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Originally Posted by Dave Youell
People still countered the cross face though and would still get to the ropes, can't remember anyone getting to the ropes once Angle grapevined the leg.
Benoit did have that sweet double reverse where he'd keep it on, even after a roll through, like when he made HHH tap at Mania 20, beautiful reversal.
I'd say Samoa Joe's clutch is quite well protected right now, can't remember anyone getting out of that recently. It's in a similar un-escapable manor to the grapevine leg though, hard to get to the ropes or reverse in that situation.
I'm just trying to think of others from back in the day.
Bret's sharpshooter was very well protected during his peak, first time I can remember anyone getting out of it was Bulldog at Summerslam
And the liontamer used to be very potent, but it was only really used effectively on other cruiserweights, when Jericho moved up the ladder, less people were taking it and tapping, and taking the move properly in the first place.
I remember when Bob Backlund started using the chicken wing, man they made a big deal out of that when he started using it.
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Yeah, I can't remember anyone breaking out of the grapevine either. I was just speaking moreso for the fact that when he went for the Crossface, I always felt like that could be the end of the match. The announcers did a wonderful job of adding urgency when someone was locked in. They don't seem to do that anymore...