10 Ways MMA Has Influenced Modern WWE

Look, the Camel Clutch might make for a dramatic TV moment, but in reality, you're not really going to submit anyone with it. It's too easy to break the hold.

Thankfully, the influence of MMA has brought more realistic submission holds into the WWE.

Lets start with the Hell's Gate. The Undertaker's signature submission move is actually a modified version of the Gogoplata, a submission move used in grappling disciplines that involves choking an opponent using your shin against the trachea while grasping his head (pulling forward). It's rarely pulled off successfully in the higher levels of professional MMA, but Shinya Aoki, Brad Imes, and Nick Diaz have been known to pull it off. Of course, the Undertaker has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, which is how this move made its way into the ring.

Then there's Alberto Del Rio's cross-arm breaker - actually a modified arm bar, just like Ronda Rousey uses.

And of course, the kimura "lock" - usually just called a kimura in MMA. A keylock/figure four armlock originally used in Judo, it's a very effective move now utilized in the WWE by Brock Lesnar - though interestingly enough, he never won a fight with it in the UFC, with his most notable submission win being against Shane Carwin, with an arm triangle choke.