Sure, Emma isnt even the first WWE diva to use the Great Mutas Muta Lock (Melina busted it out a few times), but if youre going to use an existing submission move as your finisher, it might as well come from one of the best. The pressures all over the body are similar to the Regal Stretch, with a completely different application. Emma is being portrayed as a goofy sidekick to Santino, but this hold is no joke. Emma has a solid-looking finisher to polish off opponents, so hopefully shes taken seriously. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCYN_X-QhTI Whats interesting is that some of the best submission holds being used in WWE right now are being applied by female wrestlers to tap out their fellow divas. Someone book a match in a WWE ring between Emma and Paige and give them 10 minutes, stat!
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.
