The Stepover Toehold Facelock is a vicious hold when applied properly. It wrenches bends the legs and applies pressure to the knees and ankle while wrenching on the back and neck. And if Regal is applying it, hes probably trying to crush your nose at the same time. When done right, it looks like it legit hurts the sign of a great submission finisher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwQQod_g_7A Unfortunately, William Regal rarely wrestles these days, so the Regal Stretch is pretty much in mothballs, leaving the only version of the STF fans get to see being applied by John Cena. This is a lazy mans submission hold that only looks painful if you imagine that Cena is trying to squash his opponents head like a grape between his biceps. So Cena drags down the average big-time on this.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
