#Crazy wrestling moves names full#
#Crazy wrestling moves names professional#

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.

#Crazy wrestling moves names full#

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.

#Crazy wrestling moves names professional#

Since the age of three (1983), I have been addicted to professional wrestling (or 'wrasslin'). Hello Everyone! Thanks for checking out my article.