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  2. Professional wrestling holds - Wikipedia

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    The nelson hold in professional wrestling usually takes the form of the full nelson, half nelson, or three-quarter nelson. In all three variations, the wrestler slips either one or both arms underneath the opponent's armpits from behind and locks their hands behind their neck, pushing the opponent's head forward against their chest.

  3. Glossary of professional wrestling terms - Wikipedia

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    A wrestler with strong legitimate mat-wrestling abilities and an array of match-ending (or in extreme cases, career ending) holds known as "hooks", hence the name. [1] Primarily a holdover from the days where professional wrestling had to maintain kayfabe , a hooker would be used against a local non-wrestler brawler to enhance the belief that ...

  4. Professional wrestling moves - Wikipedia

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    Professional wrestling moves can refer to several types of moves used against opponents in professional wrestling, including: Professional wrestling aerial techniques; Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers; Professional wrestling holds; Professional wrestling throws; Professional wrestling strikes; Pin (professional wrestling)

  5. Sharpshooter (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia

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    Edge, applying the variation of a kneeling sharpshooter on CM Punk. Natalya applying a double sharpshooter on Eve Torres and Layla.. While Bret Hart is the wrestler with whom the Sharpshooter is most often associated, Ronnie Garvin and Sting were the first wrestlers to prolifically use the hold in North America, during which time it was called the "Scorpion Deathlock", deriving from the ...

  6. Grappling hold - Wikipedia

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    A grappling hold, commonly referred to simply as a hold that in Japanese is referred to as katame-waza (固め技 "grappling technique"), is any specific grappling, wrestling, judo, or other martial art grip that is applied to an opponent. Grappling holds are used principally to control the opponent and to advance in points or positioning.

  7. Category:Professional wrestling moves - Wikipedia

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    Piledriver (professional wrestling) Pin (professional wrestling) Powerbomb; Powerslam; Professional wrestling aerial techniques; Professional wrestling strikes; Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers; Professional wrestling holds; Professional wrestling throws

  8. Professional wrestling strikes - Wikipedia

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    Strikes can be offensive moves in professional wrestling, that can sometimes be used to set up an opponent for a hold or for a throw. There are a wide variety of strikes in pro wrestling, and many are known by several different names. Professional wrestlers frequently give their finishers new names. Occasionally, these names become popular and ...

  9. Mount (grappling) - Wikipedia

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    Child hold(s) high mount, low mount, S-mount, knee mount, reverse mount, tate shiho gatame The mount , or mounted position , is a dominant ground grappling position , where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso (usually lower) with the face pointing towards the opponent's head.