100 Best Wrestling Moves EVER
22. Becky Lynch | Disarm Her
Becky Lynch’s Disarm Her is a rare, logical-by-wrestling-standards finisher.
She sits on her opponent’s back and wrenches back on their arm. It’s difficult to reverse, or at least it looks that way. Her opponent can do nothing with their legs, other than flail, and their other arm can’t bend far enough in the natural direction for a counter, either.
She can achieve it via multiple set-ups, the best of which is when she punishes a wrestler for kicking out. Lynch is a very intelligent pro wrestler; it’s fitting that she’d use a finisher that doubles as a trap, a chess move.
The actual execution of the move is good enough, but it goes beyond that. Becky is clearly visible throughout. She has a great, expressive face - so much so that even when Nia Jax concussed her, she still carved an expression that allowed her to get all the way over as The Man - and her fired-up facial, in addition to rallying the fans behind her, is effective in obscuring that she isn’t actually attempt to dislocate anybody’s shoulder.
The application of the hold isn’t perfect, nor is it John Cena level bad, but her face fills in the blank.