![]() With apologies for the microscopic GIF, but it was a damn hard search for one at all. The attacker then grabs and crosses their opponent's legs and places them under one of their armpits, securing the hold. The attacker crosses their opponent's arms across their own chest, kneels down on one knee onto the crossed arms, which pins their opponent's shoulders to the mat. A crucifix driver is the same move, only the deliverer shifts their body weight at a much faster pace, slamming their opponent down (A favorite of Austin Aries).ĭelfin Clutch: This begins with the opponent lying supine on the mat. The GIF above is an inside cradle (Also known as a small package).Ĭrucifix: The delivering wrestler hooks one arm and grapevines the other with his legs (Similar to a crucifixion, hence the name), using their weight to force their opponent down onto the mat, landing on their shoulders. The name is derived from both the inside and outside cradle, a staple of amateur wrestling. Pretty self explanatory, opponent's face-up on the mat, wrestler "covers" their prone body (With or without hooking their legs, that'd be optional), attempts to sustain a count.Ĭradle: Essentially a cover with the opponent's left leg hooked with their right arm (Or vice versa), providing much more leverage. ![]() A common spot is for both wrestlers to hook their arms back-to-back and struggle to execute the hold.Ĭover: Also called a lateral press or a cross press, this is your bog standard pin. Independent wrestling royalty Ricochet (Lucha Underground's Prince Puma) uses a backslide to set up a piledriver he calls the backslide driver. Let's get started!īackslide: The wrestler delivering the hold stands back-to-back with their opponent, hooking their arms and dropping to their knees, leaning forward so their opponent slides down their back with their shoulders on their mat. As stated, this will be glossary style, but GIFs and/or pictures will be provided for reference, as well as any trivia I can find. With that said, let's move on to the different variations. It's hard to find exciting tidbits of facts and trivia when you're discussing pinning someone to the floor. Technically, it doesn't matter if you're on your back or your front, as long as your shoulders are down, it can be counted. In American scholastic wrestling (Middle school to high school level), a pin must last for two. In American collegiate wrestling (College level), a pin must last one second. A fall has to be within either one-half or two seconds in these styles of wrestling. In both Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, one must pin both of their opponent's shoulders to the mat, long enough for the referee to observe the fall. ![]() No matter the field, the goal is the same: To pin your opponent to the mat for either an immediate win (Really only occurs in anything other than professional wrestling) or to a count of three, then a victory (This practice originated in professional wrestling to add a sense of drama to matches). You could say the pin (Or fall, or pinfall) was the very first hold ever devised, as a pin is what's needed to earn a victory in almost every form of wrestling there is. ![]() After a brief (At least I'll attempt to make it brief) history lesson, I'll go over the many variations in a glossary style, to save from rambling on and to make this less painful for everyone.Īs you could imagine, we have to shift from the world of professional wrestling to collegiate, amateur, and Olympic wrestling to look at where it all began. ![]() Because of this, and because I don't want to bore my fellow Cagesiders to madness, we're going to approach this a bit differently. Today, we'll be discussing every single variation of the standard pinfall. On this issue of The Saturday Slam, we have yet another daunting task on our hands. ![]()
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