Professional wrestling holds: Difference between revisions

The wrestler begins the hold by standing over a face-down opponent. The wrestler reaches down to pull the opposing wrestler up slightly, sits on the opponent's back, and places both of the opponent's arms across their thighs, usually locking at least one by placing the arm in the crook of their knee.<ref name=life/> The wrestler then reaches forward, cups their hands with their fingers interlocking, grab the opponent's chin in their cupped hands, and lean back, pulling on the opponent's chin and applying pressure to their back.<ref name=life>{{cite book|title=Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story|author=Guerrero, Eddie|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2005|isbn=0-7434-9353-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/cheatingdeathste00guer/page/9 9]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/cheatingdeathste00guer/page/9}}</ref> A camel clutch can also refer simply to a [[#Chinlock|rear chinlock]] while seated on the back of an opponent, without placing the arms on the thighs.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ellison, Lillian|title=The Fabulous Moolah: First Goddess of the Squared Circle|year=2003|isbn=978-0-06-001258-8|publisher=ReaganBooks|page=163}}</ref> The move was invented by [[Gory Guerrero]] in Mexico, where it was called ''la de a caballo'' (horse-mounting choke), but got its more common name from [[Ed Farhat|The Sheik]], who wrestled as "The Sheik" and used it as his finisher.<ref name=life/> The [[Iron Sheik]] also used this version while a heel champion in the WWF. [[Jinder Mahal]] also uses this move called the ''Punjabi Clutch''. [[Miro (wrestler)|Miro]] performs a variation he calls ''Game Over'', where he stomps on his opponent's back before applying the hold, this move was previously called ''The Accolade'' when Miro was Rusev in the WWE. A standing variation of the camel clutch is also used, with this variation popularized by [[Scott Steiner]] in the late 1990s as he used it as his finisher, dubbed the ''Steiner Recliner''. His nephew [[Bron Breakker]] has also used the standing version as well. Another version of this move sees the wrestler standing over the opponent who's face-down reaches for and places the opponent's nearest arm around the wrestler's far waist before applying the hold. WWE wrestler [[Veer Mahaan]] uses this move as a finisher calling it the ''Cervical Clutch''. A rolling variation of the camel clutch is also used, with this variation popularized by [[Maryse Ouellet]], dubbed ''French Pain''. [[Big Show]] uses a kneeling variation of this move called the ''Colossal Clutch''.