Boston crab

Variations

Boston crab with knee

Similar to a normal Boston crab, this move sees the attacking wrestler use a single knee to add additional pressure by pressing it into the opponent's back. An elevated variation, best known as Chris Jericho's Walls of Jericho (formerly known as the Liontamer), also exists.[[Image:Tara puts Mickie James in a Boston Crab, 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Lisa Marie Varon|Tara]] placing [[Mickie James]] in an elevated Boston Crab.|left]]

Elevated Boston crab

Similar to a normal Boston crab, this move sees the attacking wrestler stand farther back. The step-back allows additional pressure to be placed on the opponent's back from the higher angle, hence the name. This move is best known as Chris Jericho's Walls of Jericho.

Inverted Boston crab

Also known as the Cangrejo Invertido (Spanish for "inverted crab"), the wrestler grabs the legs of an opponent lying supine while standing over the opponent, steps in front of the opponent's arms, and either remains standing or falls forwards, stretching the legs back. A single leg variation, also known as a Stump Puller, involves only one of the opponent's legs being stretched. A figure-four leglock variation exists as well. This move can be used as a pin as well as a submission maneuver.[[File:WWE Dil-Emma (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tenille Dashwood|Emma]] applying the Dil-Emma (rope-hung Boston crab) on [[Summer Rae]]]]

Rocking horse

Known commonly as the Campana (Spanish for "bell"). This Boston crab variation sees the wrestler lock the opponent in the inverted version of the hold before lifting them off the ground by their arms (while still in the hold), and rocking them back and forth, putting additional pressure on their back. E.Z. Money and Evan Golden employ this move, both calling it the Pendulum of Pain. It is also the signature maneuver of luchadors La Máscara and Ángel de Oro.

The inverted version of the hold, known as the Campana Invertida, is used via the standard version of the Boston crab before the lift and wrist-clutch.

Rope-hung Boston crab

This move, also known as the Tarantula in reference to Yoshihiro Tajiri's naming of the move, involves a wrestler hooking each of an opponent's legs in one of their arms and draping the opponent over the top rope. At this point the wrestler hooks the arms of the opponent with their legs, securing the hold. As this move involves the use of the ropes, and allows the opponent to touch the ropes (which forces a wrestler to break a submission hold), this hold must usually be broken before the referee completes a five-count. Otherwise, the wrestler will be disqualified. This is the reason why it is best used during no disqualification matches or "I Quit" matches.

Single leg Boston crab

Over-the-shoulder single-leg Boston crab

Also known as the Stretch Muffler or Argentine leg-lock, it is performed via a wrestler placing their opponent's leg over their neck and beginning to crank down. This variant of the move is considered to apply pressure primarily to the knee of the opponent rather than the other versions of the Boston crab which focus on the lower spine. The move is also known as the "Brock Lock", as it was briefly used by Brock Lesnar in the early 2000s under that name.

References

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