Don't Stress The Technique: A In-Depth Look at Pro Wrestling Submissions

When non-fans of the wrestling world critique the program and the skills displayed in the ring they are blind and cannot see the true elements of excellence.

Let me play repeater here:  But wrestling is a hard task with traveling, pain from on-going shows, and simply the hectic life style.

But we are not going to look at that today as by now everyone knows being a wrestler is hard and it has been debated and written about already.

But what we do need to look at is the diligent efforts and maneuvers that equal up to an excellent match.

There are so many wrestling maneuvers out there, from holds, chokes, stretches, power moves (slams), and high acrobatic acts if you were to go through the list it would probably take up a whole day if not more to get through the list of moves to utilize in the ring.

When we watch a great match we really don’t think about this as we are just dazed out of the greatness that has been presented to us and simply enjoy & love the moment…But if we break all the moves down and think of the time and effort it took to prefect that move we would appreciate the match even more.

Think of the effort Michaels & Undertaker made to leave us with a unforgettable WrestleMania 25 match…Honestly its incredible that they put all of that together to equal up to an  A + match.

So let’s go over the basics and maneuvers that we see in a regular match on a daily basis but don’t sit down and think of the time to prefect the move to bring us (fans) a well put match.

HOLDS:

Now holds are an essential part for the baby-faces side of the match… They can bring attention and tons of energy to a match.

For example: Once it looks like the face is down and out and the heel has drawn all the energy out of the fan favorite he supplies a certain hold (normally a regular choke hold)… This seems to have the fan favorite down and out but with the help of the fans energy and cheers the baby-face picks up enough momentum to get him back in the match.

This element is used in a lot of matches to bring the crowds energy in affect of the match or at least liven up the crowd.

Other than that reason submission holds are utilized in the wrestling ring to slow down an opponent or submit their opponent to lead to victory.

There is a long list of wrestling holds so let’s take a look at some of the more popular ones and some that might look unfamiliar.

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