Boston crab

The Boston crab is a professional wrestling submission that typically starts with the victim laying back-first on the mat, with the attacker standing and facing them. The attacker hooks each of the victim's legs in one of his arms, and then turns the victim face-down, stepping over him in the process. The final position has the attacker in a semi-sitting position and facing away from his victim, with the victim's back and legs bent back toward his face.

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Professional wrestling - Submission

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In modern wrestling, the Boston crab isn't treated as a lethal submission maneuver, even though it was considered a finishing hold in the past, used by such wrestlers as Rick "The Model" Martel in the WWF and Nobuhiko Takada in the original Japanese UWF.

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Rick "The Model" Martel - WWF - Nobuhiko Takada - Japanese UWF

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Many different variations are used today, including the Elevated Boston Crab used by WWE wrestler Chris Jericho, who calls it the "Walls of Jericho". Jericho's original version while in WCW (known then as the "Liontamer") involved placing his knee in the small of his victim's back, thus (supposedly) further wrenching the neck and causing more pain. Jericho altered the move upon arriving to WWF/E, however, and now the move is nothing more than a higher version of the Boston Crab.

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WWE - Chris Jericho

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