Wrestling Arm Moves

By Rhys Jones

There are many 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 wrestling arm manoeuvre is the arm bar take down. The arm bar works by forcing the opponent's arm downwards.

The challenger feels the strain in the shoulder area and the assailant will grip the arms extending them lengthwise. The shoulder is eventually forced to the mat. This results in a pin in most cases 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. Usually, 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, manoeuvres and holds look dangerous in the ring, but the reality is that these wrestling moves are all choreographed, that is, they are just a theatrical show to get your attention. The actors rehearse their scenes long before they get into the ring and are trained to send 'signals' to finish the bout whenever should they want to.

The wrestlingmoves seem real on television, because the cameras and other distractions, including models, divert the attention of the audience. Wrestling is really quite similar to magic acts. Magicians rehearse their stage act before they go on the stage. There is always a gimmick or an explanation, yet the magician performs his act so smoothly and the audience is so distracted, that the magician makes people believe that he or she is doing the thing 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 manoeuvres are thought up 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' because the opponent throws the challenger over his shoulder, slamming him/her down onto the mat. At one time, this wrestling manoeuvre was probably a 'slammer', but today it is called the shoulder-arm throw move.

The 'wringer; is another of the arm moves in wrestling which is sometimes called the 'spin wrist lock hold'. This move is often followed by 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.

At present, from what I can see the Amityville Horror is just a way to persuade people to rent or buy the film of the same name. I did see the move listed in the list of wrestling moves, however, as of yet, no information is available about what this move entails. Moves are basically brands made up by the wrestlers, so I'm assuming that the wrestler felt he had devised one of the most horrific moves in wrestling, so he gave it the name the Amityville Horror.

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

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