10 Most Impractical Wrestling Moves

7. The Mandible Claw/the Iron Claw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeKeyTs4tuU When Mankind debuted in the WWF, he had a unique finisher in the Mandible Claw. Basically, he would stick two of his fingers in his opponent€™s mouth, allegedly putting pressure on a nerve under the tongue. This supposedly causes considerable pain, yet not enough for the victim to use a natural reflex and bite down on Mankind€™s fingers. That is one of the main reasons this move is impractical, and yet it was portrayed as a very dangerous finisher that managed to knock out virtually everyone that Mankind faced off against. And yet somehow, not one of them thought, as they writhed in pain, to simply bite down with a minimum amount of force, not necessarily enough to really hurt, so that Mankind would let go? To really exaggerate the maneuver, in later years Mick Foley/Mankind would put a sock (Mr. Socko) on his hand before sticking it in his opponent€™s mouth. This took away from the move, because it just made it sillier and more impractical. At least with the original, there was some legitimacy in the idea of sticking two fingers under one€™s tongue and applying pressure to a nerve there. Sticking a dirty sock into someone€™s mouth is funny in wrestling, but still unbelievably impractical. Though the Mandible Claw was a bit of a stretch as a finishing move, it was at least more effective than some versions of the Iron Claw. Some users of this move would simply but their hand on their opponent€™s head and €˜squeeze€™ with only their thumb and another finger for pressure. This isn€™t anything like Khali€™s Vice Grip, which does make sense because Khali has massive hands; this is one wrestler putting one hand on their opponent€™s head and squeezing. Though let€™s be honest; unless you have massive hands like the Big Show or Khali, few people are really going to believe that the Iron Claw is a practical move, even in a wrestling ring.