Greatest Practitioner: Chris Benoit. Also Used By: Daniel Bryan, Bobby Roode. The Crippler Crossface as the move is never, ever called on WWE TV anymore, is a type of neck crank that is comparable to similar moves found throughout traditional martial arts, MMA and shoot wrestling. Chris Benoit is the wrestler that most modern fans associate with the crossface. His Crippler variety of crossface was hugely over at the height of The Canadian Cripplers career and probably still would be if he hadnt died under such awful and tragic circumstances. Still, the move has continued to enjoy a high profile since Benoits death and famous wrestlers use variations on it to this day. Daniel Bryan has a brilliant take on this hold in his moveset. The Yes Lock used by Bryan is actually an omoplata crossface or coil lock a hold commonly found in the arsenal of any accomplished judo or ju jitsu practitioner. The same also goes for Bobby Roode, who employs a more traditional variety of pro wrestling crossface in his matches. A different type of crossface, the Crossface Chickenwing, was also used to great effect by former WWF World Champion Bob Backlund throughout his career.