14. Bearhug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f5VI7PVz3E Used To Deadly Effect By: Bruno Sammartino, Mighty Igor Vodic, Ivan Koloff, Mark Henry, Ted Arcidi, Billy Graham, Ken Patera, Pampero Firpo, Tony Atlas, Hillbilly Jim The go-to finisher of Worlds Strongest Man, the bear hug just makes sense. If youre supposed to be strong enough to tear phone books and lift cars and whatever, why not just grab a guy and squeeze him hard enough that his skeleton comes flying out of his mouth? The biggest problem with the hold is that its just not visually impressive, so even though Mark Henry compressing your ribs would hurt a million times worse than taking a Red Arrow, its not bringing an audience to its feet. These days, the bearhug really only exists as a means to get a crowd behind a plucky babyface. Brock Lesnar did use a particularly tenacious example of the hold to defeat Hulk Hogan back in 2003, but Brock Lesnar could probably beat most guys with a drop toe hold if he felt like it.