The Arm Moves In Wrestling

There are loads of arm moves in wrestling, the most well-known of which are the arm drags, arm swings, arm breakers and over-the-shoulder arm drags. Another one in wrestling is the arm manoeuvre known as the arm-bar take down. The arm bar works by forcing the opponent's arm downwards.

The challenger feels the pain in the shoulder area and the assailant then grips the arms extending them lengthwise. The shoulder is eventually forced to the mat. This results in a pin in most instances unless the wrestler can wriggle his/her way out of the hold.

The arm breaker manoeuvres include the slamming of the arms, typically on an area of the opponent's body where it will hurt. Typically, the pin ends with the scissors hold, where the wrestler's legs are crossed over the challenger's body, holding his/her shoulders down to the mat.

The various moves and holds look painful in the ring, but the fact is that the moves are fakes, i.e. a theatrical display to get attention. The actors rehearse their scenes long before they step into the ring and are shown how to send 'signals' to end the bout when they wish to.

The wrestling holds and slams seem serious on television, simply because the cameras and other distractions divert the attention of the audience. Wrestling is similar to how magicians work. Magicians rehearse their acts before they go on stage.

There is always a gimmick or an explanation, yet the magician does his act so smoothly and the audience is so distracted, that the magician fools people into believing that he or she is performing the illusion for real.

The 'arm drags' involve the assailant getting the opponent in a hook move and then flipping the challenger down onto the mats. Most of the sequences are devised by one or the other of the wrestlers and sometimes it may become a popular move and so taken up by others. Two of the older moves are the Gallatin and the Banana Split

The 'over the shoulder' move should be called the body slam since the opponent will throw the challenger over his shoulder, slamming him/her onto the mat. At one time, this wrestling move was probably a slammer, but today it is the shoulder-arm throw move.

The 'wringer; is another of the arm moves in wrestling that is often known as the 'spin wrist lock hold'. This manoeuvre is often followed up with the Irish Thrash moves, mallet locks or gouges.

Other arm moves include the arm stretches, arm breakers, arm wringer, arm locks, arm bar and arm scissors. While the arm moves are famous in the ring, there are many new moves today that you would never have heard of when wrestling first began in ancient times.

The Amityville Horror is one of wrestling's more modern moves. Although, I haven't figured out what this move entails, we are about to look at it together.

From what I can make out the Amityville Horror is just a way to persuade people to rent or buy the film with the same name. The move is listed in the list of wrestling moves, but, as of yet, no information is available about what this move is all about.

Moves are essentially brands devised by the wrestlers themselves, so I'm assuming that the wrestler felt he had devised one of the most horrific moves in wrestling and so he called it the Amityville Horror.

Why do some moves get roaring applause? Well, it can start when a wrestler in the ring brings in something new and it becomes his trademark, popular final move in bouts.

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