10 Most BRUTAL Looking Finishers In Wrestling Today

Yoshiaki Fujiwara invented the Fujiwara armbar, unknowingly creating a paradigm shift in the world of rest holds.

The move can be used as a resthold as much as your average chinlock. If a wrestler is selling their arm during a match, the Fujiwara armbar is an easy go-to. It believably weakens the arm further, allowing the executor to hold the advantage.

While Timothy Thatcher, Cinta de Oro (the original Sin Cara), and MJF have all used the manoeuvre to some degree (Cinta’s tilt-a-whirl variant, dubbed La Mistica, is transcendent when you first see it), none have mastered it moreso than Deonna Purrazzo.

The Virtuosa applies such a torque on the move that it's befitting of her graceful character. Take the picture above this text, where the former IMPACT Knockouts World Champion holds Susan trapped in her tight grip. Susan's arm is extended more than just the standard ninety-degree angle. As gracious and careful a competitor as she is, one wrong move and Deonna Purrazzo will snap, in turn coming this close to snapping an arm.

It’s such an ambitious feature for such a high-level wrestler to use a basic hold such as this, but Deonna makes it work as if she did so by design.