Although 'Rugged' Ronnie Garvin and Sting were the first wrestlers to use the Scorpion Deathlock in America the move, like so many of wrestling's greatest moves, was invented in Japan. Rikki Choshu, a stocky pit bull of a wrestler, invented the move who used it as his finisher in the 1980s dubbing it the Sasori-gatame (which translates as 'Scorpion Hold'). Since Choshu popularised the move it has been used/stolen by many WWE superstars. Pat Patterson recommended that Bret use the move for his upcoming singles push. Bret had never heard of it or seen it before and it was actually Konana (wrestling as Max Moon) who showed Bret the move backstage. It became The Hitman's finisher thereafter with many others using the move after The Hitman's exit. On WWF television the move was credited to being an invention dreamed up by Bret's father Stu in the infamous Hart house dungeon. The Rock, Trish Stratus, Chris Benoit, Edge, Tyson Kidd and Natalya Neidhart have all used the move since, usually in tribute to Bret and/or Canada. But Choshu was the originator, and most credible user, of the Scorpion Deathlock/Sharpshooter.
