Thousands of Lucha Libre
(Mexican Pro Wrestling)
Techniques
Lucha Libre Style
The Mexican wrestlers, and smaller stature than their American counterparts, they rely primarily on the use of keys, key reversals andaerial maneuversto reduce their opponents, unlike the use of force that characterizes most American fighters. Since heavyweight fighters constitute the majority of the fighters of Mexico, aerial combat and high risk is widespread, and is typical Mexican style using the ropes (springboard) to boost their movements. Jumps out of the ring or
suicideare among the most famous features of Mexican wrestling, and it is rare for a particular dive bomber a fighter is more famous in his repertoire that the same final movement.
Hurricanranasandtilt-a -whirl headscissors takedownsare very easy to find, as indeed are movements originating in Mexico.
Keying
A variant of Mexican wrestling known as key or keying, which includes the use of complex submissionsto force the opponent to surrender and intricate variantspinfallfor a quick count the opponent before he can prevent it, often alternating between the two variants. This particular style is more confidence in the effectiveness of the technique of pinning it on the strength of a previous move, and is very common to find long sequences of reversals featuring two fighters trying to catch the other counteracting their keys.
This style was popularized bySkayde, although its use dates back to long ago, and has some connection with disciplines such aswrestling, amateuror evenmixed martial arts.
Lucha Libra moves can be broken dpwn into 6 different types Arial Movements (sentons, swantons, shooting stars etc.)
Keying Submission Movements (Joint Locks, Strangles, etc) Takedown Movements (Throws, Slams, Scoops etc.)
Attacking Movements (Strikes, Punches, kicks etc.) Team Technique Movements (3D, Double Drop Kick, etc.)
Air movements of professional wrestling
Many aircraft movements are used inprofessional wrestlingto show the speed and agility of a wrestler. These movements are made up mostly of young fighters who can not make moves that require more strength. There are a variety of aerial moves in wrestling. Several movements are known by different names.
Due to the dangerous nature of some of these movements, some companies have banned the use of a series of movements. In 2005, theWorld Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) banned the use of theshooting star pressand450 ° splashfor fear of injury. However,Jim Rossstated that this prohibition as unknown.
The movements are listed in a category as general as possible.
Arm twist ropewalk chop
The phases of the Arm twist ropewalk chop used byUndertakeragainstHeidenreich
This movement is grabbing the opponent by the wrist and hand Girandole well, then climb to the top of theturnbuckle, walk the top rope and hit the opponent in the back or neck with your hand or arm. This movement is known inAmericafor use by the wrestlerUndertaker, who calls it
Old School ("old school").
Other fighters are also known to have added something extra to move.Jinsei Shinzakiuses a variation where you grab your opponent when he is on the outer edge of the ring and his opponent within it, then jumps to the top rope using opponent's wrist to stabilize and once up, walk and jump rope hitting the opponent.Sonjay Duttalso uses a variation in which a dance on the rope before hitting your opponent.
Mad Mikeyused a variation in which, instead of rising to the top rope, climbing rope just below before hitting your opponent. This variation was called Pre-School ("pre-school").
Axe Handle
Also known as Double Axe Handle, Double Axe Handle Smash or Double Sledge.
This movement is jumping from the top of theturnbucklewith both hands clasped over his head to the enemy, hitting him in the head on his chest, pretending to have anaxin his hands.
Commonly applied to a fighter who is standing or getting up, being very rare time that is applied to an opponent lying on the canvas.
Crossbody
This movement is used by many wrestlers, usually lighter, and is also called diving crossbody (but so named as crossbody or cross body block). This movement is referred to as the version of a highcrossbody, where a wrestler jumps from an elevated position (usually theturnbuckle) to an opponent, landing horizontally across the opponent's torso, forcing it falls back to the mat and usually terminating in an attemptpinfall.
This term refers to a variation where a fighter, which is in a raised position facing away from the opponent, performs a rotation in the air before falling horizontally across the torso of the
opponent.
Although the vast majority of the time, this technique is used to attack an opponent in the ring, there are some versions that go over the top rope to attack an opponent outside the ring. In wrestling, this variation is called the Fish, or English,Iron.
Diamond Dust
Named byMasato Tanaka, this movement is aForward somersault three-quarter facelock cutter/jawbreakerperformed by a wrestler from an elevated platform.
This movement requires a wrestler in high places (like the second string or sit on the pole) facing the enemy's rear, applying aninverted facelock. From this position the attacking wrestler is driven forwards, flipping, turning the key to athree-quarter facelock. When both fall, the
attacking wrestler does sitting, causing the opponent's jaw hit the attacking wrestler's shoulder, or if the attacking wrestler falls back, it sends the opponent's face into the canvas, changing the key to abulldog.
Chris Herouses a variation where he begins athree-quarter facelock, there is the forward somersault, mantieniendo the key. The move forces the opponent to turn 360 degrees, to fall into acutter.Laylauses this key, which called The Face Lift
Diving bulldog
This movement is abulldogperformed by a wrestler from an elevated platform. A bulldog is a move where the wrestler applies a head lock on his opponent and leaps forward, falling back to the mat and causing the impact of the opponent's face into the mat.
A standard diving bulldog is a wrestler jumping from any high place, using any type of lock to the opponent's head before falling to the canvas. This move was popularized byRick Steiner, who called Steiner Drop.
Springboard bulldog
This movement is abulldogapplied afterspringboard(make a trampoline) on the ropes. In some cases the lock to the head is applied before the wrestler jumps on the ropes.
Another version of this move is when a wrestler willspringboardinto the ropes and then applied to the air lock to the head that wears the bulldog. The diva of theWWE Trish Stratususes this move, so Stratusfaction llamadolo
Diving elbow drop
A diving elbow drop is executed by jumping from a high place with a raised elbow to elbow on landing hit the neck, shoulder or head of an opponent.
Axe handle elbow drop
The wrestler sits on the corner, one leg on each second rope, facing an opponent lying on the canvas. Then the wrestler leaps towards the opponent, lifting your elbows together, they fell down, dropping both elbows together on the chest or shoulder opponent.
Shawn Michaelsperforming a Diving Elbow Drop.
Corkscrew elbow drop
The wrestler sits on the corner, with the opponent lying face up on the canvas. The wrestler then jumps toward the opponent, while making a 360 degree pan before dropping an elbow up the opponent. This causes the movement is of greater impact than aDiving Elbow Dropnormal. This movement can be made from the ground, ie, without getting into the corner.
Diving back elbow drop
This is a rare variation of a diving elbow drop, the wrestler is standing on the corner, facing away from where the opponent extends and raises an elbow and then jump or drop back, falling to elbow in opponent's body part. This movement allows for greater range, but has less precision.
Diving elbow drop somersault
In this technique, the user goes to the top rope, facing inside the ring, and jumps making afrontal gyrusin the air, keeping your elbow up, landing him on the chest of the opponent.
Shooting star elbow drop
The wrestler jumps at an opponent from an elevated position, executing a backflip in the air, landing with a raised elbow, which lands on an opponent's body.
Diving fist drop
Afist dropis a move in which the wrestler drops his fist on the chest or the opponent's head and air version is to perform the same movement but from a raised platform.
The attacking wrestler can fall to their knees or side of the torso, but the fist must hit the opponent to be considered a fist drop.Jerry Lawlerused this movement as themovement end.
Diving headbutt
Chris Benoitapplying a swan-dive diving headbutt toMVPatWrestleMania 23.
In this technique, the user jumps from an elevated position on the opponent, landing in a header against any part of your body, usually the chest or abdomen.
This move was innovated byserendipitybyHarley Race, who slipped from the corner and fell on his opponent's head, resulting in not only the diving headbutt, but a particularly dangerous variant in which the jump is performed with the rigid body and free fall, sometimes called a
swan-dive diving headbutt. Race then adapted it as a normal move, and then be copied and popularized byThe Dynamite Kid. Race declared that feels remorse for having invented the motion because he feels guilt had back pain and neck who have suffered several wrestlers who use the swan-dive diving headbutt. Then it was revealed that this version does not only affect the spine, but also cause brain damage.
El SantoandEl Hijo del Santo popularized a variant safer, being called by them I ran to Christ, and that is referred to today simply as a diving headbutt.June Izumidauses a variation where it turns 45 degrees to the side, hiding his arms under his body, which called Meteorite Impact.
Diving hurricanrana
This movement is sometimes referred to as huracanrana Diving. Is to jump from the corner with his legs forward, an opponent who is facing the fighter, landing on the shoulders of the opponent, which allows for anhurricanrana.Litabecame famous this movement, which called Litacanrana.
Diving somersault hurricanrana
In this variation, the wrestler after jumping gives a forward somersault in the air before landing on the shoulders of the opponent and then apply ahurricanranacommon, transformed into a pinfall. The name of this technique was given by its inventor, Dragon Kid.
Super hurricanrana
In this move the wrestler, taking the opponent sitting or standing on the corner ropes, jump to move his legs on his shoulders and his head bound with them, and throwing his weight back, flip the opponent from his position to make land in the soil.
Elix Skipperuses a variation where walking along the upper cueda before applying a normal Frankesteiner an opponent sitting in the corner. Technically it is called ropewalk Skipper frog and called New School in reference toarm twist ropewalk chop, Old School, conducted byThe Undertaker.
A variation is called StratusFear byTrish Stratus. It consists of making an inverted position (asserting his arms and hands on the mat) to grab the legs of the opponent's neck. The attacking wrestler rolls back its inverted position, in the same way that made it, forcing the opponent to perform a forward somersault, falling back to the canvas.
Inverted super hurricanrana
It is also known for Inverted Frankensteiner or Poison Rana. This movement is aheadscissors takedownon an opponent made him who sits on the top turnbuckle. However, unlike a
Frankensteiner, the opponent is facing away from the ring, causing it when the attacking
to the mat, unlike the another movement which was falling back. It can also be carried out of the ring, or with the opponent facing inward and the wrestler behind him.
This movement is considered highly dangerous, because the drop is forced and the roll is not easy to do. A failure of any of the fighters involved may end in one of two with his neck falling directly onto the canvas, which risks serious problems such asparalysisor even death.
Diving knee drop
Movement in which a wrestler jumps from a raised platform and hits with one or both knees to the opponent.
Diving knee drop bulldog
In this technique, also called Calf Branding, the user leaves the opponent standing with his back against the corner, go up to it, by standing behind the opponent's neck. Then the wrestler grabs his opponent's head and rests against her knee, giving impetus to the free leg to jump off the corner and push the opponent's head against the floor, using the weight of the attacker. This move was popularized byHiroyoshi TenzanandRaven.
Diving leg drop
The Wrestler, situated in an elevated position, jump up a leg to land her with all his weight on a fighter lying on the canvas, usually the neck or face.
Kenny Dykstrauses a variation of this movement. At the time of jumping from the raised position, hide one of his legs with one arm tocándosela next to the torso, to release it just before he fell, hitting the opponent with the same leg.
Moonsault leg drop
This variation sees the wrestler doing amoonsault, but instead of falling into a splash position, the rotation continues, using a diving leg drop normal.
Diving leg drop bulldog
This is a variation of an airleg drop bulldog, where the wrestler does aspringboardinto a string or jumps from a raised platform, dropping a leg on the back of the neck of an opponent, who is kneeling , rising or inlinado looking down. The impact of the fall causes the opponent hits his head against the canvas, which adds pressure exerted by the leg in the opponent's neck. Shannon Mooreuses a variation where applies aleg drop bulldogfrom the corner, with the opponent also located in the corner, causing both are released from the top to the ring. John Cena uses it as a personal or signature move.
Diving leg drop split-legged
The fighter has the opponent lying on the ring, then the fighter goes into the ropes to stretch his leg and drop it on the chest or neck of the opponent. This move was popularized byChristy HemmeonTNA
Somersault leg drop
The wrestler, in an elevated position, jump towards the opponent, doing a forward somersault in the air, making a diving leg drop applied normal to the point of falling.
somersault corkscrew leg drop
The fighter is in a high place. Then jump to the fighter, giving a forward flip and rotate 360 degrees horizontally at the same time, before falling into a diving leg drop normal. This
movement is sometimes done in asentonorsplash, because of the complexity of implementing it.
Imploding diving somersault leg drop
The wrestler leaves the opponent lying on the ring and climbs the top rope, looking out of the ring. Then jump back giving a forward roll, turning 180 degrees to land with his leg over the opponent.
Shooting star leg drop
This movement is performed when a wrestler jumps from a high place forward, doing a back flip in the air, continuing the rotation until you can apply a diving leg drop normal to its opponent. This variation was popularized byJason Cross, who called Crossfire.
Corkscrew shooting star leg drop
The wrestler applies a shooting star leg drop, but during the back flip, a turn of his body 180 degrees horizontally. The only difference between this variation and the shooting star leg drop is that the wrestler lands in the opposite direction.
Springboard leg drop
This movement is performed when a wrestler located at the outer edge of the ring, use the top rope tospringboardinside the ring, falling with his leg. In this variation does not matter if the fighter strikes with his leg the face, neck or neck of the opponent.
There is a variation called triple jump leg drop where the fighter runs into a chair, jump on it, jump to the top rope and then applies a leg drop to an opponent who is outside the ring, usually on a table. This movement was created, used and popularized by wrestlerSabu.
Diving shoulder block
The wrestler jumps from an elevated position, sticks his arms to his body and hit the shoulder of an opponent with his own shoulder, causing the opponent to lose balance and fall with the stroke to the canvas.
Diving spear
This movement is technically a diving shoulder block takedown. The wrestler jumps from a raised platform, hit the opponent with his shoulder in the chest, forcing him with the force of impact, falling to technique is mainly used lona.Esta byEdge.
Diving stomp
Little Spike Dudleyrunning a diving double foot stomp onRodney Mack.
In these techniques, the user jumps from an elevated position to land standing on the opponent's body in a double stomp, dumping body weight.
Diving double foot stomp
The user goes to a high position and jump from it to land with both feet on the opponent's body.
Mushroom stomp
The Wrestler, located on the second or third string, jump on the back of the opponent, who is crouching, standing or leaning looking down. Jumping on the back, push down, forcing the opponent to fall to the mat, but before the opponent falls to the mat, the wrestler is driven in the same opponent's back foot to fall elsewhere in the ring.
The name of this technique (in English Stomp Seta) is in reference to the character ofMario, who makes a similar leap to kill somemushrooms, which are their enemy.
Moonsault double foot stomp
In this variation the wrestler perform amoonsaultbut instead of falling in placesplash, continues the rotation until foot landing on the opponent
Shooting star double foot stomp
In this variation the wrestler perform ashooting star press, continuing the rotation until foot landing on the opponent.
Flying clothesline
Kanefliying applying a clothesline toCM Punk.
In this movement, the user goes to a high position as the top rope, and jump from there on a standing opponent, extending his arm to hit the opponent and throwing him. A version where the clotheslineis replaced by alariatcan be seen.
Flying back elbow
In this move the wrestler jumps from an elevated position (usually the top turnbuckle orthe second string) and hits a standing opponent with the back of your elbow.
Flying neckbreaker
This movement is aneckbreakerapplied from a raised platform, grabbing the opponent's neck in the air, then fell running technique.
The most common variation of this movement is called Flipping Neckbreaker, Blockbuster or Over Castle. This movement is a neckbreaker where the attacking wrestler perform a forward somersault and, while turning, grab the opponent's head, ending in afalling neckbreaker. This move was popularized byBuff Bagwell, who called him Buff Blockbuster.
A variation of the flipping neckbreaker is performed byShannon Moore, who holds the head of an opponent who is bent over, with its side toward him, using an aerial version of afront flip neckbreaker. This movement calls Mooregasm.
CM Punkuses a variationcorkscrewFlipping Neckbreaker as the reversal of anIrish whipinto the corner. When running or is thrown into the corner, Punk leaps or lands on the second turnbuckle, performing a forward somersault, while performing a 360 degree pan with your body, then grab the opponent's neck performing a Flipping Neckbreaker normal.
Flying spinning heel kick
In this move the wrestler jumps from a high place and hits the opponent with aspinning heel kickin the air.
Flying thrust kick
This movement is performed when a wrestler jumps from an elevated position to hit your opponent with athrust kickin the air. "Gentleman" Chris Adamsinvented this movement in the late 80s, calling it as "flying superkick".
More recently, this movement has been used byRob Van Dam, who beats his opponent in the chest (or sometimes in the face). The opponent may be within the ring or at the outer edge thereof.
Moonsault
The moonsault is a movement in which the performer executes a backflip and hits the opponent with the body. The basic monsault is done from the top of an elevated platform to an opponent who is lying on the mat, but there are different variations. This move was innovated byKeiji Mutoh.
Corkscrew moonsault
The user, climbed to the top rope in the corner and looking out of the ring, jumps into a back flip as in a standard moonsault, only turning 360 ° on itself before completing the rotation and land on your opponent.
Springboard moonsault
In this technique, the wrestler jumps on the second or third string of the ring and is driven from it to give a back flip and land on the opponent's stomach.
This movement is called Quebrada in Mexico, where that was innovated byFantasma de la Quebrada.
Missile dropkick
A missile dropkick is adropkickmade from an elevated position, most commonly the third string of theturnbuckle, there is another way in which the wrestler bends his knees before taking the kick in the chest or the face of his opponent.
Iron
Technically calledsuicide slingshot crossbody, this technique a wrestler grabs the top rope to push on it out of the ring and land on an opponent on the outside, as a form ofsuicide dive. In Mexican wrestling, this move is called fish, while the term sheet is used inNorth America. The term sheet also designate an air movement which is made from theturnbuckleagainst an opponent on the outside. For example, ashooting star pressagainst an opponent standing outside the ring would be called shooting star iron, while adiving crossbodyto the same target would be called diving board.
Senton
A senton is similar to asplash. However, instead of impacting stomach, the wrestler lands on his back on the opponent.
630 ° senton
The wrestler performs a senton, spinning 630 ° before falling forward, that is, complete rotation (360 °) followed by a forward somersault (270 °), finally falling back on an opponent lying on the ring. It was popularized byJack Evans, who used it as his finisher.
Corkscrew 630 ° senton
The wrestler, facing away from the ring and stood on the top turnbuckle, make a pan of his body 180 degrees in the air, before performing a630 ° sentonstandard on an opponent lying on the ring. This movement is performed byJack Evans.
Corkscrew senton
The attacking wrestler stands at corner of the ring, his back to the opponent and jumps in an arc inside the ring, turning his body 180 degrees horizontally before turning the front and landed on his back on the opponent as asenton bombNormal .
In this technique, the user takes the esquiner looking out of the ring and jumps back, turning his body into the air before landing back on the opponent. This move was innovated inJapanby MIKAMI.
Seated senton
Known inwrestlingas La Silla, where a wrestler uses his legs and lower body to throw his opponent, rather than your back. It is performed by jumping from an elevated position or
springboardingto the shoulders of a standing opponent, forcing him to crash his opponent to the canvas. It can also be made to an opponent who is lying on the canvas. Basically, you jump to fail "sitting" on the shoulders of an opponent.
A variation is called Banzai Drop, is performed by a wrestler who sits on his opponent, then jump on the second corner (facing away from the ring) and then jump over the opponent
dropping his back (usually in the chest or stomach opponent). This move is basically abutt drop from an elevated position, which was popularized byYokozuna.
Molly-Go-Round
This is a variant of a seated senton, which is known technically as diving somersault senton seated. It is performed when a wrestler jumps from an elevated position, giving a forward somersault before landing on the shoulders of an opponent who is standing. This forces the opponent to crash in the canvas. The name of this movement was given byMolly Holly, who invented the attack.
Single leg muscle buster
This movement is performed when an attacking wrestler hooks both legs of an opponent folds his arms and head in the opponent's side before standing and lifting the opponent up, so they are upside down with his head resting on the attacking wrestler's shoulder. From this position, the attacking wrestler jumps and falls to the mat, driving the opponent shoulder first to the mat with the opponent's neck impacting both the shoulder and the mat wrestler.
This can be seen the wrestler to pick up an opponent who is standing, but bent forward, but often starts with an opponent who sits in an elevated position, usually a top turnbuckle, because it is easier to engage and lift an opponent when he is placed higher than the fighter. The measure also has a neckbreaker variation, which focuses more on the neck of the opponent's attack.
This movement originated in the manga Kinnikuman, originally known as Buster Kinniku, with the movement ending with the opponent fell on his neck against the attacking wrestler's shoulder
senton bomb
In this variation of the senton, the wrestler will jump from an elevated position, giving a forward somersault, before falling back on an opponent. This move was innovated byLanny Poffo.
There is a variant made from the ground, called Standing Somersault Somersault senton or just
Senton. This movement was used byEdouard Carpentier, who rarely landed on the enemy's rear. High-angle senton bomb
In this variation of thesenton bomb, the user goes to the top rope and jump from them flying over the ring and just before landing on the opponent, giving the forward roll to fall on his back, hurrying to finish before tumbling. This movement is considered much more dangerous than regular senton bomb, was pioneered byGreat SasukeinJapanandSuper Novainthe United States, being not until years later popularized byJeff HardyandMIKAMI.
A versionspringboardespecially dangerous in this movement is used by the Japanese fighter Marines Mask II, under the name Marine Bomb. Here the user delay the rotation until almost landing on the opponent vertically.
Imploding senton bomb
This movement is a variation of a450 ° splash imploding. It is performed when a wrestler at the top of the post and facing away from the ring, jumps back to apply asenton bomb(facing the corner, in a direction opposite to normal) on an opponent lying on the ring. This movement is also called reverse shooting star press.
Shooting star senton
The wrestler jumps forward from an elevated position and contract your legs against his body, making a full rotation back in flight, before landing back on the opponent. This movement was created and popularized byYoshitsunein 2005 under the name Shura.
Due to its high compliación and risk, is a move rarely used.
Shiranui
In this movement, technically called springboard backflip three-quarter facelock falling inverted DDT, the user grasps the head of an opponent behind him over his shoulder, runs into the ropes (or any other stepped surface) and jump on them to walk upright upward through the strings to reach the top, the user jumps to raise his body to a vertical position, still holding the opponent, and the rotation continues to fall flat on the ground, dragging the opponent behind him and dropping it on his neck.
This move was innovated inJapanbyNaomichi Marufuji, who appointed him as Shiranui, and popularized inAmericabyBrian Kendrickunder the name of Slice Bread # 2. There is also a versionmade from the floor.
Splash
In these techniques, also called the press, a wrestler jumps from an elevated position to land with your stomach or chest of the opponent's stomach, generally perpendicular to it.
The basic version, called splash diving is when a wrestler jumps from the corner in a straight line to land on his opponent in the manner mentioned above. This variation was innovated by Jimmy "The Superfly" Snukaunder the name of Superfly Splash, becoming one of the first and most popular aircraft movements in the history ofprofessional wrestling.
Corkscrew splash
The user goes to a raised position to leap forward, turning 360 degrees on itself, landing on the opponent
450 ° splash
In this technique the wrestler jumps from an elevated position, giving a full front flip to land on your opponent's stomach. This move was innovated by2 Cold Scorpiointhe United Statesunder the name of Scorpio Splash and popularized inJapanbyHayabusaunder the name Firebird
Splash.
This movement is one of the strongest risk aerial techniques used throughout the world. Corkscrew 450 ° splash
Innovated byHayabusaunder the name Phoenix Splash, in this movement the fighter rises to an elevated position back to the ring. Then, jump back in an arc in the air and, on reaching the top of theparabola, rotates 180 degrees your body until you are pointing inside the ring again, doing at the time the flip front450 ° splashto land on his opponent. This technique involves a more complex movement than the original variant of the 450 ° splash due to further rotation and having to jump back to the opponent, but can achieve more camber.
The wrestler is standing on an elevated position, looking out of the ring and turning his back on an opponent lying on the floor. At that point the user jumps back, giving both a front somersault to land with your stomach on the opponent. This technique is technically a450 ° splashfacing away, and was popularized byThe Blazer.
Corner slingshot splash
The wrestler places the opponent lying face up near the corner of the ring, climbs to the second rope and holds on to the third. From that position, the wrestler jumps as high as possible without letting the top rope, staying horizontal in the air before releasing a downward path and run back and land on the opponent. This technique was popularized byBig Van Vaderunder the name of
Vader Bomb.
Frog splash
In this movement the attacking wrestler jumps from a high place towards the opponent, stretching arms and legs in the air and then collapse them to his chest and back stretch before impact, particularly in a flowing sequence. This technique was innovated and named forEddie Guerrero.
The original version of the movement, which inspired Guerrero is called Stretch out frog splash and was innovated byArt Barrearlier. In this technique, the wrestler jumps from an elevated position, stretching your legs from torso to touch them with arms to stretch and then go down on the opponent. Currently, this version is much less used than Guerrero, and its users includeD'Lo BrownandCIMA.
In a variant innovated byHayabusa, called imploding frog splash, the user jumps from the corner with his back before running a frog splash normal.
Shooting star press
In this movement, the user jumps from an elevated position, pressing the knees against his chest to give a back flip, then releasing the knees and extending the body before landing on the opponent. This technique was innovated byJushin Ligerafter seeing a similar movement in the manga Fist of the North Star.
This technique, along with the450 ° splash, has become one of the most accomplished aerial moves by agile fighters. Despite having a rotation less complex than the 450 ° splash, the shooting star press is considered more dangerous, because if the fighter fails to give the flip in the air can land on your head on the floor, as happened toBrock LesnaratWrestleMania XIX. For this and other injuries, theWWEbanned the movement officially sinceOctoberof2007, but in 2008 the newcomerEvan Bournewon the lifting of the ban.
In this movement, the wrestler jumps forward from an elevated position, giving a back flip to get the knees to his chest while giving a 360 º on its axis, extending later to land on the opponent. This technique is considered high risk and extremely difficult to perform, and is only used some fighters, likeJack Evans ,Takuya SugiorPAC.
Movements of transition
Some movements are not intended to damage, forced to pay or win the match against an opponent. These movements are called transition movements and prefixes are used as a movement, to indicate that condition is met.
Corkscrew
It is when a fighter takes a 360 degrees from your body in a horizontal manner, when performing other air movement. Clear examples of this type of movement can becorkscrew elbow drop, corkscrew moonsaultorcorkscrew senton.
Another meaning of corkscrew, also called corkscrew somersault or 180 ° corkscrew, is jumping back from the corner looking out of the ring, in which the wrestler turns 180 ° on itself at the height of the turn to make asomersault. This is mostly used in thecorkscrew 450 ° splash orcorkscrew senton 630 º.
Grounding
The wrestler jumps from a high place to a standing opponent, causing the opponent to fall to his knees with his head between the legs of the attacking wrestler, who lands on his feet. This move is usually used to make later apowerbomb.
Springboard
A springboard is when a wrestler uses any ring rope as a springboard. Many techniques can be performed with this technique as aspringboard legdrop,springboard dropkick. Sometimes fighters jump into something and then to the rope or string in two different, what is called double
springboard, most notably thespringboard moonsault, where the wrestler uses the second rope as a springboard to jump to the top rope, reuse as a springboard moonsault and then apply. Another version of a springboard is called rope run / climb where a fighter is going to "grow" each string, making the springboard after climbing to the third. This variation is used to apply a Tornado DDT, where the wrestler applies a head lock on the front, then run into the ropes and make the rope run, to finish it with the Tornado DDT.
A slingshot involves a wrestler, is which is at the outer edge of the ring, pulls the top rope and takes the impulse to soar over the strings to the ring, without touching them with your legs. Several aircraft movements can be performed after a slingshot.
Shooting star
This move is when a wrestler jumps forward from an elevated position, performing a backflip in midair. Several techniques can be performed after a shooting star, known as theshooting star press, but there are other variations like theshooting star leg dropandelbow drop shooting star.
Skin the cat
This defense is a technique in which when a wrestler is thrown over the ropes of the ring grips the top not to touch the ground, hanging from it, then throws his legs up to do a cartwheel on the rotating rope and fall back standing in the ring. This often precedes some movement as a
springboard moonsault.
This and other variants of this technique can be found in combat as Battle Royal and Royal Rumble Matches.
Split-legged
The Wrestler, located to the ropes or the third one, and always looking out of the ring, grabs the top rope to propel and download your legs on it, making them bounce on the string and generate momentum for air technique back, usually amoonsaultormoonsault corkscrew.
Switches
Ropewalk
The term ropewalk is used to refer to any movement in which the attacking wrestler walks over the top rope before the coup. One of the most famous in theprofessional wrestlingis theOld SchoolofThe Undertaker.Jinsei Shinzakimade the first ropewalk inJapan, turning the whole into the ring over the top rope, this movement was called Praying Ropewalk, because while Shinzaki performed it was praying.
Somersault
The term designates a somersault variant of an air movement in which the user jumps describing a 360 degrees forward. This can be found in splashes, leg drops, sentons, and others.
Standing
The term standing is used for any air movement instead of being made from a raised position, it is done at the same height where the opponent.
Super
The term super is placed before a movement is performed initially on the floor of the ring, but in this case is done with the user and his opponent in the last or second ropeturnbuckle. For
example, if theSamoan dropis carried out from that position renamed super high Samoan drop.
Although the term diving is usually used as a synonym is also used to define a technique in which only the user is uploaded to the turnbuckle, the term being elevated in which only the oponenete is elevated. InJapanthe term is often used instead of elevated avalanche.
Thesuplexmade since theturnbuckleare renamed superplex, andpowerbombare called Superbomb.
Suicide
The term suicide (or suicide) is placed before any move is made from the canvas of the ring to an opponent out of it. The most widely used variant, called a suicide dive, or just stumbled stumbled suicide, is to jump from inside the ring between the second and third string out to hit with his shoulder against a standing opponent and knock him down. There is a variant called suicide somersault senton, ran into money (inMexico) or bumped thread (inJapan) in which the wrestler performs a forward roll to hit back instead of the chest or shoulders. When the break occurs outside the ropes and not between them is called over the top rope suicide. There is also a variant of suicide that is to use the head to ram instead of the shoulder, called suicide headbutt
Keying Submissions of professional wrestling
Submissions ofprofessional wrestlingare a variety of physical movements designed to immobilize the opponent and cause pain to induce surrender. Many of these movements are not limited to wrestling, but have a real utility, being used inmixed martial artsorcombat sports.
Abdominal stretch
Big Showmaking an abdominal Stretch toJohn Cena.
The user, located next to and slightly behind the opponent, put one leg between his and locked his arm under the armpit of the user, by pulling it to hyperextend your abdominal muscles. This technique is quite popular inJapan, where it is known as cobra twist.
There is a variant where the user, after catching the opponent in the art, move your body to the ground to support the opponent's shoulders on it and make thepinfall.
Octopus hold
The wrestler places the opponent's side and put one leg between the opponent. Thereafter, the user grasps the arm farthest from the opponent and forcing him to bend over, puts his free leg on the nape of the rival. In that position, the wrestler pulls the arm toward him arrested while downloading your weight on the leg in the opponent's neck to cause pain in many parts of your body.
This technique was innovated byAntonio Inokiin the name of Manji-Gatame.
Ankle lock
Kurt Angledoing a "Angle Lock" toShawn Michaels.
The user grasps an opponent's leg and turn your back on itself, pulling it while holding the ankle and flexes to cause him pain. This technique, used in disciplines ofOlympic wrestlingwas innovated in professional wrestling byKen Shamrockand popularized byKurt Angle.
Heel hook
Also called Heel Hold, here the user, facing an opponent lying, grabs his leg and immobilized in hers, ensuring the opponent's foot under his armpit, and from that position, the wrestler twists the opponent's leg, causing pain ligaments of the knee. This technique, used in jiu-jitsuandsambo, is highly dangerous because it can cause injuries. This movement was used by the ex-divaWWE Michelle McCool.
Armbars
Twist his arm.Cross armbar
The user grasps both arms of one of the rival and stretched over his chest, lying face up on the floor perpendicular to your opponent, then the captured fighter arm around her legs and pulled, stretching the joint hiperexteniendo shoulder and elbow.
This move was innovated inJapanbyNobuhiko Takada and recently popularized inAmericaby Alberto del Rio.
Crucifix armbar
In this variant of the cross armbar, the user is placed perpendicular to an opponent on his back and grabs his arm, holding it with yours. Then, without releasing it, the user seizes the arm with the legs and passes behind the opponent's head, holding the other arm of the opponent with them to form something like acrucifix pin. From that position, pull the arm wrestler arrested while driving with the legs to cause pain in the joint of the arm and shoulder.
Fujiwara armbar
This popular technique innovated by submissionYoshiaki Fujiwarathe user to lie face down opponent and looking in his direction, grabs him by the arm and twisted it to place it on the opposite shoulder, similar to ahammerlock, while does, the user can download your weight by lying on the back of the opponent to immobilize him.
headscissors armbar
scissored armbar
The user stands next to an opponent lying face down and, grabbing the arm nearest rival, seizes the limb with his legs like a scissors. After that, the fighter uses his arms to grab the opponent's other arm and pull it towards you, causing joint pain. This key is used injujitsuandjudo.
Short-arm scissors
The wrestler leaves the opponent on his back and stood by his side, clutching the arm nearest. Then the user bends his arm grabbed, pass the leg over and folds around him, pulling on the ankle of that leg to compress the opponent's arm. This movement is called a bicep slicer in various combat sports.
Stepover headhold armbar
The user approaches an opponent on his back and grabs one wrist, twisting and pulling the opponent to sit with his back to the user. Then he extends his leg to the opponent's head and imprisons her, kneeling on that leg to put pressure on the neck, after that, you grab an opponent's leg and pulls it closer to the arm seized up, causing pain in various parts of the body.
This technique was innovated byKensuke Sasaki , and later used byCarpenter AntinChikara fromother existing version.
omoplata
You take one arm of an opponent upside down, stretch, past the nearest leg over it and crosses her legs, causing pain in the shoulder and arm.
Is very similar toKimura, since it is a variant of this.
Bearhug
Chris Mastersapplying a Bearhug toShawn Michaels.
The Wrestler closes his arms around the opponent's abdomen and squeezes with all his might in order to strangle her ribcage. Occasionally you can shake your body from side to side in order to generate more pain in rib area and back. It's a very simple implementation technique, but it requires great strength and bulk. This move was popularized byAndre the Giant.
Inverted Bearhug
A fighter is behind the opopnente and puts her arms around his torso to push them, similar to a current Bearhug. This technique is also called waist lock, and is used to start aGerman suplex.
Bodyscissors
The fighter with their legs around the opponent's torso and cross your ankles, pushing with both legs to compress the abdomen of the opponent with them. This key, leaving your hands free, is often used in combination with others.
Wheelbarrow bodyscissors
The user, with his back to the opponent, dropped face down while lifting your legs to bind them around the torso of the opponent, and make another move from it. This technique is the inverse of awheelbarrow.
Boston crab
This key submission is that when the user is behind an opponent lying face up hooks his arms with the legs of the other, turns aside and turns putting it upside down, stepping over him. The final position is that the wrestler is found crouched on the back of another, with the opponent's legs from hers to her face. The effect is to pull your legs back makes it rise causing great pain in it. This technique is often preceded by adouble leg takedownto make it fall into the correct position and make the Boston crab hold their legs. It may also have several variants.
Elevated Boston crab
Chris Jerichoapplied the Walls of Jerich onBatista.
In this variation the opponent gets up to bend my legs the other and that the pain in your spine is greater. WWE is known for being the final movement ofChris Jericho, called Walls of Jericho.
Single leg Boston crab
In this technique the wrestler grabs a leg of an opponent lying face up and turn it upside down for using the leg, which is sustained by passing between the legs of the user, who is crouching. This movement is a variant with a single leg Boston crab traditional.
Arm single leg Boston crab trap
The wrestler grabs a leg of an opponent lying face up and turn it upside down for using the leg, which is sustained by passing between the legs of the user, then the wrestler grabs an opponent's arm with his free and pull, causing pain in your joints.
Over the shoulder single leg Boston crab
The wrestler grabs a leg of an opponent lying face up and turn it upside down for using the leg, which is sustained by passing between the legs of the user, then the wrestler pulls the leg to pass it over his shoulders and his head , leaving standing or crouched over his opponent to cause pain in the leg and back.
Reverse Boston crab
Also calledCrab Chicago, in this technique, the wrestler grabs his back legs of an opponent lying face up before him and turn him going over to put the opponent upside down, resulting in a reversal of the traditional Boston crab in the the user looks to the opponent instead of giving back.
In this technique, the user makes a Boston crab with the opponent standing vertically hanging ropes. This move was innovated byTajiriunder the name of Tarantula.
Inverted Boston crab
In this technique the wrestler grabs an opponent's legs face up, stretched vertically and sits on them to cause pain in the knee joints, as well as serving for a pinfall. This technique was used in a one-legged version ofDoink the Clown.
Bow and arrow
The user kneels on the back of an opponent upside down, seizes his legs and his head and pull them to arch your body, then, the wrestler is dropped back to lie on your back as you lift your knees, while you release the opponent, so it is stretched over the knees, causing great pain in his back.
Camel Clutch
Yoshihiro Tajiridoing a camel clutch toRene Bonaparte.
The wrestler sits on the back of his opponent is face down on the canvas, and put both arms behind his opponent's thighs. Then interlace your hands around the opponent's chin and pull back to bring pressure on the head and torso. This key is the creation ofGory Guerrero, and was adopted as the final movement teammateEl Santo, who named it The Horse of. The Arab wrestlerThe Sheikalso used as the final movement, and was renamed whom the camel clutch. In his honor, the majority of Arab or Asian fighters tend to use it, asMuhammad Hassanand his apprenticeDaivari,The SultanandSabu, among others.
In this variant, the user to lie face down rival and sitting on his back facing the same direction, with one arm around the opponent's neck and pulls him leaning back, pushing with your other hand on the opponent's neck to increase the pressure.
camel clutch Inverted facelock
In this technique the user to lie face down opponent and sits on his back, facing the same direction. Then, the wrestler pulls the opponent back to arch your back and keeping the opponent's face looking up, imprisoning the opponent's head in his armpit, while grabbing the opponent's arm. You can support a knee in the back of the opponent to increase pressure. This move was innovated byLow Kiunder the name Dragon Clutch from a previous version created byTatsumi Fujinamias Dragon Sleeper, which consisted of afacelock inverted traditional.
Leg hook camel clutch
The user leaves the opponent face down on the floor and place your feet in it on the shoulders of a wrestler. Then he bends his opponent's legs and leans forward to grab with both hands the opponent's chin and pull it back, arching around the opponent's body to produce pain in his back. This variation is more complicated to get the camel clutch normal, but the damage done is greater due to the angle that is bent back of the opponent.
Chickenwing
This popular movement of immobilization, the user grasps an opponent's arm from behind him and bend your elbow, forearm passing behind the opponent's arm, retaining arm. The most common variant of this movement is the double chickenwing, which is performed on both arms of the opponent.
Crossface chickenwing
The user approaches an opponent from behind him and grabs one of his arms, flexing and moving his arm to pin down, then using the other arm, the attacker around the opponent's head and grabs the wrist of the arm used for above the dam, putting pressure on the face and the shoulder joint.
This movement, called chickenwing facelock inJapan, was pioneered byBob Backlund.
Double chickenwing
In this technique, the user is behind the opponent and grabs his arms back and up to flex the elbows, then the wrestler puts her arms behind the opponent's forearms and hands joined in the opponent's neck or neck , causing pain in the shoulder joints. After that, several other techniques can be performed.
Bridging grounded double chickenwing
In this movement, you bend your opponent's arms behind his back and passes behind his forearms, holding hands on the neck, then, relying on the opponent, which should be crouching or sitting, the user gives somersault over him and lands on his feet by drawing a bridge with your body, stretching the opponent's joints and causing pain.
This move was innovated inJapanbyPoison Sawadaand Cattle Mutilation, and later popularized byBryan Danielsoninthe United Stateswith the same name.
Elevated double chickenwing
The wrestler bends the opponent's arms behind his back and passes behind his forearms, holding hands on the neck, as in the basic variant, then, you used the dam to lift your opponent above him, pushing the arms captured to produce pain in the joints.
Chinlock
is a movement which the user is behind his opponent with his knee on his back and using his hands to apply pressure to the jaw.
Chris Mastersapplying a chinlock a U.S. soldier.
Choke
Choke (choke) is defined as any movement which aims to impede the opponent's breathing, usually affecting the neck, chest or both, to cause them to surrender or become unconscious.
Arm-hook sleeper
Corner foot choke
The wrestler leaves the opponent sits on the corner of the ring with his head on one of the guards, then the user rests his foot on the opponent's neck and download your weight on it to press it against the shield, eventually strangling the opponent. This movement is usually done for two or
three seconds, and most of that time would result in a disqualification to be being arrested the next rival to the ropes. It is also used to seek disqualification on purpose.
Double choke
Gogoplata
Undertakerrunning a Gogoplata toEdge.
This submission technique is performed when the attacker slid one leg over the opponent's neck and supports the shin of the other against his throat, and a clip created thereby presses, helping hands, in the airways opponent's neck.
This movement is related to thetriangle choke, but much less used to it because of being too intricate to apply quickly. The Gogoplata was popularized inAmericabyThe Undertakerin the name of Hell's Gate.
Guillotine Choke
The user makes the foe before him bend over and put his head under his arm, around his neck with his arm, then dropped the fighter sitting and binds her legs around the torso of the opponent, putting pressure on the throat and chest the opponent at a time. This technique is popular in mixed martial arts, is technically afront facelock bodyscissors, although is often referred to by that name.
One version, called inverted guillotine choke, consider the opponent being held in aninverted facelock, instead of a front facelock.
Half Nelson Choke
The user takes a behind the opponent's arm around him like a common Nelson, and make
pressure with the help of his other arm, both around the head and arm of the opponent. Was used as a finisher byTazz, who called him Tazzmission.
One-handed choke
The user grasps with one hand the opponent's neck to strangle her. This technique usually precedes achokeslam.
Sleeper hold
In this technique the offensive wrestler around the opponent's neck with his arm from behind him, pressing his biceps sides of the neck to depress the respiratory tract and blood of the
opponent. Additional pressure can be obtained by pushing with the palm of your hand against the neck of the other elbow.
Straight jacket choke
JettaStraigth jacket making acamel clutch(right) and a straight jacketdouble knee backbreaker(left). The user stands behind the opponent, may be sitting on the back of an opponent upside down or keeping one knee to her, then grabs his arms and crosses over the opponent's chest, pulling them to cause pain in your joints and hinder breathing by pressing your ribcage. This technique can be combined with other techniques such asdouble knee backbreakersorneckbreakers, although the usual form of submission of the movement is usually similar to camel clutch.
Sometimes the term is used straight jacket for any movement in which the opponent's arms are held folded against his chest for added grip.
Cutthroat
The user grasps the opponent's arm and hold it down while circling around the opponent to stand behind him, holding his arm caught around the neck of the opponent, and pulls it to cause
pressure. This movement, also known as single arm straight jacket straight jacket or half, is technically a one-armed version of thestraight jacket, and is often used in conjunction with other movements.
Thumb chokehold
In this movement, the user grabs the opponent and plunges his thumb erect on thejugularof its opponent to interruptblood flow.
This movement is used inkayfabe, due to the high danger associated with its actual use.
Triangle choke
This original technique ofjudoconsists essentially surround the neck with his legs and an arm of the opponent from a leg over one shoulder and the other under the opposite armpit, linking back and pushing them as abodyscissors, this dam produces tightness in thecarotid arteryand the chestof the opponent, making breathing and blood flow. There are several variants of this technique which differ in the placement of the opponent, since he may be arrested for the user or her back to him, the latter being called inverted triangle choke variation.
Arm triangle choke
CM PunkAnaconda Vice for applying aMike Knox.
Also calledAnaconda Vise, this technique is common injiu jitsuandjudo. The wrestler and his opponent are seated on the fabric facing each other. So you're sitting next to the opponent and using his arm around her neck closer, taking the opponent's wrist and bend the arm up. The user then puts his arm around the hole made by the opponent's bent wrist, closes his hand over his own wrist and pulls the opponent forward, causing pressure in arm and neck.
Cross-armed triangle choke
In this movement, the user is located to the opponent, grab his arms and crosses them, after that, use your legs to catch the opponent's neck, blocking foot behind the opponent's neck and
applying pressure with your legs to push thecarotidopponent. This technique was innovated by Masato Yoshinounder the name of Byakuya.
Koji clutch
The wrestler, having left the opponent lying face down and his hand around his neck with his arm and leg lifts, situated on the far leg under the opponent's neck and above while the other weaves his hands behind his opponent's neck , having passed one arm under his leg and another on top. From that position, the wrestler pulls the head through the neck to press his throat against the twin of the user, pressing the neck and obstruct blood flow. This move was innovated byKoji Kanemoto, and is commonly preceded by areverse STOto put in place to both fighters.
Two-handed chokelift
The wrestler grabs his neck with his hands to strangle the opponent, usually elevating him to place his waist in front of the user's shoulders. This technique is often used before atwo-handed chokeslamorchokebomb.
Clawhold
In this submission the opponent grabs the opponent's head and, using primarily the last two phalanges of the fingers, press causing pain in the skull. There are versions of one or two hands, and generally this technique is used by very strong fighters likeGiant Gonzalez,The Great KhaliandGiant Silva.
Shoulder clawhold
Also called nerve clawhold, this is a variation of the above intended to rival shoulder nerve causing great pain, with usually the same effect as asleeper hold. A version of this technique in which the user is mounted above the opponent to immobilize him.
Stomach clawhold
Similar to the above, in this technique the user presses the opponent's stomach, causing great pain. This technique creates a great risk, since it is made astiffcan cause rupture of internal blood vessels.
Cloverleaf
The wrestler is at the foot of your opponent, grab his legs and up. 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. With the same arm that reaches around the ankle and the opening formed by the legs, and locks his hands together. The fighter of the following steps to transitioning technique in a sharpshooter and proceeds to squat back. The key causes great pain in the spine, legs and abdomen.
This submission was innovated byDory Funk Jr.and popularized byDean Malenkoas Texas
Cloverleaf.
armlock cloverleaf
An armlock variation of the cloverleaf that is similar to one Boston crab with armlock leg. This seizure begins with a lie supine opponent's face up on the mat. The attacking wrestler then grabs an arm and proceeds to walk over the opponent while still holding the arm, forcing them to dump on your stomach. The wrestler then kneels down on the opponents back, locking the opponent 's arm behind his knee in the process. The wrestler then reaches over and 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.
With the same arm, the wrestler reaches around the ankle and with the opening formed by the legs, and lock their hands together as in a Cloverleaf. The wrestler then pulls to stretch your legs, back and neck of the opponent while keeping the arm trapped.
Leglock cloverleaf
In this variation of the cloverleaf wrestler, after crossing the opponent's legs in a figure four, blocks the upper leg behind the knee on the leg before putting the arm stretched and turn around. The wrestler then proceeds to stretch by pulling back leg caught in the armpit.
Damascus head leglock
The wrestler wraps his legs around the opponent's head and crosses the opponent's legs, applying pressure on them with your hands. The wrestler next turns 180 degrees and leans back,
compressing the spine. This hold applies pressure at the temples, the calves, and compresses the spine.
Reverse cloverleaf
In this movement, the wrestler leaves the opponent on his back and stood over him, looking at his legs, and lifts. The user then crosses them, placing one ankle behind the knee of the other, and turns the opponent to place it upside down, keeping the dam to produce pain in his legs.
Cobra Clutch
It consists of a dam in which the wrestler behind the opponent and grabs him by the arm, passing under him and supporting his palm on his neck, as in ahalf Nelson. The user then uses his free arm to grab the opponent's arm caught and pull it up to surround the opponent's neck, after that, the wrestler grabs his wrist with the other arm to apply pressure.
Crossface
In this technique the user locks the user's head clasping his hands over his face and pulling him back, staying in the same direction.
Trap Arm crossface
The user does lie face down opponent with his legs and grabs the opponent's arm, pulling the tip, then the wrestler locks his hands on the opponent's face, making you arch your back up and semiincorporarse, causing pain in the joint arm and back. This technique was popularized by the lateChris Benoitin the Crippler Crossface name.
omoplata crossface
The user grasps the arm supported an opponent upside down, looking in his direction, and passes a leg above and one below, then head over and catch both the limb. Then the fighter around the other's head and hands under his chin weaves to pull it and hyperextend the shoulder joint and spine.
This technique is used byDaniel Bryanunder the name LeBell Lock, in honor ofGene LeBell and also adopted by the independent wrestler Sara Del Rey.
Double underhook
In this technique the fighter makes him lean toward the opponent and puts his head under his arm while the arms immobilized behind her rival and binds them together with yours, passing
underneath and pulling them. This technique can be used in conjunction with another or end with asuplex, aDDTand other techniques.
Facelock
Facelock desiga a position where the opponent is trapped by the head through the neck, squeezing his throat with his arms. From there you can do various techniques, such asDDTs, cuttersand others.
Front facelock
The user puts his opponent's head, looking before him, under his armpit. This dam is used for the standard DDT and some types of suplex.
Inverted facelock
The wrestler, standing behind the opponent, he pulls back and seizes her neck with the arm, keeping the opponent's face up at all times and his neck at an angle to the body. You can sit back to support the opponent to one knee and pull for pressure.
The wrestler stands in front of his opponent, facing the same direction, grab the opponent's head and rests on his shoulder. Thereafter, the user can perform several techniques, such ascuttersand stunners, among others.
Figure four leglock
When an opponent is on the canvas on his back, the fighter takes a leg and put it under your pelvic area, gives a little twist by taking the other leg, forming a "4" legs of the opponent. The attacker drops sitting and using your legs, use them to push the opponent's foot down, causing you to have a lot of pressure on the knee. This key was created by the deceased member of the WWE Hall of Fame Buddy Rogers, and popularizing the ex-wrestler in theWWE Ric Flair, which uses it as a finishing move. As after him, this move is also used byBatista,Triple Hand Shawn Michaels. The Nurse's popular in Mexico, calling it "The Nurse spider."
Hanging figure four leglock
The fighter has the opponent cornered in the ring, then this sits on the turnubuckle, and so that takes the opponent's head with his legs and dropped from the strings, and taking them to stop, causing pain in the rival .
Inverted figure four leglock
Basically it is a counter, then applying the figure four leg lock, if it can turn your opponent's body and reverses the key causing the pain on rival. The wrestlerCharly Mansonmakes a modification of this movement, called El Pozo.
Modified figure four leglock
Michaelsapplying his Heartbreaker toJeff Hardy
This variation of the Figure four leglock is that, when an opponent is lying on the ground, the user moves his leg in between those of the rival, as a Sharpshooter. Then take the leg hooked and form a "4" with the other leg, the attacker dropped his foot sit and ride up the opponent forming a pressure on the knee even stronger.
In this variation the user crosses an opponent's leg over another and kept pressing on his legs crossed, then grabs the other leg and lies face up on the mat, lifting the other leg in the air to cause pain on them and the lower back of the opponent. This technique was invented byCharlie Haasand his late brotherRuss, calling Haas of Pain.
Over the shoulder back to belly figure four leglock
In this technique, the user lifts the opponent frontally and places it over his shoulder looking back, then, clutching his head with one arm, the user uses the other to cross your legs and make a figure four leglock with them. This technique was innovated byCIMAunder the name of
Schwein-Gatame.
Hammerlock
A technique used by the security forces for detention, in this technique, the user takes the opponent's arm and twisted it to put your wrist at the top of his back.
Headlock
Chris Mastersmade a side headlock onShawn Michaels.
The user stands next to an opponent and makes bending forward, then the fighter around the head of the other arm and grab his wrist with the other to put pressure on the opponent's skull. This technique, also called side headlock, submission is a basic and often used in the beginning of a fight, usually fighters of great strength.
In a variant called wrenching side headlock, you head around the other arm and then lowered to the ground face down, then the wrestler lifts his legs and arm rests exclusively on the dam in order to unburden the Skull rival.
Headscissors
In these techniques, the user connects the legs around the opponent's head in order to get on their shoulders and do a takedown or similar technique.
Electric chair headscissors
The user jumps elevating the legs to be sitting on the shoulders of an opponent on his back, looking both at the same address and remains in that position for several techniques, such as inverted hurricanrana, avictory rolland others.
A version of this technique grabbing the opponent's arms was innovated inMexicoas submission bySun, under the name of Solarina.
Hair pull headscissors submission
The user has the opponent on the ground, so that takes your head or hair with her legs to tighten and take pain and even submission.
Indian Deathlock
The user grasps a leg of an opponent and turn your back on it, even gripping, twisting and falling to their knees or sitting. Then grab the opponent's leg caught and placed under the knee of the other, pulling them to secure, immediately afterwards, the user stands up, face to face with the opponent and puts pressure on the leg caught, causing pain in it.
Inverted Indian Deathlock
In this variation the opponent grabs the opponent's leg, while his back, grabs her and spins on the other leg, then pull both legs to turn down the opponent, while the user remains standing. This technique is often combined with asurfboard, offering an ideal position to do so.
Reverse Indian Deathlock
You take on an opponent's leg and twisted his back, turning on her and seizing the other leg of the opponent with one leg of the wrestler. The user then takes a turn to get on the opponent, and finally one for both lying face down, stretching the fighter on the ground to cause pain in the opponent's leg.
Kimura
In this technique, also called keylock, you grab an opponent supports the opponent's arm and flexed at the elbow to pass behind his back, putting one of them below grabbing his wrist and another, from that position, the wrestler pushes the hand holding the wrist by rotating the arm against the joint and causing pain in it, getting a transition betweenchickenwingand
hammerlock.
This movement belongs to the realm ofmartial arts, which was innovated by thejudoka Masahiko Kimura. Usually well seen in MMA fights and fighters in the repertoire of professionals with background in that discipline.
Kneebar
In this movement, the user grasps the leg of an opponent on his back and dropped to the ground apresándola with hers, pulling her to hyperextend the knee. This movement is to the leg so the cross armbararm.
Cross kneelock
The user, after stopping an opponent upside down or on elbows and knees, grabs his leg and captures with his own, dropping and pulling the ankle to stretch the joint and cause pain in it. The fighter can twist the leg to the side to increase efectidivad movement.
Leg spread
The user leaves the opponent yacienco his back and sit in perpendicular to it. Then grab the nearest leg and foot rests in the other, and pull the first leg while pushing the other to separate the legs of the opponent and cause pain in their English.
Neck crank
This original technique of Olympic wrestling, the opponent's neck is bent to its maximum angle, causing pain in the cervical vertebrae. This can be achieved in many ways, the most common application submission and any other supporting rival the nape of the user's knee, when pulled, forcing her neck to bend.
Neckscissors
The user, lying face up on the floor or sitting on the turnbuckle, his legs bound with the opponent's neck and presses them to strangle him.
