look painful if done right. I'm also a fan of the Fujiwara arm bar too. It seems like an immediate arm breaker if done properly for real. It is. I've loved Cattle Mutilation since I saw Muta bust it out at Starrcade '89 and didn't have a name for it. "Cattle Mutilation" is a stupid name but "bridged double arm bar" is kind of a mouthful. I also like a good Indian deathlock. Really, if the execution is there, I like pretty much any hold except those where the wrestler puts themselves on their back. Those seem pretty self defeating.
December 10, 201311 yr comment_5575681 Glad I'm not the only one who thinks "cattle mutilation" is on the wrong end of the stupid-name-o-meter...
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