![]() (I note the irony that Iron Sheik and Bob Backlund are back to back on this list).Ĥ) Dudley Death Drop (3D) D-Von and Bubba Ray Dudley "The Dudley Boys" This hold is closely associated with Bob Backlund who popularized the move in America. The wrestler may also grasp his hands together in either variation. The wrestler then uses his free arm to either push the arm, and particularly its radius bone, against the face of the opponent to cause pain, or wrap the arm around the neck of the opponent in a sleeper hold. A camel clutch can also refer simply to a rear chinlock while seated on the back of an opponent, without placing the arms on the thighs.ġ) Crossface Chicken Wing: Bob Backlund (Heel)Ī chickenwing variation where the wrestler applies the chickenwing to one of the opponent's arms. The wrestler then leans back and pulls the opponent's head and torso. The wrestler then reaches around the opponent's head and applies a chinlock. The wrestler sits on the back of his opponent, who is face down on the mat, and places the arm or, more commonly, both arms of the opponent on his thighs. The wrestler then does a spinning toe hold and grasps the other leg, crossing them as he does so and falls to the mat, applying pressure to the opponent's crossed legs with his own. ![]() The attacker stands over the opponent who is lying on the mat face up and grasps a leg of the opponent. The hold compresses the legs, flexes the spine, and stretches the abdomen.ģ) Figure Four: Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. The wrestler then steps over his opponent, turning the opponent over as in a sharpshooter and proceeds to squat and lean back. With the same arm, they reach around the ankle and through the opening formed by the legs, and lock their hands together. 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. The one notable difference between both wrestlers' use of the move is that Sting would cross his opponent's legs over his own right leg, while Hart would use his left leg.Īlso 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. Called the Scorpion Deathlock, Sting used the move as his submission finisher throughout his career, particularly during the era when Hart was still a tag team wrestler (with the Hart Foundation) and not using the Sharpshooter in any of his matches. While Bret Hart is the wrestler with whom the Sharpshooter is synonymous, it was actually Sting who first popularized the move in the United States while working for WCW. Holding the opponent's legs in place, the wrestler then grabs the opponent's leg which he has crossed over the other and steps over him, flipping him over into a prone position before leaning back to compress his lower back. If the applyer decides to cross the opponent's legs around his right leg, he has to cross the opponent's right leg over their left, or, otherwise, he has to cross his opponent's left leg over their right. The hold begins with the opponent supine on the mat with the applying wrestler stepping between the opponent's legs with his/her left leg and wraps the opponent's legs at shin level around that leg. Please leave a comment, I would love to check back and read what your favorite finishing move was or currently is.ĥ) Sharp Shooter/Scorpion Death Lock: Bret Hart/Sting/Owen Hart/The Rock. I hope that you enjoy my article/list as we go down wrestling memory lane. In my defense, I was glued mainly to the WWF and didn't start watching ECW/WCW until 1995, women wrestlers were not as prominent in the WWF as they are today, and this is my top 30 which will differ from yours (For example, you may feel that The Rock's finishing move should be #1, which is cool and leaving the Frankensteiner off this list was hard for me). ![]() 2) The majority of wrestlers are from WWF. ![]() While writing this article, I was cognizant to three things 1) I left out some good finishing moves. Also, I quickly highlight my favorite submission and tag-team finishing moves. Additionally, this article will give full detail (thanks to )on how the finishers are performed and for an additional bonus, I have included YouTube clips to demonstrate these finishing maneuvers. Out of the hundreds of finishing moves performed, I have listed the 30 that glued me to the television. One thing that I always loved about wrestling were the final patented finishing moves that wrestlers used to defeat their opponents. In my opinion, 1980-2000, was a momentous two decades for wrestling. Since the age of three (1983), I have been addicted to professional wrestling (or "wrasslin"). Hello Everyone! Thanks for checking out my article. ![]()
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