What was the worst looking submission ever?
 

What was the worst looking submission you've ever seen a wrestler apply and actually win the match with? I'd have to say John Cena defeating Triple H at Wrestlemania 22 with the STFU. It looked like complete horseshit and created a totally unbelievable ending to an otherwise decent match.

I think you already said it in your post.
The STFU.

The Lion tamer/Boston Crab anytime pass 2002

Off the top of my head, the STFU is consistently the worst applied submission. Cena doesn't even wrench back on the neck at all. He just kind of clamps their face between his forearms and pretends to be putting effort into it.

STFU and Walls of Jericho when he pussified the move.
I also find the Crippler Crossface rather shitty. Seriously, pull your arm out of his legs.

Lugar's Torture Rack

STFU, Rocks Sharpshooter, and the post-Liontamer Walls Of Jericho. In that order.

Austin actually did the Walls Of Jericho better than Y2J did at Vengeance 2001.

When exactly did Jericho change the walls of Jericho? I've always been under the impression that the change was made after Triple H's quad injury.
It always looked great before that.

I don't think that was the reason he changed it. I remember him saying that he changed it to make it 'safer'.

Yea, it just always seemed to me like it changed almost exactly around that time.
He put Triple H in the walls on the announce table after his tear, and did the walls the old way. Since then I haven't seen him do it the proper way. He definitely made the change at some point in the Summer of 2001.

stfu.

I just hate the way he applies it, with his sweeping arms and legs...i dunno...it just sucks

Kennedy did a pretty shitty looking submission at the Rumble.
At first I thought he was going for a figure four and fucked up.

Rock's Sharpshooter.

Angle's ankle lock is pretty piss poor.

I remember thinking that it looked like a weird attempt at an Indian Death Lock but I couldn't really place it.

Everyone has said it already the STFU looks pathetic, Cena doesn't even seem to put any effort into doing the move.

I always thought Meng's Tongan Deathgrip was a pretty ridiculous submission move. It was LOL worthy even as a 10 year old kid.

LOL @ you all picking the stfu. And yeah I agree with Fox.

The Mandible claw was pretty gay as well. And Kerry Von Erichs Iron Claw deal. Real gay.

Killer Kowalski's Stomach Claw was pretty weak

Talking of claws reminds me that as a kid thinking Crush's double head claw to be pathetic and I still think it now.

Any Claw move, really. Unless you have an actual claw for a hand, it's probably gonna look like shit.

As for the Crossface, the way Benoit does it now, he doesn't lock his legs around the victim's arms anymore. It looked more vicious in WCW.

Trish's sharpshooter was fucking awful! and so is the rocks.Brets

Sharpshooter on the ringpost.. I thnk he did it ONCE only and retired the move.

When HHH used to take an hour to apply that indian deathlock (I forget its proper name)

The proper name is the "Indian Deathlock"

Like in the smackdown games?

Snitsky did a piss poor one on kane where he had a pipe up to kane throat but put no pressure on his back.

Got to go with Rock's sharpshooter. Or as I like to call it, the "Crapshooter".

Carpshooter

Nobody said the masterlock? I mean the guy gave a special name to a full nelson and now it knocks you out. It's got to be the People's elbow of submission moves.

How dare you! The People's Elbow is the most electrifying move in sports entertainment history.

No the proper name is Native American Deathlock :shifty:

Initially, the Mandible Claw wasn't so bad. Back when the announcers played up the fact that it was focused on the nerve cluster under your tongue.

But when it became a fat guy sticking a sock puppet in your mouth...

...it became a huge draw.

This guy put me in the lion tamer in a match and I was set to win, but I almost tapped out the asshole did it so hard and wouldn't fucking let go or let me get to the ropes, he had it on for like 3 minutes seriously. I didn't want to just stand up out of it and make him and me look bad either I couldn't do any heel moves like grabbing the ref or trying for a low blow (don't know how I'd pull that off anyway), so it was like I was stuck, Plus it was for the junior heavyweight title and it was this big match and shit.

Good times.

Yeah but we're talking looks.

Also any bear hug where the guy doesn't lift the opponent. I don't care how strong you are a hug just doesn't look scary.

I know, I just had to say it in defense of the gimmick and Foley

I still think Kennedys half ass deathlock or whatever it was at RR was the worst submission move in recent memory. I thought this at the time, and the thread just happened to come up. Consistently tho, I'd say the STFU.

:wtf: it's not even a submission move.

Yeah, the tongan Death Grip was the money. Ming is one of those guys that looks genuinely tough, need more people like that these days.

Chris Benoit's sharpshooter, Foley's use of a sock, and, of course, the masterlock.

Please explain why Benoit's sharpshooter is worse than Rock's.