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Post by canceled4truth on Aug 26, 2022 18:18:56 GMT -5
Consider the humble headlock. You've seen it in perhaps every wrestling match or sports entertainment contest aired on TV since the days of Ray Stevens. But for a move so ubiquitous, you'd think it'd have ended a match by now, right? Can anyone remember such a thing happening? I am dead serious with this question; I know if I ever saw it happen, I would, to use an insider term, "pop."
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Aug 26, 2022 18:21:24 GMT -5
probably, Randy Orton really had a good go at making people tap from that hold.
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Post by FinalGwen on Aug 26, 2022 18:24:07 GMT -5
probably, Randy Orton really had a good go at making people tap from that hold. Granted, it was usually the audience. |
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Post by Aceorton on Aug 26, 2022 20:43:41 GMT -5
Gorilla Monsoon explicitly told me on several occasions that no one ever beat anybody with a side headlock.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2022 20:43:58 GMT -5
It's funny you should say that.
I've always mentioned how I'd love to see a 1920s wrestler gimmick.
Basically, he would have slicked black hair, a strong old school physique, waist high trunks, no knee pads. He would do really outdated wrestler poses and every match he's in would filmed with a black and white filter.
His moveset? Really old fashioned, underwhelming stuff like the Abdominal Stretch, the Headlock, the Claw and of course, his devastating finisher The Heart Punch!
This gimmick would be a massive success. I'm sure of it.
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Post by chrom on Aug 26, 2022 21:25:26 GMT -5
Gorilla Monsoon explicitly told me on several occasions that no one ever beat anybody with a side headlock. I've beaten a few people with it. I once had a guy give up during the instructions. |
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Aug 26, 2022 22:15:41 GMT -5
The closest I can think of is Chavo tapping to Stevie Ray's handshake so he could fight Eddy unscathed in WCW.
Or MJF pinning Darby Allin off a headlock takeover (after a brass nuckles shot) after vowing to do exactly that in their feud.
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Post by Honeybear Lyder on Aug 27, 2022 0:57:17 GMT -5
Samoa Joe to Jeff Hardy in TNA.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Aug 27, 2022 1:25:03 GMT -5
As mentioned, Heenan pinned a few guys with a side headlock.
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Post by lildude8218 on Aug 27, 2022 1:26:16 GMT -5
Missy Hyatt tapped a lot of guys out with her head lock......
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Aug 27, 2022 1:52:37 GMT -5
Wasn't Ed "The Strangler" Lewis's "Strangle Hold" a head lock?
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Post by Jacy Derangement Syndrome on Aug 27, 2022 3:44:47 GMT -5
I remember hearing about a like almost mythical early ROH match where CM Punk beat Christopher Daniels with an abdominal stretch after working his tumtum all match and always thought damn that sounds like some BULLSHIT even tho it sounds pretty neat.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 27, 2022 3:50:54 GMT -5
I know Cactus Jack during one of his anti-hardcore heel stints in ECW took to using a shitload of headlocks to troll the crowd, but I don't know if he got wins off of them, or if he still resorted to his double arm DDT or piledriver.
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Post by ANuclearError on Aug 27, 2022 6:06:27 GMT -5
Jackie Polo won the ICW title with a headlocka few years ago.
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Post by XIII on Aug 27, 2022 6:07:11 GMT -5
I remember hearing about a like almost mythical early ROH match where CM Punk beat Christopher Daniels with an abdominal stretch after working his tumtum all match and always thought damn that sounds like some BULLSHIT even tho it sounds pretty neat. Side note: but the abdominal stretch is legit. The Twister in MMA is little more than a laying abdominal stretch. Strangler Lewis’ choke was a side headlock IIRC, though I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone get a finish with it since roughly 1931. lol |
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Post by chaosschoolproject on Aug 27, 2022 6:18:06 GMT -5
I'm sure Paul Heyman once pitched that Mark Henry should have the headlock as a finisher as he probably could squash your head like a grape.
Not too different from Khali crushing basketballs.
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Post by karl100589 on Aug 27, 2022 8:39:20 GMT -5
I assume we're only talking pro wrestling though.
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Post by Bad Moon on Aug 27, 2022 9:51:32 GMT -5
Yes, actually. Andrew Everett to Biff Busik (Oney Lorcan) at BOLA 2015. It didn't end the match, Everett was actually shoot-tapping trying to tell Oney to work lighter.
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Post by cosmo on Aug 27, 2022 9:53:36 GMT -5
It's funny you should say that. I've always mentioned how I'd love to see a 1920s wrestler gimmick. Basically, he would have slicked black hair, a strong old school physique, waist high trunks, no knee pads. He would do really outdated wrestler poses and every match he's in would filmed with a black and white filter. His moveset? Really old fashioned, underwhelming stuff like the Abdominal Stretch, the Headlock, the Claw and of course, his devastating finisher The Heart Punch! This gimmick would be a massive success. I'm sure of it.
Sounds like the perfect tag team partner for Colt Cabana if he ever dusts off his old "Matt Classic" gimmick.  |
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Post by canceled4truth on Aug 27, 2022 10:10:56 GMT -5
Yes, actually. Andrew Everett to Biff Busik (Oney Lorcan) at BOLA 2015. It didn't end the match, Everett was actually shoot-tapping trying to tell Oney to work lighter. LOL so Oney was shoot choking him out? |
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