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  2. Professional wrestling holds - Wikipedia

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    The move was invented by Riki Choshu but was made famous in the United States by Bret "Hitman" Hart, who gave it the name Sharpshooter to suit his stage name. The move was first popularized in the States by Sting, who called the hold the Scorpion Death Lock and applied the hold from a seated position. The only difference between Sting's ...

  3. 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)

  4. Professional wrestling strikes - Wikipedia

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    Professional wrestling contains a variety of punches and kicks found in martial arts and other fighting sports; the moves listed below are more specific to wrestling itself. Many of the moves below can also be performed from a raised platform (the top rope, the ring apron, etc.); these are called aerial variations .

  5. Professional wrestling throws - Wikipedia

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    This move, often referred to as a monkey climb in British wrestling, involves an attacking wrestler, who is standing face-to-face with an opponent, hooking both hands around the opponent's head before then bringing up both legs so that they place their feet on the hips/waist of the opponent, making the head hold and the wrestlers' sense of ...

  6. Cutter (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia

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    It was later popularized by Diamond Dallas Page, who called it the Diamond Cutter, which is where the move got its name. The most famous of all the cutters is the RKO, the finishing move of Randy Orton. The cutter also formed the base for the later development of another professional wrestling move known as the stunner.

  7. Category:Professional wrestling moves - Wikipedia

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    Template:Wrestling moves This page was last edited on 5 March 2022, at 08:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  8. Stunner (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia

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    A stunner is a professional wrestling move, also a common term in professional wrestling referring to the ¾ facelock jawbreaker maneuver. The innovator of the move has been disputed, as both Mikey Whipwreck (who called it the Whippersnapper ) and Michael P.S. Hayes (who called it the 9-1-1 ) have both claimed to be behind the origin of the move.

  9. Boston crab - Wikipedia

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    This variant of the move is considered to apply pressure primarily to the knee of the opponent rather than the other versions of the Boston Crab which focus on the lower spine. The Stretch Muffler is also known as the "Brock Lock", as it was briefly used by Brock Lesnar in the early 2000s under that name.