10 Most Devastating Wrestling Submission Holds Ever

By Alexander Podgorski /

3. Surfboard Stretch

Used by: Jushin Liger, Daniel Bryan, various luchadores around the world When a non-wrestling fans tries to imagine what a €˜wrestling hold€™ would look like, this is one of those holds that are most likely to come to mind: a weird-looking hold that appears to cause serious pain to its victim. The user of this maneuver places one foot above each of their victim€™s knees, bending their legs up while hooking them around the user€™s own knees. Then, the user grabs both of their victim€™s arms and falls backwards, compressing the victim€™s shoulder-blades. Often times, the user will lift the recipient into the air, rendering them incapable of escaping and being stretched very painfully.Other variations of this move also include crossing the arms around the victim€™s throat, performing a camel clutch instead of pulling the arms, or converting it into a Dragon Sleeper combination hold. Whatever the case may be, Jerry Lawler is spot on when he says in response to seeing this move, €˜the human body isn€™t meant to stretch that way.€™