10 Most Awesome Wrestling Submissions (And Who Did Them Best)

10. The Bulldog Choke (Jon Moxley)

The rebirth of Jon Moxley ever since that Dean Ambrose fellow left WWE in 2019 has been a sight to behold. Gone were the goofball antics and crippling germaphobia that came to define him during his closing stretch with the promotion. In their place was a hard-grafting, gritty, grumpy brawler out to mangle and mutilate anyone unlucky enough to be booked opposite him.

In AEW, Moxley has finally realised his true main event potential, putting on hard-hitting, ultra-violent matches and feuds with the likes of Kenny Omega, Eddie Kingston and Chris Jericho. His aptly-named Bulldog Choke, a chokehold he applies just under the chin of a grounded opponent, has become a key part of his game.

It's a perfectly believable match-ender. Between the generally fatal power of a good chokehold and the sadistic intensity with which Moxley smothers and cranks his opponents' necks, fans know it's a potential lights out moment any time it's applied. During his laudable reign as AEW World Champion, Moxley even used it to subdue big beasts like Brian Cage and Lance Archer.

The addition of a technically sound submission hold to his otherwise brawling-heavy style was smart. It makes Moxley a more complete wrestler with a more diverse array of dangerous offence at his disposal. Hopefully we see him putting wrestlers to sleep with it again soon enough in 2022.