BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) ANKLE LOCK
I won’t get too detailed in this one. If you watch professional wrestling or ever have in the past then you should have knowledge of the moves covered today. If not, get with it. I had to think about this one. I know there are some classics that I’ll surely forget. Some moves just feel weird labeling as a leg move. The Mexican surf board for one. It involves a leg lock, but it seems like it’s more of a back submission. Then again, so do two of the ones I did go with. So yeah, it’s rough and all subjective. I always liked the ankle lock. It’s simple and can be brutal if done right. I don’t want to get myself banned from wrestling fandom, but I always liked Ken Shamrock’s crazy man version over Kurt Angles much more popular variation.
(THREE) BOSTON CRAB
I guess you can say “aka the Liontamer.” This is one of those classic moves. It always looks cool, but Chris Jericho doing it at a higher angle and wrenching back on it made it much deadlier.
(TWO) SHARPSHOOTER
The sharpshooter gives the number one a run for its money. It’s a great leg lock, most of notable done by Bret “The Hitman” Hart and then Sting later on. It looks cool and is the perfect pose for someone to tap out like a little girl. Hart made this move what it is, but it’s still occasionally used from time to time. It’s never as good as Hart’s version. Never.
(ONE) FIGURE FOUR
Passed down like a glowing lightning bolt from one “Nature Boy” to the next, the figure four is the coolest leg submission of all time. Ric Flair turned this leg destroying move and turned it into a form of art. The way he grabs, spins, drops, and locks is as fluid as any pop star dance move. Then when it’s locked on, it’s like a pretzel made of legs and these pretzels are salted with the tears of its victims. Yum… tear salt. Wooooooooooooooooo!
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